Why We Should Take Care Of Our Nature

• Uncover you’re great side.

We live off nature’s free air, perfect water, flawless scenes and livable grounds. Furthermore, how help we return out? Contamination. Peel off that layer of impassion and uncover you’re minding side.

• It’s getting truly hot in here.

Environmental change is occurring, whether you need to trust it or not. Indeed, even the scarcest temperature changes can prompt expanded events of pulverizing tempests and unsafe climate designs.

• Think about the creatures.

Living space misfortune and debasement of biological communities are all because of human action, environmental change and contamination. We live off of different species and plants to eat, air to inhale, water to drink and assets to give safe house and necessities.

• You would prefer not to continue breathing in a potential heart assault.

No one is a fanatic of living in brown haze and contamination. Breathing in air contamination can prompt coronary illness. Since existence without oxygen is outlandish, we ought to genuinely give careful consideration to the amount we’re adding to worldwide air contamination.

• Help your wallet.

Transforming into a friend of the environment is fiscally gainful in case you’re brilliant about it. There are such a large number of diverse approaches to diminish vitality utilization and reuse existing assets to help your wallet. Case in point, keeping lights on throughout the day is a tremendous misuse of power, particularly when you consider the way that lighting is in charge of a quarter of all vitality utilization around the world. Notwithstanding driving to work or school on a bicycle could radically lessen your costs and waistline.

• Try not to leave a legacy of screw-ups for future eras.

It is egotistical to administer to ourselves when contemplating the decaying Earth. On the off chance that you are mindful of the risks and issues future eras will need to manage on account of current issues, is there any valid reason why you wouldn’t focus on making a couple penances to keep others from torment?

• Not even Instagram can settle terrible view.

Rubbish is penetrating even the most remote shrouded corners of the world, and in the event that we don’t settle our ways, we’ll soon be traveling in garbage filled shorelines.

Facts About Asteroids

Asteroids or space rocks are little, airless rough universes rotating around the sun that are too little to be in any way called planets. They are otherwise called planetoids or minor planets. Altogether, the mass of the considerable number of space rocks is not as much as that of Earth’s moon. However, notwithstanding their size, space rocks can be perilous. Numerous have hit Earth previously, and more will collide with our planet later on. That is one reason researchers study space rocks and are excited to take in more about their numbers, circles and physical attributes. In the event that a space rock is traveled our direction, we need to realize that.

Space rocks are little, airless rough universes rotating around the sun that are too little to possibly be called planets. They are otherwise called planetoids or minor planets. Altogether, the mass of the considerable number of space rocks is not as much as that of Earth’s moon. Be that as it may, regardless of their size, space rocks can be perilous. Numerous have hit Earth before, and more will collide with our planet later on. That is one reason researchers study space rocks and are willing to take in more about their numbers, circles and physical qualities. In the event that a space rock is traveled our direction, we need to realize that.

Following the time when Earth framed around 4.5 billion years back, space rocks and comets have routinely hammered into the planet. The most risky space rocks are amazingly uncommon, as per NASA.

A space rock fit for worldwide calamity would need to be more than a quarter-mile wide. Analysts have evaluated that such an effect would raise enough tidy into the environment to adequately make an “atomic winter,” extremely upsetting farming around the globe. Space rocks that huge strike Earth just once at regular intervals all things considered, NASA authorities say.

Littler space rocks that are accepted to strike Earth each 1,000 to 10,000 years could annihilate a city or reason destroying waves.

On Feb. 15, 2013, a space rock hammered into the climate over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, making a stun wave that harmed 1,200 individuals. The space rock is considered 65 feet (20 meters) wide when it entered Earth’s environment.

Why Do We Cry?

With the post-exercise center sweat as yet drying on my neck, brew in one hand and screw-driver in other, I felt shockingly manly for a kid who saturates. How is it then, that 30 seconds of a TV narrative around a feline become friends with an old visually impaired canine, creates that lethal ‘watery coating’ over my eyes, and abruptly, frantically not able to save the circumstance, I have a tear in my eye.

