Advantages of Library

Libraries attract people to read and develop habit of reading and learning. It increases their thirst for reading and expanding knowledge. A public library has the widest range of influence. There are many advantages of libraries.

How can we avoid accidents

It is a sad fact of the modern life that in our big cities thousands of men, women and children die every year in road accidents. Most of the road-side accidents occur either because of the ignorance of traffic rules

A Road Accident

The other day I witnessed an accident on the Lahore – Narowal road. It was a very sad spectacle. The road at the spot was littered with broken glass, bits of wooden frames and iron bars.

An Industrial Exhibition

An industrial exhibition was arranged in March last year. The intention of the organizers was to exhibit industrial products at one place. The trading community and the general public showed keen interest in the products.

How to Keep our Town Clean

Cleanliness is next to godliness. We must give a serious though to this golden truth. Neat and clean environment has a cheerful effect, it is a sure sign of civilization. Knowledge is a great blessing of Allah.

A Visit to a Hospital

 A visit to a hospital does not give us any kind of pleasure. It leaves a depressing effect on who visits it. A clash took place between two rival parties in which three persons received bullet injuries.

A Visit to a Museum

A visit to a museum is interesting as well as educative. The Lahore Museum is an important place where work of art, and other objects of historical value are kept and displayed. It is an old importing building with a high ceiling.

My School

School is the place where we learn to read and write. It is the most crucial place for a student. It helps us to learn new things. Some of the walls are massive and ceilings are very high.

Hookworm Life Cycle

Hookworms are blood sucking parasites that reside in the small intestine of human beings and cause an infection called helminthiases. Hookworms fall under the class Secernentea and the order Strongylida. An adult hookworm measures up to 11 mm in size. Study shows that A. Ceylanicum is a vital parasite infecting humans in certain parts of the world. The human hookworms include Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. The hookworm disease has infected approximately 740 million people worldwide. It affects the human lungs, skin and small intestine.

Plasmodium Life Cycle

Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protozoans that fall under the family Apicomplexa, the class Aconoidasida and the sporozoan subclass Coccidia. Plasmodium is known to infect the red blood cells in mammals like humans, birds, reptiles and so on. P. knowlesi is the species of plasmodium that causes the infectious disease known as Malaria. Malaria occurs when the infected female Anopheles mosquito bites human beings or any other mammal. Some other species of plasmodium known to spread Malaria are P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi. The plasmodium parasite displays a complex life cycle as it uses an insect (mosquito) as a catalyst to carry and transmit the disease.

Chicken Life Cycle

With the ancient, unanswered question of who came first, the chicken or the egg, chicken birds are most widely domesticated birds utilized for their meat and eggs. Chicken falls under the family Phasianidae, the class Aves and the order Galliformes. In appearance a chicken measures upto 70 cm in height, weighs around 2.6 kgs and has a tail with a length of 30 cm. The Red Jungle Fowl is ancestor to all domestic chickens and the domestic chicken is called Gallus Domesticus. A male chicken is called a rooster and a female chicken is called a hen.

Bird Life Cycle

Birds are flying, warm blooded vertebrates that have more than 10,400 species that fall under the class Aves. They have two eyes, a four-chambered heart like human beings and forelimbs modified into feathery wings. Birds use their forelimbs for flying purpose and hind limbs for resting or perching. Birds lay hard shelled eggs that need warm conditions to hatch.

Even with such a large number of species, there are approximately 1000 extinct species of birds acquired from fossils.

Fish Life Cycle

Fishes are cold-blooded vertebrate animals that comprise around 34,400 species found in freshwater and saltwater across the globe. Fish fall under the superclass Agnatha (jawless fish) and phylum Chordata which includes hagfishes, sharks, bony fishes and many more. Except for the fish Opah, all other fishes are cold blooded vertebrates. The characteristics of fish are gill slits on the side, skeletal supporting cord and a tail. The study of fishes is known as ichthyology, which has brought light to the importance of fish in the world’s food supply.

Now let’s look at the life cycle of a fish to better understand them.

Bed Bug Life Cycle

About the size of an apple seed, this flat, reddish-brown and oval shaped pest has been a nuisance to people with unclean mattresses in around the world. Bed bugs are also known as “Bugs without Borders” as they have the ability to survive in any living condition. All they want are humans in close proximity for feeding.

We all have wondered its whereabouts and how to get rid of bed bugs as they feed on our blood in our sleep.

Butterfly Life Cycle

Butterflies are considered to be the prettiest insects and belong to the order Lepidoptera. Lepidoptera is a greek term that defines “scaly wings” of an insect which is true in the case of butterflies. These scaly patterns that are placed on the wings of butterflies in colorful designs, gives every butterfly a distinctive look.