Monthly Archive:: October 2014

Law of conservation of energy: Be more clear

Energy is the capacity to do work. Any system be it an electrical system, a mechanical system or our own body, needs energy to do work. This could be of any nature like electrical, mechanical, thermal etc. The main fact is it cannot be created out of nothing and also it cannot be destroyed. All

Muscles in the tongue

Similar to fingerprints, everyone also has a unique tongue print. Tongue is a muscular organ which helps us to talk and in starting the process of digestion. It is also one of the five important sense organs which allow us to sense different tastes responding to pressure and heat. It is basically composed of skeletal

Dolphins: Know more about them

There are about 37 species of dolphins in the ocean. A group of dolphins is called school of dolphins or pod of dolphins. A school may consist of 12 – 1000 dolphins. They can swim up to a speed of 40 km/hr. Though the dolphins live in the oceans, they are not classified as fish.

Different types of clouds

Clouds are a result of condensation process. All clouds are not the same. Clouds continuously change as they drift across the sky. It is interesting to note that every type of cloud has got a descriptive name. The credit goes to a London Pharmacist Luke Howard who introduced the names of three basic groups. Various

Waves- Different forms

Waves are travelling disturbances that transfer energy from one place to another. They do not transfer matter. The amplitude of a wave determines its energy. Higher the amplitude, higher is its energy. Sound, light etc are all different kind of waves. They can be classified in different ways based on their characteristics. One such classification is