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States of matter | States of matter, Basic physics ideas | There are four common states of matter (or phases) in the universe: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. The state of matter affects a substance's properties. Examples of those properties include density, viscosity (how well it flows), malleability (how easy it is to bend), and conductivity. Changes between states of matter... | simple-english |
Perimeter | Geometry | In geometry, perimeter is the distance around a flat object. For example, all four sides of a square rhombus have the same length, so a rhombus with side length 2 inches would have a perimeter of 8 inches (2+2+2+2=8). For a polygon, the perimeter is simply the sum of the length of all of its sides. For a rectangle, the... | simple-english |
Nation | Basic English 850 words, Countries, Ethnicity, Nationalism | A nation is a group of people who share the same culture, history, language or ethnicity. The word can also be used for the population of a country. The word nation comes from a Latin language word meaning "birth" or "place of birth." The adjective is national. Some nations are people with a particular belief, such a... | simple-english |
Matrix | a framework or background, physical or abstract a Matrix (mathematics), a mathematical object matrix (geology), the fine-grained ground material of a conglomerate rock Toyota Matrix, a model of car produced by the Toyota company The Matrix and its sequels, movies with Keanu Reeves The Matrix Revolutions | simple-english |
Metal | Metals | Some chemical elements are called metals. Most elements in the periodic table are metals. These elements usually have the following traits: They can conduct electricity and heat. They can be shaped easily. They have a shiny appearance. They have a high melting point. Most metals are solid at room temperature, but this ... | simple-english |
German | German can mean different things. Anything related to Germany Germans, people from Germany or one of the earlier countries in the same area Germanic peoples, people who speak Germanic languages, including German and some other languages the early people known as Franks Holy Roman Empire (843-1806) German Confederation ... | simple-english |
Indonesia | 1949 establishments in Asia, Indonesia, States and territories established in the 1940s, Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | Indonesia, () officially the Republic of Indonesia; ) is a nation in Southeast Asia and Oceania. As the biggest archipelago country in the world, Indonesia has 17,504 islands. The most important islands of Indonesia are Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Sumatra. The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta, on the island of... | simple-english |
Property | Basic English 850 words, Property | Property is something that is owned by someone. If someone buys a car, the car becomes their property. People who deal with buying or selling real estate will often talk about "properties", meaning houses, apartments, offices, etc. Any works that are copyrighted are also another example of a property. Intellectual prop... | simple-english |
Renegades | #REDIRECT Rage Against the Machine | simple-english |
Cefn Druids A.F.C. | Welsh football clubs | Cefn Druids Football Club (they used to be called NEWI Cefn Druids and Flexsys Cefn Druids) are a Welsh football (soccer) team. They last played in the Cymru North, and used to play in the Cymru Premier. | simple-english |
Aberystwyth Town F.C. | Welsh football clubs, 1884 establishments in the United Kingdom, 1880s establishments in Wales | Aberystwyth Town Football Club are a Welsh football (soccer) team. The club was started in 1884. They play at the Park Avenue stadium in Aberystwyth. They play in the Cymru Premier. They came third in the Welsh league in 1992 but have only had success at a regional level. | simple-english |
German language | German language | German (German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language. It is spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg; natively by around 100 million people. It is the most spoken first language within European Union. There are some people who speak German in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Northern It... | simple-english |
Flexsys Cefn Druids F.C. | #REDIRECT Cefn Druids A.F.C. | simple-english |
Mississippi River | Rivers of Minnesota, Rivers of Arkansas, Rivers of Illinois, Rivers of Iowa, Rivers of Kentucky, Rivers of Louisiana, Rivers of Mississippi, Rivers of Missouri, Rivers of Tennessee, Rivers of Wisconsin | The Mississippi River is a river in the United States. It is the 11th longest river in the world. Its largest city is Memphis, Tennessee. The name "Mississippi" comes from a Native American name that means "big river". The source of the Mississippi is Lake Itasca in Minnesota, near the border with Canada. The Mississip... | simple-english |
Tributary | Rivers | A tributary of a river is another river that flows into it. If one river flows into a second river, then the first river is a tributary of the second river. A tributary is a body of water that flows into another body of water. The opposite of a tributary is a distributary. A distributary is a river that branches off f... | simple-english |
