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• Apes. Suppose you want to dig some insects out of a

• Arithmetic I INTRODUCTION Arithmetic, branch of mathematics that arises from counting, the most basic mathematical operation.

  Subtract the units: 6 - 3 = 3. Then subtract the tens column: 6 – 2 = 4. The results of these two single-digit subtractions, written side by side, provide the answer: Subtraction is a bit more complicated if we need to subtract a larger digit from a smaller one. For example, when subtracting 47 from 92, the units value (7) of 47 isgreater than the units value (2) of 92. We can handle this situation using a procedure called borrowing, which is like carrying in reverse. Ten units can be borrowe...

• Telephone.

  digits is dialed. The development of inexpensive and reliable amplification provided by the introduction of the transistor in the 1960s made practical the design of adialing system based on the transmission of relatively low power tones instead of the higher-power dial pulses. Today most telephones have push buttons instead of a rotary dial. Touch-Tone is an optional service, and telephone companies still maintain the ability to receive pulsedialing. Push-button telephones usually have a switch...

• insectes.

  oiseaux et les chauves-souris, les seuls animaux pourvus d’ailes et capables de pratiquer un vol véritable. La vitesse du vol est variable : 9 km/h seulement chez l’abeille,mais 20 km/h chez le criquet migrateur. Le monarque, un papillon américain, est le champion des grands déplacements. Il passe l’été dans le sud du Canada et descend enhiver jusqu’au Mexique ( voir Migration animale). 2.3 Abdomen L’abdomen possède généralement onze segments, mais, chez certains insectes, ils sont au nombre...

• Intelligence.

  education. Teachers had no way of knowing which of the “slow” students had true learning problems and which simply had behavioral problems or poor prior education.In 1904 the French Ministry of Public Instruction asked Binet and others to develop a method to objectively identify children who would have difficulty with formaleducation. Objectivity was important so that conclusions about a child’s potential for learning would not be influenced by any biases of the examiner. The governmenthoped tha...

• Le merveilleux Le mot « merveille », issu du latin mirabilia, désigne un pro­ dige surnaturel; il qualifie aussi la...

  Le merveilleux Le mot « merveille », issu du latin mirabilia, désigne un pro­ dige surnaturel; il qualifie aussi la valeur superlative. Le mer­ veilleux crée l'étonnement, l'admiration en introduisant une rupture, un décalage par rapport à la normalité. Dans les romans de Chrétien de Troyes, le merveilleux est un élément indispensable de la narration : il constitue l'un des deux pôles du récit. La quête du héros suppose en effet un va-et-vient constant entre le pôle de la cour arthurienne, qui...

• Archaeology.

  Prehistoric archaeology is practiced by archaeologists known as prehistorians and deals with ancient cultures that did not have writing of any kind. Prehistory, a term coined by 19th-century French scholars, covers past human life from its origins up to the advent of written records. History—that is, the human past documented insome form of writing—began 5000 years ago in parts of southwestern Asia and as recently as the late 19th century AD in central Africa and parts of the Americas. Becaus...

• Mammal - biology.

  On land, mammals live in many different habitats, and at a wide range of altitudes. Many mammals dig burrows as refuges or as places to raise their young, but somehave developed a largely subterranean lifestyle, feeding on small animals or plant roots beneath the soil's surface. These animals, including moles and mole-rats, digthrough the ground either with spadelike front paws or with their teeth, and they detect danger by being highly sensitive to vibrations transmitted through the soil.Most m...

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• Animal - biology.

  Vertebrates are customarily divided into cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals, but these labels are not very precise. Biologists normally use the terms ectoderm and endoderm to describe temperature regulation more accurately. An ectoderm is an animal whose temperature is dictated by its surroundings, while an endoderm is one that keeps its body at a constant warm temperature by generating internal heat. Reptiles, amphibians, and fish are ectoderms. Although they do not maintain a constant wa...