acid rain: Rain contaminated with pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. These gases come from fuels being burned at high temperatures and from car exhausts. When acid rain falls, it…
Energy is the power we use for transportation, for heat and light in our homes and for the manufacture of all kinds of products. There are two sources of energy: renewable and nonrenewable energy.…
Have you visited any biomes lately? A biome is a large ecosystem where plants, animals, insects, and people live in a certain type of climate. If you were in northern Alaska, you would be in a…
EQUATORIAL FORESTCLIMATE ZONESHEAT FROM THE SUNMOUNTAIN CLIMATESCOASTAL CLIMATESSEASONSFIND OUT MOREEvery part of Earth has its own climate – the typical pattern of weather over a long period…
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…
PAHOEHOE LAVAAA LAVAHYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITYFIND OUT MOREVolcanoes are vents (openings) in the ground from which magma (molten rock), ash, gas, and rock fragments surge upwards, in an event…
FIND OUT MOREBy using scarce resources such as oil, coal, and gas and producing pollution, we are storing up problems for future generations. We need to find ways of meeting our own needs…
WHERE THE WIND BLOWSPREVAILING WINDHURRICANETORNADOFIND OUT MOREWind is the movement of the atmosphere. The atmosphere moves because the Sun heats the Earth’s surface, causing air to increase…
