Pippin's Question Box (Holiday)

How long does it take for a christmas tree to grow? (fast)
A christmas tree takes about 5-7 years to grow around 6-8 feet tall, so maybe around 7-8 years to grow a really big one.
Link: http://www.okchristmastrees.com/growing.html

Pippin's Question Box

The three ways to go forwards in time:

1) You could create a time machine: If you're a scientist or interested in science, you could build a time machine and travel to the future and explore it. (No link because I came up with it by myself.)
2) Daylight Savings: If you set your clock ahead for daylight savings, that's going forward in time. For example, if I set my clock for 7:00am instead of 6:00am, I'm going forwards in time. (No link because I came with it by myself.)
3) To use time perception: According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel, you can us time perception to speed up or go forward in time. This is just a theory, but it actually makes sense. When certain animals hibernate during the winter, they speed up time by sleeping. This is in the Time Perception on Wikipedia.

Science: Basic Genetics Homework

When I read "What is Heredity" and "What is a Trait," I learned many important things. But out of all of them, here are my top two. First of all, I learned that heredity is the passing of traits from parents to the child. I learned that genes have the instructions that define our traits. Also, all of us have thousands of genes that are made of DNA that are in our chromosomes. When each parent contributes one set of chromosomes, the only rule is that the child can only get one of each chromosome. Continuing on, since parents give random chromosomes to the child, it develops a unique set of chromosomes, which is why people have a very unique combination of traits.

On the other hand, when I read "What is a Trait," I learned that a trait is a notable feature or quality in a person. The different combinations of traits we have is what makes us unique. There are many types of traits: physical, behavioral, and predisposition to a medical condition. Physical traits are characteristics of some one's makeup. They include eye color and height. Behavioral traits are characteristics of how some acts. Last but not least, predisposition to a medical condition is an increased risk of getting a certain type of disease. For example, heart disease or cancer could get passed as a trait from parent to child.

Science: Class Response

I did my class response on the owl pellets we dissected. Before actually dissecting, we did a food web of what an owl eats. This was to help us what kind of the animals an owl eats. For example, they eat animals such as voles, mice, moles, shrews, birds and many more. Also, we also got a worksheet to help us learn more about owls. During the time we were doing owl pellets, I learned many interesting facts along with my partners, Disney0022 and Fudgy1814. First of all, as I told you, I learned what kind of animals an owl eats. Next, I also learned that owl pellets are masses of bone, teeth, hair, feathers, and the exoskeletons of the prey they eat. In addition, I never knew that owls have no crop, a loose sac in the throat that serves as a storage for food for later consumption. More than that, I never really knew what a crop was before!

I also learned other resources to learn more information about owls. When I used Wikipedia, I learned numerous facts. One of them was that owls eat every 24 hours and that since owls don't have teeth, they just eat their prey whole. Furthermore, I never knew that owls were far-sighted and that they can't see clearly within a couple of inches near their eyes. Last but not least, owls form a pellet ever 6-10 hours of a meal in its gizzard.