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3472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackknife | Jackknife | 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.
Blades |
3473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luffa | Luffa | 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.
Other websites
Tropical fruit
Cucurbit... |
3474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono | Kimono | 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 l... |
3475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sconce | Sconce | 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.
Construction |
3476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture | Culture | 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 ... |
3477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houseplant | Houseplant | 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, sp... |
3478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxed%20paper | Waxed paper | 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 ... |
3479 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20tea%20ceremony | 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... |
3485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideboard | Sideboard | 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.
Furniture |
3486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie | Movie | A movie or film is a type of visual art that uses images and sounds to tell stories or teach people something. Most people watch movies to entertain themselves or to have fun. Some movies can make people laugh, but other movies can make them cry, or make them feel afraid.
Overview
Most movies are made so they can be... |
3487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland | 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: Nor... |
3489 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope | Isotope | 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... |
3490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crushing%20by%20elephant | Crushing by elephant | 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 eleph... |
3493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20network | Power network | 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 mo... |
3494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship | Citizenship | 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... |
3495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant | Elephant | Elephants are large grey animals with big ears, long noses and white tusks. They are the largest living land mammals. The largest elephant recorded was one shot in Angola, 1974. It weighed 27,060 pounds (12.25 tonnes) and stood 13 feet 8 inches (4.17 m) tall.
At birth, an elephant calf may weigh as much as 100 kg (225... |
3496 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism | Buddhism | Buddhism originated in India based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha. A Buddha is one who is said to be awake to the truth of life.
Over the centuries his teachings spread from Nepal to Central Asia, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and now Europe an... |
3504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story | 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 re... |
3505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-general | Governor-general | 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 Can... |
3506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20hole | Black hole | A black hole is a region of space from which nothing, not even light, can escape. According to the general theory of relativity, it starts existing when spacetime gets curved by a huge mass. There is a sphere around the black hole. If something goes inside the sphere, it can not leave. This sphere is called the event h... |
3511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/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... |
3515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer | Fertilizer | 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.
Common fertilizers:
Ammonia
Manure (Animal waste) which was the first fertilizer.
Compost
Urea
The important things in fertilizer are:
Nitrogen (N)
Phosphorus (P)
Potas... |
3516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military | Military | The military is the group or groups of people that are given power to defend something (mostly a country). 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. The military can also be ordered by the government of the... |
3518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis | Photosynthesis | Photosynthesis is how plants and some microorganisms make carbohydrates. It is an endothermic (takes in heat) chemical process which uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into sugars. The sugars are used by the cell as energy, and to build other kinds of molecules. Fundamentally, photosynthesis converts light energy in... |
3520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casserole | Casserole | 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... |
3521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate | Plate | A plate is a type of dish where food can be placed after being cooked for eating. Sometimes they are called dishes. They may be made out of ceramic, plastic, paper, or styrofoam.
A plate is also one of the broken pieces of lithosphere of the Earth.
All plates have irregular shapes. They lie and float on the upper man... |
3523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea | Flea | 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... |
3524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism | Terrorism | 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 do the terrorism are called Terrorists. The foundation of modern terrorism is the work of Sergey Nechayev, a ... |
3528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Africa | South Africa | 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, Lesotho, and eSwatini.
The biggest city of South Africa is Johannesburg. The country has three capitals for different purposes. They... |
3529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra | Andorra | 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 84,000 people living in the country. The capital is Andorra la Vella. It is ruled by a Spanish Bishop and the French Presid... |
3537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Hiroshima (広島) is the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture. It is the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Japan. About a million people live in Hiroshima.
History
Atomic bombing
At the time of the attack, Hiroshima was the headquarters of the 2nd General Army and 5th Division. It contained 40,000 Japanes... |
3538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter%20scale | Richter scale | The Richter scale is a scale of numbers used to tell the power (or magnitude) of earthquakes. Charles Richter developed the Richter Scale in 1935. His scale worked like a seismogram, measured by a particular type of seismometer at a distance of 100 kilometers (62 mi) from the earthquake.
Earthquakes 4.5 or higher on ... |
3539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day | Day | A day is the time it takes the Earth to spin around once. It is day time on the side of the Earth that is facing the Sun. When it is night time, that side of the Earth is facing away from the Sun. It takes 24 hours for the Earth to spin once, so that is one day, including the day time and night time. This is mean solar... |
3540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases%20of%20the%20Moon | Phases of the Moon | The phases of the Moon are the different ways the Moon looks from Earth over about a month.
