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541. What kind of farming is the most productive
June 04, 2013
What kind of farming is the most productive?
When land is scarce, farms must be as productive as possible. For example: less than 15 per cent of Japan suitable for farming. But through intensive farming, using .fertilizers, irrigation, machinery and improved plant varieties yields are high, ...
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542. How does the sea affect climates
June 04, 2013
How does the sea affect climates?
On hot days at the seaside, cool breezes blow inland from the sea. This is because land warms up faster than water. Hot air over the land rises, and cool air from the sea is sucked in. At night, the reverse happens, because the land cools faster than water. ...
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543. Why do laurel and holly trees have shiny waxy leaves
June 04, 2013
Why do laurel and holly trees have shiny waxy leaves?
Laurel and holly trees have developed special kinds of leaves to seal the water inside them during the winter months. Both trees are evergreen. Instead of dropping all their, leaves in autumn, they shed old ones and grow new ones througho...
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544. How fast does ice move on land
June 04, 2013
How fast does ice move on land?
Bodies of ice, ranging from vast ice sheets to valley glaciers move downhill because of gravity. In Antarctica the ice sheet moves by only a metre (39in) or so a year, while most valley glaciers move the same distance in a day. Special circumstances can speed ...
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545. Why do plants flower at different times of the year
June 04, 2013
Why do plants flower at different times of the year?
The flowers appear at the times most 'suited to the production of seed for the continuation of the species. Before seed can develop the flower must be pollinated. This means that the dust-like pollen produced by the - stamen of the flower ...
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546. What are nomads
June 04, 2013
What are nomads?
People who move around making use of land which is unfit for farming are called nomads. The term is applied especially to people whose livelihood depends on animals. Some, like the Lapps of northern Europe, follow the yearly migrations of animals, such as reindeer. Others, l...
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547. Which general wore ivory¬handled pistols
June 03, 2013
Which general wore ivory¬handled pistols?
The Second World War raged for several years and produced many fine soldiers. One of these, however, stands out from all the rest. General George C Patton was not only a talented soldier, he was one of the most charismatic men involved in the war. ...
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548. Thousand years ago, who were the most feared warriors in europe
June 03, 2013
Thousand years ago, who were the most feared warriors in europe?
Throughout the 9th and loth centuries Europe was ravaged by the Vikings. These ferocious warriors came from Scandinavia and raided other people's lands for gold, loot and slaves. Vikings were trained for battle from childhood...
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549. What are horsetails
June 03, 2013
What are horsetails?
Horsetails are plants of such ancient ancestry that they belong to a botanical class of their own. They have been used as cleansers from the earliest times as they contain large quantities of silica from the soil which is redeposited in their stems as fine crystals and ...
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550. Did the roc ever exist
June 03, 2013
Did the roc ever exist?
In Madagascar there was said to have lived up to 200 years ago, a huge flightless bird now called the Aepyornis, which is thought to be the origin of the fabled roc which played an important part in the stories of Sinbad the Sailor.
The roc was suppo...
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