What is wild rice?
Cindy Ross, age 13, of Twin Falls, Ida., for her question:WHAT IS WILD RICE?Wild rice is an aquatic grass that grows from 4 to 8 feet high. Although it looks like rice when cooked, it is not even...
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Clara Hanson, age 13, of Dodge City, Kan., for her question:HOW IS THREAD MADE?Thread is made from strands of fibers. The fibers may be cotton, silk, wool, linen, rayon, nylon or other textile...
View ArticleWhat is a komodo dragon?
Greg Fisher, age 11, of Helena, Mont., for his question:WHAT IS A KOMODO DRAGON?A Komodo dragon is the world largest living lizard. It grows to be 10 feet long and belongs to the most ancient group of...
View ArticleWhen was coal first used?
Kristin Keen, age 12, of Champaign, Ill., for her question:WHEN WAS COAL FIRST USED?There is historical evidence that coal was first used 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, in the Bronze Age. At that time, the...
View ArticleWhat is a carbohydrate?
Andy Webster, age 13, of Albuquerque, N.M., for his question:WHAT IS A CARBOHYDRATE?A carbohydrate is one of the three main classes of food essential to the body. The others are protein and...
View ArticleWhere is alsace lorraine?
Philip Clendenin, age 14, of Casper, Wyo., for his question:WHERE IS ALSACE LORRAINE?Alsace Lorraine is a region in the northeastern part of France. It is located on the French German border and it...
View ArticleIs the sorbonne a good school?
Gina Zanzani, age 16, of Lake Charles, La., for her question:IS THE SORBONNE A GOOD SCHOOL?The Sorbonne is one of the world's most famous institutions of higher learning. It started in the 1200s as a...
View ArticleHow does microfilm work?
Melinda Stiles, age 13, of Biloxi, Miss., for her question:HOW DOES MICROFILM WORK?Microfilm is a small photographic film on which tiny images of printed and other material are photographed. The film...
View ArticleTell me about sunspots
Tell me about Sunspots Space-age measurements of the total solar irradiance or "TSI". TSI is the sun's brightness summed across all the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum--visible light and...
View ArticleThe lynx- king of the winter
The lynx- King of the winter The king of winter lives in the Garnet Mountains of Montana. The lynx weighs about 30 pounds, a bit more than an overfed house cat. Their paws are the size of a mountain...
View ArticleHow Many Provinces in Canada?
Frank LaMusga, age 11, of Chisholm, Minnesota, for his question: The Dominion of Canada is a federation of ten provinces and two regions called territories. Its vast area of almost four million...
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