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Filter  Item Title Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was a great Italian mathematician and astronomer. The world's climate is changing all the time, getting warmer, colder, wetter, or drier. The air is not warmed much by the Sun directly. The chemicals involved in a chemical reaction are called the reactants. Light is just one of the forms of electromagnetic radiation. Light is a form of energy. Troikas are Russian sleighs (or carriages) drawn by three horses. The first bicycle was the 1818 "draisienne" of Baron de Drais. An echo is the reflection of a sound. To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, divide by 5, multiply by 9 and add 32. Seismic gaps are places in active earthquake zones where there has been no earthquake activity. Tectonic plates are moving all the time, by about 4 in (10 cm) a year. W. A. Bentley was an American farmer who photographed thousands of snowflakes through microscopes. The vocal cords are soft flaps in the larynx, situated at the base of the throat. The first U.S. space station was Skylab. Quasars are the most distant known objects in the Universe. Baby porcupines are born with soft quills to make the birth easier. Baby big cats are called cubs. Only male lions have a mane, which shows off their size, and also protects them during fights. Like us, apes have long arms, and fingers and toes for gripping. A reptile's skin looks slimy, but it is quite dry. Deserts suffer from permanent drought. A drought is a long period when there is too little rain. Essentials oils are thin, perfumed oils from plants. Iron is never found in its pure form in the Earth's crust. Most spiders have a poisonous bite which they use to stun or kill they prey. Eels are long, slimy fish that look like snakes. The Sun can be used to generate electricity. Hamada is desert that is strewn with boulders. The Moon's landscape has barely changed over billion of years. Molars are the (usually) six pairs of big, strong teeth at the back of your mouth. Water drops and ice crystals in thunderclouds are buffeted together. Snow is often slow to melt after it has covered the ground. The world's biggest fish is the whale shark, which can grow to well over 40 ft (12 m) long. Sheep were first domesticated over 10,000 years ago. The time from mating to birth is called the gestation period. Birds of prey lay only one or two eggs at a time. The heartbeat is the regular squeezing of the heart muscle to pump blood around the body. The study of the shape of the Earth is called geodesy. Antarctic icebergs last for ten years on average. The Age of Dinosaurs came to a fairly sudden end 65 million years ago. Spiders are hunters and most of them feed mainly on insects. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are large mammals called cetaceans. Constrictors usually swallow victims whole, then spend days digesting them. Motor nerves cross over from one side of your body to the other at the top of your spinal cord. Lack of sleep can be dangerous. A newborn baby needs to 18 to 20 hours sleep a day. The thyroid secretes three important hormones: tri-iodothyronine, thyroxine, and calcitonin. Blood carries oxygen and food to body cells, and takes carbon dioxide and other waste away. The nucleus of an atom is made up of two kinds of particle: protons and neutrons. Oxygen is the second most plentiful element on Earth, making up 46 percent of the Earth's crust.   << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >> Results 201 - 250 of 772

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