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3906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20cell | Chemical cell | A chemical cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy. Most batteries are chemical cells. A chemical reaction takes place inside the battery and causes electric current to flow.
There are two main types of batteries - those that are rechargeable and those that are not.
A battery that is not rechargeable wil... |
3907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das%20Lied%20der%20Deutschen | Das Lied der Deutschen | Das Lied der Deutschen ("The Song of the German people"), also known as Deutschlandlied, ("The Song of Germany"), is a song written by Joseph Haydn and Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Part of this song is the national anthem of Germany (German National Anthem).
A line from this song, "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" ("Un... |
3913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavity | Cavity | A cavity is a hole.
It can also mean:
Dental cavity, damage to teeth.
Another hollow area within the body. Such as a nasal cavity. |
3914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence | Evidence | Evidence is something that is used to support an argument. It gives examples of why something is true.
For example, if someone come across a cup of spilled milk, that person could look for evidence as to how the milk was spilled. If hairs of a cat and paw prints were found on the ground, they could be evidence that ... |
3917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyadic | Dyadic | A dyadic is a math function that needs two things in order to give something out. Addition and multiplication are dyadic. Powers are also dyadic. There are many more functions that are dyadic.
Dyadic may specifically refer to:
Dyad
Dyadic communication
Dyadic counterpoint, the voice-against-voice conception of pol... |
3919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill | Hill | A hill is a landform that is higher than the surrounding terrain and that is smaller than a mountain. Hill is a highland of much lower elevation than a mountain. Normally it is not as steep as a mountain. By definition, a hill is often described as being lower than 600 meters (about 2,000 feet). However, some definit... |
3922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme | Enzyme | An enzyme is a protein molecule in cells which works as a biological catalyst. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions in the body, but do not get used up in the process, therefore can be used over and over again.
Almost all biochemical reactions in living things need enzymes. With an enzyme, chemical reactions go much fa... |
3924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain | Mountain | A mountain is a large natural rise of the Earth's surface that usually has a "summit" (the name for a mountain's top, which can also be called a peak). It is usually steeper and taller than a hill. By definition, mountains are often thought of as being a hill which is higher than 600 meters (about 2,000 feet). However,... |
3925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine%20code | Machine code | Machine code is a computer program written in machine language. It uses the instruction set of a particular computer architecture. It is usually written in binary. Machine code is the lowest level of software. Other programming languages are translated into machine code so the computer can execute them.
An instruction... |
3926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area | Area | Area is the amount of space a two dimensional (flat) surface takes up. It is useful because it is how much of a material is needed to make a hollow container. Area is the amount of surface covered by a close object or shape.
Some units used to measure area are square foot, square mile, square metre and square kilome... |
3927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20space | Air space | Air space is the area of the air that is controlled by a country or organisation. You have to have the permission of the controller to enter their air space in an airplane. The air traffic controllers make sure the planes go in the right place and do not hit each other or something else. Some countries are very protect... |
3929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp%20cooler | Swamp cooler | Swamp coolers are simple type of air conditioning device that can cool a room of a house or a car by using the cooling effect of the evaporation of water. Swamp coolers can cool the air temperature in a small space by drawing the air through wet pads (some are made of aspen wood) using an electric fan.
Swamp coolers w... |
3930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatoon | Saskatoon | Saskatoon is a city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Saskatoon is the biggest city in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, though, is not the capital of Saskatchewan. Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan. The South Saskatchewan River flows through the centre of the city and many people enjoy boating, biking and walking in this area. ... |
3932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20rod | Glass rod | Glass rods are sometimes used as stirrers in laboratory environments.
Glass rods are often used to spread liquids evenly onto something. An example would be to coat glass surfaces with liquids to look at them under a microscope.
