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21. Fish (5349 bytes)
    1: ...harengus'', the most abundant fish species in the world.]]
    3: ...es including [[shark]]s and [[ray (fish)|ray]]s), with the remainder classed as [[bony fish]] (class ...
    5: ... come in different sizes, from the 14 m (45 ft) [[whale shark]] to a 7 mm (just over 1/4 of an inch) ...
    7: ...res elevated in excess of 20 °C above ambient water temperatures. Endothermy, though metabolical...
    11: ... usage of the two words is similar to that of the words "people" and "peoples".
22. California (63989 bytes)
    12: Governor = [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] (R)|
    20: WaterArea = 20,047 |
    21: PCWater = 4.7 |
    34: Longitude = 114°8'W to 124°24'W |
    35: Width = 402.5 |
23. Ecotopia (351 bytes)
    1: ... the first [[ecology|ecological]] [[utopia]]s and was influential on the [[counterculture]], and the ...
24. 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]]
25. Ecosystem (2598 bytes)
    1: ...nity''' or '''[[biocoenosis]]''') living together with their [[environment]] (or '''[[biotope]]'''), ...
    3: ...1939). Modern usage of the term derives from the work of [[Raymond Lindeman]] in his classic study o...
    5: ... a self-standing unit with coherent and stable flows only to be a bit restrictive.
    7: ...s tend to blend into each other. As a result, the whole [[earth]] can be seen as a single ecosystem, ...
    9: ...t. Introduction of new environmental factors or new species can have disastrous results, eventually l...
26. Spider (29039 bytes)
    2: ... orb weaver spider]] | caption = [[Long-jawed orb weaver spider]]}}
    12: ...bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Liphistiidae]] (primitive burrowing spiders)<br />
    19: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cyrtaucheniidae ([[wafer trapdoor spider]])<br />
    20: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dipluridae ([[funnel-web tarantula]])<br />
    21: ...nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hexathelidae ([[venomous funnel-web tarantula]])<br />
27. Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
    1: ...s, [[national]] as well as the [[international]], which shaped a large part of the [[history]] of the...
    3: ... "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Years" (''ann饳 folles...
    5: ...ance of the horrors of the First World War, which were still present in peoples minds.
    8: ...tting the stage for the [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
    11: ...ng soldiers entered the labor force and factories were retooled to produce consumer goods.
28. List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
    1: ...ndex of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
    7: ...ou could drag it into your bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to be accessible in the future from t...
    9: <!-- [[Wikipedia:Page size]] suggests not to divide lists ...
    10: ...se use the new section editing feature if your browser
    33: *[[Wikipedia:Library and Information Science basic top...
29. History of science (41710 bytes)
    2: ...] and their pre-cursors back in [[time]], all the way into human [[prehistory]].
    4: ...many place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
    6: ... philosophy also enquires about other areas of knowledge, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of th...
    11: ... scientific knowledge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free,...
    13: ... can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of investigation.
30. Tree (23723 bytes)
    2: ...g|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
    3: ..., trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[mi...
    5: ... Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (myth...
    9: ...] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics...
    11: ...low gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified.
31. Human (48024 bytes)
    2: ...n = Image of a man and a woman,<br> sent to space with the [[Pioneer 11]] mission}}
    21: ...] belonging to the superfamily of [[Hominoidea]], with all of the [[apes]]: [[chimpanzee]]s, [[gorill...
    24: ...are said to be one of a short list of [[animal]]s with such a capacity.
    27: ...ons for [[consciousness]] and the the relation between mind and [[body]]. [[Psychology]] is the study...
    30: ...[[values]], and [[norm (sociology)|social norms]] which form the group's [[culture]].
32. Food (24212 bytes)
    8: [[Western world|Western]] food law recognises four categories of object as food:
    9: ..., or reasonably expected to be ingested by humans whether of nutritional value or not;
    10: *[[water]] and other [[drink]]s;
    11: *[[chewing gum]];
    15: *[http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdcact1.htm US federal definition of food...
33. Algae (8082 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Brown_algae.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A seaweed on a California beach.]]
    2: ...to simple sugars with the captured energy. Algae were traditionally regarded as simple [[plant]]s, a...
    4: ...ic]], deriving energy both from photosynthesis as well as through the uptake of organic carbon either...
    8: ...orms. The seaweeds grow mostly in shallow marine waters; some are used as human food or are harveste...
    12: ...l of bacteria and conduct photosynthesis directly within the [[cytoplasm]], rather than in specialize...
34. Protozoa (1279 bytes)
    1: ...e plant-like [[alga]]e. In some newer schemes, however, most algae are classified in the kingdoms [[...
    10: ...and play an important role in their ecology. A few are also important [[parasite]]s.
35. Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
    1: ...te the small entrance to the trap underneath the swollen 'balloon', and the colourless patches that c...
    4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
    6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
    13: *Pitfall traps ([[pitcher plant]]s), which trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a po...
    14: *Flypaper traps, which trap prey using a sticky mucilage;
36. Zoology (5641 bytes)
    5: [[History of zoology (before Darwin)]]</td></tr>
    7: [[History of zoology (since Darwin)]]</td></tr>
    10: ...y|biological]] [[academic discipline|discipline]] which involves the study of [[animal]]s.
    14: ...(before Darwin)]], [[History of zoology (since Darwin)]]
    16: <!-- will put short summaries of these main articles her...
37. Paleontology (5646 bytes)
    1: ...ludes the study of body [[fossil]]s, tracks, burrows, cast off parts, fossilized [[feces]] ("[[coprol...
    3: ==Overview==
    5: ... interact. [[Palynology]] is the study of pollen, whether modern or geological.
    7: ...rtebrate paleontology]], which deals with animals without backbones, or in
    8: ...ic fossils, including organic-walled microfossils whose study is called [[palynology]].
38. Dodo (9332 bytes)
    1: ...n | color=pink | name=Dodo}}<br />{{StatusExtinct|when=[[1681]]}}
    15: ...the island of [[Mauritius]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground....
    18: ...uffed Dodo, in [[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
    20: ...igh on its rear end. Dodos were very large birds, weighing about 23 kg (50 pounds).
    22: ...volved to take advantage of an island [[ecology]] with no predators.
39. Evolution (27661 bytes)
    1: ...Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|right|frame|[[Charles Darwin]], father of the theory of evolution by [[natur...
    3: ...]s over generations, including the emergence of new [[species]]. Since the development of modern [[ge...
    6: ...t]] or changes in population structure ([[gene flow]]).
    8: ... is often used to describe the mechanisms through which evolution acts to change populations over tim...
    16: ... The mechanisms that cause some traits to persist while others perish.
40. Economics (30960 bytes)
    1: ...s or a set of [[observation]]s, and [[normative]] when it prescribes that a certain action should be ...
    3: ...]]''', which considers the economy as a whole, in which case it considers [[aggregate supply]] and [[...
    5: ...ions or events, it also analyses the behaviour of whole societies. (See also [[sociology]], [[politic...
    7: ...economics focused on the satisfaction of material wants and this remains the focus of economics. As ...
    9: ...go.jpg|thumb|250px|Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in [[Chich...

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