Ailine Veiga Question: what is the heat of fusion of ice? Hypothesis: To get the heat of fusion of ice we need to determine the Energy it takes to melt the ice and also the mass of the ice and determine the heat of fusion. To determine the mass of the ice melted (m) we start by determine the volume of the water generated when the ice melted. This is the difference between the final volume (v2) and the initial volume (v1). Using the density of water (1.0g/mL)‚ this volume can be converted into mass
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I began reading Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror without doing any pre-reading about the subject of the play or the author. When I read over the long list of "characters" for the play‚ I thought I would never be able to keep up with who’s who. Before beginning to read the first scene‚ I was unaware that the play was a succession of verbatim monologues from real people. I thought‚ "Wow‚ this is different." Honestly‚ I have probably read about the Crown Heights riots beforein fact I probably
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Case Analysis: Pinto Fires Introduction Greed is the root to evil or at least the motivation behind some corporations making a good‚ ethical decision. The Ford Motor Company fell into a trap of greed that would cost many human lives. Before the disaster of the Pinto Fires‚ Ford had a reputation as being the safety pioneer in the automobile industry with additions such as the seat belts. However‚ as the invention of small cars began to take emerge Ford began to loose market shares to the foreign
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The problem of the ice melting The melting of polar ice is primarily caused by the increasing amount of gas emissions‚ mainly CO2 rising into the atmosphere (global warming) Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth ’s atmosphere and oceans. Since the early 20th century‚ Earth ’s mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C. Scientists are more than 90% sure that it is caused by rising amount of concentrations of greenhouse gases‚ which are produced by human activities
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The fire within is a non-fiction children’s book. Written by Chris d’Lacy this quirky book also includes a bit of fantasy and drama. It is set in present time with the main character being a young man about 20 who is a lodger with a small family that consists of Liz‚ the mother and Lucy‚ the hyperactive imaginative little seven year old girl. As soon as David (the lodger) enters the home he knows there is something a little weird about this family because no normal family he knows of has clay models
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Thesis statement: Scientific discoveries can lead to disasters after the wrong people get the scientific discovery in their hands such as the A-bomb and Ice-nine which caused many fatalities including the people who made this mistake. The A-bomb that dropped on Hiroshima was a fatal discovery that was not needed at the moment and was only used to cause fatalities. John sending a letter to Newt Hoenikker asking him to explain what he was doing when the A-bomb dropped. Newt replied stating he was
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Self-centered Teen or Thought-invoking Speaker : "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde The speaker in Audre Lord’s poem "Hanging Fire" is extremely self-centered. Does this limit the poem’s ability to say anything of general value? A simple read of "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde might lead one to conclude that there is no real value in this self-centered poem. However‚ upon critical analysis‚ one can obtain valuable insights from the poem. The 14-year-old speaker deals with major issues that plague the adolescent
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Steven Pressfield’s The Gates of Fire is set in the fifth century B.C. in Greece. The story revolves around the famous battle of Thermopylae where three hundred Spartans held off hundreds of thousands of Persians‚ saving Greece. Pressfield creates a fictional story around the battle where one man‚ a squire named Xeones‚ survives to tell the Spartan story of the battle and the events preceding it. Xeones‚ who is the protagonist‚ tells his life story to the royal Persian historian while in captivity
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Amy’s ice Cream | Doing Business Privately | [ | Doing Business Privately: Amy’s Ice Creams * How does Amy’s Ice Creams differ from a publicly held corporation? Her stock is remains with family and friends and not the open public. * What are some advantages of corporate ownership for a firm such as Amy’s Ice Creams? Limited liability‚ continuity‚ sells more stock to earn more money. * How well do you think Amy’s Ice Creams is working to ensure its continued survival
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Ice Fishing Tips You Must Know Are you looking of another brand of fun and adventure? Are you the kind of person who would travel the world in search of a new thing to do? Or are you dying to try another fun-filled activity where you can also learn about something? Well you might want to consider driving your car out of your steel garage door in Kansas or Arizona and drive your way to the North where you can do ice fishing. Ice fishing is such a fun thing to do. Although it is not as easy as regular
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