Glass rods rubbed with silk or fur were used in early demonstrations of electrical energy... |
3933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermometer | Thermometer | A thermometer is an instrument for measuring or showing temperature (how hot or cold something is). One type of thermometer is a narrow, concealed glass tube containing mercury or alcohol which extends along the tube as it expands. Another type is a digital thermometer, which uses electronics to measure temperature.
E... |
3935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week | Week | A week is 7 days in connecting order. There are usually 52 weeks in a year.
In the English language, the days of the week are named after gods in Norse mythology, except for Saturday, which is named after a Roman god.
Depending on the law of a country, the week either starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, or starts on... |
3936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix | Suffix | A suffix is a few letters put at the end of a word to change its meaning. It is a type of affix mostly used to show Inflection
Verb examples:
-ed
-er
-ing
-s
-ing
walk
walked
walker
walking
walks
Adjective examples:
-er
-est
easy
easier
easiest
Compare to prefix. Prefixes are letters put at the begi... |
3937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20language | Japanese language | The Japanese language () is the official language of Japan, in East Asia. Japanese belongs to the Japonic language family, which also includes the endangered Ryukyuan languages. One theory says Japanese and Korean are related, but most linguists no longer think so. Other theories about the origin of Japanese are that i... |
3939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice | Spice | Spice is an ingredient that adds flavor to food. It is usually used to enrich or alter the quality of something. Spices can be used to give food an interesting and exciting taste.
Examples of a spice would be cinnamon, fenugreek and nutmeg.
Spices can also be used to hide or cover up bad tastes in the food, because i... |
3940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor | Flavor | Flavour or flavor (US English) is the main quality of anything which affects the taste. When someone remarks on the flavor of something they are trying to describe the specific way something tastes.
Flavor can also be used to describe the act of adding a taste alteration (to change the taste) to something. This is usu... |
3942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank | Bank | A bank is a financial institution where customers can save or borrow money. Banks also invest money to build up their reserve of money. What they do is regulated by laws. Those laws differ in different countries. The people who work at a bank are called bank employees. Certain banks deal directly with the public and th... |
3943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s%20Comet | Halley's Comet | Halley's Comet (Comet Halley) is a comet which comes round every 75 or 76 years. When it is near, it can be seen with the naked eye. It will return in 2061.
The comet is named after Edmond Halley (1656–1742), an English astronomer, who predicted the comet's return. Halley's Comet was the first comet to be recognized a... |
3944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%20Space%20Telescope | Hubble Space Telescope | The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the first big optical space observatory telescope. Being above the atmosphere means it can see the sky more clearly than a telescope on the ground. The atmosphere blurs starlight before it reaches Earth. Named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble, the Hubble Space Telescope can observe ... |
3945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion%20sensor | Motion sensor | A motion sensor is a sensor device. It is used for studying motions. It is connected to a data-logger. The data-logger is connected to a computer. The computer runs a data-logging program. The computer is connected to power, and a security system. Motion sensors have many uses including security.
Applications for move... |
3946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm | Arm | An arm is a limb. Most humans have two arms each, coming out of their body at the shoulder, just below the neck. On the end of each arm is a hand. Humans use arms and hands to do things to other objects, this is called manipulation. The main purpose of the hand is to grasp objects. Some other primates have arms which t... |
3947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow | Arrow | An arrow is a projectile fired with a bow. A bow and arrow is a weapon used before medieval times and later. For thousands of years, people all over the world have used bows and arrows for hunting and for defense. Arrows have a sharp point at one end and usually a flight at the other end. The flight is usually made o... |
3950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf | Golf | Golf is a game played in an open field where the golfer plays his golf ball into a hole by using different types of clubs (golf instruments). The book Rules of Golf reads "The Game of Golf consists in playing a ball from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."
P... |
3952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality | Spirituality | Spirituality is a name given to matters of the spirit. These can be any kind of meaningful personal activity or peaceful experience. There is not one agreed upon way to explain what happens. It is a concept so people can see and understand it in different ways. Some people believe spirituality is a part of religion. Ot... |
3953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002 | 2002 | 2002 (MMII) was .
