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What are clouds made of

A cloud is made of water drops or ice crystals floating in the sky. How do clouds form? The sky can be full of water. But most of the time you can't see the water. The drops of water are too small to see. They have turned into a gas called water vapor. As the water vapor goes higher in the sky, the air gets cooler. The cooler air causes the water droplets to start to stick to things like bits of dust, ice, or sea salt. What are some types of clouds? A. On the basis of where they are found in the sky  1. High clouds 2. Mid clouds 3. Low clouds - can even touch the ground (in case of fog) Valentin de Bruyn / CotonThis illustration has been created for Coton, the cloud identification guide for mobile., CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons B. On the basis of shape 1. Cirrus clouds (high) - feather-like Cirrus clouds  - feather like   Simon A. Eugster, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via...

Why does temperature decrease when moving towards Altitudes

1. With the increase in elevation, the atmospheric pressure falls. A fall in pressure implies that the temperature also falls (Pressure is directly proportional to Temperature and vice versa). For gases, PV=NRT hence Pressure is directly proportional to temperature. Change in Atmospheric pressure with altitude  Cruithne9, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons 2. With the increase in elevation, the concentration of greenhouse gases decreases (Water vapor and carbon dioxide fall sharply with elevation). Hence the heat absorption capacity of the atmosphere will also decrease...  Greenhouses gases are mainly carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons. Water vapor is the earth's most abundant greenhouse gas responsible for about half of the earth's greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a phenomenon in which the earth's atmosphere traps the sun's heat. The greenhouse effect is also responsible for...

Fun v/s Being Smart (Fools v/s Smart People)

To have short-term fun (falling into the habits that are included in distractions), people avoid the fact that they are consciously depriving of good habits and picking up bad habits, even if you tell them this fact or I should be more precise by saying that most of them already know they are falling into those habits consciously, they won't accept it and discard this fact as hyperbole for themselves because they want to have fun, that's it. THEY WANT TO HAVE FUN . And knowing this fact that all of their activities are lastly wrong will decrease their fun surely, so they choose short-term fun over smartness. So, the peeps who can relate this to their life, HELLO FELLAS, YOU ARE CONSIDERED FOOLS . Now people with a smart approach towards their conscious activities watch them in whatever they are involving themselves in, like an observer of their activities, and allow them to be in the third person to analyze, judge, and if wrong, take the right measures to change their habits AS...

Why it is recommended not to chew Tulsi/Indian Basil/Holy Basil/Ocimum leaves

Photo by Akshar Dave🌻    It is recommended to gulp down Tulsi leaves with water & not chew them.  Tulsi contains iron and mercury that may damage your teeth.  A great way to have them is to make soothing Tulsi tea.

Asteroid/Meteoroid/Meteor/Meteorite

  ASTEROID  Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-sized objects we call meteoroids. Most asteroids in our solar system are found in the main asteroid belt , a region between Mars and Jupiter. But they can also hang out in other locations around the solar system. For example, some asteroids orbit the Sun in a path that takes them near Earth. METEOROID  A meteoroid is a small rock or particle of debris in our solar system. They range in size from dust to around 10 meters in diameter. Pieces from asteroids break off and continue a path through space. METEOR   Aka " falling star ", a meteoroid that burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere is known as a meteor. If you’ve ever looked up at the sky at night and seen a streak of light or " shooting star"  what you are actually seeing is a meteor. That bright streak is not actually the rock, but rather the glowing hot air as the hot rock zips through the atmosphere. Pho...

Meteor Shower

Photo by Austin Schmid Several meteors that appear to radiate from one point in the sky (although they are all parallel) at a particular date each year, due to the earth regularly passing through them at that position in its orbit. When Earth encounters many meteoroids at once, we call it a meteor shower. If it's time for a meteor shower, you won't need a telescope, binoculars, or a high mountain to have a "star gazing" party. Comets like earth and other planets, also orbit the sun, not in a nearly circular orbit, but quite in a lop-sided orbit.  As a comet gets closer to the sun, some of its icy surfaces boil off, releasing lots of particles of dust and rock. This comet debris gets strewn out along the comet's path, especially in the inner solar system (where we live) as the sun's heat boils off more and more ice and debris. Then, several times each year as Earth makes its journey around the sun, its orbit crosses the orbit of a comet, which means Earth smack...

The fact about Empty Stomach and Full Stomach medicines

Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko "BEFORE FOOD" OR "EMPTY STOMACH" Reasons : 1. Food and some drinks can affect the way these medicines work. For example, taking some medicines while eating may prevent your stomach and intestines from absorbing the medicine, making it less effective.   2. Some foods can interact with your medicine by increasing or decreasing the amount of medicine in your blood to potentially dangerous levels or levels that are too low to be effective. 3. Some foods can neutralize the effect of certain medicines. Some examples of foods or drinks that can interact with medicines include: grapefruit juice cranberry juice foods high in vitamin K, such as leafy green vegetables salt substitutes or food supplements high in potassium, such as bananas. You should follow the instructions you receive with your medicine. If you're unsure how to take your specific medicine or whether you can have anything to eat or drink before taking it, speak to your GP (ge...

