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- in Northern Europe. Considered an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, it is connected ... Similar to the Black Sea, the Baltic is one of the most brackish bodies ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- hydrocarbon fuels found within the top layer of the Earth’s crust. They range ... they were formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants and animals, during ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- Today, the unique structure of the chickee has become popular for ... Chiki is also the word for house among the Totonacs of Mexico. ...7 KB (1,029 words) - 15:22, 10 December 2023
- Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock, made up of small ... as sandblasting. Extended inhalation of fine silica particles can cause ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- Earless seal is the common name for any of the pinnipeds comprising ... Earless seals live in the oceans of both hemispheres and are mostly ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 16:04, 10 October 2020
- worm). The disease is spread by drinking water contaminated by copepods ... The guinea worm is one of the best historically documented human parasites ...29 KB (4,269 words) - 20:15, 20 June 2024
- Its main use, however, is in the production of other chemicals. About 40 percent ... Methanol is produced naturally in the anaerobic metabolism of many ...20 KB (2,894 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- Urea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen ... thereby dealing a serious blow to the theory of vitalism. ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado south into Mexico ... Prior to the construction of major dams along its route, this river ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, body of water, or other physical obstacle ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- Cork is a term variously used for a lightweight, elastic, water-resistant ... in colloquial speech, is the outermost layer of a woody stem, derived from ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- to indicate that certain properties of matter (such as a material ... The investigation of properties, whether isotropic or anisotropic ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 06:28, 28 July 2023
- regions near its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. The Rio Grande serves as a major part of the international border ...17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- Potassium (chemical symbol K, atomic number 19) is a member of a group ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in ... Masonry is commonly used to make the walls of buildings, retaining ...14 KB (2,254 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- temperature and melts in the hand. It is one of only a few materials that expands ... Gallium is most commonly used in the form of the compound gallium ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- ) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes ... The properties of tritium make it useful for various applications ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- the savannas and plains with dense clusters of trees and shrubs of many nations ... meat. As such, impalas reflect the principle of bi-level functionality, providing ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:37, 12 February 2024
- a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the second of the philosophers of Ionia ... inquired into the unchanging principle of being that can uniformly explain ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- that completely lose their foliage for part of the year. a few months (following a constant process of new leaves being grown and ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 04:53, 6 April 2021
