In the fluffy white clouds, up in the atmosphere, there once was a water molecule named Drip-drop. Drip-drop has been with other molecules for as long as he could remember. They are happily contented with just lying on their backs, soaking up the warm sunlight. Sometimes Drip-drop would sigh and hope for an adventure to come his way. “I wish there’s something else to do here,” he sometimes muttered to himself. Nothing seems to bother their simple and comfortable lives up there in the heavens until
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Cockroaches are one of the oldest groups of insects, indicating how successful they have been in adapting to changes in their environments. One reason for this success may be related to diet--they are scavengers and will eat anything organic. They prefer food sources such as starches, sweets, grease and meat products, but other items may include cheese, beer, leather, glue, hair, starch in book bindings, flakes of dried skin or decaying organic matter (plant or animal). Cockroaches are attracted
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1. Muscle weighs more than fat. False: A pound is a pound regardless of whether the pound is fat or muscle. Muscle is denser than fat and takes up a smaller amount of space in the body. In fact, scientists estimate that 1 pound of muscle occupies about 22% less space than 1 pound of fat! 2. Maintaining physical fitness requires major lifestyle changes. False: Fitness can be achieved through small changes in what you eat and your level of activity. It’s really that simple. Remember that you can
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If deserts _have_ a fault (which their present biographer is far from admitting), that fault may doubtless be found in the fact that their scenery as a rule tends to be just a trifle monotonous. Though fine in themselves, they lack variety. To be sure, very few of the deserts of real life possess that absolute flatness, sandiness and sameness, which characterises the familiar desert of the poet and of the annual exhibitions--a desert all level yellow expanse, most bilious in its colouring, and relieved
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Study Guide: Midterm Exam Concentrate your studies in the following areas. Questions for the Midterm Exam will come principally from this material. Lutgens and Tarbuck Textbook: Minerals (Chapter 1) * Know the definition of a mineral. A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic representable by a chemical formula, usually abiogenic, and has an ordered atomic structure. It is different from a rock, which can be an aggregate of minerals or non-minerals and does
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02.13 General Certificate of Secondary Education January 2013 Additional Science / Chemistry (Specification 4408 / 4402) Unit 2: Chemistry 2 CH2HP Final Mark Scheme Error! Unknown document property name. – Error! Unknown document property name.- Chemistry – Error! Unknown document property name.– Error! Unknown document property name. 2013 Mark schemes are prepared by the Principal Examiner and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme
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How do we ensure adequate supplies of clean water for the future? Brian Daters BVU Seminar We all know how important water is in life, but most don’t know how precious it really is. In every corner of life, life revolves around water or the struggle to obtain water. Most people don’t realize how difficult it can be or what problems they are causing because they just go turn on the faucet. Some people need to wait days or walk miles just to get clean water. The stress level that the human
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ABSTRACT: Cossack Vodka is distilled liquor composed primarily of water and ethyl alcohol or ethanol (CH3CH2OH) without a definite aroma or taste. Alcohol is a primary content of vodka, and distillation – a process involving condensation and evaporation wherein solvents of different boiling points are separated from each other – is a method that may be used to determine the certain presence of Alcohol content in Cossack vodka. A certain number (17) of test tubes were obtained, each with 0.05 ml
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ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF BUYO (Piper betel L.) LEAVES AGAINST Escherichia coli AND Staphyloccocus aureus A baby thesis presented to the faculty of Alabel National Science High School Alabel, Sarangani Province In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Course Research ii-B Submitted by: KRIS CHARMAINE ALMOCERA ROY REINER OCTAVIO ADRIAN KIM ABALLE Fourth Year Emerald / Diamond Submitted to: SHIELA P. BUTIL, MST Research Teacher March 31, 2012 Republic
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Dehydration Dehydration Water is nearly a ubiquitous element on our planet, and yet numerous people suffer from low levels of dehydration on a continual basis. While the human body requires many micro and macronutrients, none can be said to be more present in its composition than water. As a result, water is essential to health maintenance. Water’s essential character is a result of its involvement in myriad functions within the human body. When the body is deprived of the
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