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3711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20speech | Freedom of speech | Freedom of speech is the right to state one's opinions and ideas without being stopped or punished. Sometimes this is also called Freedom of expression. Freedom of speech is thought to also include freedom of the press and Freedom of information. However, new laws are usually needed to allow information to be used easi... |
3715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana | Banana | A banana is the common name for a type of fruit and also the name for the herbaceous plants that grow it. These plants belong to the genus Musa. They are native to the tropical region of southeast Asia.
It is thought that bananas were grown for food for the first time in Papua New Guinea. Today, they are cultivated in... |
3720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne%2C%20Switzerland | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Biel/Bienne (official name; Biel is German, Bienne is French) is an industrial town in Switzerland. It is in the part of Switzerland named Bern and near the city also named Bern. The town is known for many companies that make watches and machines.
Description
The town of Biel, the capital of Swiss watch-making, lies... |
3723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch%20Internet%20Time | Swatch Internet Time | Swatch Internet Time is a way to measure time invented in 1998 by the Swatch manufacturing firm in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Time is shown as an "@" mark with three numerals. The day starts with @000 for midnight. Noon is @500. Just before midnight is @999. The thousand parts which make up a day are called "dot beats" ... |
3727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20tube | Test tube | A test tube is a kind of laboratory glassware, composed of a fingerlike length of glass tubing, open at the top, usually with a rounded lip at the top, and a rounded 'U' shaped bottom.
They range in size from a couple inches to several inches long, from a few millimeters to a couple centimeters in diameter. They are d... |
3729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker | Beaker | A beaker is a kind of laboratory glassware. A beaker is a cylinder with a lip and a spout (a bend in the rim of the beaker which makes it easier to pour liquids without spilling any). A beaker is usually about the same width as its height. This makes beakers very stable and easy to handle. They may be made of plastic, ... |
3730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible | Crucible | In chemistry, a crucible is a kind of laboratory equipment that is usually a small cup, about the size of a shot glass, made of porcelain or non-reactive metal. Crucibles are used to heat chemical compounds to very high temperatures using a gas burner. One of the earliest uses of platinum was as a material in crucibles... |
3735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium | Lithium | Lithium (from Greek lithos 'stone') is a soft, silver-white metal with symbol Li. It is the third chemical element in the periodic table. This means that it has 3 protons in its nucleus and 3 electrons around it. Its atomic number is 3. Its mass number is 6.94. It has two common isotopes, 6Li and 7Li. 7Li is more commo... |
3736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium | Beryllium | Beryllium is in group 2 of the periodic table, so it is an alkaline earth metal. It is grayish (slightly gray) in color. It has an atomic number of 4 and is symbolized by the letters Be. It is toxic and should not be handled without proper training.
Beryllium has 4 electrons, 4 protons, and 5 neutrons.
Beryllium has ... |
3741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20compression | Data compression | Data compression is a set of steps for packing data into a smaller space, while allowing for the original data to be seen again. Compression is a two-way process: a compression algorithm can be used to make a data package smaller, but it can also be run the other way, to decompress the package into its original form. ... |
3742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler | Compiler | A compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language into another programming language. The first language is called the source language, and the code is called source code. The second language is called the target and can usually be understood by computers. In that case, t... |
3743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye | Eye | The eye is a round organ for sensing light so organisms can see. It is the first part of the visual system. About 97 percent of animals have eyes. Image-resolving eyes are present in cnidaria, molluscs, vertebrates, annelids and arthropods.
In mammals, two kinds of cells, rods and cones, allow sight by sending signal... |
3745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-twister | Tongue-twister | A tongue-twister is a phrase that is hard to say. They often use alliteration and homophones. They are commonly employed to help warm up singers and actors
Examples
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck as many wood as a woodchuck chucks if a woodchuck could chuck woo... |
3749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AbiWord | AbiWord | AbiWord is a free word processor that can be downloaded for free, it is open source and is much smaller in size than a proprietary alternative, Microsoft Word. It is available for FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and QNX. Its mascot is Abi the ant. It is much smaller than many other commercial word-processo... |
3750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect | Insect | Insects are a class in the phylum Arthropoda. They are small terrestrial invertebrates which have a hard exoskeleton.
