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Becoming An Ecologist Is An Exciting Venture
Number of words: 1338 - Number of pages: 5.... investigate and analyze"(17).
Since a career as an ecologist is usually long term, there are certain
characteristics a person should have in order to maintain a successful career.
One of these characteristics that is the most important is patience. Patience
is important because as an ecologist a person will have to at some point in
their career talk to another person who knows nothing of or about ecology.
Another reason why patience is important is because through the first years of
being an ecologist finding and possibly attempting to tag an animals or
gathering research material will b .....
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Hemp
Number of words: 2153 - Number of pages: 8.... most
of Canada's critical environmental issues in one fell swoop . . . with one
simple plant. It is ignorance and the maintenance of the status quo that has
blinded and crippled our ability to realize this resource.
INTRODUCTION
A plant exists that is so strong that it can be grown without requiring
chemicals in almost every part of the world. Many have touted this plant as a
possible way in which to wean society from its dependence on fossil fuels for
energy and the need to log forests for pulp, paper and wood. It is even said
that this plant could adequately clothe and feed the world .....
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The Race To The Moon
Number of words: 3490 - Number of pages: 13.... Launches were not announced in advance, and only the successes were publicized. (Baker 158-161).
During the early years of the Space Race, success was marked by headline-making, historical "firsts." Some of these firsts included the first satellite, the first robotic spacecraft to the Moon, the first man in space, the first woman in space, and the first spacewalk. To the chagrin of the United States, each of these early firsts were achieved by the Soviet Union, thus sparking the United States to not only catch up with the Soviets, but also to surpass them. (Alexander 37-39).
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Effects Of Drugs On Pregnet Women
Number of words: 998 - Number of pages: 4.... with genetic defects as well as an increased incidence of congenital malformations such as cleft palates, microcephalus, and clubfoot. Mothers who smoke one pack a day during pregnancy have an 85% increased risk of having a child with mental retardation. Mothers that smoke during their pregnancy have double the chance of having a child with behavural problems.
Another one of the biggest factors that disrupts fetal growth and development is alcohol. This is a very common substance abuse of pregnant women. Everytime the pregnant mother is drinking, her fetus is also drinking. The alcohol cros .....
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Acid Rain 5
Number of words: 3019 - Number of pages: 11.... questions and answers and facts are included also.
This information was organized from various websites. It also contains information from a newspaper article about a new monitoring site for acid rain in Irish Cove located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
ACID RAIN
The atmosphere, unpolluted, is the means of life on earth. It is a thin layer of gases which surrounds our planet. It is known that without the atmosphere our planet would be inhabitable, but we continue to put numerous amounts of toxic waste into it. The burning of fossils fuels, produces gases that cause acid rain. Acid r .....
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Dolphins
Number of words: 878 - Number of pages: 4.... is used to lubricate small
parts in watches. Cheaper oils have been found, so dolphins are not hunted for
this reason anymore. Dolphins can be caught in tuna nets by accident. Since
dolphins have to breath at the surface they drown in tuna nets. It is estimated
that 4.8 million dolphins were killed in tuna nets from 1959 to 1972. Under
pressure from animal rights activists tuna consumers will not accept tuna from
canners that do not protect dolphins. Animal rights activists also believe that
dolphins shouldn't be in captivity for use in aquatic shows.
Dolphins eat a lot of food in a day, u .....
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Ocean Pollution
Number of words: 451 - Number of pages: 2.... also clean there fish and throw the guts overboard into the ocean.
Industrial, agricultural, household cleaning, gardening, and automotive products are also polluting our ocean. You wouldn't believe it but all of those products I just named regularly end up in water. About 65,000 chemicals are used commercially in the U.S. Today, with about 1,000 new ones added each year. Only about 300 have been extensively tested for toxicity. I think that since our oceans are doing so bad the U.S. should put a ban on new, and old, products that pollute the oceans.
Metals and slowly degrading chemic .....
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Hepatitis B
Number of words: 1329 - Number of pages: 5.... prophylaxis with immune globulin is also effective for non-immune individuals after a known exposure (e. g. needle stick).
Consequences of HBV Infection
HBV causes acute and chronic hepatitis. The chances of becoming chronically infected depends upon age. About 90% of infected neonates and 50% of infected young children will become chronically infected. In contrast, only about 5% to 10% of immunocompetent adults infected with HBV develop chronic hepatitis B. In some individuals who become chronically infected, especially neonates and children, the acute infection will not be clinica .....
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Aerosol Spray Cans
Number of words: 583 - Number of pages: 3.... the push button is pressed, it
forces the valve stem down in its housing, uncovering a small a small hole which
leads up through the stem to the nozzle in the button. This allows the product
to be forced up the dip tube by the gas pressure in the can. The nozzle is
shaped to give a spray or a continuous stream.
To produce a fine mist, a propellant is used which mixes with the
product. The two leave the nozzle together and the propellant evaporates a soon
as it reaches the air, breaking the product in to tiny droplets. The same
technique used with a more viscous liquid and a wider nozzle .....
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Polymers
Number of words: 397 - Number of pages: 2.... in cars, including the Chevrolet Camaro and the Pontiac Fiero. New are being created with more strength and flexibility by combing two chemically different and producing a block copolymer. Combinations of block co and composites and intended for use in booster rockets and in materials of Earth-orbiting installations. Most common are usually solid, but a new class of is being introduced in a liquid crystal state.
Although these still have the physical characteristics of liquid, they are structured more like solids. Many liquid crystals are transparent at one temperature and colored at a .....
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