Last Updated on August 9, 2021 by Most of us think that spiders use silk only to spin a web. Actually, no other animal uses silk in as many ways as spiders do. They make it into houses, lifelines, diving bells, cocoons, “airplanes”, lassos, spring traps, and the web we all know. Spiders are not insects but … Read more

Last Updated on August 9, 2021 by Perhaps you have sometimes watched a snail moving slowly across the ground and wondered how it was able to move since no “legs” were showing. The fact is that the whole bottom part of a snail’s body is really a “foot”! This foot is flat and smooth and contains muscles … Read more

Leave a Comment / By QCity Editorial Stuff / December 26, 2020 Last Updated on August 1, 2021 by Rain and other water on the earth’s surface are constantly being carried off. Rivers are the larger streams that accomplish this task. Streams smaller than rivers are brooks. And still smaller streams are rivulets. These flow together and join until … Read more

Leave a Comment / By QCity Editorial Stuff / July 18, 2020 July 28, 2021 Last Updated on July 28, 2021 by Plants have ’factories” to manufacture their food, and these factories are the leaves. Leaves of fruit trees manufacture the food which helps to make fruit. Both peaches and maple sugar, for example, are sweet. So peach and maple … Read more

Last Updated on August 9, 2021 by About 4,000 years ago, a Chinese fisherman who decided that oysters might satisfy his hunger opened a few and was probably the first man to discover pearls! Pearls are made of the same material as the mother-of-pearl lining in the shells of the oyster. The body of the … Read more

Last Updated on August 14, 2021 by Every tooth has the same two parts; a root, or roots, to anchor it in the jawbone, and a crown, the part that can be seen in the mouth. There are four different materials in a tooth. The “enamel” is hard and shiny and covers the crown. The … Read more

Last Updated on August 11, 2021 by The kidneys are two, flat, bean-shaped, solid organs that are among the most important in our body. They lie on each side of the spine near the waistline. They are about ten centimeters long. The kidneys help the body by removing unwanted substances. It is just as important for the … Read more

Leave a Comment / By QCity Editorial Stuff / December 30, 2020 Last Updated on August 5, 2021 by Not all clouds are up in the sky. Some are on the ground! What we call fog is simply a cloud that is next to the ground. All air has some moisture in the form of water vapor. When warm, … Read more

Leave a Comment / By QCity Editorial Stuff / January 6, 2021 Last Updated on August 12, 2021 by To us, the right to a trial by jury is one of man’s most sacred and natural rights. But it took the man a long time to reach the point where this right was recognized. When the   Normans conquered  England in … Read more

Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by The names of many trees, plants, and herbs have interesting origins. Others, of course, have simply come down to us from other languages. Let’s look into some of the more interesting names of plants, trees, and herbs. The pine tree gets its name from the Latin word pinus, … Read more