General Science Questions

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Anything that has Mass and takes up Space is called Matter.

Matter has some mass and occupies some space. Mass means the amount of matter in an object. Space occupied by an object is called its Volume.

The Study of Matter and and how matter changes is called Chemistry.

Smoking can lead to emphysema as well as strokes is the true statement regarding tobacco use. Emphysema is related to the failure of lungs air sacs and cilia that eliminate the dust from the body.

If the barometer rises, it indicates that good or fair weather is coming and if the falling barometer reading indicates that bad or foul weather is coming. Usually bad weather approaches from the west direction.

Demoiselles

These are rock pillars which stand as resistant rocks above soft rocks as a result of differential erosion of hard and soft rocks.

Zeugen

A table-shaped area of rock found in arid and semi-arid areas formed when more resistant rock is reduced at a slower rate than softer rocks around it.

A Dreikanter

It is a type of ventifact that typically forms in desert or periglacial environments due to the abrasive action of blowing sand.

A wind gap is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture.

Energy is measured in units called Joules.

Joule is unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI) which is equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through one metre.

1 Joule  =  10⁷ ergs or 0.7377 foot-pounds.