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The Question: How many pieces of paper will one tree make? The Answer: Since trees are different sizes, it would be difficult to say how much paper comes…
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Estimates of dinosaur speeds vary because several different methods are used to calculate them. One recent estimate suggests that an average person might have been able to to outrun an adult…
OCEAN WAVESBIOGRAPHY: HEINRICH HERTZ German, 1857-1894ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUMSEISMIC WAVESFIND OUT MOREMany different kinds of energy travel in waves. Sound waves carry noises through the air to…
How Does This Relate to the Unit Circle?GeometryThe Unit Circle and TrigonometryThe Tangent RatioThe Sine RatioThe Cosine RatioAnd the RestHow Does This Relate to the Unit Circle? Our…
(Encyclopedia) inchworm, name for the larvae of moths of the family Geometridae, a large, cosmopolitan group with over 1,200 species indigenous to North America. Also called measuring worms,…
(Encyclopedia) hydrology, study of water and its properties, including its distribution and movement in and through the land areas of the earth. The hydrologic cycle consists of the passage of water…
(Encyclopedia) JanusJanusjāˈnəs [key], in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn X (or S10), Janus is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body…
(Encyclopedia) Didot, FrançoisDidot, FrançoisfräNswäˈ dēdōˈ [key], 1689–1757, Parisian printer. The son of a printer, Denis Didot, he was the first of the family to win fame in his craft. His son,…
