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Learn what makes the sky look blue
greenhouse effect on Earth rainbow
Learn about the greenness of plants
Discern between self-sustaining autotrophs and consumer heterotrophs and find their places in the food chain
How to boost energy without caffeine
The relationship between photosynthesis and breathing
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Learn what makes the sky look blue
Learn why the sky is blue.
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Learn about the greenness of plants
The perfect absorbers of solar radiation are black objects, yet plants, which depend...
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Discern between self-sustaining autotrophs and consumer heterotrophs and find their places in the food chain
The basic components of ecosystems. Most ecosystems contain organisms that are producers...
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How to boost energy without caffeine
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The relationship between photosynthesis and breathing
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A cloud illuminated by sunlight over water.
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greenhouse effect on Earth
The greenhouse effect on Earth. Some incoming sunlight is reflected by Earth's atmosphere...
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As sunlight enters water droplets in the atmosphere, its constituent colors (wavelengths)...
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