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Asteroid Defense
346 Words - 2 Pages.... that could threaten us. That would be a very tedious and never
ending job, but is necessary for the defense system to work. It would do us
humans no good to have some sort of defense against asteroids if we don’t know
when they will strike.
So after thinking about an anti-asteroid defense system, I think that
our government should look into constructing one. When one thinks about what an
asteroid could do to our planet it is usually a very scary thought. In the past
we have been very lucky with where asteroids have hit our earth. Back in 1908
in the Tunguska region of Siberia, an object from space hit there causing miles
of forest to be devastated. If that s ....
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Recommendation For Recycling Water In Florida
2564 Words - 10 Pages.... "Recommendation for Recycling Water in a Florida Pilot Plant"
The water shortage problem has affected all of us in one way or another.
Either through the mandatory restrictions or the increased price of water, or
even the ever increasing occurrence of sinkholes, the evidence of a water
shortage is everywhere. Since we need water to survive, and there are no
alternatives to support life on this planet, we must find a way to keep up with
our ever increasing water demand.
This report presents the water shortage problem that is occurring in
Florida. This report will familiarize you with the problem and expl ....
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Cloning
1846 Words - 7 Pages.... of an living organism. But, when you gear
cloning doesn't a Si-Fi movie come to mind. Like when they take a nucleus, place
it in a egg, put the egg in a incubator, and when it hatches it's an exact
replica of the original being (Lawren). Though this has been done with frogs it
has not yet been accomplished with mammals (Lawren). Another way to make a
clone, as they do in the cattle buisness, is to split the cells of a early
multi-celled embryo which will form two new embryos (Lawren).
For it to get started into practice it took more than fifty years of
questioning and testing. The first successful cloning experiment involved a
leopard frog. It took place in, 1952 w ....
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Tin
528 Words - 2 Pages.... disinfectants. To get
pure tin you must first find ore cassiterite or tin stone, a dioxide of tin. The
ore cassiterite before smelting and roasting must be crushed into a powder to
remove the arsenic and sulfur from the ore cassiterite. When you smelter the tin
you must heat it with carbon to remove the zinc, copper, bismuth, and iron from
the tin.
Tin had been used for many things but tins use is dropping rapidly although
tin is still used a lot for plating. Plating such things as electical contacts.
Tin is also used as a protective coating. This protective coating can be as
small as 15/1,000,000 of an inch. This protective coating protects against rust
on steel an ....
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The Influence Of Writers On Charles Darwin
2276 Words - 9 Pages.... His theory of natural selection as
stated by Nelson and Jurmain (1991, p.606) in the modern form is that "the
evolutionary factor causes changes in allele frequencies in populations due
to differential net reproductive success of individuals." His grasp of the
evolutionary process and the clarity of his work makes Charles Darwin the
most popular figure in the scientific field of Evolution (Francoeur, 1965,
p.34). Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was the fourth child of Dr. Robert
Darwin and grandson of Erasmus Darwin. Much of Charles' childhood was
spent collecting insects, coins and reading various literature on natural
history, travel and poetry. Charles Darwin was ....
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Ebola Virus 3
476 Words - 2 Pages.... infected by Ebola ? The doctors could not find the cause of this deadly virus. There was nothing else the doctors could do. So had no other choice, but to let the victims already struck with Ebola, suffer in pain and eventually die. In these two nations, a reported total of five hundred fifty cases of those who have been infected with Ebola, three hundred forty people did not make it. For a few years, there were no reported cases of the Ebola virus. Without warning, the Ebola appears and sweeps through Sudan, once more. This time there were only thirty four cases, but took the lives of twenty two patients. All of the victims of Ebola probably ask the same questions, “ ....
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Black Powder
941 Words - 4 Pages.... these purposes that it is now principally used in the military art. Standard is used in petards, as a base charge or expelling charge for shrapnel shells, in saluting and blank fire charges, as the bursting charge of practice shells and bombs.
Despite the fact that is called under one name, there are many different forms of . These are merely classified as how strong their reactions are, in other words, the size and power of their reactions. The most typical form of is the mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. Another form of this powder is known as the brown form, this is a mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur. These pieces tend to look like lit ....
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Scenes Of Nature
260 Words - 1 Pages.... to look at.
The sky is a very captivating scene. The sunsets are absolutely
breathtaking. The clouds can form many different and interesting shapes.
At night the sky becomes enchanting and glorious. When the stars are out
the sky is undeniably exquisite. The skys deep shades range from blue at
dawn to deep oranges and purple at dusk. The sky scenes are genuinely
picturesque.
The forest changes it scenery in seasons instead of day and night
like the sky. In the summer the forest is filled with majestic shades of
green. The fall brings colorful shades of oranges, reds, and yellows. The
winter deprives the forest of its colorful splendor, but brings a different
type ....
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