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- Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...ennial]], woody [[plant]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generall...
8: ...nkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
9: ...iology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark...
13: ...lled a '''[[forest]]'''. Several [[biotope]]s are defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; exam...
16: ...]] consists of ''xylem'' cells, and [[bark]] is made of ''phloem'' and other tissues external to the v... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - Geography of the United States (15104 bytes)
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15: Latitude:<br>
16: Longitude:
19: 38°0' N<br>
20: 97°0'W - Human (48024 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Hominoidea]]}}
21: ...rimate]] belonging to the superfamily of [[Hominoidea]], with all of the [[apes]]: [[chimpanzee]]s, [[...
24: ...he upper limbs for manipulating objects, a highly developed [[brain]] and consequent capacity for abst...
27: ...ly [[philosophy of mind]], attempts to fathom the depths of each of these perspectives. [[Art]], [[mus...
30: ...and [[manipulate]] the world around us led to the development of [[technology]] and [[science]] as a s... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
5: ...r working small [[horticulture|horticultural]] gardens. When used in this sense, civilization is an ex...
7: ...lex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived as less exclusive and ...
9: ...y back in Civilization after being lost in the wilderness for 3 weeks." Additionally, it is used in th...
11: ...zed" behavior is contrasted with "barbaric" or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sop...
17: ... to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own subsistence. - Food (24212 bytes)
7: ==Legal definition==
9: ...ocessed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by ...
14: Links to official legal definitions of food:
15: ...fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdcact1.htm US federal definition of food]
16: ...uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900016_en_2.htm#mdiv1 UK definition of food] - Algae (8082 bytes)
2: ... group, but a level of organization that may have developed several times in the early evolutionary hi...
4: ...ups may contain members that are [[mixotrophic]], deriving energy both from photosynthesis as well as ...
6: ...ll algae have photosynthetic machinery ultimately derived from the [[cyanobacteria]], and so produce [...
8: ...se for most marine [[food chain]]s. In very high densities (so-called [[algal bloom]]s) they may disc...
12: ... some recent treatises on algae specifically exclude them. Cyanobacteria is one of the first groups o... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...e ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
16: *Bladder traps, which suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum; and
22: most [[sundew]]s, whose leaves undergo rapid growth, aiding in the retention and
27: Pitfall traps have evolved independently on at least four occasions. The simplest pitf...
29: ...enus, the leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
3: The [[cell theory]], first developed in the [[19th century]], states that all [...
15: ...nergy stored in organic molecules. This energy is derived from [[metabolic pathway]]s.
21: ...mes (''dark blue''). The drawing on the ''right'' demonstrates how bacterial DNA is housed in a struct...
23: ...ms) that function and survive more or less independently, through ''colonial'' forms with cells living...
34: ...these primary components of the cell then briefly describe their function. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...00s]]. According to Koyré¬ the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...fried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of differential [[calculus]]. While they...
4: ...a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in t...
6: ...ped a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the rate of cooling of objects when expos...
12: ...ief biography of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life a...
14: ... said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three months bef... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
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6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
14: |Result||Defeat of seceding CSA
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27: | width="50%" valign="top"|[[Confederate States of America]]<br />[[Image:starsnbars.p... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...had roots of power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
4: The causes of World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and po...
6: ...s the last direct major conflict of the war. The defeat of [[Germany]] in the war and failure to reso...
8: ...n diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept the European continent ...
10: ... on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat. - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ... global [[economics|economic]] [[recession]] (or "depression") that ran from [[1929]] to [[1941]]. It...
4: ...sion" was that it is by far the largest sustained decline in industrial production and productivity fr...
5: ... to the cultural period, often called simply "The Depression", and to the political response to the ec...
7: ...b|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s ''Migrant Mother'' depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on [[...
9: ==Causes of the Great Depression== - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...er of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German [[Polish Septemb...
6: ...il [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians]] to a new degree. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[...
10: ...d States' military occupation of Japan led to its democratization, and China came to split into the Co...
16: ...ed in the war, more or less voluntarily, on the side of the power that in their neighbourhood was the ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
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10: ...outh Vietnam<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
15: ...n="top" style="text-align:center"|[[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam<br>(North Vietnam)]]<...
24: ...IA]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' 287,232<br>'''Wounded:''' 1,496,037
25: ...fficial Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000 - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ... use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed to produce a greater harvest of food.
9: [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] campaigned for the U.S. to...
14: In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1920]] the [[United States Republi...
16: ...flected by the extension of credit to a dangerous degree, including in the [[Stock Market]], which ros...
18: ...idely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreatio... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...e Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet ...
13: ...des that they could stay there and that neither side would use force to push the other out. This tacit...
15: ...e to vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...f-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous destruction of infrastructure and populations throug... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ... the political mood of the country. The new president, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], capitalized on this sit...
5: ...dash;and led the nation in the number of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[Tennessee]] had a 92.1%...
11: ... 1964]], Lyndon Johnson positioned himself as a moderate, contrasting himself to his GOP opponent, [[B...
13: ...nous electoral trends for Democrats, who had depended on the "solid South" as an electoralt base for a...
15: ...30 years, until the issue of [[civil rights]] divided conservative southern whites from the rest of th... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
2: ==Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt==
4: ...xpense of industry and manufacturing, facilitated demographic shifts to the "frontiers" from the more ...
6: ...lifornia]] has reemerged as a bright spot for the Democratic Party in the late [[1990s]], due to a bac...
8: ...nding demand for social services, while tax bases declined. [[New York City]] barely averted bankruptc...
10: ...the GOP captured the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic control.
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