- How was fire first discovered?
- Is fire used more for evil or for good?
- How many forest fires have occurred in America over the past year? Decade?
- How many people still use fire to heat their homes?
- How many people still use fire as a source of light?
- Fire is one of the four classical elements along with wind, water, and earth.
- The four classical elements correspond to the modern-day states of matter. Wind, water, and earth correspond to gas, liquid, and solid respectively while fire corresponds to plasma.
- Wildfires are primarily caused by lightning strikes, underground coal fires, volcanic activity, and spontaneous combustion.
- Heavy winds can help fires spread more rapidly by brining in huge amounts of oxygen which is needed for combustion.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Fire
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