Table of Contents What are clouds? Clouds are water droplets or ice crystals that have formed on tiny bits of dust and dirt in the air. When we look up into the sky, we can see many different types of clouds. They form in the troposphere, which is the layer of atmosphere closest to the …
Table of Contents What is Climate Change? Climate change is affecting our planet in many different ways, including global warming. The rate at which the Earth’s temperature has increased over the past 100 years has risen rapidly. This is mostly due to the release of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels. Volcanic eruptions, …
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Table of Contents The Medical Power of a Dog’s Sniff You probably already know that dogs have an excellent sense of smell. As soon as you open a tin of biscuits, your pet dog comes running! Humans have about 5 million scent receptors, but dogs have 220 million. Their sense of smell is 10,000 times …
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Table of Contents What are parasites? There are a whole range of organisms that live as parasites. This means that they live off another organism. We are familiar with some common parasites. These include ticks, fleas, and worms in our guts. There are some parasites that control the brain of their host. They turn that …
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