Baking Powder Baking powder is a fine white powder used for making cakes, biscuits, and it is also used in toothpaste. Baking powder is normally made up of three different parts: an acid, a base and a filler of some sort. The uses of baking powder are numerous. The key to baking powder is its release of carbon dioxide. Baking powder has had a long-term mystique in toothpastes, there are varying...

Bad Manners There are many bad manners in our society. Such as are selfishness, rudeness and anger. Many people do not realize what they have done until it is too late. Other people are just rude and selfish that they do not care what their actions are, and what the consequences maybe. To begin with, one of the bad manners in our society is selfishness. Selfishness is brought about by our...

Bad Habits Many people are trapped in some kind of a bad habit that they wish they never had. Bad habits are formed more easily than good habits, and are usually the hardest to get rid of. Smoking, drinking, gambling, overeating, and eating fast food are all examples of bad habits. Many people, who know of their bad habits, want to change, but no matter how hard they try, they usually...

Bacteria Bacteria is a very interesting subject. Bacteria do a lot of things. Bacteria aren’t always bad. The definition of bacteria is any of the unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms of the class Schizomycetes. These are some characteristics of bacteria. Bacteria don’t have a recognizable nucleus. Some bacteria have chlorophyll and are producers. Bacteria breakdown waste for energy. Those are some characteristics of bacteria. These are the shapes of bacteria. One of the...

Avoid Friends How to avoid friends? What would it be like to go through life without ever having a friend? Well, at first it might seem to be a horrible idea, but after careful thought and examination, one can conclude, that a friend is more work than it’s worth. Think about never having to put up with the annoying antics and emotions that come with each and every friend. Sure, at...

Aviation The history of flight generally begins with the first flight in 1903. Many attempts by thousands of brilliant minds tried but as of December 17, 1903 two brothers, the Wright Brothers, succeeded. One person to try to fly was George Cayley. In 1835, he launched coachmen into flight. The only thing it was not powered, it was a glider. Cayley contributed greatly to aeronautics, discovering the forces of lift drag...

Atom Bomb On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was the target f the first atomic bomb used against civil population in history. Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb over the city of Nagasaki. In total, about one-fourth of a million people were killed by the two bombs.

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world’s five major oceans. Its water is distributed among Africa, Europe, Southern Ocean and Western sphere. With a total area of about 7,67,62,000 square kilometers, it covers approximately 20% of the Earth’s surface and about 26% of its water surface area. As per the tourist point Atlantic Ocean is the busiest ocean of the world. There are constant movements of...