Extended Response Writing in HSC Geography There are two parts to approaching an extended response: 1. Reading the question 2. Writing the response 1. Reading the Question By effectively reading the question you find out what FACTS and TOPICS are required how the examiners want you to answer it. 3 How do I effectively read the question? 4 Determine what syllabus dot point it is from? All questions are based on a syllabus dot point. Once you can recognise
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Essay 15 November 2013 Nuclear Weapons should be Extirpate Nuclear weapons are considered serious threats to the human race and have made the world an insecure residence for living organisms. Nuclear weapons are destructive weapons that obtain its force from nuclear fission and nuclear fusion reaction. Both are theses producers are very harmful for the living organism. Nuclear weapons were first conducted in world war2 on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in
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Does the existence of nuclear weapons facilitate greater stability in international politics? Why/why not? The existence of nuclear weapons for better or worse have indubitably impacted our lives in one way or the other. There are the some who find these weapons to be singularly beneficial. For example Defence Analyst Edward Luttwak said “we have lived since 1945 without another world war precisely because rational minds…extracted a durable peace from the very terror of nuclear weapons.” (Luttwak
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THE PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE Nuclear energy is a powerful source of energy compared to other conventional fuels. All crude oil based fuels derive their energy from oxidation‚ which is a change in the energy levels of electrons outside the nucleus. However‚ nuclear energy derives power from changes in the nuclear energy levels of the atomic nucleus! Tremendous energy lies locked up inside a radioactive nucleus and nuclear fission is a way of tapping this energy. Nuclear power plants derive
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ID:27336255 ! Nuclear electric power generation ! Outline the development of a new area of research in your field.Account for its importance and evaluate the extent of its usefulness. Outline Introduction ! People are facing with energy shortage which will affect economic growth.Nuclear electrical power generation is a new type of power generation‚it contains advantages and disadvantages‚both of them are discussed and put forward whether nuclear power generation will completely
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past 10 years the usage of nuclear energy has become one of the most polarizing issues of the world. Especially in the Middle East when a country reveals information about its nuclear program‚ the west considers this country as a threat and tries all possible ways to stop this program. B. Thesis Statement. Nuclear energy is a double edged sword. It is every country’s right to own nuclear weapons as a defence mechanism against any outside threat. A country that owns a nuclear weapon is feared and respected
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What can make the world go boom‚ nuclear fission? While nuclear fission has been used as a bomb in the events of Hiroshima it has been used now to produce 40 million kilowatts of energy per day for every ton of uranium. Nuclear fission is when a heavy nucleus disintegrates into two nuclei approximately equal sizes. In the beginning of our understanding of nuclear fission‚ fission was first used and discovered by two German physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch‚ in 1939. However‚ they were not
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NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE ANSWER by Helen Caldicott [Editor’s note: The following is the Introduction to Dr. Helen Caldicott’s new book Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer.] “[Nuclear power] is a very important part of our energy policy today in the U.S. . . . America’s electricity is already being provided through the nuclear industry efficiently‚ safely‚ and with no discharge of greenhouse gases or emissions.” —Vice President Cheney in a speech to the Nuclear Energy Institute‚ May 22‚ 2001 “The 103
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Table of content P 1………………………………………… Introduction P 1-2…………………………………….. What is the nuclear energy? P 2-3-4………………………………….. Avantages and disadvantages P 4-5……………………………………..Nuclear energy in the US P 5……………………………………….Conclusion P6………………………………………..Citations The nuclear energy While demand for energy continues to rise due the continuous need of energy in developing and developed countries and the fast decrease of natural non renewable sources of energy
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Nuclear energy – Uses and abuses Nuclear energy is the energy created from the nucleus of atoms. The nuclear power is released in nuclear reactions which can be nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. In nuclear fusion‚ atoms combine together to form a larger atom. This is accompanied by the release or absorption of energy. Large scale fusion processes involve very high temperatures and densities‚ such as the production of energy from the sun and the shine from stars we see in the night sky. On the
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