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The kola tree lives in southern South Africa. It grows up to 60 feet high, and lives in west African it is
Cultivated Tropical South America and in the Indies. The Kola nuts this tree grows is a capsule shaped
Fruit composed of fleshy, irregularly shaped seeds. The seeds are pink, red or white when fresh and<...
It is the immediate effect of on urban atmospheres that is most noticeable and causes the strongest public reaction. The city of Los Angeles has been noted for both the extent of its and the actions undertaken for control. Los Angeles lies in a coastal plain, surrounded by mountains that restrict the inward sweep of air and that separate a dese...
The genetic disorder which I have chosen as the subject of my report is hemophilia. There are two types of hemophilia, hemophilia-A and hemophilia-B. The clinical symptoms of both are very similar so for the purposes of this paper I have chosen to concentrate on hemophilia-A. Hemophilia-A is an X linked bleeding disorder resulting from a defect in...
The laser is a device that a beam of light that is both scientifically and practically of great use because it is coherent light. The beam is produced by a process known as stimulated emission, and the word "laser" is an acronym for the phrase "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation." Light is just like radio waves in the way that...
"We Have An Because We Have A People Crisis - A Crisis of Population Growth, of Wasteful Consumption of Resources, and A Crisis of Apathy and Inaction." An environmental crisis is an emergency concerned with the place in which every human lives - the environment. A people crisis is an emergency with the community that inhabits the world environmen...
The purpose of this lab is to calculate bouyant forces of objects submerged in water. The first step in the lab was to measure the mass of a metal cylinder, which was found to be 100g, and then to calculated it's weight, which was .98 newtons. Then next step was to measure the apparent weight of the cylinder when it is completely submerged in a ba...
I feel like that the only way to truly fathom just how vast the universe is, or to successfully describe the insane enormity of it, is to illustrate just how small and insignificant humanity is. After all, everything we ever do, say, or experience is merely measured against the yardstick of human endeavor. In this universe, there are supposedly 100...
Introduction-Computers are changing the world as we know it, and they provide an interesting field of occupations. I. Definition of a computer engineer II. Change in society A. Internet B. Advertising C. Web sites D. Chat rooms III. Community and technology A. Schools 1. Homework 2. College applications B. Church IV. New technolog...
Cancer Information: Larynx Cancer Larynx cancer is a cancer that effects the larynx, or voice box, in people; it can also be called laryngeal cancer. The cancer occurs most frequently in people over the age of fifty-four and in black males. The larynx is approximately two inches long and is located below the nose passage way and above the trache...
Concern with the environment is being voiced by people throughout the world. Today, it is not unusual to read about environmental problems. One problem that is important to all of us is the depletion of the ozone layer. One question being asked is, does the depletion of the ozone cause a danger to our health? Many experts would say yes. Today,...
The effect of drugs can be harmful to the body. They can damage nerves at are use for thinking. According to the "Nation Institutes of Health"(NIH), is one of the most popular used drugs in America ranking third after tobacco and alcohol. Marijuana (the most common form used in America), is made of the dried leaves and flowers of the sativa plan...
Super conductivity General properties Observations regarding Applications 'O Super conductor are the material having almost zero resistivity and behave as diamagnetic below the super conducting transition temperature.'O Super conductors are PERFECT conductors. 'O Virtually zero electrical resistance.'O Perfect diamagnetic property.'O Critic...
The Latin word for mushroom is (plural, fungi). The word has come to stand for a whole group of simple plants that contain no chlorophyll and lack such complex plant structures as roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. Included among the fungi, along with mushrooms, are molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, truffles, and yeasts. Toadstool is another name for...
The problem of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. It has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society many people live with bipolar disorder; despite the number of people suffering from it...
Leo Boerstoel Mrs. Fuller AP Biology Period 6 9/24/12 Pre-Lab Activity: Flowers Pine Ferns Moss Hypothesis: If the new species has a vertebrae, then it will be located in between the crocodilians and the birds on he cladogram. Methods: After forming our hypothesis, we looked up each gene sequence separately. We wrote down the top three mo...
