SOAKING UP FOODYEAST-COVERED GRAPESEXPLODING PUFFBALLMOULDSLICHENSFIND OUT MOREFungi grow without sunlight and feed on organic matter. A typical fungus is made of many threads growing on or in…
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…
MAKING FOOD AND OXYGENFOOD-PRODUCING CELLSCHLOROPLASTFIND OUT MOREUnlike animals, most plants do not need to find food, because they can make it for themselves. Plants use energy from sunlight…
WEATHER FRONTSMETEOROLOGYFIND OUT MOREThe weather is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time – whether the air is warm or cool, moist or dry, still or…
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…
COASTAL EROSIONGLACIAL EROSIONWIND EROSIONCHEMICAL WEATHERINGMASS MOVEMENTFIND OUT MOREThe process that breaks up and carries away the rocks and soils that make up the Earth’s surface is called…
ECOSYSTEMECOLOGICAL NICHEHARSH HABITATFOOD CHAINFIND OUT MOREEcology examines the relationship between living things and their environment. Animals adapt to the particular conditions of an…
TYPES OF FOSSILBIOGRAPHY: WILLIAM SMITH British, 1769-1839FOSSILIZATIONFIND OUT MOREFossils are the remains or traces of an animal or plant that are preserved in rock. They come in many forms,…
AIR POLLUTIONGREENHOUSE EFFECTACID RAINACCIDENTAL POLLUTIONFIND OUT MOREPollution is waste that we put into the environment. It can harm plants and animals, including humans. Pollution comes…
UPWARD-FLOWING WATERSTANDING FIRMSTOMATAFIND OUT MOREIn this process, water evaporates from the surface of a leaf through microscopic pores known as STOMATA. The loss of water creates a…