Crying is a piece of our human enthusiastic bundle – cherish it, or scorn it. Obviously, ladies are certainly preferable at it over men, with the quantity of cries every year assessed at 50 and 10, separately. It asks the inquiries how can it all work, and what triggers our waterworks when we are both dismal – and cheerful? Get your tissues primed and ready, its about tears not long from now.

Sobbing can be experimentally characterized as the shedding of your tears in light of a passionate state; altogether different from ‘lacrimation’, which is the non-enthusiastic shedding of tears. All things considered, your pipes contraption that makes your tears is all the same. So before I surprise you with the way that we have more than one sort of tear, let us investigate the study of tear creation and how it connections to the passionate middle of your cerebrum. To do this, we are going to utilize the fantastic illustration: the separation.

“What do you mean its over?” you whine, trembling lip in full furor.

With the ‘start of the end’ of the relationship, the creation of your tears can start. It is all down to your lacrimal framework (consider it like your inbuilt Thames Water supply) that sits beside your eyeball.

Here’s a great presentation on YouTube on the topic, “why do we cry?”.

 

 

Steps to Gardening

What kind of garden do you want?

If you prefer a flower garden, you can plant either a bed or border of flowers. It can be of any shape but the easiest will be a rectangular one. You can also have an informal garden where you can make up masses of flowers with different heights, colors and shapes. These are also termed as English/old-fashioned, gardens. If you want vegetables, you can raise a kitchen garden where you can use the plants to be food for your family. Flowers and vegetables can also be mixed with each other in one garden.

Picking the Plot

It is called as selecting the place for it. But it is always to take care of your garden when it is near your house and also the source of water. The place should have at least 5-6 hours of sunlight and also a sheltered spot with southern exposure. The ground should be leveled at the same time with a slope for drainage. Make sure it stays away from wild trees, shrubs and stones. When it comes to the soil, the best ones are drained, loose and high in humus content. ( which animal and plant matter decayed).

Planning You Garden

First, you need to map out your garden in great details by scaling. It should show the kinds of plants you want to grow, where are you going to specifically place them, the number of rows and columns, the amount of space you will need between the flowers. Be sure what size the flowers will grow so you will avoided a crowded garden. If you are trying with flowers, start with  three feet by twelve or fifteen feet. Make sure it is not wider than four (this is for leaning across). For vegetable garden, preferably it would be 12 feet by 16 feet.

The Story of ILIAD

The Iliad was written by Homer. He was also the author of the Odyssey. The story is the earliest and most famous Greek Literature. Like every epic poetry, it is written in a grand style and is about gods, goddesses, mythology and heroes. Homer lived approximately around the 8th century B.C. and told the story of events that happened 400 years earlier than him. He may not have written at all but he must have recited his poems orally.

The name Iliad came from the word Ilium which is another name for Troy. The Trojan war started when Prince Paris of Troy carried off Queen Helen of Sparta. Homer does not tell all the events of this war. He covers only a few weeks during the 10th and last year. Bur he uses the flashback technique, through which we see many earlier incidents, and he also gives many hints of what is to follow.

The chief hero is Achilles. Achilles becomes angry at Agamemnon, the Greek commander in chief, who takes away a prize Achilles had won. Achilles feels insulted and withdraws from the fight. Throughout most of the 24 books of the poem, he stays brooding angrily at his tent. But he is never far from our thoughts, and we watch him become a better human being through suffering. The very first words of the poem indicate the subject, “The wrath of Achilles is my theme,” the poet says.