Missouri River | Rivers of Montana, Rivers of Missouri, Rivers of Iowa, Rivers of Kansas, Rivers of Nebraska, Rivers of South Dakota, Rivers of North Dakota | The Missouri River is a river in the western United States. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is longer than the Mississippi River. It is, in fact, the longest river in North America. For most of its course, the Missouri flows across the Great Plains, one of the driest parts of North America. The source of... | simple-english |
Meaning of life | Religion, Philosophy, Philosophy of life | Many religions, viewpoints, and creative artists have tried to find the meaning of life, but have no sensible answer. Some people say that we will never know what the meaning of life is. Many religions claim to offer some answers. There are also sets of ideas called philosophies which try to answer this question. There... | simple-english |
Drainage basin | Drainage basins | Drainage basin is a geographic term about rivers. It is also called catchment, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, and water basin. It is an area of land. All water that falls on that land flows into one river. It can flow directly into the river or go through tributaries (smaller rivers tha... | simple-english |
Great Plains | Plains, Regions of Canada, Regions of the United States | The Great Plains is a large space of level land or prairie in the middle and western parts of North America. It is a steppe or grassland. The western boundary is the Rocky Mountains. In the east, the Great Plains grassland becomes the tallgrass of the Mississippi River basin. The prairie is (in whole or part) in eleve... | simple-english |
Mythology | Mythology | A myth is a story about the remote past which is considered true within the society in which it is told. Creation myths take place long ago, during the first existing period of time: the primordial age. Legend refers to the collected myths of a group of peopletheir body of stories which they tell to explain nature, his... | simple-english |
Minnesota River | Rivers of Minnesota | The Minnesota River is a river in the United States. It is in the northern United States, in the state of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is about 534 km long. The source of the river is a lake in western Minnesota. The lake is called Big Stone Lake. The lake is on the border between the state... | simple-english |
List of mythologies | Mythology | Mythology is the collection of myths for a culture. A myth is a story or series of stories used to explain the world around you and describe what is happening, such as why weather happens. Myths usually have heroes, gods, and creatures that are bigger or more fantastic than real life, or sometimes just normal people do... | simple-english |
Wisconsin River | Rivers of Wisconsin | The Wisconsin River is a river in the United States. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is located in the state of Wisconsin. It is approximately 692 km long. The source of the Wisconsin is in the forests of northern Wisconsin. The source is a small lake on the border between Wisconsin and Michigan. The riv... | simple-english |
Alaska | Alaska, 1959 establishments in the United States | Alaska (), officially the State of Alaska, is a state in the United States. It is in the northwest corner of North America near Asia (Russia), making it the nearest U.S. state and overall country's jurisdiction to Asian continent. Alaska, together with Hawaii, does not touch the mainland U.S. consisting of its 48 other... | simple-english |
American English spelling | #REDIRECT American English | simple-english |
British English spelling | #REDIRECT British English | simple-english |
BBC | 1922 establishments in the United Kingdom, BBC | The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the public broadcaster of the United Kingdom. Its headquarters (main offices) are at Broadcasting House in London. Originally created in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it became the British Broadcasting Corporation on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest l... | simple-english |
Illinois River | Rivers of Illinois | The Illinois River is a river in the United States. It is in the state of Illinois. It is an important tributary of the Mississippi River. The length of the river is about 439 km. The source of the river is in northeastern Illinois, near the city of Joliet. It flows west across Illinois, then southwest. It passes the c... | simple-english |
Milk | Basic English 850 words, Milk, Biological competition | A glass of milk|thumb Milk is a white liquid made by mammals, like cows, dogs, and humans. It is made in the mammary glands (breasts, udders, or teats) of female mammals. Newborn babies must be given milk before they can eat solid food. Milk has many nutrients to help babies grow and be healthy. It is also a rich sourc... | simple-english |
