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- 10441: The Leaf-Cutting Ants
- ... begin to see, there is two antagonistic things working for and against the ants. The ants want to maximize production (keep cells small so more staphylae grow per unite of area and to maintain a high humidity) but also they want to keep the garden accessible for all workers (Bass and Cherrett 1996). After reading the above paragraph you are left with some questions. Do the leaf-cutting ants have any ...
- 10442: The Solar System
- ... heat falls on the earth, it spreads out more at the poles. The polar areas are more cooler that the area of the equator. The earths axis is tilted so when the sun is high in the sky its heat is concentrated towards the ground thats how we get summer. Six months later when the planet is on the opposite side the sun is low in the sky and ...
- 10443: The Effects of Over-Population on the Earth's Water Supply
- ... of the year 2000, the population was estimated to be at six billion people. When researching the topic of over-population, it becomes evident that the Earth's population will reach ten billion to as high as thirty billion in another one hundred years. Some sources say that the Earth can support this exponential growth rate, others say that it cannot. Some of these sources recount statistics of a slowing population ...
- 10444: UFOs Exist
- ... were near one thousand pages of documents released. An important memo was foundin these papers. . . .Deputy Director for the CIA, dated November 1952 says bluntly: sightings of unexplained objects at great altitude and traveling at high speeds in the vicinity of major United States defense, are such a nature that they are not attribute to natural phenomena or known types of Arial vehicles(Brookesmith 35) The debunking companies are the only ...
- 10445: The Depletion of Ozone Layer
- ... had been discovered there. The loss of stratospheric ozone will allow more UV-B radiation would be a rise in skin cancer, both non-melanoma and malignant melanoma. A recent EDF study Indicated that continued high growth of CFC will cause an additional 1,44 million cases of skin cancer in the U.S. alone by 2025. Increase radiation would also damage eyes of the human immune system and cause an ...
- 10446: Acid Rain and Its Effects
- ... limited ability to neutralize acidic compounds. This results in many lakes and streams being completely dead of fish and all other living things. Acid rain also greatly contributes to forest degradation, even more so to high-elevated trees, it also impairs the tree growth. Acid rain effects forest soil. As acid moves through soils, it strips away vital plant nutrients through chemical reaction, resulting in a threat to future forest productivity ...
- 10447: Theory of Evolution
- ... ones stomach, a feeling of certainty, a feeling of security, a feeling that may be true, but its not something that can be proven, or even backed up. If faith were allowed in school, oh what a field day that would be. For example: punctuation. Commas would no longer plague my existence, comma splices would be unheard of. That feeling in the pit of my stomach, the one that ...
- 10448: Effects of Acid Rain on Water
- ... States. This chart shows that not all fish, shellfish, or their food insects can tolerate the same amount of acid: Generally, the young of most species are more sensitive than adults. Frogs may tolerate relatively high levels of acidity, but if they eat insects like the mayfly, they may be affected because part of their food supply may disappear. As lakes and streams become more acidic, the numbers and types of ...
- 10449: Black Holes
- ... A object on Earth would have to travel at 25,000 m.p.h. to escape the gravitational pull of Earth. Now imagine an object with a gravitational pull so large and escape velocity so high that even visible light could not escape it. This is a black hole. How are black holes formed? To our best knowledge, black holes are created at the end of a very large star's ...
- 10450: Yeast
- ... the sugar from the grapes picked to make the wine. This is known as commercial yeast. Carbon dioxide escapes into the air, leaving on the the little bubbles that we have come to love in high priced champagne. Another type of commercial yeast is called brewers yeast. When added to the sugar, alcohol is formed. In a simpler way of putting it, alcohol is the waste from the yeast feeding on ...
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