A cone has a circular base attached to a curved face that wraps around and narrows into a point. From the side, a cone looks like a triangle. Does cone have vertices? Lead students to see that a cone has no edges (at least no straight ones!), but the pointRead More →
Scoria is common in areas of recent volcanism, such as the Canary Islands and the Italian volcanoes. It is relatively low density due to its vesicles, bu it is not as light as pumice. Also differs from pumice in that it has larger vesicles with thicker walls. Is scoria plutonicRead More →
Cone snails are a group of marine snails found in tropical oceans and seas around the world, though some live in more temperate habitats, like the waters around Southern California, the Mediterranean Sea and around the southern cape of South Africa. What is the deadliest snail in the world? TheRead More →
What is the best shape for a nose cone on a bottle rocket? The first point that meets the air is the nose cone at the front end of the rocket. If the speed of a rocket is less than the speed of sound (1,200 km/h in air at seaRead More →
Now that you have what you need to calculate the volume of a cone, all you have to do is follow the formula : V = 1/3Bh, where B = πr². Now, you need to multiply the area of the base B by the height h and then divide theRead More →
The former Mets and Yankees ace eventually elected to pursue broadcasting after his playing days finally ended, and as a Yankees analyst on the YES Network, the 58-year-old has emerged as maybe the best in the business. Cone combines the old-school mentality of baseball with the new-school knowledge of analytics.Read More →