Weather | Weather, Natural events, Basic English 850 words | Weather is the day-to-day or hour-to-hour change in the atmosphere. Weather includes wind, lightning, storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, rain, hail, snow, and lots more. Energy from the Sun affects the weather too. Climate tells us what kinds of weather usually happen in an area at different times of the year. Changes in w... | simple-english |
Opera (browser) | #REDIRECT Opera (web browser) | simple-english |
British Columbia | British Columbia, 1871 establishments in North America, 1870s establishments in Canada | British Columbia (BC) is a province in Canada. It was originally two separate colonies of Great Britain, the colony of Vancouver Island, and the colony of British Columbia. British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation in 1871. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, but the city with the most people is Vanc... | simple-english |
20th century | 20th century | The 20th century began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000. The 20th century saw two world wars and a Cold War, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, the coming of the telephone, sound recording, movies and television, airplanes, atomic weapons, genetics and DNA, computers and electronics in general. Sci... | simple-english |
Brussels | Brussels | Brussels (, , ) is the capital city of Belgium and the European Union. In 2007, 145,917 people lived there. But the area around it, known as the Brussels-Capital Region, had 1,031,215 people (which makes it the largest city area in Belgium). The people of Brussels speak mainly French and Flemish (a type of Dutch). Ther... | simple-english |
Thuringia | Thuringia | Thuringia (German: Thüringen) is a Bundesland of Germany. It lies in central Germany and has an area of . This means Thuringia is the sixth smallest state in Germany by area. It has 2.1 million inhabitants, so it is the fifth smallest state in Germany by population. The capital is Erfurt. 1920 the Grand Duchy of Saxe-W... | simple-english |
Saxony | Saxony, 1990 establishments in Germany | Saxony ( ; ), officially the Free State of Saxony (German: , Upper Sorbian: ), is one of =16 States (Staaten) of Germany (not inkl. Anklawes World)., Bezirken: Dresden, Leipzig, Carl_Marx_Stadt,. DDR. It is in the southeast of the country, north of TSCHSSR (Czech Republic). To the east of Saxony is PNR (Poland). The b... | simple-english |
National Anthem | #REDIRECT National_anthem | simple-english |
Internet Explorer | Web browsers | Internet Explorer (IE); formerly known as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, was a series of graphical web browsers made by Microsoft. It was part of the Microsoft Windows operating system, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 that ... | simple-english |
Ulster | Ulster | Ulster is one of the four historical provinces which make up the island of Ireland. The others are Leinster, Munster and Connacht. There are nine counties in Ulster. Three of them are in the Republic of Ireland: The other six counties make up all of Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom: Due to the fact... | simple-english |
List of mathematicians | Mathematicians, Lists of scientists | This is a list of famous mathematicians. Lily Serna, television presenter on Letters and Numbers (en) Jalal Allakhverdiyev, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (later called the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences); Mathematics; died in 2017 Elon Lages Lima, got the award, ... | simple-english |
Mancala | Board games | Mancala is a group of games played in Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia. People play the games by moving seeds on a board with pits carved in it. | simple-english |
Coden, Alabama | Villages in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Alabama | Coden is a small fishing village near Bayou la Batre, Alabama, USA. It is about 20 miles southwest of Mobile, near the Alabama/Mississippi border. The name of the town comes from Coq d'Inde, which is French for "Turkey". Around 1900, the area was known as a resort, which is a place people go to on their vacations. The... | simple-english |
Platypus | Monotremes, Living fossils, Mammals of Australia | The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a small egg laying mammal. It is one of only two monotremes that survive today. It lives in eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus lives in rivers and river banks. It is one of only two families of mammals which ... | simple-english |
Kenya | education by country, Kenya, 1963 establishments in Africa, Commonwealth member states, English-speaking countries, Swahili-speaking countries and territories | Kenya is a country in East Africa, about halfway down the continent, near the Horn of Africa. It is about the size of France, and almost as large as the U.S. state of Texas. Its capital city is Nairobi, which is the 14th largest city in Africa (after Accra, Ghana). Kenya is bordered by the Indian Ocean and the Jubaland... | simple-english |
Swahili language | Bantu languages, Burundi, Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Languages of Kenya, Mozambique, Languages of Oman, Rwanda, Languages of Uganda, Languages of Tanzania | The Swahili language is a language widely spoken in East Africa. In the language, its name is . It is a Bantu language. Swahili is spoken in a wide area from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique and in all of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. Congo has five million first-language speakers and fifty million second-languag... | simple-english |