Insects are the largest group of animals on Earth by far: about 926,400 different species have been described. They are more than half of all known living species. They may be over 90% of animal specie... |
3752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20operating%20systems | List of operating systems | This is a list of operating systems for computers.
The first operating systems
CTSS (The Compatible TimeShare System, made at MIT by Corbato and others)
Incompatible Timesharing System (The Incompatible Timeshare System, made at MIT)
Multics (project by Bell Labs, GE, and MIT)
Master programme for Leo Computers, Leo I... |
3755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20jargon | Computer jargon | Computer jargon means words to do with computers and surrounding topics. Knowing what these words mean can help people know more about computers. Most people use these words to discuss computer ideas, but some people use these words to impress others (also known as buzzwords).
Some examples of jargon are:
Disk - a pla... |
3756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million | Million | 1,000,000 (1000000, one million or one thousand thousand or million or thousand thousand for short) is a natural number between 999,999 and 1,000,001. The name is derived from Italian, where was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became a "milione", as 'a large thousand'.
In scientific notation, the number is written as 1×106 or ... |
3757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000%20%28number%29 | 1000 (number) | 1000 (1,000, one thousand or thousand for short) is the natural number after 999 and before 1001. One thousand thousands is known as a million.
In Roman numerals, 1000 is written as M.
Examples of a thousand
The number of grams in a kilogram
The number of millimeters in a meter
The number of years in a millennium... |
3759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross%20domestic%20product | Gross domestic product | In economics, gross domestic product (GDP) is how much a place produces in an amount of time. GDP can be calculated by adding up its output (total production) inside a country.
To find the GDP of a country, one adds up all consumer spending (C), all investment (I), all government spending minus taxes (G), and the valu... |
3762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket | Cricket | Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each (Cricket). One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, ... |
3763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track%20and%20field%20athletics | Track and field athletics | Track and field is part of the sport of athletics. Athletics is a collection of sport events that includes running, jumping and throwing. Track and field events take place in a sports stadium, either on the running track, or on the field inside the running track. These tracks are generally made up of synthetic rubber –... |
3765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton | Badminton | Badminton is a sport for two or four( "singles" or "doubles") people. The game is either one player against one player or a team of two players against another team of two players. Players use rackets to hit a shuttlecock over a net but if it goes too far it will be an out.
The aim of the game is to hit the shuttlecoc... |
3770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20warfare | Chemical warfare | Chemical warfare means using chemical compounds in war to injure or kill people. The chemicals used for chemical warfare are poisonous.
Chemical warfare has been used since the Stone Age. Since 1899, several international laws have said that using chemical weapons is illegal. But chemical weapons have still been used... |
3772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran | Iran | Iran officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (), historically known as Persia, is a country in Western Asia. It is part of the Middle East region. It shares borders with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.
Tehran is the capital and biggest city. Iran is the eighteenth largest c... |
3773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama%20Buddha | Gautama Buddha | The Buddha is a title used to refer to a man named "Siddhartha Gautama". It means Fully Awakened One. He was born in a region of what is now known as the country Nepal as Prince Siddhartha Gautama in a Shakya Kingdom in Lumbini and was the person who created the religion of Buddhism. He lived from about 563 BC to about... |
3777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North | North | North is one of the 4 main directions on a compass. North is usually up on most maps. For Example: The United States is north of the Mexico, which is itself north of Brazil. The North Pole is the farthest north you can go. The North of the world is considered to be the top.
Basic English 850 words
Compass directions |
3779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20football%20clubs%20in%20Portugal | List of football clubs in Portugal | These are some Portuguese football teams.
Academica
Alverca
Amadora
Beira Mar
Belenenses
Benfica
Boavista
Braga
Gil Vicente
Guimaraes
Leiria
Maritimo
Moreirense
Nacional
Pacos Ferreira
FC Porto
Rio Ave
Sporting
References
www.PortuGOAL.net The definitive Portuguese football site
Lists of football teams
Portugal-rela... |
3787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany%20%28software%29 | Epiphany (software) | Epiphany is a Web browser for GNOME. It is also available for Mac OS X and was made from Galeon.