As the Moon orbits around the Earth, the half of the Moon that faces the Sun will be lit up. The different shapes of the lit portion of the Moon that can be seen from Earth are known as phases of the Moon. Each phase repeats it... |
3541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere | Sphere | A sphere is a shape in space that is like the surface of a ball. Usually, the words ball and sphere mean the same thing. But in mathematics, a sphere is the surface of a ball, which is given by all the points in three dimensional space that are located at a fixed distance from the center. The distance from the center i... |
3543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantity | Quantity | Quantity or amount is how much of something there is that can be counted or measured.
Counting
Whole numbers (1, 2, 3 ...) are used to count things. This can be done by pointing to each one. As things are pointed to, a number is said. Start with the number one. Each time another thing is pointed to, the next whol... |
3544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising | Advertising | Advertising is how a company encourages people to buy their products, services or ideas. Advertising is one element of marketing, which also includes design, research and data mining.
An advertisement (or "ad" for short) is anything that draws good attention towards these things. It is usually designed by an advertis... |
3555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha | Buddha | A Buddha is the holiest type of being in Buddhism, a teacher of God's and humans. The word Buddha means "enlightened one" in Sanskrit or Fully Awakened One in Pāli.
It is also a title for Siddhartha Gautama. He was the man who started Buddhism. Sometimes people call him "the Buddha" or the "Shakyamuni Buddha". Other t... |
3556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20the%20United%20States | Flag of the United States | The flag of the United States of America is a national flag. It has 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes. These 13 stripes represent the original thirteen colonies. The flag also has a blue canton, a rectangle in the top left corner. There are 50 stars which represent the 50 states of America.
When a new state joins the ... |
3569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%20%28disambiguation%29 | America (disambiguation) | America is a short-form name for the United States of America.
America or América may also refer to:
Places
The Americas, a landmass comprising the continents of North America and South America
Argentina
América, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Colombia
La América, Commune of Medellín, Colombia
Mexico
América, Tamau... |
3576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma%20Gandhi | Mahatma Gandhi | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a leader of nationalism in British-ruled India. He is more commonly called Mahatma Gandhi; mahatma is an honorific meaning "great-soul" or "venerable" in Sanskrit. He was first called this in 1914 in South Africa. He is also called Bapu in India (Guj... |
3581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia | Schizophrenia | Schizophrenia is a condition which may be diagnosed by a psychiatrist. It is mental illness where people may see, hear or believe things that are not real. It can be a big problem for people who have it. Some similar mental illnesses include schizotypal personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizoid perso... |
3584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink | Drink | A drink or beverage is a liquid that an organism can take into their body, by using their mouth. Typical drinks for humans include water, tea, milk, coffee, juice, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks.
All drinks are mainly water. All life needs water to live. If a living organism don't get enough water, they will dehydr... |
3589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need | Need | A need is a thing that, when a living being, plant or animal does not have it, it is not able to live.
A thing that someone wants to have, but is able to live when they do not have it, is called a want.
Every person has the same basic needs for the body.
Humans have bodily needs of water, food, clothing, and shelter t... |
3590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware | Freeware | Freeware is software that people may get without paying for it. In this case, "free" means "free of charge". In freeware, users might not be allowed to customize or share the software or source code with others. This leaves the author with more control than with free software.
Software |
3591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21 | Yahoo! | Yahoo! is a web portal and an internet content and service provider. It offers many products and services, such as a search engine, e-mail, instant messaging, video, news, weather forecasting, money and other information. Yahoo! makes money from advertisements in their services. Yahoo started on October 8, 1997.
Histo... |
3592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca | Mecca | Mecca or Makkah (called Mecca in older texts, officially: Makkah al-Mukarramah; ) is a city in Saudi Arabia and the holiest city in Islam. As of the 2004 census, 1,294,169 people lived there. The city is inland from Jeddah, in the narrow sandy Valley of Abraham. It is above sea level. It is from the Red Sea.
Mecca... |
3593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian%20Peninsula | Arabian Peninsula | thumb|right | 250px | The Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia. It lies east of Ethiopia and northern Somalia; south of Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan; and southwest of Iran. The waters around it are: on the southwest the Red Sea a... |
3595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South | South | South is one of the 4 cardinal directions on a compass. South is normally down on the bottom of most maps. For example: Angola is to the south of Nigeria, which is itself to the south of Morocco . The South Pole is the farthest south you can go.
Basic English 850 words
Compass directions |
3596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20America | Central America | Central America (, or Centroamérica ) is the central geographic region of the continent known as the Americas. It goes from Mexico in the north-west, to Panama in the south-east. It also comprises the Caribbean Sea and its countries.
