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Hurricanes are large, swirling storms. They produce winds of 119 kilometers per hour (74 mph) or higher. That’s faster than a cheetah, the fastest animal on land. Winds from a hurricane can damage buildings and trees. Hurricanes form over warm ocean waters. Sometimes they strike land. When a hurricane reaches…
Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, so that it negatively affects its uses. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants are introduced into these water bodies. Water pollution can be attributed to one of four sources: sewage discharges, industrial activities, agricultural activities, and urban runoff…
During daytime, plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen in the process of photosynthesis in the presence of sunlight. However, they even respire simultaneously and hence also take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. But the production of oxygen is more than the production of carbon dioxide. Hence,…
Respiration In Organisms – Heart Beats Faster During Exercise Or while Running Q. WHEN YOU RUN, YOUR BREATHING BECOMES FASTER AS YOU NEED MORE OXYGEN. BUT WHY DOES YOUR RATE OF HEARTBEAT ALSO INCREASE? When you run, your oxygen intake increases because you require a constant supply of it in…
The most common culprit for Taj Mahal turning Yellow is iron, which when exposed to water, acids or bleach, begins to oxidize and turns it yellowish. The pollution from local factories and oil refinery at #Mathura are also to blame for. These factories produce pollutants like Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen…
Have you ever wondered, why the racing cars have flat tyres ? Why are their tyres unique and flat as compared to those of regular cars? Let’s find out in this video , we address this question and will introduce you to special tyres known as “slick tyres. Who wouldn’t…
If LPG is an odourless gas, then how do we detect a gas #leakage? Ans. This is not done by adding rotten cabbage or eggs !! Instead it is done by adding a chemical odourant named Ethyl Mercaptan to the LPG Gas. Ethyl Mercaptan, a sulfur compound is a clear…
Come winters and all of us like to wrap ourselves with colorful Woolen Sweaters…and as the temperature dips further, we realise that another layer of the sweaters is needed to beat the chill. Same is the case with blankets. As the winters reach their peak, even the warmest of blankets…
Earth vs Venus – while they are two planets in our solar system, the former is the third planet while the latter is the fourth planet in the solar system. In addition, the mass of the former is much more than the latter. The latter is very close to the…
You may have seen holes made in huge hoardings and banners. Why are these necessary? Let’s find it out! The holes, simply let the air pass through, without any resistance. When air hits the hoarding, the hoarding board acts as a barrier in its path, so the air will try…
In the summer, because of thermal expansions, the electric wires sag, and in the winter, due to contraction, they may break. As a result, when setting up the wires between the poles, it’s important to keep them somewhat loose in the summer so that they don’t break in the winter due…
Silver is a precious metal and it is the only metal with a higher electrical conductivity than copper. But, it is an expensive material when compared to copper. This is why electric wires usually made of copper, but not silver. For more such videos : https://www.youtube.com/c/ExperiHub?sub_confirmation=1 For more Science related…
This is the stopping force that opposes the relative movement or the tendency of relative motion of two solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements when they slide each other, known as friction. It acts tangentially along with the contact.
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. There are several types of friction: Dry friction is a force that opposes the relative lateral motion of two solid surfaces in contact. Dry friction is subdivided into static friction…
We can understand sliding friction as the resistance force created between any two bodies when sliding against each other. This friction is also called kinetic friction and it is defined as the force that is required to keep a surface sliding along another surface. It hangs on two variables- one…
When surfaces in contact move relative to each other, the friction between the two surfaces converts kinetic energy into thermal energy (that is, it converts work to heat). This property can have dramatic consequences, as illustrated by the use of friction created by rubbing pieces of wood together to start…
Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments found in the mesosomes of cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Chlorophyll allow plants to absorb energy from light. Chlorophylls absorb light most strongly in the blue portion of the electromagnetic spectrum as well as the red portion. Conversely,…
Microorganisms are living organism that is so tiny it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope. Consider that the largest human cells are about the diameter of a human hair. Bacteria cells are one-hundredth the size of a human cell and viruses are much, much smaller again. If you imagine that…
Fungi is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom. Yeast is a very useful microorganism and is used to cause fermentation. Yeast…
Nitrogen gas is used for packing the packets of chips because it is an inert gas, and it prevents the oxidation of oils present in the chips. This keeps the chips fresh and has no or less breakage. Nitrogen is often filled in chips packets to prevent rancidity as it is…
Thermal conduction is the transfer of internal energy by microscopic collisions of particles and movement of electrons within a body. The colliding particles, which include molecules, atoms, and electrons, transfer disorganized microscopic kinetic and potential energy when joined, known as internal energy. Conduction takes place in most phases: solid, liquid,…
Heat transfer is the transfer of heat or thermal energy between physical systems. So when there is a temperature difference between two bodies, heat is transferred from the hot body to the colder body. There are three common modes of heat transfer – conduction, convection, and radiation. In this article,…
Radiation heat transfer experiment – The aim of the experiment is to investigate whether the amount of infrared radiation absorbed by a surface increases the temperature and depends on the physical characteristics of that surface . Thermal energy transfer from the sun to the earth in the form of ultraviolet…
Osmosis is a vital process in biological systems, as biological membranes are semipermeable. In general, these membranes are impermeable to large and polar molecules, such as ions, proteins, and polysaccharides, while being permeable to non-polar or hydrophobic molecules like lipids as well as to small molecules like oxygen, carbon dioxide,…
A well-known chemistry experiment is done by placing an egg (raw or boiled) into a container filled with Vinegar. After a few days, something exciting is observed: the egg becomes rubbery and bouncy. The eggshell is formed by calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a salt in limestone, plaster, marble, chalk, corals, shells…