Long jump | Events in athletics | The long jump is a sport in track and field athletics, where athletes compete by comparing lengths of their jumps where athletes try to jump as far as they can. For this, the athlete runs down the runway to the jumping pit which is made of soft sand. If a person falls backwards when jumping, this can decrease the lengt... | simple-english |
Elizabeth II | 1926 births, 2022 deaths, English Anglicans, House of Windsor, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria, Recipients of the Order of the Legion of Honour, Grand Crosses of the Order of the Legion of Honour, Recipients of the Ni... | Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death in 2022. She was also Head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth became queen when her father, King George VI, died on 6 February 1952. At the time of her death,... | simple-english |
Question | Basic English 850 words, Linguistics | A question is what someone asks, usually when there is something that he or she does not know. In writing, a question mark ("?") comes at the end of a question. However, just because a question is asked does not mean there is an answer. Sometimes a question has a simple answer like "Yes" or "No". Sometimes a question ... | simple-english |
Boss | A boss is a person who is in charge of workers in a company or organization. Bosses can have many different job titles. Simple examples include manager, supervisor and director. Boss (video gaming), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game Boss (crime), head of a criminal organization Executive (disamb... | simple-english |
Gun | Basic English 850 words, Firearms | A gun (also called a firearm) is a weapon used to shoot one or more metal projectiles called bullets. Guns made of wood or bamboo are thought to have been made in China around 1000 AD. In the next few centuries they spread to other parts of Asia and to Europe where they were made of metal. Guns largely replaced catapul... | simple-english |
New York | New York might mean: New York (state), a state of the United States New York City, the largest city in that state New York County, New York, a county in that state that is the same as the Borough of Manhattan of New York City New York metropolitan area, covering New York City and several nearby counties in New York and... | simple-english |
World Trade Centre | #REDIRECT World Trade Center | simple-english |
Hobby | Hobbies | A hobby is a leisure activity that people do for fun or recreation. People do it because they like it. Some people do arts and crafts. They make clothing or decorations with their hands. Some popular arts and crafts that involve textiles or fabrics include crocheting, sewing (making clothing), embroidery, knitting, and... | simple-english |
World Trade Center (1973–2001) | 1973 establishments in New York (state), 2001 disestablishments in the United States, Former buildings and structures, Buildings and structures in Manhattan, September 11 attacks, World Trade Organization | The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of 7 buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. It was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks; a new complex is mostly complete and is built on the site of the old one. The biggest buildings in the original World Trade Center were the Twin T... | simple-english |
Hour | Basic English 850 words, Units of time | The hour (symbol: h) is a unit of measurement used to measure time. The hour is equal to sixty minutes. Twenty-four hours are equal to one day. Unlike the second, the hour is not a base SI unit. | simple-english |
Minute | Basic English 850 words, Units of time, Geometry | A minute is a customary unit of time. It is equal to 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in an hour. Unlike the second, the minute is not an SI unit. A minute is also of a degree. In this context, a minute is also called an arcminute, and is written with the ' symbol. For example, the Sun and Moon both have angular diame... | simple-english |
Coat | Basic English 850 words, Protective clothing | A coat is a piece of clothing that is worn over a person's upper body. It can be used to keep warm or dry (a raincoat). A coat may also be worn by someone because of how it looks. A coat usually has long sleeves, and is fastened at the front. Some coats have collars, shoulder straps or hoods. One type of coat is a jack... | simple-english |
Study skills | Learning | Study skills or study strategies are a set of techniques and procedures that people employ to improve their learning and retention of knowledge while studying. These methods and skills assist students in becoming more successful and efficient learners. Effective study methods can make the process of learning and studyi... | simple-english |
