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- Dahlia (2643 bytes)
16: ..., [[tuber]]ous [[perennial]]s that are originally from [[Mexico]], where they are the national flower.
18: ... red flowers with pointed petals. Nurserymen bred from this plant, which was named ''[[Dahlia juarezii...
20: - Kidney (12846 bytes)
3: ..., the kidneys filter wastes (especially [[urea]]) from the [[blood]] and excrete them, along with [[wa...
13: ...idneys_from_behind.jpg|thumb|250px|Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed]]
22: ...corpuscle]]), and a [[renal tubule]] that extends from the renal corpuscle.
26: ...space called "Bowman's space", which is separated from blood in the glomerulus by three layers:
37: ...sule. The segment that drains glomerular filtrate from the Bowman's capsule is the [[proximal convolut... - Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
13: ...d by connective tissue. These follicles contain a variable quantity of gritty material, composed of phosphat...
17: ...PVN) into [[superior cervical ganglia]] (SCG) and from there into the pineal gland. - Ploidy (4598 bytes)
1: ...ls are diploid (containing one set of chromosomes from each parent), though sex cells ([[sperm]] and [...
13: ...mosomes), usually one from the [[mother]] and one from the [[father]]. Most [[somatic cell|somatic cel...
16: ...from unfertilized eggs, while the female develops from fertilized eggs: the sperm provides a second se...
18: Haplodiploidy is found in many species of insects from the order [[Hymenoptera]], particularly [[ant]]...
21: ...cation) is the process of creating a haploid cell from a diploid cell. This is a laboratory procedure... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ...some decorative items. Similar types of ware made from [[porcelain]] clays are simply referred to as "...
16: ...dividual techniques, where pieces are constructed from hand-rolled coils, slabs, ropes and balls of cl...
19: ... into a radial symmetry, so that it does not move from side to side as the wheel head rotates is refer...
25: ...are usually called "ceramics" to distinguish them from other pottery.
29: ...Pot1656.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Contemporary pottery from [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Japan]]]] - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
1: ...German styling, in a 16th century engraved book [[frontispiece]]]]
11: ...midsummer day increases from 12h to 24h as you go from the equator to the polar circle). He put the m...
14: ...from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he knew about onl...
16: ...pts of Ptolemy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was rediscovered by ...
18: ...on the ''Geography'' was on display in [[Autun]] (France) in late Roman times. In the 15th century Pto... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
21: ...Not a single [[eclipse]] record has been utilized from that period so far. Pharaoh [[Sahure]] or [[Sep...
23: ...ical correspondent of the ''[[The Times|Times]]'' from 1967. He wrote in his ''Ancient Maya civilizati...
29: ...or later, page 307). Edgerton points out that the fragment of the el-Lahun temple register that forete...
31: ...8th year and death of [[Shoshenq V]]; if reckoned from 822 BCE, then the end of Shoshenq's reign falls...
38: ...nown for certian when or where the Egyptians come from and what the Egyptians knew of their own histor... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of f...
18: ...'[[Volcanic cones]]''' or [[cinder cone]]s result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of...
41: ...tive" volcano. The lifespan of a volcano can vary from months to several million years, making such a ...
43: ...to note that the span of recorded history differs from region to region; in the [[Mediterranean]], rec...
47: ...tone as extinct. In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal syste... - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
41: | From the [[United Kingdom]]
64: ... turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in [[1966]] and became the [...
76: ...n on the basis of [[proportional representation]] from national lists named by the political parties. ...
107: ...ons, the first from May to mid-August, the second from mid-November to mid-January.
112: ...[[labour (economics)|labour]] and a deficient [[infrastructure]]. The government is juggling a sizable... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ... permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, ...
49: ...rrently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
56: ...strial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwar...
65: ... the state, and at times there are minor cultural frictions between the regions and their major cultur...
79: ...les (tv)|Miracles]], the protagonist took a train from Boston directly to Hartford, causing Connecticu... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
4: ..., killing many millions of people. The name comes from the old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrol...
21: ...c]] (type A influenza, H1N1 strain), which lasted from [[1918]] to [[1919]] and is believed to have ki...