It uses the Gecko layout engine from the Mozilla project to show web pages; however, the Epiphany developers have a new but less stable version of Epiphany 2.21.4 using the WebKit engine instead of Gecko. The Epiphany team... |
3788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20game%20console | Video game console | A video game console is a machine that is used to play video games. Video game consoles usually connect to a television.
Special controllers are attached to the console to control the game. Some video game consoles are handheld. They can be carried around and have their own screens. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation P... |
3789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation | PlayStation | The PlayStation (often known as the PS1 or the PSX) is a video game console made by Sony released in December 1994. At the time, it was competing against the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. PlayStation games were stored on CDs. The controllers that were first released with the console had no analog joysticks on them, ... |
3790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election | Election | An election is a way people can choose their candidate or their preferences in a representative democracy or other form of government.
Most democratic countries hold new elections for their national legislature every few years. What elections do is select representatives for the local areas. These are called MPs (Mem... |
3793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine | Medicine | Medicine is the science that deals with diseases (illnesses) in humans and animals, the best ways to prevent diseases, and the best ways to return to a healthy condition.
People who practice medicine are most often called medical doctors or physicians. Often doctors work closely with nurses and many other types of hea... |
3794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport | Transport | Transport, or transportation, is moving people or things from one place to another place. Transport can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations.
Infrastructure includes roads, railways, airports, canals and pipelines. The infrastructure is the network where things are carried. Infrastructure also inclu... |
3795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road | Road | A road is a piece of land which connects two or more places. Usually, a road has been made easy to travel on, for example by removing trees and stones so the ground is more level. Although many roads are made of gravel and dirt, some are paved with concrete or bricks or stones.
People have been making roads for a long... |
3796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004 | 2004 | 2004 (MMIV) was .
2004 was the Chinese Year of Wood Monkey based on the 12-year Chinese Zodiac cycle.
Events
January
January 1 - Deiss becomes President of the Confederation in Switzerland.
January 2 - Several British Airways flights from London Heathrow Airport to Washington D.C. and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are cancel... |
3797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian%20Islands | Hawaiian Islands | From west to east, Hawaii is made up of the following Hawaiian Islands:
Niihau
Kauai
Oahu
Moloka'i
Lana'i
Kaho'olawe
Maui
Hawaii
Hawaii has been a U.S. state since 1959.
The Hawaiian islands, plus former islands now below sea level (guyots), make up the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. |
3798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna%20Kea | Mauna Kea | Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the highest point in Hawaii at 4,205 meters. If measured from top to bottom, below sea level, it is 10,200 meters high and would be the tallest mountain in the world. It is around 1,000,000 years old. Mauna Kea means 'white mountain' because in winter it of... |
3799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna%20Loa | Mauna Loa | Mauna Loa is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands of the United States.
Name
“Mauna Loa” is Hawaiian for “long mountain”.
Size
The volcano is at least in volume and over 4 kilometers above sea level. Measured from its base on the ocean floor it reaches above 8 kilometers making it the tallest mountain on Eart... |
3800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilauea | Kilauea | Kīlauea is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It is a shield volcano. The volcano is 1,277 meters high. Kīlauea is a large lake of lava. The crater of Kīlauea is named Pu'u'O'o. The first eruption of Kīlauea is estimated as 300 to 600 thousand years ago. Its first recorded eruptions were in 1823. Its most recen... |
3809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van | Van | A van is a type of vehicle. A van can carry either goods or people. A van is usually bigger than the regular sized car. Panel vans (= vans whose cargo space has no side windows) are used for deliveries and carrying goods. These usually have large cargo space and few windows. A van which is used to carry people is often... |
3810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luggage | Luggage | People use luggage to carry their possessions when travelling. In the United States luggage is often called baggage.
Types of luggage
A valise is a small bag. It is usually for carrying clothes or accessories. Some other words for this size of luggage are overnight bag, overnight case, and overnighter
A suitcase is a ... |
3811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan | Pan | Pan can mean:
Pan (mythology), a god in Greek mythology
Pan (moon), one of Saturn's moons
Pan (genus), genus of apes
A type of cookware, for example a frying pan |
3813 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantograph | Pantograph | A pantograph is a machine. It is used in drawing or planning. It makes it easy to copy diagrams.
