It is said that around 20 percent of Americans is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. What is this parasite‚ and how does it affect people? Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that affects birds and other animals‚ but it only reproduce sexually in cats. According to Dr. Michael Grigg‚ senior investigator with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases‚ Toxoplasma gondii usually remains dormant in people contracted by it‚ following mild flu-like symptoms. However‚ if
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Data Analysis Does radiation affect the growth of seeds? If‚ plant seeds are exposed to microwave radiation‚ then the seeds will grow less than how a seed is usually grown. The independent variable was the amount of microwave radiation the seeds receive. The dependent variable was the growth of the plant seeds. Control variables were the amount of water (30 mL at a time)‚ the amount of light (11 hours each day)‚ and the amount of seeds. The control group was the non-microwaved seeds. The experimental
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SCIENCE HOW DOES COLOUR AFFECT PLANT GROWTH? AIM To find out if colour affects plant growth‚ and if plants are adaptable to the colour of light‚ and how much light it gets. INTRODUCTION For this Science assignment‚ I chose to find out if the colour and amount of light a plant receives‚ affects plant growth. Light is electromagnetic radiation that comes in waves‚ the basic units of which are called photons. Plants use light to turn carbon dioxide into sugars necessary for growth‚ a process called
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Ethan Shan Ms. Yamamoto World Literature II 9 November 2015 The Past Doesn’t Affect the Future Some say that the future is always influenced by the past. This is often applied to The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In this book‚ the protagonist is haunted by guilt his entire life from the failure to help his friend when he needed it‚ but is given the chance to redeem himself later on in his life. Many people say that the idea of the past influencing the future appears frequently in The Kite Runner
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How Does the Lack of Support Affect Loneliness? Loneliness is defined as a noun for “sadness because one has no friends or company” or as a place for “the place of being unfrequented and remote; isolation”. Loneliness often leads to depression and/or anxiety for those living without friends and family or who are in remote areas where they are isolated from others. It’s important to address the issue of loneliness in today’s modern world. Since many Australians tend to move frequently‚ it’s common
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Photosynthesis Investigation Research Question How does length of pondweed affect the amount of bubbles produced in 2 minutes by pondweed during the process of photosynthesis? Independent variable: Length of pondweed (8/10/12 cm). Dependent variables: amount of bubbles produced in 2 minutes. Control variables: Volume of water in the beaker (500ml)‚ The volume of water has to be the same every time‚ so when doing the experiment I need to make sure I always use these 500 ml that i have already
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Physics GCSE coursework: Resistance of wire Aim: To investigate if the length of wire affects its resistance. Prediction (Hypothesis): I predict that the longer the wire the higher the resistance‚ and the shorter the wire the lower the resistance. Knowledge: Resistance is that property of electric components that turn electric energy into heat in opposing the passing of an electric current.It can be beneficial‚ as in electric heaters‚ or a pest‚ as in light bulbs‚ where the heat
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Shakespeare as we all know wrote many plays‚ sonnets‚ and poems‚ his works however hundreds of years old they still affect modern culture. Anything from tv and movies to the words and phrases we say. Shakespeare has some kind of tie to them. The works of Shakespeare helped make entertainment into what it is today. Many things you would not think to be linked to Shakespeare are. From movies to sayings‚ he is in all of it. Shakespeare’s work however hundreds of years old is viewed every single day…
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There is many points of The Glass Menagerie that affect the characters. They all fall in certain standards of society. Especially the characters that are part of the play. They all are different but they meet certain standards and miss some of them. Sometimes the standards they have to meet are not the ones they want to meet and ignore them. The Glass Menagerie has standards and the characters act very differently to them. The society in the world they live is to revolutionize the states and grow
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Introduction Tenderness is one of the most important components in beef quality. Cattle implants are thought to potentially affect beef tenderness. The influence of implants on beef tenderness can result from different types of implants‚ what muscles are affected‚ as well as consumer preferences. This paper will evaluate some of the possible effects implants have on beef tenderness. Literature Review There are different factors that can be affected by the use of implants. Some of these factors
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