Events
January 1 – The Treaty on Open Skies, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.
January 1 – Euro notes and coins started to be used in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands.
January... |
3954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003 | 2003 | 2003 (MMIII) was .
Events
January 1 – Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in Switzerland.
February 1 – Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed during re-entry. All seven astronauts on board died.
February 4 the Hindu minority of Bnagladesh declare the sovereign state of Bangabhumi, recognised by U... |
3955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999 | 1999 | 1999 (MCMXCIX) was .
Events
January
January 1 – Euro is established.
January 2 – A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 21 inches (533.4 mm) in Chicago, Illinois, killing 68.
January 4 – Gunmen open fire on Shia Muslims worshiping in a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 1... |
3956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998 | 1998 | 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was .
Events
January
January 1 – Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
January 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
January 2 - A gunman shoots Antario Teodoro Filho, Brazilian politician and radio presenter, in the middle of his... |
3957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997 | 1997 | 1997 (MCMXCVII) was .
Births
February 13 - Prince Michael Jackson I, American actor, singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, record producer and voice actor
April 1 – Asa Butterfield, English actor
May 1 – Ariel Gade, American actress
September 8 – Matthew Josten, American actor
November 16 – Alex Polidori, Ita... |
3958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996 | 1996 | 1996 (MCMXCVI) was . It was also a common year starting on Tuesday of the obsolete Julian calendar.
The most important events
January 7 – The Eastern US is hit by a 1996. It was almost the same as the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002 blizzards. It killed more than 150 people.
January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto becomes ... |
3959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995 | 1995 | 1995 (MCMXCV) was .
Events
January 1 – Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the EU.
January 2 – Former President of Somalia, Siyad Barre died. He had been ousted in 1991.
January 6 to January 7 – A chemical fire happened in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines. Policemen led by watch commander Aida Fariscal ... |
3960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994 | 1994 | 1994 (MCMXCIV) was .
Births
January 21 – Laura Robson, British tennis player
February 14 – Paul Butcher, American actor
February 14 – Allie Grant, American actress
February 23 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
February 27 – Hou Yifan, Chinese chess player
March 1 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer
March 5 – Aislinn P... |
3961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993 | 1993 | 1993 (MCMXCIII) was .
Events
January
January 1 – Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.
January 3 – In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
January 5 – Washington State executes Westley Allan Dodd by hangin... |
3962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992 | 1992 | 1992 (MCMXCII) was .
Deaths
January – March
January 1 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist (born 1906)
January 2 – Virginia Field, British actress (born 1917)
January 3 – Judith Anderson, Australian actress (born 1897)
January 9 – Bill Naughton, British playwright (born 1910)
January 18 – Aleksandr Alme... |
3963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991 | 1991 | 1991 (MCMXCI) was .
Events
January 5 – Georgian troops attack Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. This begins the 1991–92 South Ossetia War
February 11 – The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) forms in The Hague, Netherlands.
March 23 – The Sierra Leone Civil War begins.
April 29 – A tro... |
3964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005 | 2005 | 2005 (MMV) was .
Events
January
January 3 – Assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri.
January 9 -
The same storm which pounded the United States earlier in the month hits England and Scandinavia. At least 13 are dead among hurricane force winds and the worst flooding in northwest England in 40 year... |
3965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006 | 2006 | 2006 (MMVI) was .
In the Chinese calendar, 2006 was the Year of the Dog. Chinese New Year is January 29.
Events
January
January 1 – Sydney, Australia, has its warmest day on record, when the city reaches 45 °C (113 °F).
January 1 – Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute.
January 2 – The Bad Rei... |
3966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007 | 2007 | 2007 (MMVII) was .
The year 2007 was called:
In the Chinese calendar, dates up to February 17 are in the Year of the Dog, while dates from February 18 onwards are in the Year of the Pig.