Central America has an area of . It is almost 0.1% of the Earth's surface. This is a... |
3597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20language | French language | French (French: , pronounced "Fronce-eh") is a Romance language that was first spoken in France. It is also spoken in Belgium (Wallonia), Luxembourg, Canada (Quebec), Switzerland (Romandy) and with many different countries in Africa (Francophone Africa). About 220 million people speak French as a native or a second lan... |
3598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister | Prime Minister | A prime minister manages the politics of a country and is the head of government. With countries that have kings and queens (known as monarchs), they are very important because they are in charge of most of the politics (they are "head of the government"). In countries with a president, they might be in charge of most ... |
3599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland | Greenland | Greenland is the world's largest island.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of the kingdom of Denmark. This large Arctic island is near Iceland to the east and Canada to the west. It has a population of only 50,000 people, limited by its cold climate. Most of the civilian population lives in the southern part of the... |
3600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%20Union | Soviet Union | The Soviet Union (short for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR) was a single-party Marxist–Leninist state. It existed for 68 years, from 1922 until 1991, a few days before its 69th anniversary. It was the first country to declare itself socialist and build towards a communist society. It was a union of 14... |
3601 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch | Monarch | A monarch is the ruler of a monarchy. Monarchs usually get their power by inheritance – from one of their parents. When a ruler dies their child, or nearest relative, takes over. A male monarch is usually called a king or emperor. A female monarch is usually called a queen or empress.
Monarchs were very common in hist... |
3604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit | Unit | Unit means part of something. It could mean a unit of measurement, or a unit in an army.
Units sometimes means the digit in a number on the right, which is also called the "ones".
Some other ideas come from this word:
Unity is what is found when parts are joined into one.
To unite is the act of joining parts togeth... |
3607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle | Uncle | An uncle is a name used in an extended family. An uncle is either a brother of one of someone's parents. That person is the uncle's nephew (male) or niece (female). An uncle's child is a cousin. A granduncle (also written as great-uncle or grand-uncle) is the brother of a grandparent. In some cultures an uncle is consi... |
3609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information | Information | The word "information" is used in many different ways. Originally, it comes from a word that meant to give a form to something. Information is something that people can learn, know about, or understand. For example, a newspaper contains information about the world. This article contains information about "Information"... |
3610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport | Airport | An airport is a place where airplanes can land or take off. Most airports in the world have only a long strip of level ground called a runway. Many airports have buildings which are used to hold airplanes and passengers. A building that holds passengers waiting for their planes or luggage is called a terminal. The sect... |
3611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice | Ice | Ice is the common name for frozen water. Other liquids, such as ammonia or methane or milk, could be called ice when they freeze but they are called 'milk ice', for instance, instead of just 'ice'. Liquid water becomes solid ice when it is very cold. The freezing point is 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit or 273 kelvin).
Ice... |
3614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel | Travel | Travel is the activity of going from one place to another place. When a person makes the same trip every day to work or school, this type of traveling is usually called "commuting." Some people travel to other cities as part of their job. This is called "business travel." When many people travel to a distant place t... |
3615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN | CNN | The Cable News Network (CNN) is an American cable news television channel. It was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. The Cable News Network first aired on television on June 1, 1980. The Cable News Network's first newscast was anchored (hosted) by David Walker and his wife Lois Hart. In its first year CNN hired many politi... |
3616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader | Leader | A leader is somebody whom people follow. A leader has authority. For people to accept a leader, his or her leadership must therefore be legitimate.
Because people follow a leader, the leader can make people do things. A leader can therefore make people work together towards a common goal.
An example of a leader is ... |
3617 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard | Blackboard | A blackboard, also called a chalkboard, is a surface on which chalk is visible. It is used as a surface to write on. It is usually made up of wood or fiber. It is painted black to reflect the white chalks.
Blackboards are often used to help in teaching in school. Blackboards are not used as much now but can be seen i... |
3620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux | Linux | Linux or GNU/Linux is a Unix-like operating system (or family of) for computers. An operating system is a collection of the basic instructions that manage the electronic parts of the computer allowing running applications and programs. The Linux kernel (the basis of the operating system) is free software, meaning every... |
3621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20source | Open source | Open source is a software similar to free software, but is more related to business. It is different from other software because the source code is available to everyone. The source code is a set of instructions for the computer, written in a programming language.