23: ...sequent to the 1968 infection. Increased immunity from [[antibody|antibodies]] and the development of ...
26: ...ratory system|respiratory tract]], is transmitted from person to person by saliva droplets expelled by...
41: ...ung children are more likely to get complications from influenza. [[Pneumonia]], [[bronchitis]], [[sin... - Constellation (3718 bytes)
3: ...n)|Orion]] is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the wh...
4: ...pen to appear close together in the sky as viewed from [[Earth]] and typically lie many [[light years]...
6: ...ough a few of the more obvious ones tend to recur frequently, e.g., [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]] an...
16: ...utch navigators [[Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser]] and [[Frederick de Houtman]] in the sixteenth century and ...
21: ...msteed designation]]s such as [[61 Cygni]], and [[variable star designation]]s such as RR Lyrae. For more in... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
7: ... allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
176: **[[List of semiregular variable stars]]
178: *[[List of largest optical refracting telescopes]]
363: *[[Historical African place names]]
371: *[[List of toponyms]] (with names derived from a place or region) - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...por]], and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time. The majority of Ea...
10: ...' goes back to the book ''Meteorologica'' (dating from about [[340 BC]]) by [[Aristotle]], who combine...
14: ...Franklin]]'s kite experiments with [[lightning]]. Franklin was also the first American to keep accurat...
18: ...d]]. These were solved when [[Luke Howard]] and [[Francis Beaufort]] introduced their systems for clas...
20: ...]], introducing the idea of [[front (meteorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries betwee... - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...ch as by adjusting the [[pitch (music)|pitch]], [[frequency]], or duration of each [[note]].
5: French [[composer]] and engineer [[Edgar Var賥]] cr...
10: ...as followed by the [[Clavecin 鬥ctrique]] by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste de Laborde in [[1761]].
18: Ca. 1929 [[Friedrich Trautwein]] invented the [[Trautonium]] in...
20: ...nes using an electro-mechanical principle derived from the design of the [[Telharmonium]]. Later Hammo... - Prehistory (4111 bytes)
6: ...rehistory consists of the period of human history from which no written records have survived. Althoug...
10: ...ormation we know about the time period is deduced from the study of artifacts left behind by ancient p...
17: ... range of this period is ambiguous, disputed, and variable according to the region in question. It includes:...
19: ...eriod is the oldest part of the stone age, dating from the first use of stone tools by [[hominid]]s (m...
27: ...rkers developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and creating alloys such a... - Plant (12870 bytes)
38: ...s. Plants are distinguished from [[green alga]]e, from which they evolved, by having specialized repro...
47: ...he last major group of plants to appear, emerging from within the gymnosperms during the [[Jurassic]] ...
52: The embryophytes developed from green algae; the two are collectively referred ...
54: ...e green plants, acquiring chloroplasts separately from ingested or symbiotic green and red algae.
56: ...s but contain eukaryotic [[cell nucleus|nuclei]]. Fruiting bodies, of which [[mushroom]]s are the most... - Human (48024 bytes)
24: Humans have an erect body carriage that frees the upper limbs for manipulating objects, a hi...
30: ... [[state]]s down to [[Family|families]], and also from the [[community]] to the [[self]]. Seeking to [...
54: ...species of [[chimpanzee]]s should be reclassified from ''[[Pan troglodytes]]'' and ''[[Pan paniscus]]'...
56: ...had]] and seems to indicate an earlier divergence from the ape lineage.
58: ... genome is significantly affected by assimilation from archaic humans (i.e., 80% of loci may have some... - Cloud (9947 bytes)
14: ...g [[weather_front|warm]] and [[weather_front|cold front]]s,
22: ...e rapid growth of ice crystals, which precipitate from the cloud and melt as they fall. This process t...
24: ...rm or cold front). Orographic uplift also creates variable cloud forms depending on air stability, although ...
31: [[Image:Clouds1.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Clouds (from above)]]
32: ...ud|cirrus]]. At this altitude water almost always freezes so clouds are composed of [[ice crystal]]s. ...
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