European Year of Equal Opportunities for All
Year of the Dolphin
UNESCO has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.
... |
3967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989 | 1989 | 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was . A wave of counter revolutions ended the Eastern Bloc and the Cold War during the year.
Events
January 7 – Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins.
January 8 – the Kegworth Air Disaster – A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to Ea... |
3974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20year | Common year | A common year is a year that is not a leap year. In the Gregorian calendar, a common year has 365 days. This means a common year has 52 weeks and one day. So if a certain year started on a Monday, the following year will start on a Tuesday. Stated differently, a common year always begins and ends on the same day of ... |
3977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade | Decade | A decade (pronounce: DEK-aid) is a period of 10 years. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word for ten: "deka". 10 decades make a century, while 100 decades make a millennium. A decade is any 10 year period: There are different ways to refer to different groupings of ten years. For example, the period from 2001 to 2... |
3978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th%20century | 19th century | The 19th century was the century from 1801 to 1900. Most of this century is normally called the Victorian period because Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom.
The Industrial Revolution started in this century in most western countries. George Burns was also born in the 19th century until he died at the age of 100 ... |
3979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st%20century | 21st century | The 21st century started on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 2100. It is the current century.
Years
Note: movie years before or after the twenty-first century are in italics. |
3980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijtihad | Ijtihad | Ijtihad is the process of reaching a legal decision on the basis of one's own interpretation of Islamic law. The word is related to the better-known jihad.
Ijtihad appeared among the Muhammad's companions.
Islam |
3982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20temperature%20and%20pressure | Standard temperature and pressure | In order to be able to reproduce experiments, standard conditions for temperature and pressure have been defined in different fields of science. Very often these are also called standard temperature and pressure. The table below gives some examples:
References
Measurement
Engineering
Chemistry
Standards
Thermodynami... |
3983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/STP | STP | STP usually refers to:
Stone Temple Pilots, an American rock band
Standard Temperature and Pressure, definition
STP may also refer to:
Commercial
Straight Through Processing, banking term where a financial transaction is automatically completed without manual intervention
Segment, Target and Position, a marketi... |
3986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle | Jungle | The jungle is a place in a rain forest where the forest floor is crowded with plants. Like other rainy places, they have many rivers or streams. Scientists think that more types of animals and plants live in the jungles than everywhere else. When people talk about jungles, they sometimes mean the whole rainforest.
The... |
3987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light | Light | Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. It has a wavelength which can be seen by the human eye. It is a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum and radiation given off by stars like the sun. Animals can also see light. The study of light, known as optics. When light hits an opaque object it makes a shadow but ... |
3989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm | Stockholm | Stockholm is the capital city of Sweden. It is also the biggest city in Sweden. It is on the east coast of the country. The city is built on islands, with canals and open water in the inner city. Stockholm is found between Sweden's third largest lake, Mälaren, and the Baltic Sea.
Tyresta National Park is near Stockhol... |
3990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain | Rain | Rain is a kind of precipitation. Precipitation is any kind of water that falls from clouds in the sky, like rain, hail, sleet and snow. It is measured by a rain gauge. Rain is part of the water cycle.
Clouds will often absorb smoke to create rain, commonly referred to as "nature's laundry" due to this process.
Some p... |
3992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009 | 2009 | 2009 (MMIX) was .
2009 was called the:
International Year of Astronomy.
International Year of Natural Fibres.
International Year of Reconciliation.
2009 was the Chinese Year of Earth Ox based on the 12-year Chinese Zodiac cycle.
Events
January
January 1 – Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda assume their s... |
3997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling | Gambling | Gambling is a contest where a player bets on the result of an event. The bet is generally in the form of money. The rules and the amount of money bet have to be decided on before the event happens.
