Papers on Science and Environment
The Dog
Words: 3730 - Pages: 14.... in many fields of life.
Since the cave dweller times, dogs have been domesticated by humans and it has
helped him to hunt, in herding, protection, etc. It has been very important as a
work animal and as a psychological support for humans. The habitat of the dog is
where it’s owner lives. Different dogs have different adaptations to their
ancestral habitat but nowadays, this is not applicable.
ANATOMY
SKELETON
The skeleton of the dog is the articulated structure, moved by the muscles, that
holds the dog’s body and protects some organs and the nervous system. It also
functions as mineral and blood deposit of the body. The skeleton .....
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Comets And Asteroids
Words: 1639 - Pages: 6.... that
can wrap around an entire solar system. There are about 150 known
asteroids that travel in a path near the earth, and they are actually
called, "near-earth" asteroids. About 10 percent are bound to hit earth
eventually.
Asteroids ranging from fine dust, to house size rocks make up the
belt around Saturn, and the belt on the outside of the orbit of Mars.
These are pieces of larger rocks that were crashed into the remaining
pieces after millions of years of crashes.
Each ring system has distinctive features. Jupiter's rings are
tenuous and made mainly of dark particles the size of those in cigarette
smoke. The bright rings of Satu .....
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The Potential Effects Of A Depleted Ozone Layer
Words: 2351 - Pages: 9.... protecting mankind has recently
suffered the effects of industrialized society. This " ozone shield is
dissipating " and the cause is laid primarily to man - made chemicals
( Bowermaster et al, 1990, p.27 ). If enough of these man - made
chemicals are released, " the ozone layer would be weakened to such an extent
that it does not filter out the sun's invisible and dangerous ultraviolet rays "
( Jones, 1992, p.36 ). Such a scenario would drastically alter society and the
environment. Ozone depletion has been described as " potential
catastrophe " and " a planetary time - bomb " ( Way, 1988, p.9 ). The four main
areas affected by a deplet .....
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Words: 697 - Pages: 3.... common CFCs may have a direct effect on climate 1000 times
large than that of one kilogram of carbon. In addition over the last two
decades the percentage increase of CFCs in the atmosphere has been higher
than any other greenhouse gas. By 1990 the increase was 4-12% a year.
CFCs also destroy ozone - itself a greenhouse gas - their net
effect on climate is unclear. The strength of the indirect effect of ozone
depletion depends on variables such as temperature of the upper atmosphere
and cannot yet be measured with any confidence. According to new research,
however, it is possible that the indirect effect of CFCs cancels out some
o .....
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Genetic Cloning ----
Words: 1390 - Pages: 6.... even before the surgeon closes the incision, due to hyperacute rejection. This process clots the blood, by forming antibodies that attach to the endothelium of the blood vessels in the organ. The complement system creates gaps in vessels, allowing gaps to form and clots to accumulate. Therefore, a complement inhibitor was developed as the gene was cloned, introduced into pigs whose cells produced this protein. Another thing discovered, was that the cells lining the pig vessels have a sugar molecules called alpha-galactose, and humans have lots of antibodies against alpha-gal. Some are thinking of knocking out the gene for alpha-gal and .....
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Cloning Of Animals
Words: 508 - Pages: 2.... efforts
to reactivate the shut-off genes have failed. English researchers have came the
closest by teasing frog body cells to develop into tadpoles. The tadpoles,
however, never matured into frogs.
The Scottish researchers have failed many times with sheep cells before
their success, but the task was perfected and accomplished. Now this
accomplishment has made it possible for the cloning of almost any mammal,
including humans.
To the average person, exactly how the technique works is unclear.
Scientist predicted that by making cells dormant and bringing them close to
death, something happens to break the chemical locks (barriers) that k .....
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Fungi: The Great Decomposers
Words: 180 - Pages: 1.... history of fungi is not very clear because scientists have never
realy wnt in great deepth , because fungi are not needed commericaly. the
ancestors of fungi lived in shallow bodies of water about 600-800 million years
ago. Some of the things the fungi had to encounter from living out of water was,
there was more sunlight that was normally blocked be the water, and the had to
do something about the rapid shifts in tempature and seasonal shifts.
Fungi are different from other plants in many ways. The general
characteristics of fungi are extracellalar digestion, peculiar structures,
growth patterns, their use of spores for .....
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Ideal Gases Vs. Real Gases
Words: 200 - Pages: 1.... to be a particle and particles do not have any mass. Ideal gases
obtain no volume unlike real gases which obtain small volumes. Also, since
ideal gas particles excerpt no attractive forces, their collisions are elastic.
Real gases excerpt small attractive forces. The pressure of an ideal gas is
much greater than that of a real gas since its particles lack the attractive
forces which hold the particles back when they collide. Therefore, they collide
with less force. The differences between ideal gases and real gases can be
viewed most clearly when the pressure is high, the temperature is low, the gas
particles are large, and when the .....
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Human Health
Words: 1011 - Pages: 4.... article in the November 1995 issue of CONSUMER
REPORTS published a list of herbs that might help and herbs
that cause harm. Almost all of the herbs that are helpful
and none of the herbs that cause harm are in our products.
The products come in tablet or capsule form. These tablets
are cold pressed herbs and roots that have not been
subjected to the nutrition destroying effects of cooking.
This preserves
the product in the most natural state possible. These herbs
and roots are mostly grown in China and the Amazon rain
forest, thousands of miles from any pesticides, herbicides
and chemical pollutants. "The products are .....
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Evolution
Words: 874 - Pages: 4.... it deteriorates until it eventually disappears (Strickberger 22). The inheritance of acquired characteristics states that the changes that occur in animals through the principle of use and disuse are passed on to the animal's offspring (Strickberger 23). Lamarck's theory on was proven false because it incorrectly asserts that organisms can change their inheritable traits. This assertion was shown to be untrue when the theory of natural selection was conceived.
The idea of natural selection was formed by both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the mid-1800s. Unaware of each other's work, they developed the same theory indepen .....
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