Science Essays

Equipment List: Voltage Generator Oscilloscope Ohmmeter Resistors Capacitors Prototyping board Wires / connectors Background:             This experiment was performed to investigate the basic passive electronic filter which is the common RC filter. It uses passive components, resistors and capacitors, to filter particular ranges of frequencies. RC filters can be modified …

Toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is a complex zoonotic disease. Infection with T. gondii amongst human populace is high considering its prevalence of approximately 15-85%(Howe 1995). The highest incidence rate of human Toxoplasmosis occurs in Europe specifically in France (occurs up to 55%). Approximately 22.5% of the United …

How has paleomagnetism influenced the transition from continental drift to plate tectonics?             The Continental Drift Theory of Alfred Wegener in 1951 was the first to come out as geologists and paleontologists of various generations diligently studying about the Earth and the significance and relativity of each continent with each …

“I don’t want to be bothered by noise. I’m tired of hearing awful things.” I do not complain anymore… well, about noise at least. I am now deaf. I see smiling faces but cannot hear laughter. I am able to sense concern and fear, but no longer can I hear …

Slash-and-burn is an agricultural technique which involves cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields. It is subsistence agriculture that typically uses little technology or other tools. It is typically part of shifting cultivation agriculture, and of transhumance livestock herding.[1] Older English terms for slash-and-burn include assarting, swidden, …

Answer the following questions about the results of this activity. Record your answers in the boxes. Send your completed lab report to your instructor. Don’t forget to save your lab report to your computer! Activity 1 Record your data from Activity 1 in the boxes below. Enter the data for …

Einstein was not comfortable with statistical reality, a shortcoming which cost him much happiness, and may have deprived the world of many discoveries. His youthful breakthrough is well known. It consisted not only in giving the equation linking mass and energy (the famous e = mc²), but in showing the …

Alcohol is the oldest drug around. It is also the most widely-used and almost 50 percent of people aged 12 and over have consumed alcohol in the United States. Most people are able to consume alcohol responsibly. However, for one reason or another, some people abuse alcohol and develop addictions. …

1.(a)Express f (x) = x2 – 6x + 14 in the form f (x) = (x – h)2 + k, where h and k are to be determined. (b)Hence, or otherwise, write down the coordinates of the vertex of the parabola with equation y – x2 – 6x + 14. …

Squealer’s constant use of the word ‘comrades’ is used to gain the trust of the rest of the animals and direct the attention to them, so they believe that what he is about to say is entitled to all of them. This one word convinces them that they are all …