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The specific gravity of water varies with temperature, however, at 4 degrees Celsius the specific gravity of water is 1. Some people wonder why some…
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A pygmy marmoset is a small monkey found in the Amazon Basin in South America, weighing only 3.5 ounces, it is the smallest monkey in…
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The first day of winter in 2018 is Friday, December 21 aligning with the winter solstice of 2018 at 5:23 PM EST on that day….
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Some examples of eubacteria include Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacteria responsible for strep throat; Yersinia pestis, thought to be the cause of the black death; E. coli, found in the intestines…
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The parts of a flower can be broken up into the pistil (stigma, style, and ovary) and stamen (anther and filament), flower petals, sepal, ovule,…
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The difference between an autotroph vs. heterotroph lies in the organism’s ability to either produce its own food or need to ingest food. Autotrophs, such…
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What causes lightning: When a positive and negative charge grows large enough in the sky you get lightning. This giant spark of electricity surges through…
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There are two ways to describe physical location: absolutely or relatively. If you want to find out the differences between absolute and relative location with…
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Decomposers are organisms that degrade, decay, or breakdown dead organisms, carrying out the process of decomposition. Decomposers are heterotrophic organisms, meaning that they derive their…
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The Roly-Poly bug is how the Armadillidium vulgare is commonly known. But this well-known bug also goes by different names, including potato bug, pill-bug, doodlebug,…
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A giraffe can live quite a long time, averaging 20 to 25 years in the wild and 28 or more in captivity. A giraffe can…
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