Papers on Science and Environment
Our Solar System At A Glance
Words: 4469 - Pages: 17.... since 1959 have amounted to a golden age of solar
system exploration. Advancements in rocketry after World War II enabled
our machines to break the grip of Earth's gravity and travel to the Moon
and to other planets.
The United States has sent automated spacecraft, then human-crewed
expeditions, to explore the Moon. Our automated machines have orbited and
landed on Venus and Mars; explored the Sun's environment; observed comets,
and made close-range surveys while flying past Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus and Neptune.
These travelers brought a quantum leap in our knowledge and
understanding of the solar system. Through the elec .....
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ALCOHOLISM A PSYCHOLOGICAL QUA
Words: 725 - Pages: 3.... of an alcohol related crime. In spite of the dangers alcohol presents,it is still in countless social cirles. Alcohol penetraes all ages, educational, occupational, and socioeconomical boundaries.
Each year it is estimated that ten percent of all deaths are related to alcohol abuse. Am astonishing fifty percent of all major automobile accidents, and murders are associated with alcohol. On and on the statistics point to the enormous dangers of alcohol, yet it is a legalized drug.
As bleak as this problems seems to be on society as a whole, it is also rueful for the poor soul who is alcohol dependent. The life span of the alcoholic .....
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Similarities And Differences Between The Romantic Age And The Victorian Period
Words: 1168 - Pages: 5.... to the dreams of some Romantic writers. They wanted liberty and equality for all individuals (Pfordresher, 423). The Industrial Revolution was changing England from a rural society to a nation of factories (Fuller, 280). England changed from an agricultural society to an industrial society, and from home manufacturing to factory production. When Napoleon came into power, people became as violent and corrupt as their former rulers. This was known as the Reign of Terror. "England emerged from the eighteenth century a parliamentary state in which the monarchy was largely a figurehead," according to Pfordresher. (Pfordresher, 423). The Victori .....
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Yeast
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is most commonly known to reproduce asexually or reproduce self-fertile. Some produce sexually, but that is only a very minuet number. The most reproduction is created in substances containing much sugar. For some reason or another, this appeals most to the , causing it to grow at a rapid rate.
Just like any other organism, in order for to survive they need to have a significant amount of nutrition. Unlike plants, lacks the chlorophyll needed to create its own food. It feeds on the sugar of many different resources to stay alive. Some of the most popular are different fruits and nectars. Also, molasses seems t .....
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Mercury
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combined with silver in small amounts. It is mostly found in the form of the
sulfide.
Mercury has many uses and is a very important element. A major use of
mercury is in electrical equipment such as fluorescent lamps, and mercury
batteries. Mercury is used in thermometers because the change in volume for
each degree of rise or fall in temperature is the same. The use of mercury in
the thermometer instead of alcohol was done by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in 1714.
It was also used in vacuum pumps, barometers, and electric rectifiers and
switches. Mercury is used in a mercury-vapor lamps which are used as a source
of ultrav .....
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Biological And Nuclear Weapons
Words: 909 - Pages: 4.... atomic bombs that he allegedly offered to pay India the equivalent of its national debt- nearly $18 billion for the technology." But India refused to sell Qaddafi its technology.
Some of the countries that are suspected of having biological warfare programs are unfriendly toward the U.S. Some of these countries are located in the Middle East and some are signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention. This 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, prohibited its signatories from possessing or employing such weapons. This possess a significant threat to the U.S. and all the other countries who hold grudges with the ones who have bio .....
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Salt Pollution
Words: 1448 - Pages: 6.... cost around 700 dollars a ton. Some 10 million tons of deicing salt is
used each year in the U.S. and about 3 million in Canada.
Salt is used to keep snow and ice from bonding to the pavement and to
allow snowplows to remove. When salt is applied to ice and snow it creates a
brine that has a lower freezing temperature than the surrounding ice or snow.
Salt is the ideal deicing material because it is:
•the least expensive deicer
•easy to spread
•easy to store and handle
•readily available
•non-toxic
•harmless to skin and clothing
Salt pollution is broken into two main groups. Water, which includes
the effects o .....
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Ecology Asssignment
Words: 1414 - Pages: 6.... of feeding on a species, the population of the species would start to increase.
3. It is seldom possible to count all the individuals in a given space. Explain one method by which biologists can study population densities without obtaining such data.
Scientist barely ever count the amount of individuals in a certain area because it would take too much time. Instead of actually counting the number of individuals in an area they would compare it with other areas where they know the population of individuals. In this way they can roughly estimate the number of individuals in a certain area.
4. What might happen to a rabbit population in .....
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Digestive Disorders (liver)
Words: 395 - Pages: 2.... you are
diagnosed with amebic liver you are very likely to also have an
intestinal infection from the disease as well. This is not true for all
cases though. Most cases in which both occur are in places of
high temperatures and poor sanitation. Africa, Latin America,
Southeast Asia, and India have many health problems
associated with the disease. The most common way to get this
disease is from one person to another. The other most common
way is through unhealthy food and badly sanitized water. Not
eating properly and excessive drinking will only worsen the
disease.
There are many ways that you can help prevent getting th .....
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Migraines
Words: 711 - Pages: 3.... that receive these chemical messages. The key neurotransmitter in migraine is called serotonin (often referred to in the scientific literature as 5-HT or 5-hydroxytryptophan). If something interferes with the normal functioning (production, release, receptor docking, and/or re-uptake) of serotonin, that disrupts the normal functioning of the nervous system and can lead to various symptoms associated with migraine.
The severe pain associated with migraine occurs when the mechanism that normally inhibits and/or mediates pain is disabled. There is no actual tissue damage occuring during a migraine attack. Instead, the pain results from a deran .....
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