#874 Where does cork come from?
Where does cork come from? Cork comes from the bark of the cork oak tree. The primary use of cork is to stop up wine bottles. About 20 billion bottles…
Where does cork come from? Cork comes from the bark of the cork oak tree. The primary use of cork is to stop up wine bottles. About 20 billion bottles…
Why do woodpeckers peck wood? They are trying to find food, mark their territory, find a mate, or make a nest. There are 240 different species of woodpecker, and they…
Why do giant redwood trees grow so big? It is a combination of things. It could be the amount of soil they have access to, it could be the climate…
What is the difference between a forest, a wood, and a copse? These days, the difference is in the size, but it wasn’t always that way. Let’s look at all…
Why is Christmas on December 25th? No one really knows, but there are several theories. Christmas is the day to celebrate the birth of Christ in a lot of the…
I learned this today. Trees have rings because they do not grow through the winter when it is too cold. The study of tree rings is called dendrochronology. The word…
I learned this today. Evergreen trees keep their leaves for longer because they have evolved to survive in colder areas with less yearly sunlight. An evergreen tree is a tree…