particular atom‚ or group of atoms‚ (FUNCTIONAL GROUP) in their structure. Catenation The ability to form bonds between atoms of the same element. Carbon catenates to form chains and rings‚ with single‚ double and/or triple covalent bonds. Q.1 • Why does carbon form so many catenated compounds ? • Why does silicon undergo catenation to a lesser extent than carbon ? Homologous Series A series of compounds of similar structure in which each member differs from the next by a common
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My Grandma was raised having a horse as her main source of traveling. However‚things have greatly changed over the past few generations. Now days‚ the car is themain form of transportation for the majority of people. Everyone has at least one car.This has been a pretty important transformation for the world. The invention of cars haschanged the entire world. With the car people can have a simple form of transportation.Also‚ it was made possible for people to travel long-distances. It has opened manydoors
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Comparing life today with life fifty years ago‚ there are many dramatic changes. There are new forms of media such as Television and the Internet. Family structures and emphasis on values today are nothing like what they were fifty years ago. Even people’s life goals and outlook on life are different. With all of these changes it is no wonder why people believe life today for a teenager is far harder than it was fifty years ago. Teenagers fifty years ago lived a sheltered life compare to those of
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American Family Structure from WWII to Present Day Everyone on the planet has a family‚ but not everyone sees eye to eye about what constitutes as a “real” family. Since WWII‚ the structure of the American family has been constantly changing. The “normal” American family is known as the nuclear family‚ with a mother‚ father‚ son‚ daughter‚ and occasionally‚ a pet. But as time has progressed‚ the nuclear family has had to make room for larger families‚ single parent families‚ biracial families‚ and
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nineteenth century‚ the nuclear family‚ consisting of only parents and their children‚ took the ascendancy of the extended family of more than two generations (and often several alternative lines). Simultaneously‚ the number of children per couple has been declining. The evolutions of the economic functions of the family were characterized by significant changes in the organization of production. Indeed in traditional societies (even in the early twentieth century)‚ the family is the workplace where all
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An examination of the impact of cultural changes‚ in particular popular music‚ over the past fifty-five years on retailing‚ in particular fashion retailing Fashion and popular music are constantly adjusting and changing as they are being impacted on by factors such as current social-cultural changes and the economy. This essay is exploring how these two elements have changed‚ affected and influenced each other over three decades in the late 20th century. Data will be gathered in the form of primary
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* Past Year Questions MUET Malaysian University English Test (MUET) Paper 4 (writing) You are advised to spend about 50 minutes on this task. * Mid Year 2011 MUET.You are advised to spend about 50 minutes on this task. * “The most valuable thing in life is friendship.” Do you agree? Discuss. You should write at least350 words. * End Year “A person’s choice should be determined by his or her interest.” Discuss. * March- Year 2012 MUET “Education is the most important factor in the
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Analyzing family change in three generations of my family‚ I found glaring distinctions between all three‚ but there are also some similarities that have seeped through the generations and still remain. Most of my family is still situated in very rural parts of Mexico and all three generations of my family were born and raised in Mexico for some time including my generation. Culture and Poverty have strongly influenced the family change that has occurred through the three generations‚ but there are
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Some may call it the "fabulous fifties‚" but others call it a time of "tensions and insecurities." Several people think back on the fifties and remember them as the "good old days‚" while others think of it as a time of crisis and terror. Although Americans were faced with many hardships throughout the fifties‚ I think that the positive aspects such as the new technologies‚ growing economy‚ higher focus on education‚ and growing job opportunities of the era outnumber the negative aspects‚ such
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beauty that derives from the art of writing. Fifty Shades trilogy classifies as one of those distasteful works that makes one cringes and squirm. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James is a disgrace to all literary works and epidemic sweeping the nations. Within the pages of the book‚ lies unforgivable sins and crimes that cannot be unread or forgotten. The book itself‚ has its faults and is not scholarly or worth reading. The main characters in Fifty Shades of Grey possess immensely fatal flaws.
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