The device that an electric train uses to get its electricity is also called a pantograph, because it looks a bit like the drawing instrument.
tools |
3814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback | Paperback | A paperback is a type of book. It has a cover of thick paper or thin cardboard. Paperback book covers can bend and be folded. The covers are laminated (have layers), and some of the methods are more durable (lasting) than others. Another name for paperback is soft cover.
Paperback books may be glued or held by sewin... |
3815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette | Palette | A palette is used for mixing colours.They are usually made out of plastic or wood but can be made out of other materials. An artist often uses one of these and is in fact an essential item in art, when painting.
Painting |
3816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow-worm | Glow-worm | A glow-worm, or glowworm, is an insect.
Other names for glow-worms are fire-fly and lightning bug.
There are several insects given this name. Most are beetles, but one is a fly, Arachnocampa. They are nocturnal, active during the night. They have special organs that can produce light. This is used to find mates. The p... |
3817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette%20knife | Palette knife | A palette knife is not actually a knife. It has a very flexible steel blade and no sharpened cutting edge. It is a tool.
Uses
A palette knife is used for mixing paint colors. It may be used for mixing and applying a whole range of semi-fluid mixtures.
Cutting tools |
3819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foolscap | Foolscap | Foolscap is paper cut to the size of , sometimes . This was a traditional paper size used in Europe and the British Commonwealth, before the adoption of the international standard A4 paper, the most common standard size in the world. Foolscap was so called because, in the 18th century, folio-sized paper had the waterma... |
3821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer | Polymer | A polymer is a molecule, made from joining together many small molecules called monomers. The word "polymer" can be broken down into "poly" (meaning "many" in Greek) and "mer" (meaning "unit"). This shows how the chemical composition of a polymer consists of many smaller units (monomers) bonded together into a larger... |
3823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium | Medium | Medium might mean:
Medium, a size between small and large
Medium (spirituality), a person who claims to communicate with the dead
Interstellar medium, the matter between stars
Optical gain medium
Storage medium, a device for storing information
Transmission medium, a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma that can transm... |
3825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase | Phrase | A phrase is a group of words that adds meaning to a sentence. A phrase is not a sentence because it is not a complete idea with a subject, verb and a predicate.
In English there are five different kinds of phrases, one for each of the main parts of speech. In a phrase, the main word, or the word that is what the phra... |
3826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preposition | Preposition | Prepositions often describe the position of something, the time when something happens or the way in which something is done. The prepositions "of", "to" and "for" have other functions.
Prepositions may sometimes be used to end sentences. For example, "What did you put that there for?" (better English is the alterna... |
3828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun | Pronoun | A pronoun is traditionally a part of speech in grammar, but many modern linguists call it a type of noun. In English, pronouns are words such as me, she, his, them, herself, each other, it, what.
Pronouns are often used to take the place of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. For example, instead of saying
Tom has... |
3829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb | Adverb | An adverb is a word used to tell more about a verb, and it almost always answers the questions how?, when?, where?, how often?, and in what way?. Words like slowly, loudly, carefully, quickly, quietly or sadly are all adverbs. Adverbs usually, but not always, end in -ly.
Examples of adverbs in a sentence (with the adv... |
3837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday | Sunday | Sunday is one of the seven days of the week. It is part of the weekend, along with Saturday. Sunday is the Sabbath or day of worship for most Christians (for example, Easter is celebrated on Sunday). Sunday is the beginning of the week in the United States, but is the end of the week in the United Kingdom.
07 |
3838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa | Ottawa | Ottawa is the capital of Canada and is part of the province of Ontario. It is south of the Ottawa River. In 2004, there were about 808,391 people in the city. The region has about 1,146,790 people. The mayor of the city today (since December 2010) is Jim Watson. Ottawa is in the Ottawa Valley on the border with the pro... |
3845 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/News%20agency | News agency | A news agency is a kind of company. It supplies information to newspapers, radio and television.
In the United Kingdom and some other countries a news agency or newsagent is a shop which sells newspapers, magazines and cigarettes.
