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Science & Nature Essays and Term Papers
CyclohexanoneThe oxidation of cyclohexanol to involves the
removal of hydrogen from the OH group. After separation and
purification, an Infrared Spectrum will be run to determine the
composition of the recovered material.
Infrared Spectroscopy is a very powerful technique used in the ...
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UFOs"Little Green Men", "Martians", "Outer Limits" ! That is what people
think about when aliens and come to mind. Aliens have been around, as
far as we can see, since 1561. The question is now asked, How come because
they [] have been sighted, encountered, and taken hostage; Why have we
been kept in ...
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DinosaursDinosaur is the name of large extinct reptiles of the Mesozoic Era,
during which they were the dominant land animals on Earth. The term was
proposed as a formal zoologic name in 1842 by the British anatomist Sir Richard
Owen, in reference to large fossil bones unearthed in southern England. ...
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Bacterial Conjugation ExperimentINTRODUCTION: Bacteria, in general, reproduce asexually, but in order to increase diversity, they have developed a mechanism for transfer of genetic material from one bacterium to another. The ability to perform this transfer is conferred by a set of genes which are called F for 'fertility.' ...
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Psychologyis the science that studies why humans and animals behave as they do. Psychologists are interested in understanding the whole range of human experience, including the needs and motives of people, their thought processes, their feelings, and emotions. Psychologists study how our senses work, and ...
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The Kangaroo1. Describe the creature physically.
a. What does it look like?
b. What does it feel like?
c. What does it smell like?
d. How many legs does it have?
e. Does it have a tail?
f. What are the animal's habits?
g. Is it intelligent? ...
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Frog DisectionFrogs have a mouth, which serves as an insect trap. The mouth, consist of a tongue and two sets of special teeth. The frog has a large elastic gullet that allows it to swallow large prey. Food passes from the gullet through the tubular esophagus and then into the stomach. Then chemical digestion ...
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Cloning"The benefits of this technique outweigh the risks, and the danger is not what you think". This phrase is in bold across the top of the article The Case for . In this article J. Madeleine Nash addresses the controversial technique of . Nash is clearly in favor of individual cells for medical ...
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Clinical Depression A Disease Like Any Other.Clinical Depression: a disease like any other.
Clinical depression is defined as "a mood or emotional state that is marked by sadness, inactivity and a reduced ability to enjoy life"(2:21). Depression is very different from the blues that people feel at one time or another. It is an illness, the ...
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Bernoulli PrincipleFlight is one of the most important achievements of mankind. We owe this achievement to the invention of the airfoil and understanding the physics that allow it to lift enormous weights into the sky.
All flight is the result of forces acting upon the wings of an airplane that allow it to ...
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Mercury’s symbol is Hg, its atomic number is 80, its atomic mass is 200.59, its in group 12 and in period 6, and it also has two valence electrons. Its standard state is liquid at 298ºK and it is the heaviest known elemental liquid. It has a silvery white color. It is named after the planet "" ...
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Malthus' Principle Of Population: Today And The FutureTwo hundred years ago, Thomas Robert Malthus, a British intellect , wrote “An Essay on the Principle of Population” in which he argued that the world population would increase faster than the food supply, with disastrous results for the general human welfare. A world population of 250 million at ...
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The Effects Of Processing VegetablesThere is a variety of different ways to process a vegetable, but is it the same vegetable when it comes out as it went in? Vegetables are sold canned, frozen and fresh just about everywhere. Posing the question, are they equally as nutritious? Nutrition is a topic concerning Americans today ...
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Cellular Metabolism And FermentationGlycolysis, the Universal Process | Anaerobic Pathways | Aerobic Respiration
Glycolysis, the Universal Process | Nine reactions, each catalyzed by a specific enzyme, makeup the process we call glycolysis. ALL organisms have glycolysis occurring in their cytoplasm.
At steps 1 and 3 ATP is ...
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Extra Sensory Perception Everyone knows about the five senses. Taste: the sense that allows us to enjoy an essential part of life, eating. Hearing: the sense that enables us to carry a conversation with each other. Sight: without this we not be able to do things we take for granted, like driving for instance. Touch: ...
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Global Warming 3 -What is global warming, and how is it affecting the Earth and it’s inhabitants? Global Warming is sometimes referred to as the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth’s surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, ...
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Genetic Engineering, History And FutureAltering the Face of Science
Science is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the time from analytical engine, to calculator, to computer. But science, in the past, has ...
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Cetaceans And EvolutionThere are many forms of cetacean life living in the worlds waters. How an why they came into existence is uncertain, but there have been many theories. Some say that dolphins are aquatic forms of goats, and others believe they evolved just like everything else, from a single cell, and
not from ...
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Should There Be A Nuclear Power Plant In Saskatchewan??
I think there should be a nuclear power plant built in Saskatchewan
because I believe it would contribute to the province a great deal. There is a
growing need for power in Saskatchewan.
Right now in Saskatchewan there is a need for more power. There has
question as to putting a nuclear plant ...
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Meth LabsMethamphetamines are powerfully addictive stimulants that dramatically affect the central nervous system. The drugs are made easily in clandestine, or illegal laboratories with cheap over the counter ingredients. These factors combine to make methamphetamines drugs extremely dangerous, and ...
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Biological And Chemical WeaponsThe Development and Control of Chemical and Biological Warfare
The year, 600 BC. Solon, the legislator of the Athenians, contaminated the River Pleisthenes with hellebores (skunk cabbage) to give the defenders of Kirrha violent diarrhea leading to their defeat. This is the first recorded use of ...
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Iron And RustIron is a silvery solid white metal that can be found in Group VIII
of the periodic table. Iron’s atomic weight is 55.847 and its atomic
number is 26. Its chemical symbol is Fe. Iron can be found in the Earth’s
crust and is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust.
Rust, otherwise ...
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Ozone Depletion In The AntarcticOzone measurements in the Antarctic began during the mid 1950's. In 1985, the discovery of the springtime ozone hole over the Antarctic established that our understanding of the atmosphere was far from complete. This has created a growing concern for scientists in the Antarctic and around the ...
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Protein SynthesisIn the process of transcription a DNA molecule uncoils at a point along its structure where the neccessary information to construct the needed protein is. The weak hydrogen bonds between the DNA bases then break, using the neccessary enzymes, which opens the molecule out, then free RNA ...
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The Mars Alive DocumentaryNaturally, most people are familiar with the planet on which they
live, namely Earth. However, recent studies have allowed civilization to
familiarize themselves with other planets. Mars is just one place where
studies have been conducted. People have traveled there not only to see
what the ...
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