The study of universe is known as Cosmology. Total universe is commonly defined as the totality of everything that exists including all physical matter and energy‚ the planets‚ stars‚ galaxies and the contents of intergalactic space. Galaxy: A galaxy is a vest system of billions of stars‚ dust and light gases bound by their own gravity. There are 100 billion galaxies in the universe and each galaxy has‚ an average‚ 100 billions stars. (1022 stars) Our galaxy is Milky Way Galaxy (or the Akash Ganga)
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2 MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM A. FOOD TUBE/ALIMENTARY CANAL/DIGESTIVE TRACT -Mouth Cavity -Pharynx -Esophagus -Stomach -Small intestines -Large Intestines -Rectum -Anus B. ACCESSORY ORGANS/GLANDS -Salivary glands -Liver -Pancreas -Gall bladder -Appendix DIGESTIVE SYSTEM- responsible for the breaking down of food into simpler molecules. ABSORPTION- bringing food to the body cells DIGESTION-) the process of breaking down complicated chemicals in nutrients into forms
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BI 101 Spring 2013 EXAM II This exam covers chapters 4-6. This is an open note & open book exam‚ but all questions should be answered in your own words. Please include the question immediately before each answer‚ and the test is due at the beginning of the lecture following the lecture that completes the discussion of chapter 6. Further notes: On each compare and contrast question‚ 50% of the score will focus how well you ‘compare’ the items (i.e. how the items are similar) and 50% of the
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Throughout chapter eight through twelve of Lord of the flies‚ various passages conveyed striking imagery. One important passage would be the beginning of chapter nine: A view to Death. A horrendous storm picks up on the island again. As this is occurring‚ Simon is waking up from his faint and realizes what the “beast” actually is. Meanwhile the boys are performing their dance and are reenacting the scène of when they murdered the pig. Ralph and Piggy join as a means of curiosity and to make sure
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1. The handicaps the Federalists and Adams had running in the election of 1800 was their Alien and Sedition Act arousing a host of enemies‚ although most of these critics were dyed-in-the-wool Jeffersonians anyhow. Also‚ the refusal of Adams to give them a rousing fight with France was a handicap. 2. The Federalists attacked Jefferson in a " whisper campaign" by accusing him of having robbed a widow and her children of a trust fund and of having fathered numerous mulatto children by his own slave
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Chapter 8 – Systems oriented theories 1. Introduction Rationale: Why corporate management might elect to voluntarily provide particular information to parties outside the organisation. (Page 250 & 251) Gray‚ Owen and Adams (1996): Legitimacy Theory and Stakeholder Theory are two theorietical perspectives that have been adopted by a number of researchers in recent years. The theories are sometimes referred to as “systems-oriented theories”. Within a systems-based perspective‚ the entity is assumed
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with other civilizations or regions. Ancient Egypt was an example of this. The Nile River is a geographic feature that has led Egypt to be a very prosperous civilization and is the reason why it produced many of Egypt’s earliest civilizations. The geography of Japan caused the country to be isolated for a very long time and it has led the Japanese to be self sufficient. Ancient Egypt had many geographic features that made excellent natural barriers. The Nile River‚ located in the following countries:
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Bibliography: Zuylen Sue Van‚ Trethewy Glyn‚ McIsaac (2007) Geography Focus Stage Five 2 Pearson Education Australia‚ Melbourne Author Not Identified‚ ‘Case 7’ [online] available (accessed on 25/8/08) Author Not Identified‚ ‘Coasts and Marine’ [online] available last modified 2006-11-03 (accessed on 25/8/08)
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AP Chemistry Chapter 13 Outline Condensed phases: the liquid and solid phases; phases in which particles interact strongly. 13.1 Gas condensed when cooled and compressed. In the liquid state the forces of attraction among particles are great enough that disordered clustering occurs. It is hard to compress a liquid. Liquids diffuse into other liquids with which they are misicible. The natural diffusion rate is slow at normal temperatures. Cooling a liquid lowers its molecular kinetic energy
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Another name for operant conditioning is instrumental learning‚ introduced by Edward L. Thorndike 1913. Thorndike began studying “animal thinking”. Cat experiment: cat would perform a specific response‚ such as pulling a wire or a lever and was rewarded food after each escape. “law of effect” behavior is influenced by its consequences First book published‚ the behaviour of organisms 1938. Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat those responses that are followed by favourable consequences
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