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Electronic Commerce
Number of Words: 874 / Number of Pages: 4
... Once they get there they will find what they are looking for only to be told by the rude, pushy sales person that it is out of stock. After they get pushed into something other than what they came for they will wait in a line similar to that of Space Mountain at Disney World. Finally they will head for home after spending about an average of 2.5 hours (Sparkman 24). On the other hand, shopping on the Internet is takes no time at all. The consumer would log on to their Internet service provider and point their browser to one of many places depending on their needs. They can read about the prod ...
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The Creation Of The Universe
Number of Words: 1818 / Number of Pages: 7
... and a multitude
of worlds in a rather short period of time then deigns to lower itself into
becoming a puppet-master and "pulling the strings" of the Earth and all of the
people therein.
Since this paper touches upon many scientific terms, I feel that in
order for the reader to correctly grasp the content I must first define three
words: Theory, Law, and Hypothesis. The definitions will allow for a greater
understanding of this essay and give us an even ground upon which to begin.
Theory; (th˙1e-r˙, th˙r1˙) noun
1. a. Systematically organized knowledge applicable in a relatively wi ...
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Photosynthesis
Number of Words: 752 / Number of Pages: 3
... all the plants get the same
amount of sun, then measure the height of all the plants at the end of six weeks
and record the data.
The first step of photosynthesis is the absorption of light by a
chlorophyll molecule. "The energy of the absorbed photon is transferred from
one chlorophyll molecule to another until it reaches a site called a reaction
center....One oxygen molecule is produced per eight photons absorbed." (Alberty
708) James Huheey, professor at the University of Maryland, talks about
chlorophyll in his book Inorganic Chemistry: "Chlorophyll absorbs low-energy
light in the far red regi ...
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Cloning, Right Or Wrong
Number of Words: 894 / Number of Pages: 4
... Also it would be a very useful tool for historians as people such as Hitler would be able to be recreated and studied to find out what their motivations were.
Besides from all these good points cloning also has bad points. The biggest problem with cloning on a large scale is the lack of genetic diversity. If everyone has the same genetic material, what happens if we lose the ability to clone? We would have to resort to natural reproduction, causing us to inbreed, which will cause many problems. Religious people are completely against cloning. They generally say that scientists are not respectin ...
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Climate Change (term Paper)
Number of Words: 4217 / Number of Pages: 16
... has soared faster than the human population. “An irresistible economy seems to be on a collision course with an immovable ecosphere.” Based on these facts alone, there is grave reason for concern.
Taken further, it is even more frightening to note that, while man has affected the environment throughout his stay on earth, the impact has been most intense in the relatively short industrial era. Since the industrial revolution, and over the past century in particular, man’s ecological footprint on the earth has quickly grown from that of a child to one of a giant. True, this period is heralded a ...
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Wind Tunnels
Number of Words: 1387 / Number of Pages: 6
... are placed on the model to record the
aerodynamic forces acting on the model.
Types of Wind Tunnels
There are four basic types of wind tunnels. Which are low subsonic,
transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic. The wind tunnels are classified by the
amount of speed they can produce. The subsonic has a speed lower then the speed
of sound. The transonic has a speed which is about equal to the speed of sound
(Mach 1 760 miles per hour at sea level). . The supersonic (Mach 2.75 to 4.96)
has a speed of about five times the speed of sound And the fasts of them all the
hypersonic (Mach39.5) which has a sp ...
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Dyslexia
Number of Words: 2476 / Number of Pages: 10
... is a learning disability characterized by problems in expressive or receptive, oral or written language”(Wilkins URL). Simply put, dyslexia means trouble with reading, writing, and spelling. Dyslexia is not stupidity, laziness, lack of interest, or anything to be ashamed of. Dyslexia is not a disease; it has no cure and it will not go away. It knows no age, gender, or class boundaries. “There is a significant disproportion between the sexes, however. The proportions of male to female dyslexics are 3 to 1. Dyslexia can also be compared to amnesia because it is selective” (Bakker 23). Some experts ...
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Global Warming
Number of Words: 711 / Number of Pages: 3
... temperature
might lead to at least partial melting of the polar icecaps and hence a major
rise in sea level, along with other severe environmental disturbances. An
example of a runaway greenhouse effect is Earth's near-twin planetary neighbor
Venus. Because of Venus's thick CO2 atmosphere, the planet's cloud-covered
surface is hot enough to melt lead.
Water vapor is an important "greenhouse" gas. It is a major reason why
humid regions experience less cooling at night than do dry regions,. However,
variations in the atmosphere's CO2 content are what have played a major role in
past climatic ...
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Thallium
Number of Words: 457 / Number of Pages: 2
... bromide-iodide crystals are still used as infrared detectors. Thallium
sulphate used to be widely used as a pesticide and an ant killer. It was
odorless and tasteless and worked well, but it was found to be too toxic.
Thallium slats which burn with a bright green flame are used in flares and
rockets. Thallium is the 60th most abundant element in the Earth’s crust.
There are 3.6 parts of Thallium in every million parts of the Earth’s crust.
Thallium compounds are extremely toxic. The negative effects are cumulative and
can be taken in through the skin. Poisoning from Thallium takes several days ...
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Nuclear Strikes
Number of Words: 2401 / Number of Pages: 9
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United States but numerous times in Europe.(www.pbs.org) As a matter of fact,
the Russians say someone stole a bomb simulator, which will explode and make
mushroom cloud but has no nuclear component.(Wilkie) People know that despite
efforts to keep control on the old Soviet stockpile and waste, terrorists are
getting the plutonium and uranium needed to make nuclear weapons to kill masses
of people. This is kind of the history of the nuclear & atomic bomb: (all from
Williams) The first atomic bomb was thought up by Albert
Einstein in the late 30's. In 1942 Enrico Fermi brought about first nuclear
re ...
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