STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Main Problem: How can the ionization chamber detect if the environment is surrounded or has Radon? Sub- Problems: What are the primary sources of radon gas? What elements are found when radon decays? How can this gas cause different kinds of diseases? OBJECTIVE: Build a simple ionization chamber that is capable of detecting fairly low levels of radiation BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Radon is a cancer-causing gas. It comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil
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on the fruit fly (Drosophila Melanogaster) in order to investigate Gregor Mendel’s postulates and determine if his laws were in fact correct. This was done by crossing Virgin Wild type females with Dumpy sepia males‚ and then inter-crossing their progeny (the first filial generation) in order to produce the second filial generation which was then studied. The results of this were designed to illustrate the postulated 9:3:3:1 ratio of wild type: dumpy: sepia; dumpy sepia. Although the results did not
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Jacy Oakes Mrs. Garner English 12 01 May 2017 What did the creature in Frankenstein learn from Paradise Lost Students in a high school have read some form of literature‚ and may even imagine himself as one of the main characters in the literature work. The creature that was created by Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein learned many things on his own‚ but when the creature found a satchel of books and Victor’s journal in the coat pocket the creature was wearing his perspective on
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special elements in the plot of the story. One of the many archetypes in The Metamorphosis is the bug that Gregor‚ the main character‚ wakes up as. This is an animal archetype that is a negative archetype because‚ to his surprise‚ Gregor wakes up as a hideous insect and insects are not looked upon to enjoy or be beneficial. The fact that Gregor was unlucky enough to wake up and have his life so drastically altered without his will is very misfortunate. Another example of an archetype in The Metamorphosis
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He will never fit in with human beings who cannot see past his hideous exterior and into his beautiful heart and soul. Shelley correctly points out that no matter how beautiful a person might be on the inside‚ society refuses to accept those who are different. The Creature’s inability to have personal human contact and
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and Eve‚ is one that is well known among humanity. Simply put‚ it is the story of the origin of mankind; their creation‚ their temptation‚ and their initial sin‚ leading both‚ man and woman‚ and their progeny thereafter‚ to be banished from the Garden of Eden by the Creator Himself. Why us‚ their progeny? Are we to pay for their sin as well? Or are we also sinful in nature and therefore subject to the same punishment? Where did our sinfulness come from? Is it a punishment? The answers to these questions
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Barbara Kingsolver uses her own background in ecology and evolutionary biology to inform the natural order of a fictionalized Appalachia.[2] She argues for a Darwinian view of the necessity of human relationships and the passing on of knowledge via progeny: humans must reproduce and raise offspring communally in order to ensure the propagation of both their species and their ideas. By demolishing the presumed autonomy that Deanna has assumed‚ that Garnett has adopted after the death of his wife‚ that
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forced into the governments opinion of equality? In Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s short story "Harrison Bergeron"‚ it is the year 2081 and the government has altered society to be mentally‚ physically and socially equal. The beautiful people are covered with hideous masks‚ the intelligent people wear ear pieces that let off loud obnoxious sounds at random to throw off there thought process and the strong people wear weights to be equal to the weaker people. The society is not equal because no one can truly be
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physical appearance of the Creature. The Creature will never be accepted as a human by other humans because of the physical appearance. The Creature has enormous height and according to Mary Shelley he can be described as a hideous creature. “Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned away from me in disgust?”
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Unlike most fairy tales‚ "Beauty and the Beast" has been a traditional tale where there are two paths to be developed in which Beauty faces challenges and the transformation that is sustained by Beast. Therefore‚ this shows how two opposing allegorical characters resolve their differences in joining wedlock. The version of "Beauty of the Beast" by Madame de Beaumont shows how Beauty ’s happiness is found on her abstract quality of good features. In this version‚ Madame de Beaumont not only stresses
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