Category: Lifehacks

Can a person have two careers? There’s a term for this way of working – having a portfolio career. Instead of one, full-time salaried position, portfolio careers entail combining a full-time position with one or more part-time/freelance gigs or working multiple part-time positions that, in total, would amount to a full-time job. How many careers […]

What is eating my guppies? Any large, aggressive carnivorous fish will eat guppies. Angelfish, cichlids, oscars, crayfish, red-tiger sharks, barbs, etc., are some of the fish species that can eat adult guppies. Similarly, guppy fry are vulnerable to attacks from bettas, gouramis, platies, dwarf pufferfish, and swordtails. What is killing my guppies? The most common […]

What is mimicry and its types? There are three forms of mimicry utilized by both predator and prey: Batesian mimicry, Muellerian mimicry, and self-mimicry. Mimicry refers to the similarities between animal species; camouflage refers to an animal species resembling an inanimate object. What is mimicry competition? We define. “competitive mimicry” as mimicry that enables access […]

What type of root system does fern have? Instead of the bark and wood that characterize the trunks of seed plant trees, the trunks of tree ferns are composed of rhizomes modified to grow vertically and embedded in a dense mantle of adventitious roots. Do ferns have big roots? Many people think that ferns are […]

Where does the monster decide to go after burning the cottage Why? The monster sees his family leave their cottage, so he burns it down and goes to live off of the land. His travels carry him near Geneva, where he meets William Frankenstein, Victor’s youngest brother. What did the creature do to the cottage? […]

What is one internal conflict Eddie is facing right now? The main conflict Eddie faces is one of the character vs. society variety. He is truly trying to make his living in a world where it seems that his chance of survival, let alone success, seems impossible. What does the onion represent in Buried Onions? […]

What are the questions Jamal is asked in Slumdog Millionaire? For the final question, Jamal is asked to name the third musketeer from Alexandre Dumas’ classic story, The Three Musketeers. Though young Jamal and Salim used to refer to themselves as Athos and Porthos, the first two musketeers, they never learned the name of the […]

What kind of arthropod is a worm? Annelida phylum Is Earthworm a useful insect? Yes, earthworms aren’t much to look at, but they are incredibly beneficial, improving the soil wherever they go. Their excrement enriches soil and controls its pH. As if that’s not enough, their tunnels aerate the dirt, allowing water to reach the […]

How did First Communion begin? Church teaching places the origin of the Eucharist in the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, at which he is believed to have taken bread and given it to his disciples, telling them to eat of it, because it was his body, and to have taken a cup and […]

Is heart failure a positive feedback loop? Heart failure is the result of negative feedback mechanisms that become overwhelmed, allowing destructive positive feedback mechanisms to compensate for the failed feedback mechanisms. What is an example of a positive feedback mechanism? The release of oxytocin from the posterior pituitary gland during labor is an example of […]