What is Moles: Definition and 207 Discussions

Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle (i.e., fossorial). They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous ears and eyes, reduced hindlimbs, and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging.
The term mole is especially and most properly used for "true moles" of the family Talpidae in the order Eulipotyphla, which are found in most parts of North America, Europe and Asia, although it may also refer to unrelated mammals of Australia and southern Africa that have convergently evolved the "mole" body plan.
Moles are known pests to human activities such as agriculture, lawncare, and gardening. They do not eat plant roots, but cause damage indirectly by eating earthworms and other small invertebrates in the soil. While moles may be viewed as pests, they do provide many positive contributions to the soil, gardens, and ecosystem, including soil aeration, feeding on slugs and other small creatures that do eat plant roots, and providing prey for other wildlife.

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    People usually dislike people with big birthmarks (I mostly mean sexual attractiveness, but not only). It seems that the presence of moles correlate with something bad in the organism. With what? Is that possibly that the moles can correlate with bad features of character? I have found the...
  2. L

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    a) ##T_A=\frac{p_AV_A}{nR}=300.7K, P_A V_A=kL^2=nRT_A##, ##P_B S=k\frac{L}{2}\Rightarrow P_B V_B=k(\frac{L}{2})^2 \Rightarrow P_B=\frac{kL^2}{2V_A}=\frac{P_AV_A}{2V_A}=\frac{P_A}{2}##, ##W_{spring\to gas}=\int_{L}^{L/2}kxdx=-\frac{3}{8}kL^2=-\frac{3}{8}nRT_A####\Rightarrow Q=L+\Delta...
  3. B

    How Do You Determine The Number Of Moles In A Volume Of Gas?

    Sadly, I don't even know what I don't know. Could somebody generate a ballpark figure of how many moles of hydrogen you might have in a sphere 2 meters across, 75F and roughly 16 psi? Even with all that information I'm clueless. (I'll now resume twig-fishing for termites...)
  4. I

    Is percent yield based on grams or moles?

    Is percent yield based on grams or moles? Thanks.
  5. J

    Electron moles present in wire cross-section

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  6. rachelmaddiee

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  7. rachelmaddiee

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  8. Prabs3257

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  10. T

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  12. S

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  14. navneet9431

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  16. Suyash Singh

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    Chemistry How to find moles of O in CO molecule?

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  18. Hydrous Caperilla

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  19. axer

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  20. axer

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  21. S

    B Measuring the number of moles of a gas

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  22. Jordan Michaels

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  23. J

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  24. HelloCthulhu

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  26. M

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  27. moenste

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  28. P

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  29. N

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  30. Titan97

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  31. C

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  32. B

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  33. B

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  34. T

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  35. Sace Ver

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  36. Sace Ver

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  37. Sace Ver

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  38. J

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  39. Z

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  40. MidgetDwarf

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  41. B

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  42. H Smith 94

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  43. I

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  44. alr1014

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  45. T

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  46. HelloCthulhu

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  47. R

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  48. D

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  49. Entanglement

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