History
Playing cards appeared in the 9th century AD in China. Records trace gambling in Japan back at least as far as th... |
3998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty%20Python | Monty Python | Monty Python, also known as The Pythons, is a group of British comic actors. They have acted in several comedy movies (most famously, Monty Python and the Holy Grail). They had a television show, Monty Python's Flying Circus between 1969 and 1974, which is still well-known and watched around the world.
The members of ... |
4003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20zone | Time zone | Time zones give specific areas on the Earth a time of day that is earlier or later than the neighboring time zones. This is because when it is daytime on one side of the earth, it is night-time on the other side. There are 24 time zones dividing the earth into different times, each with its own name, like the North Ame... |
4004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market | Market | A market is a place where people go to buy or sell things. When people have products to sell, they set up a market place. There may be a special building for the market place, or the market may be held in an open space where the sellers can put up a stall (like a kind of tent) and then take the stall down at the end o... |
4006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron | Electron | An electron is a very small piece of matter. Its symbol is e−, it was discovered by J. J.Thomson in 1897.
The electron is a subatomic particle. Every atom is made of some electrons that surround the nucleus of the atom. An electron can also be separate from any atom. It is believed to be an elementary particle becaus... |
4008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile | Chile | Chile (officially called Republic of Chile) is a country on the south-western side of South America. Most people there speak Spanish.
Chile, which claims a part of the Antarctic continent, is the longest country on earth. The Atacama Desert, in the north of the country, is the driest place on earth. The average rainfa... |
4009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador | Ambassador | An ambassador is a person sent by the government of a country to a different country. The ambassador is the official representative of their country. The ambassador speaks to officials of the other country about any problems and issues between the two countries.
In past years, communication between countries could ta... |
4010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday | Monday | Monday is a day of the week. In some countries, it is the second day of the week. In other parts of the world, including some countries in Europe, Monday is the first day of the week.
The International Standards Organization considers Monday the first day of the week.
Other websites
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4012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20war | Nuclear war | A nuclear war is a war in which countries fight with nuclear weapons. Because nuclear weapons are extremely powerful and could cause destruction throughout the world, the possibility of nuclear war has had a great effect on international politics.
So far, two nuclear weapons have been used during warfare. They were us... |
4013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax | Tax | Tax is money that people have to pay to the government.
The government uses the money it gets from taxes to pay for things. For example, taxes are used to pay for people who work for the government, such as the military and police, provide services such as education and health care, and to maintain or build things lik... |
4015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida | Florida | Florida (), officially the State of Florida, is a state in the southeast part of the United States. It is the 22nd largest US state by total area with 65,757.70 sq mi (170,312 km2) and the third most-populous with a 2015 population of more than 21 million. It is a peninsula, which means that water surrounds the state o... |
4016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario | Mario | is a fictional Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. The video game character was made by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Mario is the main mascot of Nintendo. He has been in more than 200 games by the company.
In the Mario games, he tries to stop the evil Bowser from taking Princess Peach a... |
4017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20game | Video game | Video games are electronic games played on a video screen (normally a television, a built-in screen when played on a handheld machine, or a computer).
There are many types, or genres, of these games: role-playing games; shooters, first-person shooters, side-scrollers, and platformers are just a few.
Video games usua... |
4018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe | Oboe | An oboe is a woodwind instrument with a double reed. It looks very similar to the clarinet, and may be confused with it. While the clarinet's shape remains cylindrical, the oboe's body is conical. The sounds produced by clarinets and oboes are very different. An oboe's sound is produced by blowing air through the doubl... |
4019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS | GURPS | The Generic Universal RolePlaying System, or GURPS, is a role-playing game system created by Steve Jackson Games. It emphasizes a set of rules that can be used in any time or world. Characters are created using a point-based system. There have been four releases of the GURPS core rules and dozens of game supplements ... |
4020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Idle | Eric Idle | Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, composer, musician, singer-songwriter and writer. He is one of the members of Monty Python. Monty Python is a British comedy team.
