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- Antarctica (14761 bytes)
1: ...ica.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Antarctica]]
2: ...ic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Antarctica]]
4: ...]]. It is not to be confused with the [[Arctic]], which is located near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on...
6: ...ce to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
8: ...ity]] of any continent on Earth, as well as the lowest average temperature.
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: ... the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
18: *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]], (1884-1960), US explorer
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlan...
31: ... century]] [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
3: ....web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [[1838]]]]
4: ...ous statues in the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]].
6: In [[1822]] he sailed on a voyage around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperr...
8: ...cific, surveyed the coasts of [[New Guinea]], [[New Zealand]], and other islands, and found out the p... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
14: ...ions with [[pollinator]]s and their [[symbiosis]] with mycorrhizae, are considered by some to be the ...
16: ...ia plantarum" (The natural history of plants). He was a student of [[Aristotle]] and is considered th...
21: ...ica]]. Orchids can be classified according to the way they retrieve nutrients:
24: * a few are [[lithophyte]]s, growing on rocks, or lack [[chlorophyll]] and are [[sa... - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ... or ''hepatic'' from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word for liver, ''hepar''.
5: ... 2.5 [[kilogram]]s, and is a soft, reddish-brown "wedge-shaped" organ. It is the largest organ in the...
7: The liver is supplied by two major blood vessels: the [[hepatic artery]] and ...
9: ...uct. The cystic duct (from the gallbladder) joins with the common hepatic duct to form the common bil...
11: ...e as 25% of remaining liver can regenerate into a whole liver again. - Continent (6440 bytes)
2: ...y the Romans as [[Africa (province)|Africa]], was west of Alexandria and south of the Mediterranean.
4: ...six large continental plates, which give the following geologically recognized continents, from the l...
10: # [[Antarctica]] on the [[Antarctic Plate]]
13: ... it useful to define larger land masses connected with a [[land bridge]]:
23: These definitions give the following alternate models: - Glaciology (3787 bytes)
5: The word ''glacier'' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''gl...
7: ==Overview==
9: ...gh mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in [[continen...
11: ...on of past glaciation. A glaciologist is a person who studies glaciers. A glacial geologist studies g...
15: ...tinental glaciation'', unrestricted accumulations which once covered much of the northern continents. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...t part of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] and the inner ...
3: ...lates move away from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s,...
5: ...eading]], noticed in the 1960s. The theory itself was developed during the late [[1960s]] and has sin...
6: ....png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the [[20th centur...
8: ...e. The relative fluidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in differe... - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ... of the theory including a mechanism by [[J. Tuzo Wilson]] led to acceptance among North American geo...
5: ...ry of plate tectonics. This article deals mainly with the historical development of the continental ...
9: ...d-Atlantic Ridge]]. This is comparable to the growth speed of a fingernail.
14: ...inents. An example of this is a particular [[earthworm]] found in South America and South Africa.
16: ...eature which inspired [[Alfred Wegener]] to study what he defined as continental drift. - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article and you'll shine forev...
7: ...e Earth''' or '''Terra''', is the third planet outward from the [[Sun]]. It is the largest of the [[s...
14: ... sea level). Thus the Earth is an oblate spheroid within a [[tolerance (engineering)|tolerance]] of o...
17: ...inner core. The liquid outer core gives rise to a weak [[magnetosphere|magnetic field]] due to the co...
19: ... old [http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0101/14earthwater/]. - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ... of the [[plate tectonics|continental plates]]. However, important exceptions exist in '''[[hotspot (...
10: ... (not very fluid) and is pushed up in a blob that will solidify relatively quickly. [[Lassen Peak]] i...
12: ...ht to be a little misleading, however, and are slowly falling into disuse.
15: ...lanet)|Mars]], and the tallest mountain in the known solar system.
18: ...r [[cinder cone]]s result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of rock that build up aro... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...tries, it accounts for about one seventh of the [[world human population]].
6: [[Image:LocationAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ..., as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to mod...
12: ...fri, a tribe—possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area;
13: ...[Greek language|Greek]] word ''aphrike'', meaning without cold; - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
1: ...ica.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Antarctica]]
2: ...ic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Antarctica]]
4: ...]]. It is not to be confused with the [[Arctic]], which is located near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on...
6: ...ce to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
8: ...ity]] of any continent on Earth, as well as the lowest average temperature. - Antarctic Plate (528 bytes)
1: ...s.png|thumb|right|300px|The Antarctic plate is shown in blue on this map]]
2: ...the [[Scotia Plate]] and a [[divergent boundary]] with the [[Pacific Plate]] forming the [[Pacific-An... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: You can also browse countries [[List of countries|alphabetically]],...
3: ...state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more continents.
12: *[[Botswana]] - [[Gaborone]]
38: *[[Malawi]] - [[Lilongwe]] - Argentina (30219 bytes)
12: latd=34|latm=20|latNS=S|longd=58|longm=30|longEW=W|
20: percent_water = 1.1% |
44: ...) Islands]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
48: ...after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[world]].
52: ...gion who gave them silver objects as gifts. The news about the legendary [[Sierra del Plata]] –... - Ant (13019 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color=white | name = Ants}}
2: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color=white}}
12: ...ded among different types of individuals, such as workers, soldiers, and queens.
17: ... green or blue in some species. Some species have wings, especially during mating flights
21: ... of ants is vast, covering every continent except Antarctica. Each species has adapted to specific environment... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
7: ...br>{{Taxobox_authority | author = [[Richard Owen|Owen]] | date = [[1842]]}}
16: ...ing blood vessels and cells lining them [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.html]".
18: ..., like the [[pelycosaur]] ''[[Dimetrodon]]'', the winged [[pterosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosau...
20: ...ation|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still known from a spotty [[fossil record]].
22: ==What is a dinosaur?== - Cretaceous (7391 bytes)
1: ...nd of the Cretaceous also defines the boundary between the [[Mesozoic]] and [[Cenozoic]] [[era]]s.
6: ... Cretaceous (from [[Latin]] ''creta'', for chalk) was named for the extensive beds of chalk ([[calciu...
10: ...us is usually separated into [[Lower Cretaceous|Lower]] and [[Upper Cretaceous|Upper]] subdivisions. ...
34: | '''Lower/Early Cretaceous'''
56: ...Image:Kreda.jpg|right|320px|thumb|Late Cretaceous world, 94 Ma]] - Desert (21206 bytes)
4: ...'s deserts, http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/what/world.html)
6: ... lands may be [[salt]]-covered flats. [[Eolian]] (wind-driven) processes are major factors in shaping...
8: ... that were formed in the arid environment or that were exposed by erosion. Because deserts are dry, t...
10: ...te classification]] system, they are classed as (BW).
14: ...arid lands have a mean annual precipitation of between 250 and 500 millimeters. Arid and extremely ar... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other admi...
4: ...ezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...mical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
8: ...ainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer...
13: *[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]: UTC + 1 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it ...
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