Even though we don’t feel it happening, the Earth is rotates completely once every day. If the Earth didn’t rotate there wouldn’t be night and day as we know it. There would be a sunny and dark side of the Earth, which would only change once a year. The sunny side would get very hot, while the dark side would be very cold. It is for this reason that the rotation of the Earth is considered to be an important ingredient for sustaining life. Have you ever wondered what makes the Earth rotate? Read on to find out the answer.
Molasses is a by-product of sugar production that is brown or black in color. In sugar production, the juice is removed from the sugar cane and then boiled. This is then spun to remove the sugar crystals from the mixture, and the remaining product is molasses. Although molasses is a popular ingredient in baking its unique properties means that it also has many other non-culinary uses.
Ryan Reynolds is a celebrity actor who began his acting career at 15 with the Canadian soap Hillside (called Fifteen in the US). He appeared in a couple of TV movies, but unfortunately his career didn’t really take off and he decided to quit acting. However, his friend convinced him to move to Los Angeles. Amazingly, Reynolds’ car was stolen the first night and he drove it around without doors for the next four months. Fortunately, his luck changed in 1997 when he landed the role of Berg in the television show “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.” This led to further television and movie roles and launched his career. The following is a list of movies that Ryan Reynolds has acted in during his career so far.
Wimbledon, also called The Championships, is the oldest tennis tournament in the history of the sport. It is held in the London suburb of Wimbledon (where it gets its name) at the All England Club. It started in 1877 and has been played every year since apart from during both World Wars. It opened to professional tennis players in 1968. It is still considered to be one of, if not, the most important tournaments in the world and is one of four Grand Slam (major) tennis tournaments. It is the last Grand Slam tournament played on the traditional tennis surface of grass. If you have ever wondered who has won the most Wimbledon finals, read on to find out.
Louisiana is a state located the United States. The capital city of Louisiana is Baton Rouge and the largest city in the state is New Orleans. The total population of the state is approximately 4.5 million people. The state has had a truly multicultural history and the area has both been a Spanish and French colony before joining the United States. Interestingly, Louisiana was named after the French King Louis XIV and the Louisiana Territory, at that time, reached all the way to include a small part of modern day Canada.
The cell is the building block of life for all living organisms. Some of the smallest organisms, such as bacteria, consist of just once cell. Large organisms, such as monkeys, are made up of trillions of cells. Cells are usually too small to observe with the naked eye and require a microscope to study properly. However, the largest cell is an unfertilized ostrich egg, which can weigh over 3 pounds and be observed without a microscope. Even though they are present in all life, cells are a relatively recent discovery.
Snails are a member of the gastropod family (the same family the slugs belong to) that have coiled shells for protection. There are thousands of species of snails and they range in size from the very tiny to more than 35cm long. They are well known for traveling very slowly with a wave like movement of their “foot.” Most species of snails are nocturnal and are vegetarians, although some species are omnivorous or carnivorous. Most snails are edible and it is believed that they were widely eaten by many civilizations for centuries. Interestingly, the majority of snails in the world are marine snails.
Krypton (chemical symbol Kr) is a gas that is colourless, odourless and tasteless. It is a chemical element with the atomic number of 36 and its atomic mass is 83.8. It is one of 6 known nobel gases (very low chemical reactivity) and is present in trace amounts in Earth’s atmosphere. It was discovered in 1898 by Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers as they experimented with air. It is considered to be an expensive and rare gas, which does limit its uses. However, it has many common uses that most people are unaware of.
Elle Fanning is a celebrity actress who began her career by playing the role as a younger version of her sister at just 2 years of age. Despite her young age her career quickly took off and, after playing the younger version of her sister a year later, she landed an independent role in the movie “Daddy Day Care.” She has continued to act, in both movies and television series, through her childhood and is beginning to take more important roles. She is expected to make a successful transition to adult acting by many critics. Of course, many child actors fail to make the transition to adult roles and it is still too early to tell what the future holds for this young actress, but it certainly looks bright. The following is a list of movies that Elle Fanning has acted in during her career.
Asteroids are classified as small metallic, rocky bodies that orbit around the sun. They do not have atmospheres and are too small to be called planets. The main collection of asteroids in our solar system is in the aptly named asteroid belt. This belt is found between Mars and Jupiter and contains millions of asteroids. Asteroids range from the very large (1000km diameter) to the size of pebbles. Giuseppe Piazzi is credited with discovering the first asteroid when he discovered the dwarf planet he named Ceres in 1801. The composition of the asteroids was not known until much later and even today it is not well understood.