How Does the Sun Affect the Food Web?

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Food WebFood chains track the progress of energy through organisms, and food webs show the interconnectedness between food chains. All food webs begin with the sun. Generally, plants take the energy from the sun to make their own food. Other animals then eat the plants to convert the...

How to Make a Model of a Straw Hut

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Simple huts made from straw or reeds have been common in many parts of the world throughout history. Whether you're making terrain for a historical or fantasy war game, making a diorama for a school project, or just building models for fun, straw huts are an easy way to add color and interest to a m

Butterfly Habitat Instructions

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A butterfly's colorful wings and graceful fluttering are a joy to watch, and one of the best parts of spring and summer. Unfortunately, urban development has taken up many of their natural breeding and feeding grounds. Creating your own butterfly habitat is easy to do, and is a small way to preser

How to: Hinged Bench Seats for a Boat

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Boat bench seats are an easy way to increase the amount of seating area in your boat and they also enable you to make the most of limited space. Bench seats are ideal for the boat, as they can be used for sitting or sunbathing! They can be used to replace a storage area lid or the panels covering th

How to Learn About Sighting Compasses

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A sighting compass, also known as a hand compass, can be used one-handed by those who need to find their bearings while engaged in wilderness activities such as hiking, kayaking, sailing and climbing. The needle of a sighting compass is aligned within mounted sights to ensure accuracy when navigatin

Homemade Puzzle Glue

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After all the time and work invested in putting together a jigsaw puzzle, many people like to glue the puzzle together and keep it. Treated in this manner, puzzles can be framed and hung as art. Puzzle glue can be found at most hobby and craft shops relatively inexpensively. But you can also make pu

What Does Feng Shui Mean in "The Sims 2?"

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"The Sims 2" by Maxis and Electronic Arts is a life simulation game where characters create characters known as "Sims" and follow them through their daily lives. Originally for PC, the game proved popular enough to bring it to consoles such as the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo

How to Get a High Gloss Paint Finish on Oak Wood

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Oak is a very durable and reliable wood that is an ideal choice for outdoor trim as well as quality furniture and cabinetry. Because of its hardness and detailed grain, it needs to be sanded and treated with primer before painting. This is especially the case if you want to paint your oak trim or ca

How to Calculate KWH From a Wind Turbine

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A turbine spun by the turning blades of a windmill can be used to generate electricity. The electrical power in watts or energy ("joules") per second generated by a windmill is related to the length of the wind's blades and the speed of the wind turning the blades. Longer blades and higher wind spee

What Are Different Ways to Store Coin Collections?

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Whether you collect coins for fun or speculation, you will want to find a way to store and protect them for future enjoyment. There are a number of methods to store a coin collection, with the quality of each method increasing with the cost: The more you pay, the better protection you will receive.

What is the Definition of Climate?

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The definition of climate is the long term weather patterns of a specific area, usually measured for 30 years. The average temperature and the average precipitation are taken into effect when determining an area's climate. Such factors as winds, geography, type of precipitation and extremes in weath

How to Build Your Own Brick Kiln

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Bricks are one of the oldest building materials known to man. Bricks are the perfect material to use when making a kiln because they can withstand the very high temperature used to fire the pottery and clay sculptures housed inside. Kilns go back to the earliest time in our civilization. Originally

How to Build a Model of a Buckyball

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The buckyball is a molecule made of 60 carbon atoms joined together in a pattern that resembles a soccer ball. Its correct scientific name is buckminsterfullerene, named after architect Buckminster Fuller, famous for his geodesic domes. Nano-scientists have been increasingly interested in these biz

Reliability of Radiocarbon Dating

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Radiocarbon dating, or carbon dating, as it is more commonly known, is a scientific method for determining the age of materials that contain or consist of carbon. Because radiocarbon dating measures the amount of carbon remaining in a sample, and carbon completely decays after 50,000 years, the meth

How to Make a Home Child Care Flyer

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Advertising is essential for every child care business and home businesses are no exception. Creating fliers to hang around the neighborhood and in local businesses shows potential customers you're serious about your child care business and tells them where you're located.

How Do I Disconnect Electrical Wires From a Small Motor?

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Disconnecting electrical wires from small motors can be intricate because of the size of the connections. Most motors, whatever their size, have screw connections, so it's important to have the correct size of screwdriver. Some wires are connected to the motor's terminal with solder, so to disconnec

Inserting Plugs in Walking Cane Shaft

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Information on the Cuttlebug Machine

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The Cuttlebug by Provo Craft is a versatile die-cut and embossing machine. The beauty of the Cuttlebug is the inexpensive embossing folders and dies, and the ability to use dies from several other manufacturers.

How to Calculate the Volume of an Egg

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Working out the volume of an egg has huge ramifications for the poultry industry, in terms of organizing packing and storage space. Doing so is a case of measuring length and breadth, and then combining these two with a known coefficient. Calculating the volume of an egg can be either a math project

How to Mount a Scope to the Super Blackhawk

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The Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter is single-action revolver designed primarily for hunting and long-range shooting. The revolver is chambered for the powerful .44 magnum bullet and has scope mounting grooves pre-milled into the barrel. The advantage of having your scope connected directly to the barr