Taproot System: The dandelion plant has a tap root system, which consists of a main root that grows straight down. This root is much larger than the roots branching from it. The smaller branching roots are called rootlets, and these roots grow laterally. Plants with a tap root are difficult to transplant. When you pull […]
Geotropism
Upside Down Planter There is a special Planter advertised on TV that allows you to grow a tomato plant upside down. I wondered how successful this would be and designed a planter. The planters shown were designed by Amida and her sons. When potted, the stem and leaves of the small tomato plant were pushed […]
Lunar Cycle Challenge
From Earth, the Moon looks like a round disk in the sky. At times this disk appears to have part of it cut away or is overlapped by something that is dark. The edge or line where the lighted part of the moon disk ends is called the terminator. In the Northern Hemisphere, the terminator […]
Cloud Formation Video
After watching the video, check out some of the other posts on this website about clouds. EARTH SCIENCE BOOKS Earth Science is the study of the Earth, which includes the atmosphere (air layer), lithosphere (solid materials-rocks), and hydrosphere (water-oceans, rivers, lakes,and streams)
Cloud Colors
Question: Why are clouds white? Answer: Clouds are white because white light comes from the clouds to your eyes. Now let me explain where this white light comes from. 1. Light from the sun is white. This means it is made up of all the colors of the light spectrum, which are the colors of […]
Science Fair Projects about Animals
Zoology is the study of animals and how they behave, live and survive.. FYI: Special permission is needed to work with live animals as well as parts from dead animals, including bones in designing and developing a science project. Below is a science fact about Anoles. This fact is a statement containing: one independent variable […]
Cloud Formation
Question:How are clouds formed? Answer: Clouds are made of very tiny drops of liquid water called cloud drops or cloud droplets. Cloud droplets stick together to form larger heavier raindrops, which fall to the ground where they collect in puddles, lakes, rivers, and oceans. The water molecules on the surface of collected water (rivers, streams, […]
Water Conservation
Question: Are we running out of water? Answer: Earth is not losing water. The water that dinosaurs drank is still on Earth somewhere. Water moves back and forth between the Earth’s surface and the air in what scientists call a water cycle. When you drink water your body uses it for a time and then […]
Water Cycle Diagram
A simple diagram with definitions describing the different forms of water as it moves through the water cycle.
Photosynthesis
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