Eric Idle was born on 29 March 1943 in South Shields, County Durham, England. He studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridg... |
4021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy | Enemy | An enemy is a person or group of people who is against another person or group. In war, the enemy is anyone fighting for the other side of the war.
In the Bible, Saint Peter states that: ' your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour' (1 Peter 5:8)
War |
4022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000 | 2000 | The year 2000 (MM) was . It was .
Events
January
January 1 - To most people, it was the first day of the 21st century and 3rd millennium. However, there are some people who argue that both distinctions happened a year later, on January 1, 2001.
January 3–10 – Israel and Syria hold inconclusive peace talks.
January ... |
4025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide | Adelaide | Adelaide is a city in Australia. It is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and it has an approximate population of 1.2 million people.
It is the fifth biggest city in Australia, behind Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Adelaide was founded in 1836 by Colonel William Light, who named it after Queen A... |
4029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi | Yoshi | Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in the Mario series of video games made by Nintendo. The character was created by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Yoshi's best-known ability is his ability to eat enemies. He has a long tongue which he uses to grab enemies and eat them. In some games, after Yoshi eats enemies, they turn in... |
4031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake | Lake | A lake (from Latin lacus) is a large body of water (larger and deeper than a pond) within a body of land. As a lake is separated from the ocean, it is not a sea. Some lakes are very big, and people in the past sometimes called them seas. Lakes do not flow like rivers, but many have rivers flowing into and out of them.
... |
4032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French | French | French can mean:
Something that is from or related to France
The French language
French people
French cuisine
French kiss |
4033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East | East | East is one of the 4 main directions on a compass (called cardinal directions). East is normally to the right on most maps. For example: Japan is east of China, which is itself east of Pakistan. When “The East” is described: it usually refers to the countries of Asia (especially from Pakistan eastwards like China and I... |
4035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire | Tire | A tire is a ring of material that covers the rim of a wheel. Most road vehicles and many other vehicles use rubber tires. Tires help vehicles to move smoothly. Some metro trains and trams also use rubber tires on their steel wheels to provide better traction than the steel tires of other trains.
Tires need to be chang... |
4037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population | Population | A population is the number of living people that live together in the same place. A city's population is the number of people living in that city. These people are called inhabitants or residents. The population includes all individuals that live in that certain area.The world population was estimated to have reached ... |
4039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow | Snow | Snow is a form of ice. Snow forms when water in the atmosphere becomes frozen. Snow comes in all different shapes and sizes.
At the freezing point of water (0° Celsius, 32° Fahrenheit), snow melts and becomes liquid water. Sometimes, the snow will melt very fast and become water vapor. This is called sublimation. The ... |
4040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West | West | West is one of the 4 main directions on a compass. West is normally to the left on most maps. For example: (Germany is located to the west of Poland, which is itself located to the west of Lithuania). When “The West” is used in everyday speech: it usually refers to the nations of Europe (Especially from Croatia Westwar... |
4043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20physics%20topics | List of physics topics |
A
Air resistance
C
Compression --Critical angle -- Colour filter -- Concave lens -- Convex lens
D
Diffraction -- Density (distance)--(displacement)
E
Electromagnetic spectrum -- Energy --
F
Fluid friction -- Focus -- Force sensor -- Frequency -- Friction --
Flotation
G
Gamma ray -- Gravity
I
Inertia -- Interfer... |
4044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President | President | A president is the leader of a country or a company or other group. A president is usually elected by the people in that group. Voting is one way to elect a president.
Electing a President
The President of the United States is elected by the electoral college. Some other countries choose a president this way. In some... |
4046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20colors | List of colors | This is a list of all the colours.
