Category: Philosophy

What are 5 benefits we get from forest fires? Fire removes low-growing underbrush, cleans the forest floor of debris, opens it up to sunlight, and nourishes the soil. Reducing this competition for nutrients allows established trees to grow stronger and healthier. History teaches us that hundreds of years ago forests had fewer, yet larger, healthier […]

How does lack of clean water affect poverty? When you can’t access safe water, you can’t stay healthy, go to work, go to school, or grow your crops for safe consumption. This is the reality for 2.2 billion people in the world who still don’t have access to safe water, causing 9.2 percent of the […]

What are two animals native to Iowa? In 1840 Isaac Galland noted a large number of fauna in Iowa, including bison, elk, deer (either white-tailed deer or mule deer), raccoon, fox squirrel, mountain lion, lynx, gray wolf, black wolf, coyote (he called them prairie wolves), bear, beaver, otter, muskrat, mink, rabbits (presumably cottontail rabbit and […]

What are prairie dogs eaten by? A better question might be “what doesn’t eat a prairie dog, given the chance?” American badgers, bobcats, coyotes, long-tailed weasels, and black-footed ferrets will eat prairie dogs, as will foxes, mountain lions, and many species of raptor including golden eagles, northern harriers, peregrine falcons, prairie falcons … Do prairie […]

What is a Lunt vegetable? Lunt (introduced 1995) is a decorative gourd with a Spanish accent who grew up in New Jersey. He often appears as Mr. Nezzer’s assistant, and the two were introduced in Rack, Shack & Benny. Why does Mr Lunt have no eyes? Lunt is a yellow colored gourd. He grows a […]

Was the Cold War before or after the Korean War? The Korean War – The Cold War (1945–1989) Was Korea the start of the Cold War? The Korean War was fought between South Korea and communist North Korea. It was the first major conflict of the Cold War as the Soviet Union supported North Korea […]

What are the elements of dystopia? 5 Characteristics of Dystopian Fiction Government control. Environmental destruction. Technological control. Survival. Loss of individualism. Is The Hunger Games utopian or dystopian? The society in The Hunger Games trilogy is depicted as predominantly a dystopian society with a totalitarian government, with only a couple minor examples of utopian society. […]

How email works step by step? An Example Step A: Sender creates and sends an email. The originating sender creates an email in their Mail User Agent (MUA) and clicks ‘Send’. Step B: Sender’s MDA/MTA routes the email. Step C: Network Cloud. Step D: Email Queue. Step E: MTA to MTA Transfer. Step F: Firewalls, […]

What does Fawkes name mean? Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. An alternative origin for the surname is that it originates from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of Falco (later Faulques) meaning “falcon”. How common is the surname Fawkes? […]

What is a double cheese? Double cheeseburger has two slices of cheese combined with other salads that are used to prepare the burger. On the other hand, mcdouble has one slice of cheese combined with other common ingredients used in preparing the burger. What is a plain double cheeseburger? The simple classic made with two […]