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Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-11 15:49:09

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#9697. What does the term in Geography zonation mean?

#9698. What does the term in Geography zibar mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-12 15:48:08

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#9699. What does the term in Geography World map mean?

#9700. What does the term in Geography World Geodetic System mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-13 15:14:23

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#9701. What does the term in Chemistry Transuranium element mean?

#9702. What does the term in Chemistry Transition metal mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-14 16:29:16

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#9703. What does the term in Geography Global city mean?

#9704. What does the term in Geography World mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-15 15:30:15

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#9705. What does the term in Chemistry Superheavy element mean?

#9706. What does the term in Chemistry Trace element mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-16 15:40:03

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#9707. What does the term in Geography Winterbourne (stream) mean?

#9708. What does the terms in Geography Windward and leeward mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-17 16:47:12

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#9709. What does the term in Chemistry Titration mean?

#9710. What does the term in Chemistry Thiol mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-18 15:24:23

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#9711. What does the term in Geography compass rose, sometimes called a wind rose?

#9712. What does the term in Geography Wind gap mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-19 15:02:46

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#9713. What does the term in Chemistry Voltmeter mean?

#9714. What does the term in Chemistry Volt mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-20 15:51:01

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#9715. What does the term in Geography Wilderness mean?

#9716. What does the term in Geography Wetland mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-21 15:22:29

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#9717. What does the term in Chemistry Thermochemistry mean?

#9718. What does the term in Chemistry Terpene mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-22 16:13:59

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#9719. What does the term in Geography Western Hemisphere mean?

#9720. What does the term in Geography Well mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-23 16:25:20

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#9721. What does the term in Chemistry Ternary compound mean?

#9722. What does the term in Chemistry Temperature mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-24 16:09:43

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#9723. What does the term in Geography Weir mean?

#9724. What does the term in Geography Weathering mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-25 15:08:25

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#9725. What does the term in Chemistry Tarnish mean?

#9726. What does the term in Chemistry Suspension mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-26 16:44:00

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#9727. What does the term in Geography Wave-cut platform mean?

#9728. What does the term in Geography Waterway mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-27 16:06:00

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#9729. What does the term in Chemistry Surfactants mean?

#9730. What does the term in Chemistry Substitution reaction mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-28 15:36:49

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#9731. What does the term in Geography Waterfall mean?

#9732. What does the term in Geography Water-meadow mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-29 15:49:01

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#9733. What does the term in Chemistry Substituent mean?

#9734. What does the term in Chemistry Chemical substance mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-30 15:25:52

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#9735. What does the term in Geography Water table mean?

#9736. What does the term in Geography Water pollution mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2024-03-31 15:51:39

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#9737. Name the American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014). She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed "Charlie."

#9738. Name the American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801 (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826). Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the U.S. government as a senior diplomat in Europe. He was the first person to hold the office of vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.

Jai Ganesh · 2024-04-01 15:49:58

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#9739. Name the French aviator who was the first woman on record to fly in an untethered hot air balloon (8 March 1757 – after 1784). She was born in Lyon on 8 March 1757. On 4 June 1784, eight months after the first crewed balloon flight, she flew with Mr. Fleurant on board a hot air balloon christened La Gustave in honour of King Gustav III of Sweden's visit to Lyon.

#9740. Name the French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer (25 March 1778 – 6 July 1819). She was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, she entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals", replacing André-Jacques Garnerin.

Jai Ganesh · 2024-04-02 15:39:14

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#9741. Name the French pilot, thought to be the first woman to pilot a plane (22 August 1882 – 18 July 1919). She became the world's first licensed female pilot on 8 March 1910.

She received the 36th aeroplane pilot's licence issued by the Aeroclub de France, the world's first organization to issue pilot licences. At the time, pilot licences were only required for pilots operating aircraft for commercial purposes.

#9742. Name the Anglo-Irish journalist and pioneer aviator (28 September 1878 – 11 May 1971) who, in 1910–11, became one of the first women in Great Britain and Ireland, and maybe even in the world, to design, build, and fly an aircraft.

Jai Ganesh · 2024-04-03 15:26:32

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#9743. Name the American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912). In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel. Although she died at the age of 37 in a flying accident, she strongly influenced the role of women in aviation.

#9744. Name the volunteer nurse and the first woman in the world who participated in a military flight during the First Balkan War in 1912 (1 May 1897, in Karlovo – 25 May 1969). On 30 October 1912, at the age of 15, she was an observer in a Voisin aircraft that flew over enemy positions in Edirne. She threw out Turkish language propaganda leaflets.

Jai Ganesh · 2024-04-04 16:13:01

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#9745. Name the Russian Empire pioneering aviator (St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, 1889 - Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, 1920).

She was the first woman to become a military pilot when she flew reconnaissance missions for the Tsar in 1914.

She started taking flying lessons in 1911, and was awarded her flying license in 1912. However, she gave up flying in 1913 after her instructor died mid-flight.

#9746. Name the (20 February 1875 – 14 December 1963) French athlete, mountaineer, aviator, and journalist. She won numerous prizes for her sporting achievements including those of swimming, cycling, mountain climbing, winter sports, ballooning, flying, riding, gymnastics, athletics, rifle shooting, and fencing. She was the first woman to climb many of the peaks in the French and Swiss Alps. She was a record-breaking balloonist, an aviator, and during World War I she became the first female combat pilot. She was also a qualified surgical nurse, was the first trained and certified flight nurse in the world, and worked for the establishment of air ambulance services throughout the world. In 1903 M. Château de Thierry de Beaumanoir named her the fiancée of danger, which newspapers used to describe her for the rest of her life. It is also included on the commemorative plaque on the façade of the house where she lived at 8 Place de la Carrière, Nancy.

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