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Water Essays and Term Papers
Penguins: The Eyes Have It!Myopic little men in tuxedos, or highly efficient land/water animals?
Recent research indicates there's more to penguins than meets the eye.
If you've every wondered what it would be like to be able to see as
clearly under water as you can on land, just ask the nearest penguin.Most
aquatic ...
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Bioremediation Of Explosives In Contaminated SoilTNT is not the kind of substance that most people think of composting, but it can be done! At several U.S. Army depots, the water used in processing explosives was disposed of through evaporation from unlined lagoons. This has resulted in sediments and soils that are contaminated with TNT (2,4,6- ...
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Cladocerans, or water fleas, are small (0.2-6 mm) aquatic crustaceans forming one of the orders of the Branchiopoda. Most inhabit quiet fresh waters. Along with the rotifers and copepods they account for most of the freshwater zooplankton yet most of them are benthic. Most are filter feeders that consume ...
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Drumlin Formation By Catastrophic FloodingSince 1983, several investigators have developed a theory of due to the release of meltwater that is believed to have accumulated beneath melting ice sheets. The proposed catastrophic sheet floods, as wide as the drumlin fields, formed the drumlins and related streamlined landforms, such as ...
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The Red Tent (all You Need ToThe initial incident occurs when Simon and Levi, two of Dinah’s oldest brothers, enter the city of Shechem and murder all of the resident men, including Dinah’s beloved husband, Shalem. Cursing her entire family, a pregnant Dinah is taken to Egypt by Shalem’s mother, Re-nefer. ...
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HydroelectricityWaterpower, power derived from the fall of water from a higher to a lower level, and extracted by means of waterwheels or hydraulic turbines (see Turbine). Waterpower is a natural resource, available wherever a sufficient volume of steady water flow exists. The development of waterpower today ...
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Acid Rain, Effects And CausesAcid rain is a term which is used to describe a variety of processes which might more accurately be referred to as acidic deposition. Natural rainfall is slightly acidic due to dissolved carbon dioxide, picked up in the atmosphere. Organisms and ecosystems all over the planet have adapted to the ...
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5 Modes Of TransportationIn order to have easy mobility of persons and goods, it is necessary to
have a sophisticated and widespread transportation system. This system is made
up of five primary areas of transportation, which are:
- Motor vehicles
- Railroad transportation
- Air ...
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Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": Reality Or IllusionIn Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, one of
the central ideas of the story revolves around the idea of reality versus
illusion. Of course the overriding theme of the story dealt with the ethical
dilemma of changing old age into youth, still a major part of how the ...
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Homo Aquaticus?I. Introduction
When the human brain is compared with the brains of apes there are several
obvious differences; the centers for the sense of smell and foot control are
larger in apes than in humans, but the centers for hand control, airway control,
vocalization, language and thought are larger in ...
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The BeaverBeaver, semiaquatic mammal noted for the building of dams. One species of beaver occurs in North America, the other in Eurasia. The two species differ chiefly in the shape of the nasal bones and are so much alike that some authorities consider them to be varieties of the same species. They are ...
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Global Warming 4Human kind has entered a brand new relationship with the earth. The constant and increasing pressures we are exerting threaten our planets ability to sustain life itself. Change-in the way we think , and in the way we live-is needed now.Global warming is the most urgent environmental problem the ...
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"HOME TECH": The Inner WorkingsThe Toilet
Yes...those tales you've heard are true. The toilet was first patented in
England in 1775, invented by one Thomas Crapper, but the extraordinary
automatic device called the flush toilet has been around for a long time.
Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400's designed one that worked, at least ...
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The DogDomestic dog, carnivorous mammal, generally considered the first domesticated
animal. The domesticated dog has coexisted with human beings as a working
partner and household pet in all eras and cultures since the days of the cave
dwellers. It is generally believed that the direct ancestor of the ...
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The Olive Branch“ Like dragonflies their [dead bodies] have filled the river. Like a raft they have moved to the edge [of the boat]. Like a raft they have moved to a river bank ” (flood-myth.com, 3/15/00).
Whether the above is fact, fiction, myth, or legend it appears that all civilizations have a strong ...
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A Review On The Prince Of EgyptOn Friday, November 26, 1999, I sat down and viewed the entire movie “The Prince of Egypt”. This movie was about Moses and some of his life journeys. In this movie you see Moses’s transition from living as the Prince of Egypt to being God’s deliverer and going against the Pharaoh to free the ...
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The Effects Of Hurricane GilbertDuring the year of 1988, several events changed the lives of hundreds of people. The summer Olympics, a presidential election, and Hurricane Gilbert which tore through Jamaica, part of Mexico and the United States. Hurricane Gilbert occurred between September 10th and the 17th. Hurricane Gilbert ...
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I Remembergoing over to my Grandparent's house when I was very young. Their house was always filled with candles and strange people I didn't know. My Uncle used to own his own candle factory but decided to move his factory into my Grandparent's basement. The strange people were friends of his that would ...
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Experiment To See If Soaking A Golf Ball Affects Its DistancePurpose: To see if their is an effect on golf balls after being soaked in
water?
Independent Variable: My three different brands of golf balls.
Dependent Variable: Will water seep in or not and if it seeps in will it
have an effect on the golf balls distance.
Control: My unsoaked golf ...
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A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanalhttp://www.gnt.net/~jrube/index.html
A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal
An Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
"Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure -- after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours." - Admiral "Bull" Halsey
My name is James R. ...
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