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Filter  Item Title Meteoroids are the billions of tiny lumps of rocky material that hurtle around the Solar System. Rain falls from clouds filled with large water drops and ice crystals. Most fuels are chemicals called hydrocarbons. Camels sweat very little, to save moisture. Monkeys from the Americas live in trees and often have muscular tails that can grip like a hand. Flamingoes are large pink wading birds which live in huge colonies on tropical lakes. When you remember something, your brain probably stores it by creating new nerve connections. The motor cortex is a band just in front of the sensory cortex. The solar system has nine planets including Pluto. The first space station was the Soviet Salyut 1, launched in April 1971. Vicuñas can live at altitudes of 18,000 ft (5,486 m), where the air is too thin for most mammals. The sloths of South America has the most neck vertebrae of any mammal. The spinal cord is the bundle of nerves running down the middle of the backbone. Diplodocus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur belonging to the group known as the sauropods. Antarctica is the ice-covered continet at the South Pole. Like clouds, mist is billions of tiny water droplets floating on the air. The biggest problem when lauching a spacecraft is overcoming the pull of Earth's gravity. Some planets, called terrestrial planets, have a surface of solid rock. Nebula was the word once used for any fuzzy patch of light in the night sky. The Taj Mahal in Agra in India is perhaps the most beautiful tomb in the world. Although galaxies are vast, they are so far away that they look like fuzzy clouds. The world's highest great lake is Lake Titicaca in South America (Perú). South America is the world's fourth largest continent. Global warming is the increase in average temperatures around the world. Meteorologist define fog as mist thats reduces visibility to less than 0.6 mi (1 km). Sometimes the folds are just tiny wrinkles a few inches long. Ant colonies are all female, most species have one or several queens which lay the eggs. Unlike humans, birds do not give birth to babies. Marrow is the soft, jelly-like tissue in the middle of certain bones. Cartilage is a rubbery substance used in various places around the body. Reflexes are muscle movements that are automatic. The Earth is one of the rocky planets, along with Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Moons are the natural satellites of planets. Your body loses heat as you breathe in cool air and breathe out warm air. Fats are important organic (life) substances, found in almost every living thing. Glaciers form when new snow falls on top of old snow. The most spectacular caves, called caverns, are found in limestone. The magnetic field around a planet or a star is called the magnetosphere. Medium-sized stars last for about ten billions years. Mars is the nearest planet to Earth after Venus. If you drink a lot, the saltiness of the blood is diluted. In active immunization you are given a killed or otherwise harmless version of the germ. Some dinosaurs left footprints when they walked on the soft mud or sand of riverbanks. Sharks are the most fearsome predatory fish of the seas. Dolphins communicate with high-pitched clicks called phonations. Crocodiles are often said to cry after eating their victims. Crocodilians are hunters that lie in wait for animals coming to drink at he water's edge. Some creatures mimic the colors of poisonous ones to warn predators off. There are around 17 different species of penguin. Elements are the basic chemicals of the Universe.   << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >> Results 301 - 350 of 772

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