Why is the sea salty?
Posted by Iwind in Nature on 11. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
The sea is salty because of the way the water in the sea got there. Over millions of year water has rained over the land breaking up rocks and transporting the minerals into the sea. The ocean started up just slightly salty and then getting more and more salty as more minerals are transported into the [...]
Why is water important?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature on 08. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
Basically, without water there would be no life, it is as simple as that. But if you need a more detailed answer then continue reading. Did you know that 75% of the human body is water. More then 95% of the Earth’s water can be found in the oceans. The world has about 2% of [...]
Why is blood red?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature, Science on 30. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Have you ever wondered why blood is red? Well there is a very easy explanation for this and I will explain it in this article. Did you also realize that red blood cells carry out the most essential duty that blood has. One little drop of blood has millions of red blood cells that are [...]
Why is soil important?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature on 30. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Soil is very important in so many ways. Some people think of soil as just dirt. But that is just the contrary, there are major forms of life within soil, things that are very important to us such as; different types of living creatures, worms, insects, things that we need such as certain types of [...]
Why are cells so small?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature on 30. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Normally cells can’t be seen by the naked eye because they are so very small. You will find many cells in an average organism. Robert Hooke discovered that there are over a billion cells in a cubic inch. Another fact about cells that is pretty incredible is that an average adult has over sixty trillion [...]
Why do aardvarks have such long tongues?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature on 08. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Why do aardvarks have such long tongues? Why do aardvarks look so different? Why do aardvarks have such strange feet? Aardvarks are fun and strange animals. They are like a kangaroo in that their front legs are not as long as their back legs. They have substantial claws that are good for excavating dirt. They [...]
Why do manta rays shoot out of the water?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature on 05. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Have you ever seen a manta ray shoot out of the water? If you have never seen this then you probably did not even realize that it is something they do. People thought at one time that they leaped out of the water so that they could get rid of the parasites that were on [...]
Why is creation and evolution the same thing?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature, Science on 04. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
For thousands of years people who rightfully believe in a creator have taken the word of scripture to be literal and scientific. As time and scientific discovery and understanding have increased, mankind has come to an understanding in regards to an evolutionary process that has been going on and that continues to go on. Since [...]
Why do dogs tear the stuffing out of toys?
Posted by raiders1 in Nature on 04. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
Are you like me and have dogs that live to rip the stuffing out of their toys? My dogs, Callie, Cooper and Kona love to play with stuffed toys. They have Kongs, and keys and many toys made of plastic and rubber. They have bones, balls, rawhide treats and chews, but nothing compares to the [...]
