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What is a Stratovolcano (Composite Cone)?
Geology | Volcanoes

What is a Stratovolcano (Composite Cone)?

The stratovolcano is tall, steep & cone-shaped. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes build up height by layering lava, ash and tephra on top of another.

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3 Types of Faults: Normal, Reverse and Strike-Slip
Geology | Plate Tectonics

3 Types of Faults: Normal, Reverse and Strike-Slip

The 3 types of faults are: normal, reverse and strike-slip. When two blocks slide horizontally, it’s strike-slip. If it moves vertically, it’s dip-slip.

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What is Permafrost? Why It’s Like the Glue for Rock and Soil
Geology | Land Surface

What is Permafrost? Why It’s Like the Glue for Rock and Soil

Think of permafrost like glue. The ice is the glue in permafrost which holds the rocks, sand & soil. Like glue, permafrost doesn’t melt. Instead, it thaws.

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What Causes Tsunamis? A Guide to How Tsunamis Form
Oceans | Water Science

What Causes Tsunamis? A Guide to How Tsunamis Form

Tsunamis are long, tall waves that can be disastrous to anything nearby. But what causes tsunamis? 80% start from earthquakes. And how do tsunamis form?

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How Fast Does the Earth Spin? Earth vs The Engineered
Outer Space | Properties of Earth

How Fast Does the Earth Spin? Earth vs The Engineered

How fast does the Earth spin? Earth spins at an incredible 1000 miles per hour (1600 km/hr). We compare the Earth’s spin to nature and engineered velocities

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A Visual Guide to Our Solar System [Infographic]
Outer Space | Solar System

A Visual Guide to Our Solar System [Infographic]

Our solar system is a 4.57 billion years old planetary system that includes a central star and all the natural space objects (planets) orbiting the Sun.

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Pangea Ultima: Meet Earth’s Next Supercontinent
Geology | Milestone Events

Pangea Ultima: Meet Earth’s Next Supercontinent

If you could fast-forward 250 million years in the future, you would witness all continents will assemble into one giant supercontinent called Pangea Ultima.

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7 Major Tectonic Plates: The World’s Largest Plate Tectonics
Geology | Plate Tectonics

7 Major Tectonic Plates: The World’s Largest Plate Tectonics

From large to small, the 7 major tectonic plates include the Pacific, North American, Eurasian, African, Antarctic, Indo-Australian and South American plate.

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Moon Gravity: Your Weight on the Moon
Moon | Outer Space

Moon Gravity: Your Weight on the Moon

The gravity of the moon is 1/6 of Earth. If you stepped on a scale on the moon, you could subtract 83.5%. So 100 kg in weight would be 16.5 kg on the moon.

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Near Earth Objects (NEO): Are We at Risk of an Impact Collision?
Outer Space | Solar System

Near Earth Objects (NEO): Are We at Risk of an Impact Collision?

Near Earth Objects (NEO) are debris in space at risk colliding with Earth. Asteroids, comets and meteors pose potential risk to Earth.

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Supermassive Black Holes: The Center of Galaxies [Infographic]
Outer Space | Stars, Galaxies and Universe

Supermassive Black Holes: The Center of Galaxies [Infographic]

All galaxies have supermassive black holes at the center of it. These collapsed stars are a few times the mass of a sun which run out of fuel and explode.

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What Are the 5 Koppen Climate Classification Types?
Life Science | Natural Environment

What Are the 5 Koppen Climate Classification Types?

The Koppen climate classification catalogues Earth’s types of environments. In the eyes of Koppen, they are tropical, dry, temperate, continental and polar.

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Taxonomic Classification: From Domain to Species
DNA, Cells and Organisms | Life Science

Taxonomic Classification: From Domain to Species

In biology, we categorize life by how similar organisms are with each other. Like a family tree, we find relationships by their classification of life.

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What Are the 3 Domains of Life?
DNA, Cells and Organisms | Life Science

What Are the 3 Domains of Life?

We categorize life into 3 domains of life: eukarya, archaea and bacteria. Domains classify life in the most general way such as the presence of a nucleus.

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13 Parts of a Volcano: The Anatomy of Volcanoes
Geology | Volcanoes

13 Parts of a Volcano: The Anatomy of Volcanoes

Today, we explore 13 parts of a volcano. From tephra, fumaroles, magma, lava domes, pyroclastic flow to volcanic bombs, this is the anatomy of volcanoes.

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