The question “what is matter?” has two wildly different answers, depending on what the person asking the question is looking for. The simple, obvious, intuitive answer is that matter is anything that has mass and takes up volume. By contrast,…
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The Red Fir tree, also known as Abies Magnifica, is a tree whose brown bark has a reddish light in the sun. It has teal-colored needles whose sizes range from three-quarters of an inch to an inch in length. The needles…
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Atoms are the smallest bits of matter in the universe. Here on Earth, there are 92 different varieties of naturally occurring atoms which display an array of physical elemental properties. There are also some man-made atoms on Earth as well,…
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The ‘superman’ of the land animals, the cheetah isn’t exactly faster than a speeding bullet, but he’s faster than any other animal. The cheetah can run up to 65 or 70 mph. He can only sustain that speed for short…
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At least two thousand years ago, the Chinese invented gunpowder, a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). Later on the Chinese used gunpowder to make rockets and by adding an explosive charge to their rockets, the incipient form…
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Yellow, drought-resistant, and part of the Family Asteraceae describes the rabbitbrush shrub that grows in dry areas of North America. It has a pleasant and strong smell. The grey form, as opposed to the green form, has fourteen varieties. Its…
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The topic of this article is more than a bit ironic, as the term atom derives from the Greek word atamos, which means something that cannot be further divided. Nevertheless, atoms do have components, and we will take a quick…
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Botanical Name: Myrica pensylvanica Common Name: Bayberry Family Name: Myricaceae Zone: 3 to 7 Height: 5 to 10 feet Spread: 5 to 10 feet Range Bayberry can be found in eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario,…
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The periodic table of elements at first glance resembles a scrabble board in that colored squares of information are lined up horizontally and vertically. Within these blocks of information we learn the symbol of elements, the atomic weight, the date…
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Red fir is a large, evergreen, coniferous tree belonging to the family ‘Pinaceae’ or ‘pine’. Its scientific name is Abies magnifica and it is also known as California red fir or Shasta red fir. The tree often reaches a height…
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