Weather anomalies An anomaly is a deviation of a measurable unit over a specific period in a given region. These measurable units can be temperature or precipitation. Now in the study of climate changes, we study temperature anomaly quite closely, temperature anomaly is more important than an absolute temperature when studying weather. It can beContinue reading “Weather anomalies”

Geographical landscapes A landscape represents physical elements of geographically defined landforms and it shows the physical features of a particular area. These features are the visible features such as lakes, mountains, cliffs, desert e.t.c. The word “landscape” is derived from the Dutch word “landschap” which translates to paintings of the countryside. Landscape paintings were veryContinue reading “Spheres”

Climate and Weather Conditions Climate is the average weather of a particular place over a large period of time (approximately 30 years or more). Earth is a very diverse climate with 7 continents and 195 countries, all these countries have their own climate, they may be similar to each other to some extent but itContinue reading “Climate”

Geography of our planet, Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Its 70.8% of the area is covered with water in different forms ( oceans, seas, glaciers, rivers and lakes) and the remaining 29.2 % consists of continents and islands. The area with water is known as the hydrosphere and the one coveredContinue reading “Geography of Earth”

English Grammar rules The English language originated in England, it is a West Germanic language that slowly spread across the colonies made by the British and then into the entire world. Today we have two major types of English: U.S English and U.K English. The English language was introduced to America by British colonisation onlyContinue reading “Grammar”

Punctuation Marks Punctuation is a system of symbols that are used to separate parts of sentences and written sentences for better clarification of the sentences. It uses conventional signs, spacing and some typographical devices to aid the understanding and correct reading of the written text. Now, each symbol is called “Punctuation Marks”. In the EnglishContinue reading “Punctuation Marks”

Tree of Languages There are almost 7000 languages spoken in the world and all of them make our society diverse and beautiful. Sadly, some languages are much more widely spoken than others depending on the speaking population as only 23 of these languages are spoken by half of the world’s population. Now, Mandarin is theContinue reading “Tree of Languages”

Writing system A Writing system is based on a specific script and is regulated by a given set of rules. It is a method of representing verbal communication in visual form. Although written and verbal both are excellent forms of communication. But written communication offers the advantage of storage and data transfer. Writing is doneContinue reading “Writing systems”

Phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics. It studies different sounds of speech, their production, reception, transmission, classification, transcription and analysis. It also deals with the representation of speech with written symbols. A phonetician is a linguist person who specialised in phonetics. In any kind of language, there are a small number of sounds thatContinue reading “Phonetics”

Non-verbal languages We live in a world surrounded by a huge population of mankind and we need to communicate with each other at all times. But verbal communication using well-known world languages isn’t the only way to connect with others. There are plenty of ways to communicate without mouthing any kind of word such asContinue reading “Non-verbal communication”