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Humans And Animals Physical Properties
878 wordsAcetone This report contains the information on the chemical acetone, its chemical, physical and biological properties and health effects which acetone makes on humans and animals. In chemistry science, acetone is a manufactured chemical, the simplest representative of the ketones that is also found naturally in the environment (Acetone). It is also known as dimethyl ketone, 2 -propane, proper- 2 -one and beta-keto propane (Tox FAQs for Acetone). It is flammable as well as evaporates easily, and...
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Beta Carotene Heart Disease
385 wordsBroccoli Broccoli is a very healthy vegetable that contains a variety of vitamins and phyto-chemicals that can help prevent diseases. Broccoli is one of the healthiest foods among the food group. Vitamins A and B are contained in Broccoli. It has been known to help prevent cancer, as well as other diseases. Everyone should eat broccoli. Broccoli is known as the Crown Jewel of Nutrition for its vitamin-rich, high in fiber, and low in calorie properties. Not only does broccoli give you the best ve...
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Degrees Celsius Mothers Womb
2,134 wordsAs we enter a new millennium we are also making vast technological improvements. In the field of medicine in particular, there is cause for great optimism. There has never been more power to restore, maintain and extend health. However there is something even bigger approaching, cryonics. Many people think of cryonics as some futuristic, science fiction process that would only be possible in the movies. However the idea of cryonics isn t really that unreal. There are many groups and scientists w...
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Earth Quot Planet Earth
550 wordsIn William Clarks Article, " Managing Planet Earth" from the Scientific American sustainable development describes the type of planet people want, and also brings up the question of what kind of planet people can actually get. It reflects values for managing earth where fairness matters. Sustainable development refers to how people as a whole want to improve the earth for the better by sustaining it while it is being developed. The three objectives to manage the sustainable development...
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Environmental Protection Agency Ground Level Ozone
1,487 wordsDeath of a Planet Air pollution is a very big problem in the United States. A large part of air pollution comes from cars. The Environmental Protection Agency says, The most polluting activity an average person does everyday is drive their car (1 factsheet OMS- 5). Most people probably arent aware that they are polluting the environment. Maybe if everyone knew how serious this pollution problem is, they would find ways to reduce the pollution. Most pollution that is released by cars comes from t...
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Severe Depression Theory Suggests
1,028 wordsHow is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) used to treat depression? To answer this question, we must first answer these other questions: What is electroconvulsive therapy? When depression is diagnosed, which patients are suitable for ECT and which for psychotherapy? If not all depressed patients will respond to ECT, how are we to identify those likely to benefit? Invented by Cerletti and Bini, in 1938, ECT was the first form of therapy that reliably reduced severe depression (Abrams and Essman, 198...
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Environmental Protection Agency Parts Per Million
596 wordsEnvironmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) in Edison, New Jersey is very successful in detecting and separating elements found in water. With it s expensive machinery and skilled workers the EPA proved to be successful in making New Jersey s drinking water safe. Throughout the tour, I picked up on some interesting and useful facts. I found myself very interested in exactly how many elements are found in water, how one goes about figuring out the name of the elemen...
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Sodium Hydroxide Potassium Hydroxide
1,877 wordsExperiments To Determine The Effect Of Acids Experiments To Determine The Effect Of Acids &# 038; Bases Experiments to Determine the Effect of Acids &# 038; Bases on Different Indicators and the pH of Common Cleaning Agents The aim of the first set of experiments is to find out and record the colour changes that are observed after a certain indicator is mixed with acids and bases to form a colour reaction. Once the selected indicator has been mixed with a acid that is both weak and strong and a ...
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Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Edison
2,150 wordsThomas Alva Edison Thomas Edison could probably be properly called Mr. Electricity because of the many inventions and millions of dollars that he used and invested with electricity. From the invention of the light bulb, to the invention of the phonograph Thomas Edison made electricity a reality for the masses. And one of his greatest influences was from his Father a very positive man. A long with the great influence he had upon Americans and the world. He sparked the movement of today? s compute...
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Ground Level Ozone Environmental Protection Agency
2,062 wordsEng 102 December 4, 2000 Pollution Since the beginning of the 20 th century, environmentalists have been warning the world about polluting the earth and its consequences. While many countries have seriously attempted to reduce their pollution emission, others instead seem to be more concern about economic growth and production output. Therefore, pollution has been increasing since then. However, pollution must be reduced, otherwise life on earth will soon extinguish. Air pollution is one of the ...
