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Science and Nature Term Papers and Reports
El Nino
2243 Words - 9 Pages

.... by . Therefore it would be very helpful for people if could be predicted and prepared for in some form. During a cycle there are many biological changes. Due to a depressed thermocline there is less photosynthetic activity resulting in a decrease in the primary life forms that form the beginning of the food chain. The warmer waters that are brought by these changing cycles hold less dissolved oxygen forcing fish to go deeper or venture elsewhere. Due to a lack of data during occurrences it is not fully known if fish populations are depleted solely due to exposure to . A decrease in their growth and reproductive success has been observed by many surveys in co ....


Cloning
1840 Words - 7 Pages

.... through a wonderful and special moment between man and woman. Science has no part in producing a child and no one, no matter how intelligent, has any right to tamper with God's creations. It has been almost a hundred years since the first clone was ever created. In the year 1902, a German embryologist by the name of Hans Spermann used a strand of hair as a noose to split apart cells of a two-celled salamander embryo, and obtained a normal salamander from each cell. Thirty-six years later, Spermann used nuclear transportation to create a clone. He took the nucleus, the cellular structure that contains the most genetic material and controls growth and development, and remove ....


Cannabis
780 Words - 3 Pages

.... THC is the main psychoactive ingredient in all preparations (NIH). The more THC contains, the stronger it is. The effect of the drug depends on the amount taken amd the users past experience and emotional state at the time. According to "The National Clearinghouse," (NCH), the effects of are similar to alcohol intoxication. Small amounts can make you relaxed and generally less inhibited. Some users say that it enhances the experiences of music, food and sex. Logical thinking tends to be slowed, but smokers often believe that their minds are flitting from thought to thought with great speed (NIH). Intoxication is more intense during the fi ....


Rubidium
930 Words - 4 Pages

.... Form * What it Looks Like * Physical Properties Rubidium is a fairly abundant element in the Earth's crust, there it is found in 310 parts per million (ppm). This makes it the 22nd most abundant element on Earth. It is found in many minerals, and brines, along with other elements. Seawater contains 0.2 ppm, twice the amount of Lithium found in the oceans. Traces are found in seawater plants and animal organisms. Very small traces of Rubidium are found in the leaves of tobacco, tea, and coffee, as well as some other plants. Rubidium is similar to lithium and cesium, which are found in combined forms as complex minerals. It is not found in a pure elemental (meta ....


Endangered Species
1552 Words - 6 Pages

.... If you leave it alone and do not harm it, it might have baby’s and have more of its kind. A species is named endangered when of its kind occurs in a low number. About 1000 species in the world are named endangered, or are in threat to be extinct. I never knew that some kinds of birds were in danger. We can help these animals and plants by making laws that you are not allowed to hunt or kill any animal that is in danger of extinction. Government Involvement Only since the 19th century has there been worldwide concern about the case of species in their natural environments. Finally in 1916 they made a law called Migratory Bird Treaty. They had this law in United ....


Achondroplasia
997 Words - 4 Pages

.... arms and thighs. Other signs are a large forehead, a flat or even depressed area at the base of the nose, a protruding jaw, and sometimes the teeth are crowded and the upper and lower teeth may be badly aligned. An adult with usually has an exaggerated forward curve to the lower spine. The legs of a person with almost always become bowed and the elbows often cannot be straightened completely. Sometimes the person has limited twisting ability at the elbows. The hands are short, and the feet are short and flat. Another sign is double jointedness, caused by loose ligaments in some joints. Achondroplastic children can flex their finger, wrist, hip, and knee joints t ....


Hurricane Andrew
574 Words - 3 Pages

.... passed over the extreme southwestern Florida coast. The first of two cycles of modest intensification commenced when the eye reached the Gulf of Mexico. Also, the hurricane continued to move at a relatively fast pace while its track gradually turned toward the west-northwest. When Andrew reached the north-central Gulf of Mexico, the high pressure system to its northeast weakened and a strong mid-latitude trough approached the area from the northwest. Steering currents began to change. Andrew turned toward the northwest and its forward speed decreased to about 8 kt. The hurricane struck a sparsely populated section of the south-central Louisiana on the 26th. The landfall ....


Hurricane Floyd
1228 Words - 5 Pages

.... ocean, or the eastern North Pacific Ocean. If a hurricane is in the western Pacific Ocean than it is called a typhoon. One in the Indian Ocean is called a cyclone. The danger region of a hurricane is normally in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. The hurricane season is the six month time period from June-November. The peak month of hurricanes is September. Hurricanes form over the ocean. Easterly waves, what hurricanes develop from, are long, narrow regions of low pressure which occur in ocean winds called trade winds. At first, these easterly waves can grow into something called, a tropical depression. A tropical depression occurs when winds are up to 31 mph. Then ....



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