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- 6141: Dangers and Destructions of Floods and Hurricanes
- ... done.8 In January of 1995 18 counties and several parts of Calif. were declared disaster areas by President Clinton and 1,000 shelters were opened.9 A 21 year old Californian surfer watched his house be flooded, but on the bright side the waves should be good tomorrow. People have paddled past gas stations and are eating hot dogs and marshmallows for supper. Here is a table concerning the rainfall ...
- 6142: Nuclear Strikes
- ... nuclear war. This event it really kind of woke the United States and Soviet Union up about what could happen. Because of this a direct phoneline was set up between the Kremlin and the white house. The main question today is who has control of the weapons. The former superpower Russia is in political turmoil. Now instead of two people with their hands on the button there could be dozens! Even ...
- 6143: Resonance
- ... type were created and musical instruments are heard all over the world thanks to the law of resonation. Bibliography Granet, Charles; Sound and Hearing; Abelard-Schuman, Toronto; 1965 Freeman, Ira M.; Sound and Ultrasonics; Random House; New york; 1968 Freeman, Ira M.; Physics Made Simple; Doubleday, New York; 1965 Jones, G.R.; Acoustics; English Univ. Press; London; 1967 White, Harvey E; Physics and Music; Saunders College, Philadelphia; 1980 Funk and Wagnall ...
- 6144: Natural Disasters
- ... the chills. Ever since I was in the middle of Hurricane Bob when I was vacationing with my family off the coast of Virginia and we were asked by the state police to evacuate our house, I wanted to learn more about hurricanes. Since that I have been able to take classes that enabled me to learn more about hurricanes. That is why I have decided to take the focus of ...
- 6145: The Greenhouse Effect
- ... 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 it gets so hot. The greenhouse effect is caused by gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen escaping into the atmosphere. These gases get trapped in the ozone layer and do not ...
- 6146: Solar Energy: An Alternative Energy
- ... in output. There many uses of solar energy. Some homes rely fully on the power of the sun to heat their water. Other houses have flat plate collectors which aid in the heating of the house and water. Solar Energy plays a vital role in the absorption cooling cycle in a process called solar cooling. Since wind is caused by the up and down movement of hot and cold air, wind ...
- 6147: Radon
- ... this is the most common method. It uses suction pipes that are inserted through the floor slab into the soil beneath it. These pipes use a fan to pull the gas out from below the house and up into the atmosphere. Another method is known as passive subslab suction, it is the same as active subslab suction except that it uses air currents in place of the fan. Drain tiles can ...
- 6148: The China Syndrome
- ... head operators of the company, Jack Godell, talked to Kimberly Wells at a company gathering. Jack told Kimberly that there was just a turbine trip. Kimberly and her camera man went to Jack Godell's house and confronted him about the evidence. The camera man asked Jack to speak publicly about the accident. On the way to a Nuclear Power convention there was a car following Jack. Jack went to the ...
- 6149: Plastic Not Paper
- ... paper. You can use them for lots of other things. You can take on trips to the grocery store, your can protect dry clothing from wet towels in an exercise bag. You can line your house hold waste basket with them, you tote dry shoes to work on rainy days. Hold plastic, aluminum and glass for recycling. Plastic bags are also very practical to carry. You can carry 5 compared with ...
- 6150: Natural Resources and Management
- ... information about past societies and environments, and can provide answers for modern day social and conservation problems. a ship wreck an arrowhead a canon an Indian campsite Indian rock art a tin can a Victorian house an historic mining town an irrigation canal a dam All of these can be cultural resources. Cultural resources are the physical remains of a people's way of life that archaeologists and historians study to ...
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