SECTION- A (Reading) 1. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (06 x ½=03) Hibernation is one of the main adjustments that allow certain northern animals to survive in long winters‚ cold winters. Hibernation is like a very deep sleep that allows animals to save their energy when there is little or no food available. The body functions of ‘true hibernators’ go through several changes while they are hibernating. The body temperature drops and the heart rate slows down. True hibernators
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and to make fireworks‚ later to be used as warfare. To medieval Chinese it was simply an aid to esthetic pleasure. By the 10th century‚ gunpowder began to be used for military purposes in China in the form of rockets and explosive bombs fired from catapults. The first reference to cannon appears in 1126 when oil bamboo tubes were used to launch missiles at the enemy. Eventually bamboo tubes were replaced by metal tubes‚ and the oldest cannon in China dates from 1290. From China‚ the military use of
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Great men have lived on the face of the earth and left marks of their prowess and legacy that men of the present and even the future find it hard to emulate; a good example of such men is Alexander the Great. This paper seeks to explain further Alexander’s military genius and its positive impact on military impact over the past centuries. The paper also gives a well thought analysis why Alexander was so much successful in his wars and conquests. His big empire spread all the way from Gibraltar to
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often took hours even days before the battles came to an end. "By using flash cuts" (Boggs & Petrie p. 202) the loading of the armaments was done in seconds rather than the minutes in real time took to pick up the projectile‚ load the projectile and catapult the projectile towards the enemy. When the chariots turned to attack the gladiators who were standing behind their shields the technique "called slow motion was used (Boggs & Petrie p. 210) so that the viewer could essentially see the blades
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South Africa. Not only did Banda host Vorster in Malawi; he also reciprocated the visit in 1971. In the first stanza of the poem‚ the chickens ask their master why‚ after putting on a fight to protect them from predators—using bows and arrows and catapults‚ his hands "steaming with hawk blood" (4)—he has tuned to prey on them himself. They question him: "Why do you talk with knives now‚ / Your hands teaming with eggshells / And hot blood from your own chickens? / Is it to impress your visitors?" (4)
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of defense to fight off other countries. For all of these reasons I believe that we should use drones in the war to make this country better. Drones have been used for many years. The first drone was used in World War 1 It was launched out of a catapult or controlled by a radio control. In january of 1918 the U.S army started the production of aerial torpedoes. Some of the test done on the torpedo were successful but not all. The Kettering Bug was never actually used in war because the final production
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Long-term government financial chaos played a lead role in the cause of the French Revolution. This point is supported by William Doyle‚ in Origins of the French Revolution. Government debt and lack of available funding seriously deteriorated authority and credit‚ leading to extreme measures in taxation‚ thereby acting as a catalyst of the French Revolution. Doyle makes his point by arguing that France was approaching a state of fiscal ruin as far back as August 20‚ 1786‚ indicating that "Calonne
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to see Tom tell George Wilson that Gatsby was driving. The only thing the viewers see is Tom talking to George outside and no dialogue can be heard. This is also extremely important because knowing this would increase one’s hate for Tom. It would catapult him into the antagonist role when before he is just in the middle
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Copernican Heliocentrism impact to Modern Science Michael White WGU February 24‚ 2011 Thesis Statement: Nicolas Copernicus Heliocentrism helped to revolutionize science and catapult man into space. Introduction: Early science and astronomers believed the earth to be the center of the universe; this was known as the Geocentric Model. Prior to the 17th Century the Catholic Church held onto and defended the Geocentric Model as the divine order of planetary alignment and man’s hierarchy in
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at IC-Agency Global companies have long understood the power and impact of associating popular personalities with their brand name and products. Most will agree that a successful brand ambassador can make or break a new product launch‚ or even catapult a company into a new era of exponential revenues after a long drought of fading brand clout. But these days choosing a brand ambassador isn’t what it used to be. Now‚ with the rapid diffusion of information made possible through the Internet
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