Head | Basic English 850 words, Head (body part) | The head is the part of the body where the brain is, which is protected and surrounded by the cranium, which is part of the skull. It is also where the face is, which has a lot of your senses like seeing and hearing. Not all animals have heads, like worms or a lot of other things that do not have symmetrical bodies fro... | simple-english |
Norway | Norway, Nordic countries, Current monarchies, 1945 establishments in Europe | Norway is a country in the north of Europe. It is the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. The mainland of Norway is surrounded by the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean on the west side, and borders Russia, Finland, and Sweden to the east. The southern coast touches the Oslofjord, Skagerrak, and the North Sea. The Mo... | simple-english |
Albania | Albania, European Union candidate states, Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | The Albanian Armed Forces were first formed after independence in 1912. Albania reduced the number of active troops from 65,000 in 1988 to 14,500 in 2009. In 2010 forced conscription was abolished. Albania has a total area of 28,748 square kilometers. Albania's coastline length is . It goes along the Adriatic and Ionia... | simple-english |
Hungary | Hungary, European Union member states, 890s establishments, 9th-century establishments in Europe | Hungary ( ) is a landlocked country in southeastern Central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube River and is... | simple-english |
Netherlands | Netherlands, European Union member states, Benelux, Current monarchies, Dutch-speaking countries | The Netherlands (also referred to as Holland) is a country that is part (of a constituent country) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Most of it is in Western Europe, but there are also some parts in the Caribbean. Nearly 18 million people live there. To the north and west of the European part of the Netherlands is the... | simple-english |
Ukraine | Ukraine, 1991 establishments in Europe | Ukraine (, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia is to the north-east of Ukraine, Belarus is to the north-west, Poland and Slovakia are to the west, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and self-proclaimed Transnistria are to the south-west and the Black Sea is to the south. Ukraine is a republic. The capital of Ukraine is Kyi... | simple-english |
Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein, Current monarchies, German-speaking countries, 1866 establishments in Europe | Liechtenstein (officially the Principality of Liechtenstein) is a country in Western Europe. It is the sixth smallest country in the world and, with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries. This means that it is bordered only by landlocked countries. Liechtenstein is located between Austria and Switzerl... | simple-english |
Portugal | Portugal, Portuguese-speaking countries, European Union member states, 1974 establishments in Europe | Portugal ( is a country in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is part of the Mediterranean area. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. Its capital city is Lisbon. It has been a member of the European Union since 1986. Portugal was under a dictatorship b... | simple-english |
Slovakia | 1993 establishments in Europe, European Union member states, Landlocked countries, Slovakia, States and territories established in the 1990s | Slovakia (Slovak: Slovensko) (Official name The Slovak Republic, Slovenská republika) is a landlocked country in the eastern region of Central Europe. It is bordered by Austria in the southwest, Hungary in the south, Ukraine in the east, Poland in the north and Czech Republic in the northwest. Its capital city is Brati... | simple-english |
Slovenia | Slovenia, European Union member states | Slovenia is a country in the region of Central Europe. The capital and largest city of Slovenia is Ljubljana. Its major language is Slovenian. Its current population is about 2.1 million. Slovenia's leading exports are manufactured goods and aluminium. It is a parliamentary republic. It is a member of the European Uni... | simple-english |
Denarius | Roman coins, 3rd-century BC establishments, 3rd-century disestablishments | The denarius was a small silver coin used by the Roman Empire and Roman Republic. The denarius weighed about 3 to 4.5 grams. It was the main coin of Ancient Rome. It became the most common coin produced for circulation but was slowly debased in weight and silver content. The coin was then sometimes made of copper and p... | simple-english |
Jackknife | Blades, Knives | A jackknife is a type of knife. It has a blade that folds into the handle. It is also a dive where the body is bent and then straightened before entering the water and when a person backs up in their vehicle with a trailer attached and it accidentally folds. | simple-english |
Luffa | Tropical fruit, Cucurbitaceae | A luffa (also spelled loofah or loofa) is a long thin dried inner part of the fruit of a tropical plant related to the cucumber . It is often used as a sponge for washing the body. Before it gets ripe, it is also a good vegetable. It also comes from dried corn on the cob stems. Luffa operculata MHNT.BOT.2011.3.93.jpg|... | simple-english |
