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Why do gardeners add lime to soil

March 11, 2022March 19, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

How good is the soil in my garden? What should I do to make the garden soil better? Avid gardeners can be usually found asking these questions. The quality and health of the soil in your garden directly affects the growth of the produce. You might have heard from people or on the internet that many gardeners add lime to improve the quality of the soil. So, what exactly does adding lime to the soil do? Before adding lime to soil, you must check if your garden soil really needs it. The lime is basically added to reduce the acidity of a soil or you can say, to sweeten the soil.

Why do married men have affairs

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

There are people who have affairs before marriage, and then there are people – men or women – who go on with extramarital affairs, sometimes more than one. They say this tendency is more in men than women. While the debate on as to who does it more is subjective and can vary as per the society, we aren’t going to focus on it here. Rather, we are to discuss this tendency in married males. So the question arises why married men have affairs. There are scores of answers, find the best one (pun intended) that suites you.

Why do birds stand on one leg

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

You must have seen birds standing on their one leg and wondered why most of the birds prefer to stand on just one leg, when balancing the body on two legs is more comfortable than resting on single leg. If you ask people about this strange behavior of birds, you’ll come across different theories, some logical and other unreasonable.

Why do homes go to auction

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

While in a recent article we discussed why do homes get foreclosed, now we are here to discuss some reasons for why homes go to auction and just to remind you, foreclosure is one of them. However, a house on auction doesn’t always mean the owner is losing the control. It might also be the part of a marketing strategy. Nevertheless, there are two types of auctions. If you are standing at an auction at the courthouse steps, it’s a foreclosure which means the owner is losing the home. On the other hand, if you are standing in the yard or inside the house for an auction, it’s just the sales technique to obtain a handsome price from the auction.

Why Do Birds Sing

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

After long, harsh winters, the Spring Season with flowers and greenery all around not only brings joy and happiness to human beings, but this is the phase of the year which also makes birds and animals sing and dance in ecstasy. As spring season comes in full swing, we hear different species of bird singing joyous songs throughout the lively season. Now the question arises, why do birds sing or what influences birds to produce those sweet and sharp sounds.

Why do plants have leaves

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

A leaf is the primary organ of any plant and just like human organs, a leaf is essential for the survival of a plant, until it itself stops it food making process and conserves nutrients and water during winters. Typically a leaf is a thin, flattened organ borne above the ground by plants to get access to sunlight and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The shape and size of the leaf maximizes the surface area exposed to light and promotes the photosynthetic function. Moreover, leaves are naturally arranged on a plant in such ways so as to expose their surface to light as efficiently as possible and without shading other leaves.

Why do plants appear green

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

One of the first things that a child learns is that plants are green. While at most times, the education about the color of plants stops here, there are a few who counter question that why exactly are the plants green? This might be one of the simplest questions, but ask yourself… do you really know the answer? Let us help you out with this. Plants are green because they have chloroplasts inside them, which are tiny organelles that plants require to carry on photosynthesis.

Why do people play video games

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

Right from the day in 1971, when Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created the “Computer Space”, which was the first commercially sold, coin-operated video game, people have been playing video games. From Computer Space to the more modern video games that run on high-end platforms and game consoles, there is a segment of people, a very large one though, who are simply in love with video games and spend most part of their day in front of a display, be it a television, a computer or a mobile device.

Why does the earth have a liquid outer core

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

As we all know the Earth has a layered architecture and the layer we see of our planet’s surface is actually the crust, which is also its thinnest layer that ranges from 5 to 70km in depth. The crust is the covering of the earth’s second layer that is the mantle. The mantle, which is also the thickest layer of earth, extends to a depth of about 2890km with pressures at the bottom of the mantle reaching as high as 140 GigaPascals. For comparison, our atmosphere has a pressure of only 0.0001 GigaPascals.

Why do windows fog up in the winter

March 11, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jennifer Moon

During the winter season, the home windows fog up a lot and you have to wipe them almost every morning. The same happens because of the considerable difference between the temperature inside the house and the outdoors. The fogged up windows suggest that there is excess moisture in the air indoors. This excess moisture comes from the daily household activities like cooking, bathing and dish-washing. This warm and humid air when comes in contact with the cold, glass home windows, the condensation process occurs and the excess moisture gets deposited on the windows, thereby making them foggy.