A five minute talk on Sustainable Development

Hello, Today the title of this talk is SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT and being the young generation, I believe it is of strong interest.  Let's try to find what sustainable development stands for? As the name suggests, sustainable development is a pathway to achieve sustainability. It is a combination of Economic development , Social development , and Environmental protection . Let us take an analogy. We were in desperate need of social development when the Britishers left, so the solution was to fasten the economic development and we termed it the industrial and green revolution . But environmental protection was not taken into account at that time. So we achieved economical and social development but failed to consider protecting the environment. Sustainable development has 3 pillars: 1. Economic development 2. Social development 3. Environmental protection So the simplest definition of sustainable development is: It is an organizing principle for meeting HUMAN DEVELOPMENT GOALS (bot...

Millennials, The age of instant fame

Millennials, also known as Generation Y of Gen Y, are people born between 1980 to 2000. The group consists mostly of teens and people in their twenties. They are the biggest age group in current civilization. Since they grew up in a time when social media and digital technology have been integrated into almost all aspects combining massive globalization, social media, exporting of culture, and speed of change, they are fame-obsessed . On the negative side, they are described as lazy , narcissistic, and prone to jump from job to job. Being rewarded for minimal accomplishments, they have unrealistic expectations of working life. Reasonably, they are simply adapting quickly to a world undergoing rapid technological change. The trend now is that millennials are more focused on extrinsic values such as money, fame, and image rather than focusing on intrinsic values like self-acceptance, group affiliation, and community.  Millennials’ obsession with fame is an increasing and disturbing t...

Importance of public speaking - how it helps students in long run

Public speaking is a way of building personal development on many levels and it helps in almost every aspect of life. It allows us to form connections, influence decisions, and motivate change. It is the prime form of communication. Confidence in public speaking can make or break your image, therefore, becoming an essential skill to master over time. Speaking in public may be an uncomfortable or distressing experience for everyone at least once in their life. Feeling nervous, sweating, embarrassed, and mouth drying are some of the common symptoms. It is not a gift, it is an important skill to master which takes time and effort. Even though most schools do not teach it to students believing that public speaking skills are not important. Schools and parents need to realize the importance of this skill as it is very crucial for students’ success in the long run.  Public speaking helps in career advancement, boosting confidence while communicating, improving critical thinking skills, e...

WHAT HAPPENS TO PLASTIC THAT YOU THROW AWAY

Origin of plastic Are formed in oil refineries by chemically bonding oil and gas molecules together, forming monomers (polyethylene terephthalate(polyester)). In turn, these monomers bond to form long polymer chains to make plastic in the form of millions of pellets. These pellets are then melted and molded to make the resilient material that makes up the triplet's bodies. They are then filled, wrapped, shipped, bought, consumed, and unceremoniously (unceremonious=rude, sudden) discarded. The 3 fates of plastic - empty and discarded plastic impact nothing other than the fate of the planet. Landfills As hundreds of millions of tons (10^11)of plastic brethren (plural of brother), they end up in a landfill which expands each day because more plastic continues to take up space. As plastic sits there being compressed amongst layers of other junk over time, rainwater flows through the waste and absorbs the water-soluble compounds it contains, some of which are highly toxic, together they...

Distractions will conquer you

There are so many distractions available in the form of web series, your favorite movies, your favorite shows that cast your favorite stars, and your favorite characters, all available on OTT platforms. Social media and their perks in form of reels, Facebook videos, and your favorite people to chat with. YouTube with its immense content and has now introduced YouTube shorts too...  IT'S ALL AVAILABLE ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE. Your favorite games, single-player and multiplayer, on mobile phones and PCs, are designed to hook you to them. All varieties of songs available on streaming platforms have millions of songs. Easy food delivery and now their subscriptions to free delivery charges will make you stop eating your normal food and instead will hook you to fast food. Your favorite sports and games are conducted all time, with different sports events occurring anywhere anytime. Your favorite celebrities' new content is being released, as their personal lives, their social media handl...

Three types of people in society

People in society are broadly characterized into three categories Innocents These are the people who are so-called "GOOD PEOPLE", the so-called "cows". They are good because they do not have the capacity to be evil, so there is no great morality in being good for such kind of people because they can't be someone else (bad). Arrogants These are the so-called "Worst people". They are undisciplined, I'll mannered, unfocused, and behave illiterate. They are a curse to the society and they need to be overlooked for the betterment of society. Monsters These are the people who have the full capacity to be evil but keep themselves good considering their role and social etiquette. This category of people feels the duty to overlook arrogants to avoid them harming the innocents. They are important for society.