EGYPTIAN OASISFIND OUT MOREGroundwater is water under the Earth’s surface. Most groundwater is found in porous rocks, which have tiny holes in them. If a hole is bored straight down through…
HABITAT LOSSFIND OUT MOREA habitat is a place where plants and animals live, and provides them with food and shelter. It can be very small, such as a single tree or pond, or vast, such as a…
ICE SHEETSFIND OUT MOREAbout one-tenth of Earth’s dry land and one-eighth of its oceans are covered with ice. This ice is made of snow that collects and becomes compacted (pressed down).…
CONTINENTAL ISLANDSCORAL ISLANDSISLAND ARCSFIND OUT MOREIslands are land masses entirely surrounded by water. They are found in oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes. Islands vary in size from tiny…
FIND OUT MORELakes form where water fills hollows in the landscape. Some of these hollows are formed by glaciers gouging into the ground, and some are created when river valleys are blocked…
MINERAL PROPERTIES MINERALS IN ROCK CRYSTALS FIND OUT MORE
Minerals are the materials that make up the rocks of the Earth’s crust. Among thousands of different minerals, only a few,…
THE ANDESWORLD MOUNTAIN RANGESHIMALAYAN COLLISIONFOLD FORMATIONBLOCK MOUNTAINSFIND OUT MORENew mountains are built when rocks are pushed upwards by the movement of the giant rocky plates that…
HYDROTHERMAL VENTSBIOGRAPHY: MARIE THARP American, 1920-FIND OUT MOREJust a century ago, the ocean floor was largely unknown. Now we know that the deep oceans have features such as mountains,…
COASTAL (NERITIC) ZONEOPEN OCEAN ZONESOCEAN CURRENTSTIDESWAVESFIND OUT MOREAbout 71 per cent of our planet’s surface is covered by oceans and seas. In order of size, the five great oceans are…
FRACTURED CRUST PLATE BOUNDARIES SUPERCONTINENT SEA-FLOOR SPREADING FIND OUT MORE
Scientists believe that the Earth’s outer crust is made up of about huge fragments, called tectonic…
