Environment

Trade winds are are predominantly found in the Atlantic, Indian, and the Pacific Ocean.​

January 12, 2018 11:14

Graupel is a form of precipitation described as soft hail or snow pellets.

January 10, 2018 18:14

A food web is an interconnection of food chains, showing the flow of energy in an ecosystem.

January 10, 2018 16:19

The intertidal zone is the region of land below water at high tides and above water at low tides.

January 10, 2018 15:58

Headlands and bays are coast features that are often found along the same coastline.

January 10, 2018 15:35

Back-arc basins are geologic submarine features associated with island arcs.

January 9, 2018 18:10

A snow roller is a natural phenomenon in which wind creates a snowball.

January 8, 2018 13:53

Tornado Alley is a name for the area of the United States (and Canada) where tornadoes are most likely to occur. Why is this, and what exactly is a tornado?

January 8, 2018 11:27

The bazaar fly lives in close proximity to humans in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

January 4, 2018 17:46

Species can be monotypic or polytypic depending on the classification of the species into subspecies.

January 4, 2018 16:47

The Chilean Matorral Ecoregion is an ecoregion found in central Chile.

January 4, 2018 16:12

The Westerlies are winds that blow in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.

January 4, 2018 13:01

British Columbia has four national parks and three national park reserves.

January 4, 2018 12:01

A Salak is a type of palm tree species that produces fruit referred to as either Salak fruit or Snake Fruit.

January 3, 2018 17:33

There exists over 1,250 species of sea cucumbers around the world.

January 3, 2018 16:17

The Kara Sea is a part of the Arctic Ocean.

December 21, 2017 18:28

A salt marsh refers to a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone.

December 21, 2017 14:16

The European wildcat, Iberian lynx, and Eurasian lynx are the three wild cats found in Europe.

December 20, 2017 17:44

The Grand Banks of Newfoundland is the world's largest ocean bank.

December 20, 2017 15:22

The gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the surface of our planet due to factors such like pollution is called global dimming.

December 20, 2017 14:36