Although there are many news agencies around the world, three global news agencies, Age... |
3846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudguard | Mudguard | A mudguard, fender or wing is a part covering the wheels of a vehicle to stop it from throwing off mud, water or objects from the road. It protects people and property from dirtiness, dampness, and damage.
Mudguards protect in several ways:
They protect brakes and lights.
They protect the bicycle from getting ruste... |
3847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para%20rubber%20tree | Para rubber tree | A Para rubber tree (or simply, rubber tree) is the tree which naturally produces rubber. It is native to tropical areas from South America, in the Amazon (Brazil), but was spread by European farmers to the Far East.
Para Rubber trees belong to the Euphorbiaceae family. In the wild they may reach heights of 100 to 125 ... |
3848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety%20curtain | Safety curtain | A safety curtain is a curtain in theatre at the front of the stage. It is made of material that will not burn. The safety curtain may be lowered during the intermission and after the performance. A safety curtain is there in case there is a fire on stage. It will stop the fire from spreading to the auditorium where ... |
3849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety%20lamp | Safety lamp | A safety lamp is a miner's lamp with a covered flame that used to be used in coal mines.
Types of safety lamps
The first safety lamp was invented by William Reid Clanny. It used bellows and water to separate gasses. Later, two newer designs were invented. One newer design was the Geordie lamp, made by George Stephenso... |
3850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas%20stocking | Christmas stocking | A Christmas stocking is a long sock hung by a fireplace or bed on Christmas Eve. Christmas presents are put into it for children. It came from an old legend. Stockings are now a European Christmas tradition.
Christmas |
3853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20football%20clubs%20in%20Austria | List of football clubs in Austria | These are the Austrian football teams and the leagues they played in for the 2022/23 season.
Admiral Bundesliga (First Division)
S.K. Sturm Graz from Styria
F.C. Red Bull Salzburg from Salzburg
FK Austria Wien from Vienna
S.K. Rapid Wien from Vienna
WSG Tirol from Tyrol
SV Ried from Upper Austria
SK Austria Klagenfu... |
3854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001 | 2001 | 2001 (MMI) was .
Events
January
January 1 – Strictly speaking, it was the first day of the 3rd millennium and 21st century in the Gregorian calendar, but according to Popular Culture, the first day of these two distinctions was January 1, 2000. A nine foot tall rock was placed by an artist in Seattle's Magnuson Pa... |
3856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex | Sex | Sex is a type of reproduction common among living things. Sex is used by plants and animals, and also by fungi and various single-celled organisms. It usually needs two individuals which are different sexes from the same species. It works by combining genes from more than one source.
Biological type
Organisms may hav... |
3857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacksaw | Hacksaw | A hacksaw is a tool for sawing. A hacksaw is designed for cutting materials like very thin metals and plastic. It has a handle on one end, and can be either pushed or pulled across the object being cut. There are manual and electric hacksaws.
Cutting tools |
3858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade | Spade | In gardening, a spade is a tool for digging. It is similar to a shovel. It has a straight handle, usually of wood and a blade, usually of steel.
For some purposes the difference between a spade and a shovel is important. For example, spade more easily digs in hard soil; a shovel more easily moves gravel.
In card ga... |
3859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe%20%28tool%29 | Hoe (tool) | A hoe is a tool in farming and gardening. It has a blade, usually metal, attached to a long handle, usually wood. There are many types of blade and several uses, probably the most common of which is weeding. Other uses include shaping the soil and harvesting root crops such as potatoes. Along with the spade and fork, t... |
3860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovel | Shovel | A shovel is a tool used for moving loose material. Shovels have a flat bottom head which is angled slightly from the handle to enable scooping and moving of material.
Although a shovel can be used for digging, it is much less efficient than a spade. Spades are straight, and transmit force straight downwards. Shovels... |
3861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunger | Plunger | A plunger is a tool. It is used to get rid of things that are blocking pipes. The plunger is placed over one end of the pipe, and the handle is pushed up and down. Doing this creates a sucking force, which makes the thing blocking the pipe move and unclog.
