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- 8291: Compressed Gas: Helium
- ... two years it was scornfully called "wind" gas. Then analysis revealed that it contained almost two per cent helium. This primary discovery of helium in natural gas is credited to Professors H.P. Cady and D. F. McFarland of the university of Kansas. Helium was first used in balloons during World War I. For a few years, beginning in 1927, a privately owned commercial plant at Dexter supplied gas for Navy ...
- 8292: Triceratops Hottidus: Horrible Three-horned Face
- ... deposits of bones of the same species in am area. Triceratops hatched from eggs, which may have been cared for by adults. Which threatened by predators, Triceratops probably changed into its enemy, like the modern-day rhinoceros does. This was probably a very effective defense. DIET, TEETH, ADN TRICERATOPS POSITION IN THE FOOD CHAIN: Triceratops was as herbivore, a plant eater(a primary consumer), It probably ate cycads, palms, and other ...
- 8293: The Monkey
- ... big toe) being divergent from the others. Commonly, the digits have flattened nails, but those of the marmoset are an exception. Except for the night-roaming durukuli of tropical America, monkeys are active during the day, moving frequently in bands in search of vegetation, birds' eggs, smaller animals, or insects to eat. Monkeys are highly social animals and are often organized in clans headed by an old male; these clans are ...
- 8294: Microbiology
- ... 4. Growth and Reproduction B. Classifications 1. Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic 2. Photothrophic 3. Aerobe/Anaerobic 4. Pleiomorphic 5. Cyanobacteria 6. Grams Stain C. Structure 1. DNA 2. Plasmids 3. Pili/Flagellum 4. Ribosomes 5. Endospores D. Physiology 1. Photosynthesis 2. Pigments 3. Sulfur 4. Chemolithotrophy E. Other Microscopic Organisms 1. Archaebacteria 2. Rickettsiae Microbiology What is Microbiology? Microbiology is the study of microorganisms. This includes protozoans, algae, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and ...
- 8295: Gold
- ... I've often wondered why gold was always a beloved element and why people of early times wanted it so badly. Also, it's worth money, which I plan on making a lot of some day. Gold has been valued and used by man since Pre-historic time. It was important to early man because it could be taken as a free metal with out difficult separation techniques. "At some unknown ...
- 8296: The Big Bang and Steady State Models
- ... cool, and fill the expanding universe uniformly. By now it would strike Earth as microwave radiation. In 1965 physicists Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson detected microwave radiation coming equally from all directions in the sky, day and night, all year.3 And so it appears that astronomers have detected the fireball radiation that was produced by the Big Bang. This casts serious doubt on the Steady State model. The Steady State ...
- 8297: Agatha Christie
- ... mystery they have not liked. Murder on the Orient Express is one of her most famous books. This book is famous because it turns on a piece of misdirection and a solution which, in their day, were startlingly innovatory. (Lejeune) Throughout the whole novel, your thoughts are changed numerous amounts of time. You never know what is going to happen next. Agatha Christie knows just how to keep you interested in ...
- 8298: Dangers and Destructions of Floods and Hurricanes
- ... large amount of distance along a shore. The length of time a coastal flood is dangerous is usually very short. It depends on how high the tide is which goes up and down twice a day. When the velocities of hurricane winds become severe the height of the waves become three or more feet higher than the previous high tide. Coastal floods can be caused by a number of things. Coastal ...
- 8299: The Creation of the Universe
- The Creation of the Universe In my short life on this planet I have come to question things that many take upon blind faith. We all know that we must some day die; yet we continuously deny the forces at work inside ourselves, which want to search out the answers of what may or may not come after. It is far easier for humanity to accept that ...
- 8300: David Levinson: Seasons' of A Man's Life
- ... the contrasts between their career development. There is still an embarrassing lack of research on women's development. Further studies must develop in order to assess how much different men and women, in present modern day, really are in regard to their careers. A common trend occurring among married couples, is to postpone having children until the woman's career has evolved (early 30s). Research into this pattern of later motherhood ...
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