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Science & Nature Essays and Term Papers
Color BlindnessMany people refer to problems with one�s ability to see color as , however, unless a person can�t see any color at all, color vision problems should be called by another term. Common terms are abnormal color vision, color deficiency and color vision confusion. Females maybe be effected by , but ...
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Mechanical EnergyHave you ever wondered how a jet aircraft lifts its tremendous
weight off the ground, or what gives a runner the stamina to reach the
finish line in a race? In order to answer all these questions we must
talk about the transformation of one sort of energy into another.
The jet aircraft gets its ...
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Household Waste!One morning my mom said "Andy, get up and clean the bathroom!" It was
always an essential and important labor to the family. I got up and gathered all
the normal cleaning agents we used; Ajax, ammonia, and this liquid bleach that
my mom said worked wonders. The toilet I cleaned using the Ajax the ...
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Xenonis element number 54 on the periodic table of the elements. It has a
mass of roughly 131 atomic mass units. There are 77 neutrons and 54 protons in
the nucleus of the atom. The symbol for is Xe and it belongs to the
family of elements called the noble gases. It is called a noble gas because ...
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AlzheimerTaking care of an elderly person can be a difficult thing to, do especially when they have a disease called 's. According to the Encarta Encyclopedia, "'s is a disease marked by progressive loss of mental capacity." This is the exact problem that the Grandfather, Michael McMahon, has in the ...
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The Problems With Acid RainAcid rain is a great problem in our world. It causes fish and plants to die in our waters. As well it causes harm to our own race as well, because we eat these fish, drink this water and eat these plants. It is a problem that we must all face together and try to get rid of. However acid rain on ...
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Global Warming -.In 1992 the United States and nations from around the world met at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio and agreed to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. The Rio Treaty was not legally binding and, because reducing emissions would likely cause great ...
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AvalanchesWhite soft fluffy snow, hard to imagine something so innocent could be so destructive. Just picture a few tons of snow traveling down the mountain at approximately 80 miles per hour, taking down everything in its path. have been a threat as long as there has been snow and mountains. Since I�m an ...
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Determining The Ratio Of Circumference To Diameter Of A CircleIn determining the ratio of the circumference to the diameter I began by
measuring the diameter of one of the si objects which contained circles, then
using a string, I wrapped the string around the circle and compared the length
of the string, which measured the circumference, to a meter stick. ...
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Cellular Radio, Isdn Networks And Satellite CommunicationsIn describing Cellular Radio, ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and Satellite Communications we must first have a general understanding of the meaning of these forms of Telecommunications. After a brief explanation of the different forms, they will be described in more detail. Then the ...
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The Potential Effects Of A Depleted Ozone Layer"And God said, let there be light and there was light and then God saw the
light, that it was good " ( Genesis 1: 3-4 ). Undoubtedly, light is good.
Without light man could not survive. Light is the ultimate cosmic force in this
universe allowing man to progress and flourish. In the form of heat, ...
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Bipolar DisordersThe phenomenon of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century.History has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painterVincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society
many people live with bipolar ...
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Water TransitionsBrackish water is a fairly salty mixture of freshwater and sea
water. It is unique in numerous ways and is a life giving ecosystem. To
understand what brackish water is, a background should be known about its
sources.
First of all, there is freshwater. Out of all the water on the
planet, only ...
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RutherfordErnest was born in Nelson, New Zealand.
demonstrated his abilities as a scientist early
on while working on his B.Sc. at the University of New
Zealand in 1894. He showed that the magnetization can
be removed from a magnetized iron needle by dissolving
the surface layer of the metal in acid.
He ...
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Vertebrate Adaptions For Terrestrial LifeAP-Biology Essay on vertebrate structural adaptations for terrestrial life.
(From an actual past AP-BIOLOGY test)
The problems of survival of animals on land are very different from
those of survival of animals in aquatic environment. Describe four problems
associated with animal survival in ...
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DiabetesNearly 16 million people in the United States--nearly one out of every 17 people--have . And about 1,800 new cases are diagnosed each day.
Technically, this disease is known as " mellitus," from the Greek for excessive urination, a symptom the ancients noticed, and mellitus, from the Latin for ...
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Abstract From: Cloning : Where Do We Draw The Line??
The first attempt in cloning was conducted in 1952 on a group of frogs.
The experiment was a partial success. The frog cells were cloned into other
living frogs however, only one in every thousand developed normally , all of
which were sterile. The rest of the frogs that survived grew to ...
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Sickle Cell AnemiaSickles Cell Anemia in Children (10 pgs)
In 1904 a hospital intern at The Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago Illinois, Dr. Earnest Irons, who was the first physician to describe sickle cells, wrote a report on Walter Clement Noel�s blood.
Also in 1904, Dr. James B. Herrick, a Chicago Physician, ...
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Oil Spills And PollutionA couple examples of attempts at early public image boostings that ended up backfiring include a media pay-off and a skewed company-produced video that recorded the cleanup progress. Exxon offered to reimburse an Alaskan Public Radio station for expenses the station incurred while covering the ...
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FrogsJust about everyone knows what a frog is and what it looks like. There are some people out there who don't. This is why I am writing this report. are cold-blooded amphibians. This means that they don't feel the difference in hot and cold weather. The first thing you notice when you see a ...
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The Big Bang ModelIt is always a mystery about how the universe began, whether if and
when it will end. Astronomers construct hypotheses called cosmological
models that try to find the answer. There are two types of models: Big
Bang and Steady State. However, through many observational evidences, the
Big Bang ...
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PhotoperiodismPlants and animals in the temperate zones respond in different ways to
the amount of daylight in 24-hour periods. This response to day length is
called photo periodism. It controls many activities, among them is the
flowering of plants. The ability to respond to day length is linked to an
inner, ...
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Killer BeesThe Africanized Honey Bee is actually a variety of honeybee derived by hybridization from African honeybees naturalized in the western hemisphere. Because they are highly defensive and will attack perceived intruders more readily than the common European honeybee, they are also known by the ...
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Nuclear PowerMost of the world’s electricity is generated by either thermal or
hydroelectric power plants. Thermal power plants use fuel to boil water
which makes steam. The steam turns turbines that generate electricity.
Hydroelectric power plants use the great force of rushing water from a
dam or a ...
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Radio WavesIn the modern society, radio is the most widely used medium of
broadcasting and electronic communication : it plays a major role in many areas
such as public safety, industrial manufacturing, processing, agriculture,
transportation, entertainment, national defense, space travel, ...
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