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Breaking New Ground What makes plants grow?(Breaking New Ground) Maybe you’d like to ask this young gardener, “What’s your secret?” Well, here’s what he’d tell you, “Secrets? Forget it! Growing sweet peppers isn’t a big mystery. Pepper plants need six things. Supply them with these needs and you’ll harvest a basketful of sweet, red peppers!” … Read more
Some insects can help solve pest problems on farms and in gardens.(Battle of the Bugs) You’re a farmer with a big problem. Your farm has been invaded by pests. Grasshoppers are chewing your corn plants. Aphids are sucking sap from your pea plants. Weevils are gnawing holes in your pepper blossoms. Stalk borers are burrowing … Read more
The Birthday of Our Earth(The Earth Beneath) Millions and millions of years ago, so very many that no one can even begin to count them, there was no earth at all. Of course, when there was no earth, there were no tall mountains. There were no green hills and valleys. There were no deep blue … Read more
The Talking Planet What’s the flower telling the butterfly? While scientists continue to explore the idea of plants “talking” to other plants, they know that plants do “talk” to insects. Plants produce chemical signals that contain important messages. A smell is a message. Flowers attract insects with fragrances that say, “Here’s food for you.” Butterflies … Read more
Stalk Talk(Planets of Plants.) Do plants communicate with each other? Something’s happened. You’ve shrunk to the size of a peanut. You have wings and long, floppy antennae. You are teetering on a potato leaf in a vegetable jungle. Corn, squash, and potato plants tower over you. As you can see, it’s lunchtime. And the potato … Read more
How can chemical signals help farmers? It’s night-your favorite time-and you’re flying through a field of tomatoes. You’re a fuzzy, brown cabbage looper moth, a male of your species. Suddenly your antennae pick up an irresistible fragrance. The message shrieks like a siren: Female! Female! Female! You make a beeline-oops, a mothlinetoward the smell. Finally, … Read more
Picture pushing a block of clay against a wall. The clay next to the wall would be crunched upward.. The area behind where it was pushed up would buckle downward. That corresponds to the formation of the Amazon Basin, a depression in the earth that runs the length of South America east of the Andes.. … Read more
Facts about the Piranha Scientific(Remarkable Fish Piranhas) Names: Scientists used to lump all piranhas under the name Serrasalmus. Now scientists think there are at least four different groups of piranhas: Serrasalmus, Pygocentrus, Pygopristis, and Pristobrycon. Of these groups, scientists have identified some 30 different piranha species. Description: Size: From 8 inches (20 centimeters) to 2 … Read more
A Heavenly Merry-Go-Round Our Solar System is only a small part of the great Universe. Solar means “ of the sun.” A system is a plan to be followed. As we know that, The sun is the most powerful ruler of our Solar System. It is the center of our heavenly merry-go round. Old “‘ … Read more
The structure of an Insects The fundamental difference in the structure of an insect and that of a bird or mammal is that an insect is an invertebrate—that is, it has no backbone or bone structure of any kind. The strength of the body lies in the exoskeleton which is soft in a few cases, … Read more