Tools |
3862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder | Ladder | A ladder is a tool which is made for people to climb up or down. Ladders have two vertical supports that go along the whole length of the ladder. Between these supports are the horizontal rungs. The rung is what the climber can put his foot on. The climber can use his hands to hold on to the rungs above him, or to ... |
3867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral%20history | Oral history | Oral history is history that is told rather than written down. It is given through talking rather than reading a book. It is usually passed from generation to generation in order to explain events that have occurred.
Though today oral history is not as popular as written history, it is still used in many places as a ... |
3868 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation | Generation | A generation can mean any group that is sorted by the time they were created.
In a family, a generation means all the people on one level of a family tree. For example, your brothers, sisters and cousins are in the same generation as you.
In populations of people, a “generation” means groups of people born in differ... |
3870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene | Gene | Genes are parts of DNA. DNA is a molecule inside a cell that carries the instructions for making the proteins the cell will need. Each gene contains a single set of instructions. These instructions usually code for a particular protein. Humans have about 20,000 genes that code proteins and many more that are non-coding... |
3872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliteration | Alliteration | Alliteration is when a sentence or phrase has words that start with the same sound. It is commonly used in advertising, poetry, headlines, and tongue-twisters. Basically the first consonant repeats itself throughout the sentence.
Alliteration is common for poetry. It was used one thousand years ago in Anglo-Saxon poem... |
3873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone | Homophone | Homophones are words that sound the same as another word but have a different meaning, and often a different spelling.
Examples include:
one, won
pail, pale
fore, four, for
it's, its
there, their, they're
Knight, night
which, witch
pore, pour
pear, pair, pare
see, sea, C
high, hi
wear, where
hare, hair
a... |
3874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensation | Condensation | Condensation is how gas changes into a liquid when it touches a cooler surface. Condensation is part of the water cycle. It is the opposite of evaporation.
Process
Condensation of water is when water changes from gas to a liquid or crystal shape. Any gas can condense, either because the temperature is dropping or th... |
3875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation | Precipitation | Precipitation is a form of water from the atmosphere. It is a term in meteorology, and includes rain, snow, sleet, ice pellets dew, frost, and hail. These form by condensation from atmospheric water vapor, and fall under gravity.
Fog and mist are not precipitation but suspensions. In that case, the water vapor does no... |
3878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20humidity | Relative humidity | Relative humidity is a way of describing how much humidity is present in the air, compared to how much there could be. Meteorologists often use the relative humidity as a measurement to describe the weather at various places.
When the temperature is warm, more water vapor can be in the air than when it is cold. If the... |
3880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin%20C | Vitamin C | Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a vitamin. It is found in fresh fruits, berries and vegetables. It is one of the water-soluble vitamins.
Vitamin C is important in wound healing. Without enough vitamin C, a person can get a sickness called scurvy. Lack of vitamin C was a serious health problem on long ocean ... |
3881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorphenolindophenol | Dichlorphenolindophenol | DCPIP (its full name is 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol) is a blue chemical used as a dye because when it is oxidized it is blue. Once DCPIP is reduced (by addition of electrons) it does not have a color anymore. This reaction can be reversed, and the colourless DCPIP will turn blue again, when it is oxidized.
Purpose
... |
3882 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy%20diet | Healthy diet | A healthy diet or balanced diet is a diet (what you eat) that contains the right amounts of all the food groups. It includes fruit, vegetables, grains, dairy products, and protein. It does not include too much or too little of any kind of food. Eating wrong amounts of a food group, whether it be too much or too little,... |
3883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye | Dye | Dye is a substance used to color materials. It is often used to color the fabric used to make clothing. It has low solubility. A pigment won't do this because it won't stick to the fibers of the fabric and color them. A dye can be natural, usually made from plant material such as berries, or artificial, meaning that it... |
3886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry | Poetry | Poetry is a type of art form and a type of literature.
Poetry uses the qualities of words, in different ways, to be artistic.
Poetry can be as short as a few words, or as long as a book. A poem as short as one line is called a monostich. A poem that is as long as a book is an epic.
There are many "poetic forms" (f... |
3887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature | Literature | Literature is a group of works of art made up of words. Most are written, but some are passed on by word of mouth. Literature usually means a work of poetry, theatre or narrative. There are many different kinds of literature, such as poetry, plays, or novels. They can also be put into groups through their language, his... |
3888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination | Imagination | Imagination is the ability to form images of things or events in one's mind. When someone imagines something, they are trying to picture something in their mind that they are not experiencing at the moment or that is not really happening.