The heater is placed near the floor because the air currents move upwards so the hot air fills up the whole room. Whereas, an air conditioner is placed near the ceiling because the cold breeze tends to settle down. If it is placed near the floor then it will fill just…
The vacuum flask consists of two vessels, one placed within the other and joined at the neck. The gap between the two vessels is partially evacuated of air, creating a partial-vacuum which reduces heat conduction or convection. Heat transfer by thermal radiation may be minimized by silvering flask surfaces facing…
It could simply be that black paint is cheaper… But I believe that the external coils on the back of refrigerator are painted black for the following reason: There is a rule in nature that says “a color that is better at absorbing heat is also better at radiating heat.” …
We encounter various types of lever in our everyday lives: opening a drink with a bottle opener, cutting paper with scissors, taking the lid off a paint pot using a screwdriver, and – the simplest of all – playing on a seesaw in the park. Yet, the principle of levers…
Levers are a simple machine consisting of a beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or fulcrum. A lever is a rigid body capable of rotating on a point on itself. On the basis of the locations of fulcrum, load and effort, the lever is divided into three…
According to heat definition, it is one of the essential forms of energy for the survival of life on earth. Transfer of heat takes place from one body to another due to difference in temperature as per thermodynamics. We use heat energy for various activities like cooking, ironing, transportation, recreation,…
A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. Because microorganisms include most unicellular organisms from…
A microorganism is a living thing that is too small to be seen with the naked eye. Examples of microorganisms include bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa, and microscopic animals such as the dust mite. Microorganisms are found virtually everywhere, except for environments that have been made artificially sterile by humans. Even…
Geometry is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space that are related with distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is called a geometer. Main concepts The following are some of…
In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers, commonly denoted Fn, form a sequence, the Fibonacci sequence, in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. The sequence commonly starts from 0 and 1, although some authors omit the initial terms and start the sequence from 1 and 1 or…
No single answer to the question “What is light?” satisfies the many contexts in which light is experienced, explored, and exploited. The physicist is interested in the physical properties of light, the artist in an aesthetic appreciation of the visual world.
The basic arithmetic operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, although arithmetic also includes more advanced operations, such as manipulations of percentages, square roots, exponentiation, logarithmic functions, and even trigonometric functions, in the same vein as logarithms. Arithmetic expressions must be evaluated according to the intended sequence of operations. There…
The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. Every cell consists of a cytoplasm enclosed within a membrane, which contains many biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Cells can acquire specified function and carry out various tasks within the cell such as replication, DNA repair, protein…
A mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force is known as a simple machine. In general terms, they are defined as simple mechanisms that make use of leverage or mechanical advantage to multiply force. Simple machines have few or no moving parts to modify motion and…
Statistics is the science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. Statistics is a highly interdisciplinary field; research in statistics finds applicability in virtually all scientific fields and research questions in the various scientific fields motivate the development of new statistical methods and…
Current Current is the flow of particles in a particular direction. E.g air currents that cause winds or water currents. When particles flow in an electric circuit to produce electricity, it is called an electric current. Electric current The flow of electric charges in a circuit is called an…
Plants reproduction is the production of new offspring in plants, which can be accomplished by sexual or asexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction produces offspring by the fusion of gametes, resulting in offspring genetically different from either parent. Asexual reproduction produces new individuals without the fusion of gametes. The resulting clonal plants…
Statistics is simply defined as the study and manipulation of data. As we have already discussed in the introduction that statistics deals with the analysis and computation of numerical data. Let us see more definitions of statistics given by different authors here. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, statistics is defined as “classified…
A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force. In general, they can be defined as the simplest mechanisms that use mechanical advantage (also called leverage) to multiply force. Usually the term refers to the six classical simple machines that were defined…
An arithmetic progression or arithmetic sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the difference between the consecutive terms is constant. For instance, the sequence 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, . . . is an arithmetic progression with a common difference of 2. A finite portion of an arithmetic…
Astronomy is one of the oldest natural sciences. The early civilizations in recorded history made methodical observations of the night sky. These include the Babylonians, Greeks, Indians, Egyptians, Chinese, Maya, and many ancient indigenous peoples of the Americas. In the past, astronomy included disciplines as diverse as astrometry, celestial…
We use numbers in our day to day life. They are often called numerals. Without numbers, we cannot do counting of things, date, time, money, etc. Sometimes these numbers are used for measurement and sometimes they are used for labelling. The properties of numbers make them capable of performing arithmetic…
Heredity is a process in which organisms acquire characteristics from their parents. These characteristics are called traits. Every individual is unique because they have a unique set of traits. The traits which are transmitted by the parent to its offspring during the process of fertilization are inherited traits. This inheritance…
States of matter are generally described on the basis of qualities that can be seen or felt. Matter that feels hard and maintains a fixed shape is called a solid; matter that feels wet and maintains its volume but not its shape is called a liquid. Matter that can change both shape…
In this activity, you will make your drawings move around by letting it float on water. What makes this possible is the interesting chemistry of dry erase markers. These markers are usually used to write on white boards or glass surfaces and can easily be erased to make space for…