Water is the most essential substance for the existence of life. Water is essential for the survival of any living organism, be it a plant or an animal. Plants need…
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Soil is the topmost layer of the earth’s crust, on which all plants grow. It also provides shelter to many animals that live on it or in it. All the…
On May 20, 2020 the super cyclone Amphaan hit the states of Orissa and West Bengal and raged for hours on end before moving on to Bangladesh on 21 May,…
We often hear the terms weather and climate but what exactly do they mean? Does it simply mean the temperature of a particular area? If not, what else does it…
Water is essential for life. Without water, humans can only survive for three days. So we can appreciate just how important water is for our sustenance. Water covers 70% of…
How much does Earth weigh? The solution to question mark above is that it is roughly 6,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000, kilograms. The fascinating sub-question mark is How did anyone figure that out?…
Liquid water is converted into a gas when water molecules evaporate under the influence of energy from a heat resource, such as the Sun or a fire. The water is…
Decomposing vegetation does stock up all over the planet, but not everywhere uniformly. Wind and rain destroy the ground over hours, and even where leaflet and other vegetation do slowly…
Our home, the planet Earth is, in reality, a giant, solid rock spinning in space about its own axis. We, humans, live on its thin outer layer called the crust,…
The ‘light’ rocks are on the Earth’s surface If you don’t know our planet Earth is a rock too, but so much has occurred since it was formulated from dust…