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Muscular System

Science · 459 words

• Do you think muscles are important? Do you have an idea of what they are made of? Well, here is some food for thought: your muscles make up forty percent of your body weight. If you like that interesting fact maybe you'll learn some more. The muscular system...

Biology term paper tigers

Science · 1,771 words

• Biology term paper - tigers The tiger is part of the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Carnivora, family Felidae, subfamily Panthernae, genus/species Panthera tigris. Tigers have round pupils and yellow irises (except for the blue eyes of white tigers). Due to a retinal ...

Acupuncture 2

Science · 513 words

• Acupuncture is a Chinese medical practice that treats illness and provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at predetermined sites of the body. Acupuncture may also follow many other forms. The word acupuncture comes from the Latin word acus, meaning needle,...

Chicken pox with works cited

Science · 1,526 words

• Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease that is caused by a herpesvirus called varicella-zoster virus (7). Chickenpox is one of the most easily transmitted of contagious diseases (5). Ninety to ninety-five percent of the people exposed to the virus will develop...

Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Science · 2,970 words

• Environmental demand for cleaner air has put a heavy burden on the automobile, much improved by stringent exhaust stands but still a significant source of pollution. High cost, technological obstacles and the resistance of the public to abandon gasoline...

Why nuclear fusion is so cool

Science · 3,528 words

• For a fusion reaction to take place, the nuclei, which are positively charged, must have enough kinetic energy to overcome their electrostatic force of repulsion. This can occur either when one nucleus is accelerated to high energies by an...

Morse Code

Science · 697 words

• The Alphabet is: A .- B -? C -.-. D -.. E . F ..-. G '. H ?. I .. J .? K -.- L .-.. M ? N -. O ? P .'. Q '.- R .-. S ? T - U ..- V ?- W .' X -..- Y -.' Z '.. 1 .?- 2 ..? 3 ?' 4 ?.- 5 ?.. 6 -?. 7 '? 8 ?.. 9 ?-. 0 ?' There you have it! There are also puncuation marks but...

Biology heat loss practical write up

Science · 2,116 words

• Biology Coursework Practical ' Heat Loss The aim of this practical is to find to what extent does the surface area to volume ratio of an object affect the rate of heat loss from the object Hypothesis: As the ratio of surface area to volume of an...

Attention deficit disorder ( add)

Science · 1,454 words

• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Everybody knows at least on person with a difficulty of staying still, sustaining attention or inconvenient impulses. For some people the problem is so serious that it is regarded as a psychiatric disorder. Formally known as...

Alternate Energy Resources

Science · 567 words

• As most people know our energy supply is slowly running out. We are using energy sources that either pollute the air, take up natural resources or cause damage to other forms of life. Today, we are working on other forms of energy that do not pollute or...

Adolescent Depression The Under Acknowledged Disease

Science · 1,093 words

• Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged Disease Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged Disease Psychology Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it...

Chesapeake bay pollution

Science · 1,160 words

• A Look at the Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay is America's largest estuary and one of the world's most productive. The Bay is home to over 2,700 species. It draws water from over 150 rivers, streams, and creaks, receiving roughly 70,000 cubic feet of water every...

Biology 2

Science · 549 words

• The title of the Journal that I used is The Dynamics of Flight-Initiating Jumps in the Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus and was written by William A. Schutt, Jr, J. Scott Altenbach, Young Hui Chang, Dennis M. Cullinane, Juhn W. Hermanson, Farouk Muradali, and John E. A. Bertram. ...

Sociology The Comparative Method

Science · 1,991 words

• Sociology - The Comparative Method Sociologists have embraced what is known as the comparative method as the most efficient way to expose taken-for-granted 'truths? or laws that people have adopted. But what is this comparative method and how does it work? Are there any...

What is a V chip

Science · 706 words

• What is a V-chip This term has become a buzz word for any discussion evolving telecommunications regulation and television ratings, but not too many reports define the new technology in its fullest form. A basic definition of the V-chip; is a microprocessor that can decipher...