Homer is dramatic, noble and realistic. We feel we know his characters.Though he was a Greek, he gives very fair treatment to the Trojans. The story moves rapidly. There are many speeches. One notable feature of Homer’s style  is the use of epithets. Achilles is “swift-footed”. The sea is “wine-dark”. Aphrodite is “laughter-loving”. As their “bible”, the Iliad had enormous influence on the thought of the Greeks. Alexander the Great carried a copy with him while conquering Asia. The Iliad also greatly influenced the world’s literature, not merely epic poetry. This influence is first evident among the Greeks themselves, especially the writers of tragedy.

The sequel to this epic story is of course the Odyssey, which tells the adventures and long journey home of Odyssey. To know more, watch this great interesting video below!

Types of Learning

1. Habituation is a change in behavior in which an animal doesn’t mind an unimportant stimulus after same exposure to that stimulus , over and over again. It is very valuable because the animal doe not waste any time and energy anymore to respond to a stimulus that does not have a beneficial or negative impact to the individual. Examples of this type of learning is that the noises that we can hear in the city becomes habitual that we don’t mind anymore if it is loud. The noise of the roosters in the morning are already called  white noises.

2. Imprinting is a kind of learning that can not be go back and only limited to a crucial time period in the overall lifespan of an animal. The time during which the imprinting can be don is known as the critical period. Example of imprinting is that when newborn elephants always follow their mother whenever she goes.

3. Spatial learning is when animals used landmarks to learn the spatial structure of the environment that indicates the location of food, nest sites, possible mates and potential hazards and danger.

 

4. Other animals learn (especially humans) by imitating the behavior of another animal and also by instructions. The development of complex language by humans has made cognitive learning (the manipulation of information using the mind) the most prominent method used by humans. Many organisms learn through observing and imitating others. Examples: People learn to play the guitar by watching video tutorials on YouTube by guitarists. Some animals have complex cognitive abilities like problem solving where you apply past experience to overcome obstacles in the future situations.

5. Associative learning is the ability to associate one environment feature to another. It is a behavioral change based on linking a stimulus or behavior with a reward or punishment that includes trial-and-error learning. Example pf an associate learning is when you open a container of food will make your pet running towards you.

Want to know more? Watch this helpful video on other learning styles!

Glaciers

Glaciers

Glaciers are found at present in the regions around the North and South poles and in mountainous areas elsewhere. Near the equator in South America and Kenya in Africa, some of the mountains are about 4, 500 meters which is about 15, 000 feet. It is high enough for the average air temperature to be well below freezing point. Thus, there are glaciers in equatorial lands as well as in polar ones. Of course, for glaciers to form at all, snow must fall A few places in Antarctica have no glaciers simply because very little snow falls.

Ablation

As the ice in the glacier flows downhill to warmer altitudes the amount of melting increases. Some of the melt water may soak into the glacier and refreeze. The rest either flows of the glacier in streams or evaporates into the air. These processes, by which ice is lost from the glacier, are called ablation. Some glaciers reach the sea and melt when they come in contact with the warmer seawater. Calving, the name used when larger icebergs break off a glacier and float away, is also a form of ablation.

Accumulation

Let’s take a glance at a glacier in a mountainous area High up in the mountains, the amount of new snow and ice added each year is greater than the amount lost by melting and evaporation. This upper part of the glacier is called the accumulation area. Farther down the mountain, ablation is greater than accumulation of snow. This part of the glacier is the ablation area. At some level on the glacier, summer melting just balances the winter;s accumulation of snow. This level is called the firn line. Above the firn line, the glaciers surface is permanently snow-covered. Below it the surface is ice in the summer and snow in the winter.

Watch this fascinating video of a glacier wave below!

Ice In Nature

Ice From Water

One example is a small pond and then it freezes during a cold winter. During the summer, the water becomes warmer. It absorbs heat from the sun, an it is in contact with the warm air. As winter approaches, the air temperature drops The water ten loses heat to the air, and its temperature falls.

