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How do clouds move in the sky?

Clouds are formed when water evaporates from rivers, ponds, oceans, and lakes. The tiny droplets of water cling to particles like (dust, salt, or smoke). The air containing this evaporated water vapour rises and expands at higher altitudes where the air pressure is lower and clouds move with the wind. High cirrus clouds are moved by a jet stream and …

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How do astronauts ‘walk’ in space?

If an astronaut leaves his spacecraft during a journey, he cannot walk about in the ordinary way. There is nothing but empty space. There is not even any gravity to pull him in one particular direction. He can only guide himself by the same means as the spacecraft itself – by rocket propulsion. So when astronauts do leave their spacecraft …

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How do animals and plants depend upon each other?

The sun is the driving force in all of the Earth’s processes. It is the sun’s rays that keep our planet warm enough for us to be able to survive, it is the weather’s motor, and provides energy for the most important process of all so far as plants and animals are concerned. The sun provides plants with the energy …

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How do anaesthetics work?

Having a tooth extracted or drilled may not be pleasant but-thanks to anaesthetics-at least it’s not painful. These drugs also prevent pain in surgical operations. We feel pain because electrical signals flash along the nerves in our body from the part that hurts to the brain. Anaesthetics interfere with the nerves so that these pain signals are locked. A general …

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How did the invention of the telescope affect cosmology?

An Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was the first person to work with telescope. In the beginning of 1609, he disclosed the details about the surface of the sun and the moon, Jupiter’s moon and Saturn’s rings, and discovered many stars too faint to be seen with the naked eye. His observations of the solar system led him to support the …

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