Related pages
Fiction
Science fiction
Fantasy
Everyday life
Psychology |
3889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorimeter | Calorimeter | A calorimeter is a tool that measures the amount of thermal energy contained in a substance, or released in a reaction. A commonplace use is to measure heat of combustion.
Laboratory equipment
Measuring tools |
3890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolus | Bolus | In biology, a bolus (from the Latin word for ball), is a ball-shaped living thing.
In medicine, a bolus is a large amount of a drug given to patients to raise the blood level before treatment.
A bolus can also refer to a ball of food after it has been chewed. It passes down the oesophagus by peristalsis.
Physiology
... |
3891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oesophagus | Oesophagus | The oesophagus (or esophagus) is also called the gullet. It is the part of the gastrointestinal system between the mouth and the stomach. It connects the pharynx and the stomach. It is about long.
The oesophagus is lined with muscle, and is lubricated. Its muscle pushes food down into the stomach. The oesophagus can ... |
3892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease | Protease | A protease is a digestive enzyme. It breaks down long chains of proteins into shorter amino acids. Proteases have evolved a number of times. We know this because different kinds of protease can do the same reaction in completely different ways. Proteases are found in animals, plants, bacteria, archaea and viruses.
N... |
3894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental%20floss | Dental floss | Dental floss is a special type of thread. It is used for cleaning spaces between teeth which cannot be reached by toothbrushes. It is important to floss before brushing teeth and to floss at least once a day. Tooth brushing will not clean food that is packed between teeth. This 'food packing' can lead to unhealthy tee... |
3895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickets | Rickets | Rickets is a disease that happens in young children. It happens in children who do not get enough vitamin D and calcium. It causes larger spaces inside bones, and makes them dry, like sponges. It can make the legs curve toward each other (so the knees touch) or away from each other.
Rickets in adults is called oste... |
3896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile | Bile | Bile or gall is a green-yellow fluid. It is secreted from the liver of most vertebrate animals, and is often stored in the gall bladder. Bile helps digest fat.
The components of bile are
Water
Cholesterol
Bile pigments
Bile salts
The name gall comes from the Greek word cholè meaning green or yellow.
The term chol... |
3897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental%20pulp | Dental pulp | The dental pulp is the part in the center of a tooth (pulp cavity). It is made up of living soft tissue and cells. It is surrounded by dentine and contains nerves and blood and lymph vessels.
Teeth |
3898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoplasm | Protoplasm | Protoplasm is an old term, which means the living substance that makes up a cell. It is no longer much used. Biologists prefer to talk about the cytoplasm and the cell nucleus.
In plant cells, it is surrounded by a cell wall. In animal cells, the whole cell is made of protoplasm, surrounded by a cell membrane. Protop... |
3899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amylase | Amylase | Amylase is an enzyme which breaks down starch into sugars which the body can use.
More accurately, it is a family of similar enzymes which work in a wide range of animals, plants and fungi. There are two variants in humans: alpha-amylase, and gamma-amylase.
Alpha-amylase is a major digestive enzyme. Its optimum pH is... |
3900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variegated%20leaf | Variegated leaf | A variegated leaf is a type of leaf.
Uses
A variegated leaf is useful in conducting experiments to show that chlorophyll is needed for photosynthesis to happen. They are also popular in horticulture.
Experiments
The easiest of these experiments is to stain the places where starch is produced (starch is a more compa... |
3902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam%20ripper | Seam ripper | A seam ripper is a cutting tool. It is used for removing stitches in sewing and cutting open buttonholes made on a sewing machine. Sometimes it is also called a thread ripper.
The tool usually has a handle, shaft, and head. The head has two points: one flattened to form a pointed blade and the other forming a small p... |
3904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaque | Plaque | Plaque: a word meaning a flat, plate-like object.
a plaque in biology is a flat growth-form, as for example,
the growth of bacterial colonies on an agar plate
a sticky, white film or fluid on the teeth, a mixture of bacteria and food
in atherosclerosis, a fat layer inside an artery.
a flat man-made object, such as a... |
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