Earth Science

Habitat Study Mix and Match Worksheet Instructions: Match the name of the apparatus to its picture Then match the picture of the apparatus to how it is used ...

Electric cars are considered alternative fuel automobiles. A rechargeable battery is used to store the electric energy that powers...

For a long time, scientists used the words global warming to describe the changes taking place in the world. Over the last 200 years, the earth’s temperature has gradually increased, due mostly to the burning of fossil fuels. Now we use the term climate change...

Only 300 years ago, the world’s energy use was very different than it is today. Homes were heated by wood or coal and lit by candles or oil lamps. We used horses, wind-powered boats, and humans to move and transport things. Today, we rely on energy from fossil fuels, natural gas, and...

In the last 50 years, animals have become extinct at a rapid rate, and many other species are critically endangered, meaning they may become extinct soon. Fun Facts Animals are losing habitats for a variety of reasons, almost all caused by humans. Humans...

Every year, we throw billions of tons of trash in landfills. These landfills are ugly and smelly. Toxic chemicals can leach into the soil from them. And what happens when they’re full? Fun Facts One way to keep things out of landfills is to...

The Red Sea is a small part of the Indian Ocean. The Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden connect this inlet to the Indian Ocean. It is located between Africa and Asia. On its eastern side, it borders Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan,...

Paradise Harbour is located near Lemaire and Bryde Islands on the Antarctic Peninsula’s west coast. It is one of the two mainland harbours that are used as a stop for cruise ships. The other one is Neko Harbour. This bay’s name was coined by whalers in the early 1920s. The harbour is...

Charon is the innermost and the largest moon of all five moons of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in June 1978 by James Christy and Robert Harrington at the U.S. Naval Observatory. This moon is tidally locked with Pluto as it...

Makemake is the second furthest dwarf planet from the Sun and also the third largest dwarf in the solar system. It was discovered on March 31, 2005 by M.E....

Ionian Sea is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected with the Tyrrhenian Sea by the Strait of Messina and with the Adriatic Sea by the Strait of Otranto. It is considered to be one of the world's most seismically active locations. In this region,

Torres del Paine National Park and is located in the southernmost and largest region of Chile called Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica. It was founded in 1959. At that time, it was known as the Parque Nacional de Tourismo Lago Grey...

The Sombrero Galaxy is an unusual looking barred spiral galaxy with a large central bulge. It means that at the central part of the galaxy is a structure that looks like a bar. This bar is made of stars. It has a bright...