While there is only one global ocean, the vast body of water that covers 71% of Earth is geographically divided into distinct regions. The United States recognizes five named ocean basins: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern. Where are the open oceans located in the world? The open oceans orRead More →
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in North America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. What two groups formed the mound building culture? 1650 A.D., the Adena, Hopewell, and Fort Ancient Native American cultures built mounds andRead More →
Clementine Karaage Clementine Karaage (Japanese-Style Orange Chicken) Is Chinese orange chicken really chicken? This Chinese Orange Chicken is made with boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces, dredged, and then fried until golden and crispy. It is a sweet orange sauce made with orange juice, vinegar, garlic, sugar, soyRead More →
Rocks that undergo a change to form a new rock are referred to as metamorphic rocks. In the rock cycle, there are three different types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Sedimentary and igneous rocks began as something other than rock. How do rocks change in the rock cycle? TheRead More →
The Oxford Dictionary of English app defines a cartographer as “a person who draws or produces maps.” Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary says a cartographer is “one that makes maps.” And the Cambridge Dictionary, also available online, states that a cartographer is “someone who makes or draws maps.” What is a cartographerRead More →
A solar prominence (also known as a filament when viewed against the solar disk) is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun’s surface. Prominences are anchored to the Sun’s surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun’s hot outer atmosphere, called the corona. What are flaresRead More →
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, written by composers, most often for orchestra. What does 1st movement mean? First movement: brisk and lively A movement in sonata form has two musical themes (or melodies). The first is usually loud and forceful; the second is quietRead More →
Ketchup comes from the Hokkien Chinese word, kê-tsiap, the name of a sauce derived from fermented fish. It is believed that traders brought fish sauce from Vietnam to southeastern China. The British likely encountered ketchup in Southeast Asia, returned home, and tried to replicate the fermented dark sauce. What isRead More →
Mortuary temple There were two main types of temples built in Ancient Egypt. The first type is called a Cultus temple and was built to house a specific god or gods. The second type is called a Mortuary temple and was built to worship a dead pharaoh. Over time, theRead More →
A feeling of living ages beyond those around us. Not exactly of being more mature — because we all have those days when we act our age of 12, or in our 20s, 30s or 40s and 50s — but of a feeling we’ve simply lived longer and are wiseRead More →