Kimono | Japanese clothing | Kimono are traditional Japanese style clothes. About a hundred years ago, most people in Japan wore kimono every day. Now, people wear the kimono for special occasions, fun, and fashion. For example, a Japanese couple might wear kimono on their wedding day. A kimono is a robe. When it lies flat, it is shaped like a le... | simple-english |
Sconce | Construction | A sconce is a holder for candles or electric lights that is fixed on a wall. Most of the time, sconces are also meant to make the place look more beautiful. | simple-english |
Culture | Culture, Social concepts | Culture is a word for the 'way of life' of groups of people, meaning the way they do things. Different groups may have different cultures. A culture is passed on to the next generation by learning, whereas genetics are passed on by heredity. Culture is seen in people's writing, religion, music, clothes, cooking, and in... | simple-english |
Houseplant | Plants | A houseplant is any kind of decorative plant. People grow them indoors, sometimes in a house, but very often in an office or a shop. Houses or public premises have conditions not as favorable for plants as in greenhouses. For example, the direction of light, low light, dry air, dust, drafts, uneven temperature. So, spe... | simple-english |
Waxed paper | Kitchenware | Waxed paper (or wax paper) is a type of paper which has been coated on both sides with wax. This gives it a translucent look. It is used for wrapping food because grease, oil, and water cannot pass through it. It is also used to line food containers because many kinds of food which would stick to normal paper will not ... | simple-english |
Japanese tea ceremony | Japanese tea ceremony | The Japanese tea ceremony (called cha-no-yu, chado, or sado) is a special way of making green tea (matcha 抹茶). It is called the Way of Tea. It is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered tea. People who study the tea ceremony have to learn about different k... | simple-english |
Sideboard | Furniture | A sideboard is a piece of furniture. It is often placed in a dining room with a long table and cupboard below to hold dishes, glassware, and other things. | simple-english |
Movie | Movies | A movie or film is a type of visual art that uses images and sounds to tell stories, express ideas, or teach people something. Most people watch movies to entertain themselves or to have fun. Movies can vary significantly in emotional tone both overall as a specific genre type but also within a single work. Some of the... | simple-english |
Holland | Netherlands, Regions of the Netherlands, Regions of South Holland, North Holland | Holland is the name of a region in the western part of the Netherlands. Holland was a county of the Holy Roman Empire and later the leading province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (1581–1795). Today, there is no country called "Holland". There are two provinces called "Holland" in the Netherlands: Nort... | simple-english |
The Netherlands | #REDIRECT Netherlands | simple-english |
Isotope | Isotopes, Nuclear physics | The atoms of a chemical element can exist in different types that have very similar behavior, but weigh different amounts. These are called isotopes of the element. Atoms of the same element have the same number of protons, but different isotopes have different numbers of neutrons. Different isotopes of the same elemen... | simple-english |
Crushing by elephant | History of Asia, Capital punishment | In the past, many rulers in south and southeast Asia had people crushed by elephants as a death penalty. This was common for more than 4000 years. The Romans and Carthaginians also sometimes did this. The elephant would step upon the head of the condemned, the one commanded to die. Usually, handlers trained the elepha... | simple-english |
Power network | Politics | A Power network is a type of contact network where its members can tell other people what to do. It must be large enough to literally scare or force people to go along with its requests, which makes them orders. This typically requires thousands of people in constant touch with each other. A political party is the most... | simple-english |
Citizenship | Nationality | Citizenship is a legal relationship between a person and a country. Usually the country is the one they were born in, lives in, supports, and in return gets protection. A person is usually a citizen of the country where he or she is born, but sometimes a person will apply for naturalization, to become a citizen in an... | simple-english |
Elephant | Elephants, Animals used for transport | Elephants are the biggest living land mammals. They have long noses called trunks and large flapping ears. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1974. It weighed and stood tall. At birth, an elephant calf may be as big as 100 kg (225 pounds). The baby elephant develops for 20 to 22 months inside i... | simple-english |
Buddhism | Buddhism, Religions originating in India | Buddhism is a dharmic religion that originated in ancient India, based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama better known as The Buddha "the Awakened one". Over the centuries, his teachings spread to Nepal, Central Asia, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and now Europe and North and Sout... | simple-english |
