VERTEBRATE GROUPS REPTILES BIRDS MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS FISH WHAT DOES THE SKELETON DO? HOW MANY LIMBS DO VERTEBRATES HAVE? FIND OUT MOREAll vertebrates have an inner skeleton, including a skull…
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts Born: Dec. 11, 1943Birthplace: Denver, Colo. Kerry was raised Catholic in a family of privilege, and spent part of his childhood living in Europe. His mother was a…
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(Encyclopedia) cobalt, metallic chemical element; symbol Co; at. no. 27; at. wt. 58.9332; m.p. 1,495℃; b.p. about 2,870℃; sp. gr. 8.9 at 20℃; valence +2 or +3. Cobalt is a silver-white, lustrous,…
(Encyclopedia) rainbow, arc showing the colors of the spectrum, violet inside and red outside, which appears when the sun shines through water droplets. It often appears while the sun is shining…
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By John Gettings, Mike Morrison, and Gerry Brown A TRAGIC FINAL LAP NASCAR's Winston Cup series didn't just lose a seven-time champion when Dale Earnhardt, 49, died in a last-lap crash at…
(Encyclopedia) shark, member of a group of almost exclusively marine and predaceous fishes. There are about 250 species of sharks, ranging from the 2-ft (60-cm) pygmy shark to 50-ft (15-m) giants.…
(Encyclopedia) science fiction, literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of…