Anyone can see how the source code works and can chang... |
3622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop%20environment | Desktop environment | In graphical user interfaces and consoles a desktop environment is a location on a personal computer that helps the user get around on the computer. The desktop itself is a place in the operating system used for short cuts to computer files and folders on the hard drive. Computer icons (small pictures) are used to rep... |
3624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice | OpenOffice | Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) is a free open source office suite. The free software project was formerly hosted by Sun Microsystems and then Oracle Corporation and is currently hosted by Apache. It is available for many different operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and Sol... |
3625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download | Download | Download means getting information from another computer or server. The opposite of downloading is uploading, which is sending data to another computer. Usually we do not say "download" for a single web page (for example when you open this page on your computer). When we say we downloaded something, it is normally a bi... |
3628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME | GNOME | GNOME is a computer desktop environment. It was designed for Linux, but many other operating systems can use it too. GNOME aims to provide an easy way to use a computer. GNOME is a free software project. It was made because people were questioning whether KDE is free. GNOME is part of the GNU project.
Aims
Accordi... |
3632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog | Dog | Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are domesticated mammals, not natural wild animals. They were originally bred from wolves. They have been bred by humans for a long time and were the first animals ever to be domesticated. Remains dating to 30,000 years ago have been described as "Paleolithic dogs". Their status as dogs or... |
3635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness | Blindness | Blindness is to not see anything. Some people are called blind, even though they can see a little bit. This is because they cannot see clearly, but only see unfocused shapes or colors.
In modern countries, few young people are blind. In all the world, blindness is mostly caused by malnutrition and diseases of old peo... |
3637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic | Arctic | The Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole. The Arctic includes parts of Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Lapland and Svalbard as well as the Arctic Ocean. It is an ocean, mostly covered with ice. Most scientists call the area north of the treeline Arctic. Trees will not grow when the temperatures get too... |
3639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin | Sin | A sin is a bad act. Particularly, it is a bad act against another person(s), an animal, a spirit, or a god.
In Abrahamic religions, such as Christianity and Judaism, it is an act that goes against what God wants. It turns people away from God and true happiness. In Exodus chapter 20, Moses was given the Ten Commandme... |
3640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer | Summer | Summer is one of the four seasons. It is the hottest season of the year. In some places, summer is the wettest season (with the most rain), and in other places, it is a dry season. Four seasons are found in areas which are not too hot or too cold. Summer happens to the north and south sides of the Earth at opposite tim... |
3641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Month | Month | A month is an amount of time used with calendars. It is about 1/12th of a year. It is a little longer than a natural synodic orbital period of the moon, ca. 29.5 days. Lunar calendars use the natural synodic month. For some purposes astronomers use the sidereal month of 27.3 days.
Other calendars, called "solar calend... |
3658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta | Alberta | Alberta is a province in western Canada. It is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia on the west, Saskatchewan on the east, the US state of Montana on the south and the Northwest Territories to the North.
Alberta is the fourth largest Canadian province with an area of . Alberta has around 4,067,175 living ther... |
3659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics | Electronics | Electronics is the study of electricity (the flow of electrons) and how to use that to build things like computers. It uses circuits that are made with parts called components and connecting wires to do useful things. The science behind Electronics comes from the study of physics and gets applied in real-life ways thr... |
3660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar | Scalar | Scalars are simple numbers. They are used for measuring things. Many things can be measured, and the measure can be explained by only giving the number.
Suppose we are measuring a rod. We could give the measured length as 2 metres or 3 cm—depending on the length of the rod under observation. Here, only the figure 2 or... |
3661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon | Photon | Photons (from Greek φως, meaning light), in many atomic models in physics, are particles which transmit light. In other words, light is carried over space by photons. Photon is an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle. In quantum mechanics each photon has a characteristic quantum of energy that depends on ... |
3662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector | Vector | A vector is a mathematical object that has a size, called the magnitude, and a direction. It is often represented by boldface letters (such as , , ), or as a line segment from one point to another (as in ).
For example, a vector would be used to show the distance and direction something moved in. When asking for direc... |
3665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap%20bubble | Soap bubble | A soap bubble is a very thin film of soap water. Their shape is a hollow, round ball, or sphere. They have a colorful surface. Soap bubbles do not last very long. Sometimes they break in the air. When they touch something else, they usually break. When people talk about soap bubbles they think about them being pretty b... |
3667 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20Brigades%20Union | Fire Brigades Union | The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is the main union for firefighters in the United Kingdom. A union is a group of workers. They make the group to improve pay and working conditions. It was founded in 1918 in the London area as the Firemans Trade Union. It soon grew to cover the entire country. Today, it has around 50... |
3674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle | Bicycle | A bicycle (or bike) is a small, human powered land vehicle with a seat, two wheels, two pedals, and a metal chain connected to cogs on the pedals and rear wheel. A frame gives the bike strength, and the other parts are attached to the frame. The name comes from these two words - the prefix "bi-" meaning two, and the su... |
3675 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel | Wheel | A wheel is a disc or circle-shaped mechanical device. Its main purpose is to allow things to roll; in other words, the wheel spins, and object on the wheels moves more easily along the ground. It is a simple machine. The principle behind the wheel is that of mechanical advantage.
