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- Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...hy)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? thus making neighboring time zones one ho...
6: ...T]]) is still often used (by the [[BBC]], for example, amongst others) to denote the "base time" to wh...
10: ...for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
18: ...he location is one day later or earlier. Some examples:
31: ...til [[August 2]], [[1880]]. This paragraph only applies to the island of Great Britain, not to the isl...
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ngside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometim...
65: The native people of the [[Mayans]] and [[Aztecs]] were conquered ...
69: ...ta Rica has avoided much of the violence that has plagued Central America. Since the late [[19th centu...
109: ...cause the Government had implemented a seven year plan of expansion in the high tech industry. They h...
125: ...m connecting the urban populations of the Central Plateau to the port of [[Limon]] on the Caribbean. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...'s capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Ve...
17: ...an strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Ca...
21: ...en who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
25: ...hy]] and imposed a republic in [[1889]]. However, plans for moving the nation's seat city to the terri... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ltiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...ed outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes...
7: ...nese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in [[1949]] which ha...
21: ... or imperial domain. The ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
23: # The area now called the [[North China Plain]]. The ''[[Sanguo Zhi]]'' records the followin... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
11: ...axobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}} - Snowdrop (3046 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
18: Propagation is by offsets removed when the plants are at rest, immediately after the leaves hav... - Raspberry (2847 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightblue }}
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
12: {{Taxobox section binomial simple|color=lightblue|binomial_name=Rubus idaeus}} - Lilac (2336 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
6: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
12: ...axobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}} - Respiratory system (5107 bytes)
24: ...sult of the elastic recoil of lung tissue. A simple [[:wikibooks:Constructing school science lab equ...
42: ==Respiratory system in plants==
43: ...air]] can penetrate only skin deep. However, most plants are not involved in highly metabolic activiti...
46: ...|metric units]], about half a [[metre]]). Many people fear big bugs, and they should be comforted by t... - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
1: An '''alveolus''' (plural:'''alveoli'''), is an anatomical structure th...
20: ...orne [[pathogen]]s and dust particles. The body employs many defenses to protect the lungs, including ...
38: ==Matching air supply and blood supply in alveoli==
41: ...smatching of ventilation and blood flow. For example, alveolar epithelia secrete vasodilating substan...
48: ...itants in the air, [[photochemical smog]] for example, as well as substances that a person is allergic... - Uterus (2272 bytes)
3: ...ar]]-shaped one found in humans and horses; and duplex, found in rabbits.
7: ... and [[ventral]] to the [[rectum]]. It is held in place by several [[ligament]]s. Outside of [[pregnan...
14: ...s to accept a fertilized [[ovum]] which becomes implanted into the endometrium, and derives nourishmen... - Bone (11388 bytes)
11: ...ibres and is much stronger. Woven bone is often replaced by lamellar bone as growth continues.
13: ... are filled with red marrow, which is gradually replaced with yellow marrow as the child ages (see Bon...
29: ...r [[remodeling]]. Osteoblasts and osteoclasts, coupled together via [[paracrine cell signalling]], are...
44: ...] marrow''), but as the child ages it is mostly replaced by [[yellow marrow]] (or ''[[fat]]ty marrow''...
46: ...ling'' is the process of resorption followed by replacement of bone with little change in shape and oc... - Basal ganglia (4800 bytes)
4: ...bdivided (for example, the [[striatum]] is often split into [[putamen]], [[caudate nucleus]] and [[nuc...
7: ...of ganglia is ''[[ganglion]]''). There are two complete sets of basal ganglia in the mammalian brain (...
38: ... to serious motor and cognitive deficits (for example, see [[Parkinson's disease]]).
41: ...connectivity diagram above), and it is thought to play an
45: ...a can vary greatly depending on species. For example, the internal segment of the [[globus pallidus]]... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
62: ...yramid_complex|Giza Pyramids]], the [[Karnak]] Temple and the [[Valley of the Kings]]; the southern ci...
67: ...-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]...
69: ...y and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by [[desert]]s to ...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt bec...
86: ...for the fire, used as part of their predetermined plot to overthrow Farouk. - Glaciology (3787 bytes)
3: ...cal [[geography]]. The presence of ice on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Europa (moon)|Europa]] brings i...
17: ...reas and forms a tongue of ice moving towards the plains below. Alpine glaciers tend to make the [[to...
29: ...d to be accommodated by creep. It happens for example, as the central part of a glacier moves faster t...
31: ; [[Plucking (glaciation)|Plucking]]/Quarrying : Where the [[adhesion]] of the... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...scientists working in this area. In the theory of plate tectonics the outermost part of the [[Earth]]'...
3: ...ing, and [[oceanic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called ...
5: Plate tectonic theory arose out of two separate geol...
6: ...mage:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half o...
7: == Key principles == - Earth (30908 bytes)
1: {{Planet Infobox/Earth}}
7: ...ern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the Earth|formed]] around 4.57 [[bil...
17: ...or of Earth, like that of the other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[sil...
55: ...rth reaches temperatures of 5270 [[kelvin]]s. The planet's internal heat was originally generated duri...
68: ... to sink towards the center in a process called [[planetary differentiation]], while less dense materi... - Mountain (4538 bytes)
3: ...to occur in long linear arcs, indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity. Mountain creation ten...
7: ...aults creating large vertical displacements. The uplifted blocks are block mountains or ''[[horst]]s''...
9: ...d overturned folds. The Jura mountains are an example of folding. Over time, erosion can bring about a...
16: ...olar system]] is Olympus Mons, located on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].
18: ...ne]]s at different altitudes on their slopes. The plants and animals of a zone are somewhat isolated w... - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
3: ...continent. In [[plate tectonics]], the [[Eurasian Plate]] includes Europe and most of Asia, but not th...
5: ...nes, and the availability of Eurasian animals and plants suitable for domesticaion.
9: ... of the world, even though ''Asia'' contains multiple regions and cultures as large and populous as Eu...
13: ...st and [[Southeast Asia]]ns. This can easily be explained by the fact that the Indian subcontinent was...
31: ...an]], though this term was originally used for people of mixed Indian (South Asian) and European ances... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...arth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
15: Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s ...
53: ... that at a given time there are at least 1,000 people living in Antarctica. This varies considerably w...
103: ...[John Calvin Batchelor]]'s "The Birth of the [[People's Republic]] of Antarctica" ([[1983]])
106: <!-- Somebody who can read Japanese, please check the year here http://www.nacos.com/koma... - Australia (39438 bytes)
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. -->
48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a...
62: ...claiming the land for Britain in [[1770]]. This replica was built in 1988 for Australia's bicentennial...
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