Calculate $0^5 + (-1)^4$.
I need to evaluate two terms, $0^5$ and $(-1)^4$, and then add them together. I can use the exponent rules to simplify each term. For $(-1)^4$, I know that a negative number raised to an even power is positive, so $(-1)^4 = 1$. Now I can add $0^5 + (-1)^4 = 0 + 1 = 1$. 