Related pages
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4047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20lakes | List of lakes | A list of lakes, ordered by continent:
Africa
International Lakes in Africa
Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
Lake Chad
Lake Edward
Lake Kariba
Lake Kivu
Lake Mweru
Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Lake Mai-Ndombe (Lake Leopold II)
Lake Tsha... |
4052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo%20Galilei | Galileo Galilei | Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath. Galileo was originally going to be a doctor but became a tutor instead. He was a professor of mathematics and natural science in Padua and Pisa. People most remembered him today for his conflict with the Catholic Church of his day, which led t... |
4053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agreement | Agreement | An agreement is writing down a promise made. Agreements are common in law and business. For example, when a person takes out a loan or hires someone to work, an agreement is usually signed so that everyone understands what and when things must be done.
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4054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promise | Promise | When a person agrees to do something or to not do something, that person is making a promise. A promise can be made (by saying it), or it can be written down as a contract. Breaking a promise, or not keeping it, is often just bad manners, but it can sometimes be illegal, such as when a contract is not kept.
A vow is... |
4055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud | Cloud | A cloud is water vapour in the atmosphere (sky) that has condensed into very small water droplets or ice crystals that appear in visible shapes or formations above the ground.
Water on the Earth evaporates (turns into an invisible gas) and rises up into the sky. Higher up where the air is colder, the water condenses: ... |
4056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20cycle | Water cycle | The water cycle (or hydrological cycle) is the cycle that water goes through on Earth.
Water is essential for life as we know it. It is present throughout the Solar System, and was part of the Earth from its formation. The source of the water was the same as the source of the Earth's rock : the cloud particles which c... |
4057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20vapor | Water vapor | Water vapor is water that is in the form of a vapor, or gas. It is a part of the water cycle. When liquid water is heated to boiling point, 100 degrees Celsius (212 F), it turns into vapor. Water vapor can also be produced directly from ice; this is called sublimation. Steam is water vapor, but clouds are liquid water.... |
4058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid | Solid | Solid is one of the three common states of matter. The molecules in solids are closely bound together, they can only vibrate. This means solids have a definite shape that only changes when a force is applied. This is different to liquids and gases which move randomly, a process called flow.
When a solid becomes a liq... |
4059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation | Evaporation | Evaporation is when a liquid becomes a gas without forming bubbles inside the liquid volume. If bubbles are formed we are talking instead about "boiling".
For example, water left in a bowl will slowly disappear. The water evaporates into water vapor, the gas phase of water. The water vapor mixes with the air.
The opp... |
4060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract | Contract | A contract is an agreement or promise that the law can enforce. The law will enforce some agreements but not others. For example, in most places, if a parent promises to take a child to get ice cream, the law will not enforce that promise as a legal contract.
The legal rules about which promises are enforced by the la... |
4061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face | Face | The face is a part of the body at the front of the head.
It is the part of us that others interact with. On the face are organs of sight, smell, hearing. Especially in a four-legged animal, the face is the part which goes first into the world, and that is why the sense organs and the mouth are there.
In humans, the ... |
4062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata | Kolkata | Kolkata (spelled Calcutta before 1 January 2001) is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest city in India after Mumbai. It is on the east bank of the River Hooghly. When it is called Calcutta, it includes the suburbs. This makes it the third largest city of India. This also makes i... |
4063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil | Pencil | A pencil is a kind of writing equipment that is also used to draw, usually on paper. Most pencil cores are made of graphite powder mixed with a clay binder. So, a pencil is usually made with a piece of graphite mixed with clay that has a wood case around it. The shape is usually a hexagonal prism but some pencils are s... |
4069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic | Logic | Logic is the study of reasoning. The rules of logic let philosophers make valid logical deductions about the world. Logic helps people decide whether something is true or false.
Logic is often written in syllogisms, which are one type of logical proof. A syllogism is made from a collection of statements used to logic... |
4070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism | Communism | Communism is a socio-economic political ideology and movement. It strives to set up a society where there are no states and where there is no money. Additionally, it wants the means of production (like factories, tools and farms) to be in the hands of the people (which is the definition of socialism).
This is the oppo... |
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