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Cloning 3
<view this essay>.... the exact same DNA as their clones. If large groups of people have the same genetic information, a disease could instantaneously wipe out the entire population.
Our genetic make-up is what makes us unique. It gives us a sense of
individuality and distinctiveness. If many people had the same DNA, how would we preserve our diversity and sense of self?
Human cloning also raises many ethical and moral issues. Different religious groups regard cloning in different ways, but most agree on one point. Cloning puts the work of God into our own hands. The creation of life then becomes a manufacturing of duplicates instead of a "creative act of God".
It is also import .....
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The Effects Of Processing Vegetables
<view this essay>.... food materials directly . One component of a well balanced diet must include Vitamins. Vitamins are chemical compounds that have no energy value, but instead act as catalysts inside the body. One variety of vitamins is the Vitamin A. This group includes retinol and carotene. Carotene is a yellow pigment found in vegetables such as carrots. A diet that is lacking in Vitamin A depreciates a person’s ability to see in the dark. Which is where the saying that carrots will make you see better is derived from. Carrots were the vegetables chosen to be tested in this experiment. This experiment was designed to test if the processing of a carrot produces gas. In .....
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Nuclear Energy And The Environment
<view this essay>.... power with growth,
the more energy that a country uses, - the greater their expected economic
growth. The problem is that energy is considered to have two facets or parts:
it is a major source of man-made repercussions as well as being the basis of
life support systems. Therefore, we are between two sections in which one is the
section of "resource availability and waste", and the other "the continuity of
life support systems pertinent to survival."
Thus, the environmentalists believe that nuclear energy should not be used
for various reasons. First of all, the waste product, i.e. plutonium, is
extremely radioactive, which may cause the people who .....
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Atom Book
<view this essay>.... and see what it's like.
We're going to into the Helium atom today. An atom is made of little things
called protons, nuetrons, and electrons. Protons have a positive charge,
neutrons have no charge, and electrons have a negative charge. Electrons travel
around the center of the atom, which is called the nucleus. Kind of like how
Earth revolves around the sun. Protons and nuetrons make up the center of the
atom.
The atom has an atomic number. Scientists find that number by counting how many
protons are in the nucleus. In this case Helium has two protons.
Scientists find the average atomic mass by adding up protons and neutrons many
times. Then they divide the .....
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The Kondratieff Wave
<view this essay>.... living system where every continent, country or culture is interconnected and liable for the turn of events in general.
It is very important to understand the long wave cycles in order to act appropriately. Knowing in what phase of the long wave cycle can help link smaller wave cycles with the actual world system long wave cycle. Briefly described, there are four quadrants to the K-wave.
In quadrant one we have that “risk is relevant to what the masses think”. In this stage of the K-wave going against mass thinking can result in a very wise choice. Most people can be extremely cautious and pessimistic during this period not knowing what to be cautious a .....
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Aurora Borealis 2
<view this essay>.... spring and fall equinoxes but the aurora can be seen any cloudless night, the best time being around midnight in the winter. It is named according to its location, Aurora Borealis meaning the northern lights, and Aurora Australis meaning the southern lights. The general name for both is Aurora PolarisC since both displays occur at the earth=s poles.
WHAT CAUSES AN AURORA?
For many years, the ideas about what causes an aurora were left to old legends and unsubstantiated theories. The inuit believed that the northern lights were the spirits of dead relatives, dancing around in the sky, while the Vikings believed that they were caused by a fire on the edge .....
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Radio Waves
<view this essay>.... within the electromagnetic spectrum. Radio waves can be defined by their
frequency (in hertz, after Heinich Hertz , who first produced radio waves
electronically), which is number of times they pass through a complete cycle per
second; or by their wavelength, which is determined by the distance (by meters)
that is traveled from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next.
Radio frequencies are measured in units called kilohertz, megahertz, and
gigahertz. (1 kilohertz = 1000 hertz : 1 megahertz = 106 hertz, 1 gigahertz =
109 hertz). All radio waves fall within a frequency range of 3 kilohertz, or
3000 cycles per second to 30 gigahertz. Within t .....
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The Greenhouse Effect
<view this essay>.... the same thing. The ones that do think
that it will come at a different time. So people are still optimistic on what
is going to happen, and when it is going to take place.
First, to understand what the greenhouse effect is, we must first
understand what a Greenhouse is. A Greenhouse is a building made either of
clear plastic sheets, or of glass. The sun's rays go through the glass, and
heat up the air inside the building, and they have a hard time getting out.
These rays get trapped inside the building, and continually heat the air inside,
and even through the night the rays stay in and heat the air. The greenhouse is
also called a "HOT HOUSE" because i .....
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