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Who Preys on the Wolf Spider?

Who Preys on the Wolf Spider?

Wolf spiders are a fairly large and hairy spiders of the family Lycosidae found on multiple continents including North America. Their appearance often has them mistaken for tarantulas, but they’re actually a different species. The wolf spider enjoys preying on…

Feeding Habits of Leaf Insects

Feeding Habits of Leaf Insects

What do leaf bugs eat? ​Leaf bugs​ (also called leaf insects) are herbivores, along with their close relatives, stick insects. All types of stick insects and leaf bugs belong to the order Phasmida. Like their names suggest, leaf insects look…

Grading with a Square Root Curve

Grading with a Square Root Curve

The square root grading curve is a method for raising the grades of an entire class to bring them into closer alignment with expectations. It can be used to correct for unexpectedly difficult tests or as a general rule for…

How Do Plants Store Energy Through Photosynthesis?

How Do Plants Store Energy Through Photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis is the process plants and some algae use to convert light energy to chemical energy stored as sugar within chloroplasts — the energy factories found in plant cells. Plants need only carbon dioxide and water for photosynthesis to work.…

How to Measure Three-Phase Voltage

How to Measure Three-Phase Voltage

Residential homes and most small businesses use single-phase electrical current, but this isn’t the form electricity takes as it moves across the electrical power grid. Electric utilities generate high-voltage, three-phase electric current that is transmitted and changed into dual-phase and…

Understanding the Hummingbird Life Cycle

Understanding the Hummingbird Life Cycle

Known for their rapid heartbeats and speedy flights, the life cycle of a hummingbird is busy. Hummingbird eggs are cared for solely by the female, who does everything from building the nest and keeping the eggs warm to feeding her…

Guidelines for Constructing a 70 Degree Angle

Guidelines for Constructing a 70 Degree Angle

In classical geometry, the only permitted tools for constructing figures were a compass and an unmarked straightedge. With this, it was possible to perform a variety of operations, such as building equilateral triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons and so on. Yet…

Factors Leading to a Decrease in Barometric Pressure

Factors Leading to a Decrease in Barometric Pressure

Barometric pressure, commonly known as atmospheric pressure, describes the amount of weight being exerted by air onto the Earth. To determine what the barometric pressure is, a barometer is used to measure the air pressure in a given area. For…

Calculating the Taper Ratio

Calculating the Taper Ratio

Things Needed Measuring tape Or manufacturer’s schematics Calculator Aircraft can have one of several different shapes of wings, depending on the size and weight of the aircraft, including straight, swept, and delta wings. Tapering refers to a change in wing…