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Nations Security Council President George Bush
1,603 wordsThe United States of America was justified in taking a dominate military role in the Persian Gulf crisis. This role was justified due to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, the threat of chemical warfare and the encouragement of the United States Congress and the United Nations Security Council. This conflict grew out of tension over oil, with Iraq coming that Kuwait was pumping oil from a field on the Iraq Kuwait border and not sharing the profit that arose from this field. In the beginning, A...
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Passive Euthanasia Life Support
1,526 wordsIs it right to take one s life? Death-lack of a heartbeat or signs of breathing. With the introduction of life-support machines, doctors can now artificially maintain a human life. Should a person have the right to prevent the natural path of death from occurring? Death The definition of death was once defined of a lack of a heartbeat, or the lack of breathing (what is death). Now in days that has altered due to life-support machines. The definition of death is a Grey area. Brain dean is accepte...
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Motor Vehicles Birth Rate
1,147 wordsItaly is Italy Research Introduction Italy is located northwest of France and south of Austria and Switzerland. The estimated population of Italy is 58, 262, 000 as of 1995. In addition to the mainland Italy also has two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea called Sicily and Sardinia as well as some smaller islands called Capri, Ischia, Elba, and Lipari Islands. The capital of Italy is Rome and this city is also the largest of all of the cities in Italy People and Birth Rate The great majority...
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Blood Pressure Uv Light
1,288 wordsThis report deals with testing the toxicity of certain chemicals on spiders, and determining the toxicity by how it affects it? s ability to weave it? s web. This report contains research on the four chemicals (benzedrine, chloral hydrate, caffeine, and alcohol) as wella's the spiders and their webs. Spiders are of course found in the class Arachnidia, which also contain mites, scorpions, and other arthropods. The order which spiders are classified under is called Araneae, a word of Latin origin...
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Thousands Of Years Hemp Seeds
1,367 wordsLegalize Industrial Hemp It? s time to do something about it! Our government has kept it away from us for long enough. The hemp plant is a misunderstood natural resource that if legalized would solve many problems in the United States. Our founding fathers grew and used this plant faithfully. It is a remarkably strong and versatile plant. In fact, it is helpful to our diminishing environment. We need to decide the outcome of our future, and legalize growing industrial hemp for the good of humani...
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Positively Charged Positive Charge
1,691 wordsLightning is a discharge of static electricity in the atmosphere, which causes a bright flash of light. When lighting goes through the air, it heats the air to degrees hotter than the suns surface about 50, 000 degrees fahrenheit. This heating causes the air to expand and contract. This causes the sound called thunder. Lightning is caused by a build up of negative ions in the atmosphere which discharges into the ground causing the negative ions to go with the positive ions in the ground. Static ...
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Play A Role Smoking Marijuana
1,446 wordsMarijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. Sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah; its a Spanish word), hashish (hash for short), and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. In other words, they change how the brain works. The...
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Marijuana Smokers Legalizing Marijuana
1,208 wordsTHE RECREATIONAL POISON The debate is whether or not marijuana and other drugs should be legalized for personal use. The marijuana plant may serve several beneficial uses to us, but there is one use in which it is only harmful. Marijuana should not be legalized for personal use because people do not understand, or care about the effects it causes on them and the people around them. While the War on Drugs attempts to dissuade people from using drugs primarily in economic terms (Boyle, 3), I want ...
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Forms Of Life Ozone Depletion
457 wordsThe Ozone Layer Ozone layer depletion slows There is good news about the ozone layer above us. The good news about the ozone layer is not always frequent. On International Ozone Day, the report came in that the ozone levels have decreased above Montreal and other residents of southern Canada. The ozone levels have decreased to a normal level. Normal meaning the levels have dropped from the levels reported in 1980. The ozone layer is an important and fragile part of earth. If we did not have an o...
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Nitrogen Oxides Nitrogen Dioxide
1,745 wordsGifted Photochemical Smog Photochemical Smog Gifted Chemistry IB Alternative Assessment 1997 March 19 Historically, the term smog referred to a mixture of smoke and fog, hence the name smog. The industrial revolution has been the central cause for the increase in pollutants in the atmosphere over the last three centuries. Before 1950, the majority of this pollution was created from the burning of coal for energy generation, space heating, cooking, and transportation. Under the right conditions, ...
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