To understand what happens next, you have to know another fact about water. It is heaviest at 4 degrees Celsius. At temperatures higher or lower than this, it is lighter. As the surface of the pond cools to 4 degrees C, the water on the top becomes heavier and sinks to bottom. When it sinks, it pushes warmer and lighter water up from below. The new surface water cools, sinks and pushes more bottom water to the surface. This circulation continues until all the pond reaches at temperature at 4 degrees C. When all the water reaches at that temperature, the surface of the water will continue cooling until it is lighter, As a Result, the pond starts to freeze at the surface, while the bottom remains with the 4 degrees Celsius temperature. Because water is heavier than ice, plant and animal life can survive in the water, ponds and lakes would freeze from the bottom.

Ice From Snow

The other way that ice forms in nature is from snow. In most places where winter snows exists, temperatures later climb high enough to melt all of the snow that has fallen. In every high mountain areas and in the polar regions this is not the case. In those regions, some of the winter snow stays formed as solid. This makes it bigger through out time. In areas where there is some melting, a density of snow increases much faster. This is so because some of the water from melting trickles down through the rest of the snow and fills the air spaces between snow crystals. Later it refreezes and make ice.

Watch this amazing video of a lake slowly freezing over time.

History of the Study of Matter

Greek Science

The Ancient Greeks were the first to try getting answers on how these chemical changes work, which is the very first approach to chemistry to being a science. Questions like what made the Earth, how rocks were formed and what elements does our planet possessed are just examples of the list. Thales was one of the famous people in creating Chemistry because of his attempt. He believed that the Earth was made of water and the Earth itself was hardened water while Air was thinned out water. This became the first theory relating to chemical during the history.

Hundred years later, Aristotle had another idea. Instead of only water, he said that the Earth was made out of four elements. While the heavens were made up of the fifth element that the Earth lacks. He named it aether. The Greeks believed him for hundreds of years until Democritus contradicted the ideas.

He said that EVERYTHING is made up of very little particles. These particles were so microscopic that you can not divide them anymore. These are now called the atoms which means “something that cannot be cut” in Greek. However, most of the people did not believe his ideas. Therefore, Aristotle’s idea won again not until thousand years later that the idea reappeared.

Alchemy

Metal was very important during the ancient times. Therefore, metalworking was indeed important. Greek ideas were mixed with both Egyptian and Mesopotamian. Example waswhen the Egyptians imitated gold by mixing copper and some other metals. Yet, a Greek theory stated that copper and gold have the similar matter. They are only different when it comes to their “form”.

Then time came when the metalworkers tried to make authentic gold. It was called as the study of chemia. It is the origin of the word “chemistry”.

The Art of Writing

During the Stone age, people already have the knowledge to make a picture representing an object. Cave men carved shapes of animals on the walls. And these is how they still communicate with us today, by the pictures they drew on the walls. You may wonder, it’s not writing, it is called drawing. However, it is how the art of writing was first formed. Pictures became more complicated.

The Native American Indians had also different kinds of picture writing long before when Columbus arrived. One examples are the Mayans in Central America which highly developed their written language as well as their hieroglyphics.

It was when they took a giant step when they made pictures to represent sounds and not only objects. The Ancient Sumerians living in Mesopotamia which is now Iraq, discovered this 5, 000 years ago. The Chinese, still have one of the most complicated form of writing, until today. In their language, each symbol makes only one symbol. And therefore, they have thousands of them to write.

The next step in improving the art of writing was to invent the written language which each symbol stands for a single sound rather than one word. This is now what we call the alphabet. The word “alphabet” came from first two letters of the Greek Alphabet which are alpha and beta. The first people to use the alphabet were the Hebrews, the people living in Mediterranean and the Phoenicians.

One of the causes why ancient books where so precious and rare is because it took a lot of time and skills to be able to finish each one of them. The second is because there wasn’t a lightweight material that the people could write on. However, the Chinese already knew how to make paper from materials like bamboo silk and linen. Not until Marco Polo visited the China they knew about the paper. When it comes to ink, the Egyptians and the Chinese were the first.