What's the difference between bacteria and virus? Bacteria are tiny, one-celled living organisms that can only be seen with a microscope. They live and breed in warm, moist environments in the body…
Athlete’s foot is a disease of the feet cause by a fungus (yuck!) called tinea pedis. This fungus takes advantage of the warm, moist soles of our feet. It invades our skin layers and makes our…
Distributor:National Film Board of CanadaAge Level:3–6 This charming story of a young bear and his relationship with a special toy is creatively enhanced by using animated plush teddy bears.…
On December 13, one of the longest and darkest nights of the winter, Swedes celebrate the festival of St. Lucia, the patron saint of light. In many homes, a girl gets up early in the morning and…
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Approximate heights of some types of clouds
cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air.
Cloudiness (or proportion of the sky covered by any…
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…
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…
(Encyclopedia) Munk, Walter Heinrich, 1917–2019, American oceanographer and geophysicist, b. Vienna (then in Austria-Hungary), B.S. California Institute of Technology, 1939, Ph.D Univ. of California…
(Encyclopedia) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), specialized agency of the United Nations. Headquartered in Vienna, it was organized in 1966 and made a specialized UN agency…
