The Earth’s structure is divided into four main components: the crust, the mantle, and the inner and outer cores. If you think about it, our planet is a lot like an onion—made up of layers after another. The thin crust is the outermost layer, mostly made of solid rock, basalt, and granite. It’s the surface […]
Did you ever look up into the sky on a bright and sunny day and see the clouds moving? I believe the clouds are actually not moving. It is the Earth that is doing all the moving! It is one of the only ways to see the Earth moving from Earth! Do you believe this is true? […]
Octopuses are one of the most extraordinary and mysterious sea creatures living on our planet. Due to their amazing yet bizarre qualities, they are also often considered the monsters of the deep, along with other cephalopods like squid, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. Did you ever think that they might be aliens? Well, you might be right! […]
Here is a list of the different types of atmospheres in our sky. Troposphere (lowest level): The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere. Most of the mass (about 75-80%) of the atmosphere is in the troposphere. Most types of clouds are found in the troposphere, and almost all weather occurs within this layer. The […]
Every day, people have to eat. The sun shines on plants. Animals eat plants and other animals. Farmers kill animals. Farmers takes animals and plants to the store. You buy food from the store. You take it home and prepare it. This all happens before you even take a bite. But what if we got […]
When people cut trees, greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide which trees normally convert to oxygen for us, get collected in the atmosphere. After that, UV sunlight rays hit the earth, and things like the ocean, mountains, cement, buildings, and icebergs reflect them back up to the sky. The rays reflect back down again instead of […]