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Guide to Converting Grams to Ounces and Pounds

Guide to Converting Grams to Ounces and Pounds

You can convert grams to ounces and/or pounds just by using some simple multiplication and division. You’ll use the conversion that tell you there are 0.0352739619 oz. in a gram and 16 oz. in a pound. If you want to…

Which Planet is Closer to Earth: Mars or Venus?

Which Planet is Closer to Earth: Mars or Venus?

The answer to whether Mars or Venus is closer to the Earth is, “It depends.” Mars and Venus are Earth’s immediate neighbors in the Solar System. However, all three planets have nearly-circular orbits around the Sun and move at different…

Creatures of the Canopy Layer in Rainforests

Creatures of the Canopy Layer in Rainforests

Rainforest canopies are made up of trees that grow between 100 to 150 feet tall. These tree tops take the brunt of rainstorms and trap much of this moisture between and under the interwoven tree branches, keeping the air beneath…

Influence of Abiotic Factors on Natural Wetlands

Influence of Abiotic Factors on Natural Wetlands

A natural wetland is a complex ecosystem. Like other ecosystems, whether land- or water-based, many factors affect the form and function of the wetlands. Both biotic and abiotic factors and processes are integral to the natural wetland ecosystem. The term…

What is a Scientist Who Studies Plants Called?

What is a Scientist Who Studies Plants Called?

A botanist is a scientist who studies or experiments with plants. These plants may include a range of organisms, including flowers, trees and algae. Botanists are a type of biologist. Plant Biologists Plant biologists are botanists who directly study the…

Herbivorous, Omnivorous, and Carnivorous Animals

Herbivorous, Omnivorous, and Carnivorous Animals

Animals fall into three distinct groups based upon what they eat. This is a natural way to often group animals. Plant eaters are herbivores, meat eaters are carnivores, and animals that eat both plants and animals are omnivores. What an…

Calculating the Energy of a Mole of Photons

Calculating the Energy of a Mole of Photons

Light is a unique form of energy in that it displays properties of both particles and waves. The fundamental unit of light that has this “wave-particle” duality is called a photon. More specifically, photons are wave packets that contain a…

Effects of Heating Gas

Effects of Heating Gas

Over a period of centuries and through multiple experiments, physicists and chemists have been able to relate key characteristics of a gas, including the volume it occupies (V) and the pressure it exerts on its enclosure (P), to temperature (T).…

When to Set Up a Hummingbird Feeder in Austin, Texas

When to Set Up a Hummingbird Feeder in Austin, Texas

Hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world. They are unique, with tiny, saberlike bills and rapid wing beats that allow them to move in many directions in flight. Hummingbirds in the Texas Hill Country give residents a splendid show.…

Understanding Average Rainfall in Rainforests

Understanding Average Rainfall in Rainforests

Rainforests are impressively wet and humid ecosystems found from the tropics to the boreal zone, though they tend to be much more extensive in the equatorial latitudes. Although temperature and evaporation rates play significant roles in establishing the conditions for…