Story | A story can be different things: when we tell others about a thing that happened, or a thing we thought of: Bob read the children a story; Mary told John the story of her life. a report in a newspaper or on the television news: Did you see the story about George Bush on page 12? a thing we tell others that is not real:... | simple-english |
Governor-general | Governors-general, Government occupations | Governor General is a representative of a head of state. The term is mostly used in Commonwealth realm countries, where the governor general is a representative of the British monarch, who is the head of state of the Commonwealth realm countries. Sometimes the title is spelled as Governor General, which is used in Cana... | simple-english |
Black hole | Black holes, Galaxies, Good articles | A black hole is a place in space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from it, even light. This idea comes from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. The outer edge of a black hole is called the event horizon. When something enters the black hole, it cannot get out. Black holes act like perfect ... | simple-english |
Sheffield | Sheffield | Sheffield is a big city in a region called South Yorkshire in the North of England. There are 534,500 people living there. Sheffield is in the middle of lots of hills. The city centre is where the River Sheaf meets the River Don, and Sheffield gets its name from the River Sheaf. The city is east of the Peak District Na... | simple-english |
Fertilizer | Fertilizers | A fertilizer is a chemical that helps plants to grow. It is used to replace the mineral salts taken by plants or removed/washed away by rain. Manure (Animal waste) which was the first fertilizer. The important things in fertilizer are: When fertilizers are offered for sale, the percentage of N, P, and K must be written... | simple-english |
Military | Military | Military forces (often called the military when specific to a certain group) are groups of people that are given power to defend a country or territory with weapons. They are armed, so they are called the armed forces. The military protects its country by defending it from the armed forces of enemies, if there is a war... | simple-english |
Photosynthesis | Cell biology, Cellular respiration, Metabolism, Photosynthesis | Photosynthesis is a process in which green plants make their own food from sunlight, using the help of leaves to produce sugar. It is the process by which these organisms convert light energy into chemical energy, which is used to produce food.Photosynthesis is the process by which leaving plant cells containing chloro... | simple-english |
Casserole | Baked foods | A casserole is a baked dish for many different types of food, mixed together in a fluid based on liquid. The start ingredient is often a roux. Often, one of the ingredients is a can of soup. The whole point of a casserole is that it cooks material slowly. That means it can use ingredients which would not be edible if f... | simple-english |
Plate | Basic English 850 words, Kitchenware | A plate is also one of the broken pieces of lithosphere of the Earth. These plates have irregular shapes. They lie and float on the upper mantle. They move very slowly in different directions. Their movement is driven by the convection currents in the magma. A plate can contain both oceanic and continental crusts. So... | simple-english |
Flea | Insects | The flea (Siphonaptera) is an insect which lives on many animals and sometimes humans. Fleas are ectoparasites and drink the blood of the animal they bite. Fleas live outdoors in sand or tall grass, and jump to any passing animal and lay eggs. Flea bites are usually red bumps and they itch. There are many species of fl... | simple-english |
Terrorism | Terrorism, Political philosophy | Terrorism is the use of fear and violence for political, religious or ideological reasons. Many different types of social or political organizations might use terrorism to try to achieve their goals. People who carry out terrorism are called terrorists. The foundation of modern terrorism is the work of Sergey Nechayev,... | simple-english |
South Africa | Education by country, English-speaking countries, South Africa, States and territories established in the 1910s, 1910 establishments, 1910s establishments in Africa, Commonwealth member states | South Africa (officially called the Republic of South Africa) is a country in the southern region of Africa. About fifty-seven million people live there. South Africa is next to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Eswatini, and encloses Lesotho. The biggest city of South Africa is Johannesburg. The country has... | simple-english |
Andorra | Andorra, Microstates, Spanish-speaking countries | Andorra (), officially the Principality of Andorra, is a landlocked sovereign country located in the eastern Pyrenees Mountains of Southern Europe and bordered by Spain and France. There are about 79,000 people living in Andorra. The capital is Andorra la Vella. It is ruled by a Spanish Bishop and the French President,... | simple-english |
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