Papers on Science and Environment
Lasers 2
Words: 1125 - Pages: 5.... carrying capacity. In beams of light,individual photon waves are not moving along together because they are not being emitted at the same instant but instead in random short bursts. Such beams are called incoherent.
The process for laser action, was first proposed by Albert Einstein in 1917. The working principles of lasers were outlined by the American physicists Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes in their 1958 patent application. The patent was granted but was later challenged by the American physicist and engineer Gordon Gould. In 1960 the American physicist Theodore Maiman observed the first laser action in solid .....
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Constellations
Words: 660 - Pages: 3.... nothing more. On a really dark night, you can see about 1000 to 1500 stars. Trying to tell which is which is hard. The help by breaking up the sky into more manageable bits. They are used as mnemonics, or memory aids. For example, if you spot three bright stars in a row in the winter evening, you might realise, "Oh! That's part of Orion!" Suddenly, the rest of the constellation falls into place and you can declare: "There's Betelgeuse in Orion's left shoulder and Rigel is his foot." And once you recognise Orion, you can remember that Orion's Hunting Dogs are always nearby.
Where did the come from?
OK, so we know the are helpful for rememb .....
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Acid Rain
Words: 1213 - Pages: 5.... is human made. The burning of coal and oil (fossil fuels) by factories, homes, and cars is the main source of chemicals that cause . Power stations emit large amounts of sulfur dioxide and also nitrogen oxides, while car exhaust contains large amounts of nitrogen oxides.
Once is formed, it can stay up in the clouds for a long time. These clouds can be carried off by the wind to other areas, sometimes hundreds of miles away, where they eventually fall to the Earth as or snow. This is called transboundary pollution. For awhile some people believed that by building high smoke stacks they would be sending the chemicals out of harms way. .....
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Should There Be A Nuclear Power Plant In Saskatchewan?
Words: 436 - Pages: 2.... Thus adding
to the amount the government could be spending on other things such as fixing
highways, better healthcare, and more funding to school.
Nuclear power is also a lot environment wise. Nuclear power requires a
mere fraction of the space that is required to set up a solar, wind, or
hydroelectric generating station which. This will allow more space for private
landowners and will also keep land prices at a lower cost. Nuclear power is also
a much cleaner operating type of fuel. The amount of waste produced is from a
nuclear power plant is not even a fraction of the amount of sulfur, carbon
monoxide, and nitrogen oxide produced by a .....
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The Application Of Fractal Geometry To Ecology
Words: 3320 - Pages: 13.... useful models for gaining new insights into the coexistence
of species. Although many ecologists have found fractal geometry to be an
extremely useful tool, not all concur. With all the new insights gained through
the appropriate application of fractal geometry to natural sciences, it is clear
that fractal geometry a useful and valid tool.
New insight into the natural world is just one of the results of the increasing
popularity and use of fractal geometry in the last decade. What are fractals and
what are they good for? Scientists in a variety of disciplines have been trying
to answer this question for the last two decades. Physicists, che .....
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Genetic Observations Through The Studies Of Hybrid Corn, Single Gene Human Traits, And Fruit Flies
Words: 1737 - Pages: 7.... He
choose these plants because of their well defined characteristics and the
ability to be grown and crossed (Campbell, 1996). Mendel wanted to know the
genetic basis for variation among individuals and what accounted for the
transmission of traits from generation to generation. Mendel followed traits
for the P generation, F1 generation, and F2 generation. The P generation is the
original true-breeding parents. Their hybrid offspring is the F1 generation,
the first filial. The F2 generation is the second filial and is the self-
pollination of the F1 hybrids. It was predominantly his research on the F2
generation that led t .....
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Photoperiodism
Words: 260 - Pages: 1.... to respond to day length is linked to an
inner, light-sensitive circadian rhythm.
In the temperate zones, day lengths during the natural 24-hour cycle
vary with the seasons. In winter and spring, the period of light
lengthens; in summer and autumn, it shortens. Plants in these zones
undergo alternate 12-hour phases of light sensitivity. During one 12-hour
phase, decreasing exposure to light induces a short-day reaction. For
example, deciduous trees under the influence of the shorter days of fall
drop their leaves. During the other 12-hour phase, more exposure to light
creates a long-day reaction. Deciduous trees grow leaves again during .....
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Iron Meteorites
Words: 303 - Pages: 2.... they were quite difficult to make for the master swordsmith Kinimune Okayoshi. Forging it by folding it over and over did not work out very well. So the forging could only be carried out when the metal had gotten so hot it turned white.
Although somewhat irrelevant to the short story about the Shooting Star Swords, meterites do play an important part in science to day, and help scientist decode the birth of earth, our sun, and even the galaxy in which we are in.
Today whenever a meteorite is found it is closely strdied by teams of scientist, to see if it could decode some of the many questions we have about our galaxy, and even the many .....
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Vertebrate Adaptions For Terrestrial Life
Words: 624 - Pages: 3.... and delivers
waste carbon dioxide. Land vertebrates have developed a different approach to
the problem of gas exchange, as water is not present in all of the terrestrial
environment. Terrestrial vertebrates have developed lungs to solve this problem.
Air enters through the nasal passages, or the mouth, passes through the trachea,
then branches off at the two bronchi, and goes through many branching passages
called bronchioles, which end in alveoli. Alveoli are sack-like structures where
the circulatory system meets the respiratory system.
Since terrestrial vertebrates do not live in water, they need to develop
a means of conserving w .....
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Limonene And Its Uses
Words: 1780 - Pages: 7.... pesticides that can be used without
posing unreasonable risks to human health or the environment.
When a pesticide is eligible for reregistration, EPA announces this
and explains why in a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document.
This fact sheet summarizes the information in the RED document for
reregistration case 3083, limonene.
Use Profile
Limonene is a naturally occurring chemical which is used in many
food products, soaps and perfumes for its lemon-like flavor and odor.
Limonene also is a registered active ingredient in 15 pesticide products
used as insecticides, insect repellents, and dog and cat .....
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