Friday, November 24, 2006

Color crayon


Yellow = a yellow pigment or dye.

Red = having distinctive areas or markings of red


Green = freshly slaughtered or still raw


Pink = the scarlet color of hunting pinks.

Blue = any of several blue-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

The first Living Things


crinoids

Any of various echinoderms of the class Crinoidea, including the sea lilies and feather stars, that are characterized by a cup-shaped body, feathery radiating arms, and either a stalk or clawlike structure with which they are able to attach to a surface.

Jellyfish

any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, esp. one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.


Shell

any of various objects resembling such a covering, as in shape or in being more or less concave or hollow.


Sponges

A small absorbent contraceptive pad that contains a spermicide and is placed against the cervix of the uterus before sexual intercourse.


trilobites

Any of numerous extinct marine arthropods of the class Trilobita, of the Paleozoic Era, having a segmented body divided by grooves into three vertical lobes and found as fossils throughout the world.

Friday, November 17, 2006

metal

Aluminum

a silver-white metallic element, light in weight, ductile, malleable, and not readily corroded or tarnished, occurring combined in nature in igneous rock, shale, clay, and most soil: used in alloys and for lightweight utensils, castings, airplane parts, etc.




Brass

any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.


Copper

a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze.


Iron

an appliance with a flat metal bottom, used when heated, as by electricity, to press or smooth clothes, linens, etc.


Steel

a bar of this metal that has one end formed to hold a bit for driving through rock.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Religious



Christianity

The Christian religion, founded on the life and teachings of Jesus.


Islam

A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God.


Hinduism

A diverse body of religion, philosophy, and cultural practice native to and predominant in India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils.


Judaism

The monotheistic religion of the Jews, tracing its origins to Abraham and having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Talmud.


Buddhism

The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct, wisdom, and meditation releases one from desire, suffering, and rebirth.

Friday, November 10, 2006

fruits



Peach

The soft juicy fruit of this tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured stone containing a single seed.


Strawberry

Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Fragaria, having white flowers and an aggregate fruit that consists of a red fleshy edible receptacle and numerous. seedlike fruitlets.


Mango

Any of various types of pickle, especially a pickled stuffed sweet pepper.


Banana

The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.


Melon

The fruit of any of these plants, having a hard rind and juicy flesh.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

planet


Earth

The third planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 365.26 days at a mean distance of approximately.

Mars

The fourth planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 687 days at a mean distance of 227.9 million kilometers.


Pluto

The ninth and usually farthest planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 248.5 years, 4.4 billion kilometers.


Jupiter

The fifth planet from the sun, the largest and most massive in the solar system, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 11.86 years at a mean distance of 778 million kilometers.


Saturn

The sixth planet from the sun and the second largest in the solar system, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 29.5 years at a mean distance of about 1,426,000,000 kilometers.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

cotton 100%


Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Gossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft white downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.



A small square of cloth used especially for wiping the nose or mouth.


A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.



A soft, absorbent piece of paper used as toilet paper, a handkerchief, or a towel.


A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic material, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.