Watch this on YouTube Is Earth an open or closed system? It is both. For some things it is open and for others, it is closed. Earth is an open system for energy. Most of the energy on Earth comes from the sun. Energy enters Earth from outer space as well, but the sun is […]
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Watch on YouTube Why is Broadway so long? Before it became a road it was originally the Wickquasgeck trail. Broadway is a street that runs through Manhattan. It is famous for having many of New York’s theaters on it. It is actually much longer than people think and stretches for 53.2 km. It starts at
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Watch on YouTube Are Inner and Outer Mongolia separate countries? Outer Mongolia is the country of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia is a part of China. Outer Mongolia is known as Mongolia and has an official language of Mongolian, although many people also speak Russian. It has a population of a little over 3 million people
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Watch on YouTube Why is the Grand Canyon so deep? Because of the power of the Colorado River, the amount of water in it, the arid climate, and the rocks it is made of. The Grand Canyon carves through the Colorado Plateau. It is 446 km long, 29 km wide, and 1,857 m deep at
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Watch on Youtube Why is 0 longitude in London? It was used by more than two-thirds of the world’s ships and the USA had decided to use it. The line that runs through Greenwich in London is known as the prime meridian, meaning it is zero degrees longitude. The Earth is divided up into 360
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Watch on YouTube How much wind does a wind turbine need? A wind speed of roughly 11 km/h. Wind power has been used for over 2000 years. The windmill was invented in the 7th century in Persia and wind power was harnessed to grind grain. The wind could do the work of a herd of
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Watch on YouTube Why are deserts cold at night? The sand reflects the heat up and the air cannot hold the heat in. Deserts have very high temperature extremes. The Sahara Desert, for example, has an average daytime high of 38 ˚C and an average nighttime low of 4 ˚C. If you are stuck in
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How do people predict the weather? These days, by using AI and supercomputers. People have tried to predict the weather for millennia. When most of the population were involved in the agricultural sector, knowing the weather was important. However, the day to day weather may have been less important than the seasonal weather. If there
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What is a marsh and a swamp? A marsh is a wetland on the edge of a lake or stream that is often flooded by water. A swamp is a wetland that has water saturated soil. The marsh is at the edge of the water, where it reaches the ground. The swamp is the next
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Why is Las Vegas in the desert? Because it is a good location for a stop on the new southern Californian railway line. Las Vegas wasn’t the first settlement to spring up in the desert of Utah. The area used to be lush marshland, but that all dried up and formed the Mojave Desert, except
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