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11 hours ago · Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both / k r ɒ k ə ˈ d ɪ l i ə /) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles known as crocodilians.They first appeared 94 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) and are the closest living relatives of birds, as the two groups are the only known survivors of the Archosauria.
11 hours ago · Dinoflagellata. Haptophyta. Typically excluded. Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) Algae ( UK: / ˈælɡiː / AL-ghee, US: / ˈældʒiː / AL-jee; [3] sg.: alga / ˈælɡə / AL-gə) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms. The name is an informal term for a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from ...
11 hours ago · When environmental conditions become less hospitable to the sponges, for example as temperatures drop, many freshwater species and a few marine ones produce gemmules, "survival pods" of unspecialized cells that remain dormant until conditions improve; they then either form completely new sponges or recolonize the skeletons of their parents.
11 hours ago · Description. Pine trees are evergreen, coniferous resinous trees (or, rarely, shrubs) growing 3–80 metres (10–260 feet) tall, with the majority of species reaching 15–45 m (50–150 ft) tall. [4] The smallest are Siberian dwarf pine and Potosi pinyon, and the tallest is an 81.8 m (268 ft) tall ponderosa pine located in southern Oregon 's ...
11 hours ago · According to the creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy series Second City Television. [1] This article features the recurring characters from the series outside of the five main characters ( Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson ).
11 hours ago · Etymology The English word sun developed from Old English sunne. Cognates appear in other Germanic languages, including West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, Standard German Sonne, Bavarian Sunna, Old Norse sunna, and Gothic sunnō. All these words stem from Proto-Germanic * sunnōn. This is ultimately related to the word for sun in other branches of the Indo-European language ...
11 hours ago · The properties of ice vary substantially with temperature, purity and other factors. Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 ° C, 32 ° F, or 273.15 K. As a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with an ordered structure, ice is considered to be a mineral.
