Plastics bags are made up of polyethylene in its low density form (LDPE). This polythene is derived from natural gas, crude oil and non-renewable sources. Blown film extrusion or “tubular film extrusion†is one of the most common ways to make a plastic bag. The […]
Science
What are the affects of global warming?
Global warming is the trapping of heat on the earth surface due to the rise in temperature caused by transportation, burning of fossil feul, emission of gases from the factories etc. It affects in many ways to all the living beings on the earth. Natural […]
What is protein synthesis?
Protein is a group of complex organic molecules which consist of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur and also have the one or number of amino acids chain. The word synthesis means that when smaller molecules come together to form a larger molecules. Similarly protein synthesis […]
Why does ice float?
Density of an object is increased with the cooling, but this is not completely applicable in the case of fresh water. It is densest at four degree Celsius and if water is further cooled its density keeps on decreasing. So a substance having less density […]
Why does lightning strike?
When there is a great difference among the positive electrons of cloud in upper part and negative electrons of cloud in the lower. Then an energy discharge takes place causing the lightening to strike within the cloud and when there is enough difference of charge […]
How does a solar cell work?
The solar cells can be used as the alternative source of electricity. As all know the fossil fuels and other sources of energy such as coal which we have been utilizing so far for making electricity is decreasing day by day. The solar power can […]
Why do we have leap year?
We know that leap year occurs after every four years. Earth revolves around the sun in 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds but we take one year of 365 days. There is still five hours left for the earth to complete its […]
Why does metal rust?
Many times we have seen reddish brown flakes on the metal. This is known as rust. When iron reacts with oxygen it forms a new substance called iron oxide. This can happens only if the oxygen level is enough for reaction. Chemical reaction takes place […]
Why is the sky dark at night?
This seems to be a very easy question and almost everybody thinks that the answer for this question is very simple that the sky appears dark in night because earth’s rotating around the sun. The part of earth which moves away from the sun will […]
Why do we have shorter days in winter?
We know that earth is tilted at a particular angle and also revolves around the sun. Different parts on the earth get more or less amount of the sunrays which cause the seasons and length of days and nights. This can be easily understood by […]