From Earth, one can look towards the night sky and observe that the moon appears to have areas that are lighter, and areas that are considerably darker. These dark areas are referred to as lunar maria, which are basically land basins on the moon in varying sizes. These basins were formed when hot, molten lava…
Induction: Induced & Permanent Charging Static electricity can be generated through: Friction, Conduction, INDUCTION Induction INDUCTION involves the movement of electrons in a neutral object when a charged object is brought close to the neutral object. The movement occurs WITHOUT DIRECT CONTACT between objects. Induced Charge Separation/ Temporary Charging When a negatively charged rod is…
Hydrologic Cycle: 97% of Earth’s water is stored in the oceans, evaporated then precipitated on land – some soaks in (infiltration), some flows over the land as streams (runoff), some evaporates back into the atmosphere and is transpired by plants, and some is stored in glaciers, but most returns to the oceans by streams Stream…
Reasons for Involvement Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: In January 1917, failed crops as well as a naval blockade caused severe food shortages in Germany. Desperate to attack back, Germany decided to establish its own naval blockade around Britain. They decided to sink any ship in the waters around Britain without warning, through the use of submarines.…
Down syndrome is a genetic and chromosomal disorder where a person has either half of or a full extra 21st chromosome. The disorder was first discovered by John Langdon Down, a British doctor, who first described the disease in 1866. Down syndrome is caused by a chromosomal abnormality which causes a replication of the 21st…
Purpose To see how the acceleration of a cart depends on the resultant force acting on the cart and the mass of the cart, and how this relation can be expressed in a single equation. We hypothesized that with a constant mass of the system (a decrease in cart mass) and an increased net force,…
Great Barrier Reef, Australia The Great Barrier is the world’s largest system of coral reefs. The Great Barrier Reef is made up of more than 2000 individual reefs and it extends 2000 kilometres. The Great Barrier Reef stretches 2300 kilometres along the Northeast coast of Australia going from Queenstown to Bundaberg. Ocean animals called coral…
The Panama Canal, Panama The Panama Canal is one of the greatest engineering achievements and most frequented waterways of all time. The Panama Canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and links the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific. This canal was built in order to shorten the voyage between New York City and San Francisco…
Facts and Stats Rohypnol is used by people of all socioeconomic classes This drug is generally used by men of all classes to put into the drinks of women at bars “DATE RAPE” When consumed, women do not remember anything and they are at the disposal of the male, be it a homeless person or…
What is Solar Debris? After birth of the Sun; debris was blown outwards Much of the debris eventually fell back into the Sun, if its trajectory was correct Other debris, has enough outward energy to break free of the Sun’s gravity, began to drift in orbit around the Sun Comets & TNOs Comets: Dirty snowballs…
Introduction About 110 years ago, when McKinley was President of United States, the concept “Man on Moon” was an insignificant consideration to society and to the government’s budget. In present day, space constitutes a large portion of the 2011 government budget plan. President Barack Obama is predicting a manned Mars mission to orbit the planet…
What: The human genome project was a project that analyzed the chemical instructions that explain our hereditary features. This project also learned about heredities in the typical house mouse. The project also focused on the fruit fly and the round worm. The project also applies to cloning. When: The human genome project began in 1990.…
On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred in the Gulf of Mexico that led to the sinking of the BP Oil Horizon. For exactly 86 days, approximately 4.9 million barrels of crude oil seeped into the Gulf of Mexico, leaving several harmful dioxins in its wake. This article intends to assess the potential for an…
In the article “Genetically Engineered Distortions”, there is much made over the misguided management of genetically engineered foods. The article opens by showing that there is a distinct split between two sides in terms of how to deal with the breeding of genetically engineered organisms. In the United States, eighty percent of cotton, corn, and…
Class Typical Effects Overdose Effects Depressants Alcohol Increases the activity of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) By increasing an inhibitory neurotransmitter, alcohol dampens down neural firing Also decreases the activity of glutamate, a major excitatory neurotransmitter Person literally becomes less inhibited and feels euphoric An initial upper phase from the release of…
Appearance The Burrowing Owl’s upper body is coloured brown with white spots here and there. The Burrowing Owl’s legs are long and the fronts of the legs are feathered. The Burrowing Owl possesses a white facial disc and yellow irises. The look of each sex is not different. The Burrowing Owl is the only owl…
A cell is the basic unit of life, and all organisms on earth are made up of cells. The animal cell is a member of the Eukaryotes, which are complex multi-cellular organisms(Eukaryote). This type of cell is also enclosed within a membrane. Animal cells can come in different shapes depending on how they are covered…
Stem cells are highly controversial cells that have the potential to treat and even cure certain cell-related neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease (Devitt, 2006, p 14). Stem cells are identified by two main characteristics: they are undifferentiated cells that can replicate through mitosis, and they have the potential to become specialized…
Environmental ethics is a part of philosophy that deals with the moral views between humans and the environment. It is concerned with the way humans impact their natural environment and it seeks to help people become more aware of how the earth is slowly deteriorating. Philosophers have made numerous attempts to reveal the moral status…
These processes occur on the inner mitochondrial membrane. The ETC consists of four main protein complexes: I, NADH dehydrogenase, II, succinate dehydrogenase, III, cytochrome complex, and IV, cytochrome oxidase. In each protein complex, are cofactors, which transfer electrons from NADH and FADH2 to O2. NADH donates an electron to complex I, releasing NAD+ and an…