Most land vehicles roll on wheels. ... |
3679 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20exercise | Physical exercise | The word exercise means:
Things to do to get some practical experience and skill in some activity.
Repeatedly moving the human body to make it stronger or better at doing something. This is called physical exercise.
Basic modes of physical exercises
People do physical exercises as a part of their healthy lifestyle to... |
3680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage | Percentage | Percent means out of one hundred. It is often shown with the symbol "%". It is used even if there are not a hundred items. The number is then scaled so it can be compared to one hundred. Percent is also used to indicate changes in numerical quantities.
For example, we have a bowl of fruit with three apples and one ... |
3681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing | Writing | Writing is the act of recording language on a visual medium using a set of symbols. The symbols must be known to others, so that the text may be read.
A text may also use other visual systems, such as illustrations and decorations. These are not called writing, but may help the message work. Usually, all educated peop... |
3683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock | Rock | Rock has several meanings:
rock (geology), a hard substance made of minerals, often found in or on the ground
Rock music
Rock and roll music, a form of popular music that started in the 20th century |
3684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato | Plato | Plato was one of the most important classical Greek philosophers. He lived from 427 BC to 348 BC. A wealthy man, he owned at least 50 slaves and created the first university school, called "The Academy". Plato was a student of Socrates (who did not write) and the teacher of Aristotle, who founded another university, kn... |
3686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book | Book | A book is a set of printed sheets of paper held together between two covers. The sheets of paper in a book are called pages. The pages have words written in them and illustrations drawn. The book is a more flexible format than the earlier idea of the scroll. The change from scrolls to books began in the Roman Empire ... |
3687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial | Sundial | A sundial shows the current solar time during the day. It does this because the sun appears to move through the sky. At different times in the day when the sun is shining, a shadow is cast in different places on the dial. A person marks the dial with the time at a certain shadow. This lets users easily see the time. Th... |
3690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula | Peninsula | A peninsula is a region of land that sticks out in a body of water. It is also defined as a piece of land with water on three sides.
Many countries are on peninsulas, and may either take up part of a peninsula (such as Portugal) or all of it (such as India). Parts of a country may also be on a peninsula. For example, ... |
3691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivation | Derivation | A derivative is something created from a Primary source, and can mean different things.
Derivative (linguistics), a word that is made from a more basic word
Derivative (chemistry), a substance that has similar properties to the original. However, one or more components of the original are replaced
Derivative (finan... |
3692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial%20game%20theory | Combinatorial game theory | Combinatorial game theory, also known as CGT is a branch of applied mathematics and theoretical computer science that studies combinatorial games, and is distinct from "traditional" or "economic" game theory. CGT arose in relation to the theory of impartial games, the two-player game of Nim in particular, with an empha... |
3693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim | Nim | Nim is a simple game used for examples in combinatorial game theory. The rules of nim are simple:
The game begins with some piles of counters.
Players alternate turns.
On a turn, a player takes counters from a pile. At least one counter must be taken, but up to 3. All counters must be in the same pile.
If a player ... |
3697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue | Blue | Blue is one of the colors of the rainbow that people can see. It is one of the seven colors of the rainbow along with red, orange, yellow, green, indigo and violet. Apart from indigo and violet, it has the shortest wavelength of these colors (about 470 nanometers).
Blue is the color of the Earth's sky and sea. Earth ... |
3702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory | Memory | Memory is the personal record of past experiences. It is the brain's ability to store information to use later. The Greeks considered memory (Mnemosyne) as the mother of Muses, for without her there would be no art and no science.
Memory is studied in sciences known as "cognitive psychology".
There are two types of... |
3706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder | Murder | Murder is where one person wrongfully kills another person with malicious aforethought. If a person does something reckless that makes someone else die, without the intention of killing, it is homicide and may be manslaughter. An accident caused by carelessness may be criminally negligent homicide. Sometimes, a death c... |
3707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird | Bird | Birds (Aves) are a group of animals with backbones which evolved from dinosaurs. Technically speaking, they are dinosaurs.
Birds are endothermic. The heat loss from their bodies is slowed down by their feathers.
Modern birds are toothless: they have beaked jaws. They lay hard-shelled eggs. They have a high metabolic... |
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