1 Elsewhere in the 33 states and UTs study‚ milk was found adulterated with detergent‚ fat and even urea‚ besides the age-old dilution with water. Across the country‚ 68.4% of samples were found contaminated. Only in Goa and Puducherry did 100% of the samples tested conform to required standards. At the other end were West Bengal‚ Bihar‚ Chhattisgarh‚ Jharkhand‚ Orissa and Mizoram‚ where not a single sample tested met the norms. Other prominent states fared just a shade better. Around 89% of the
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organisms such as nitrogen fixing bacteria. Soil is important because it is the fuel to the plants that we need in order to survive and for all species to survive. Soil absorbs nutrients and water that plants then use in order to develop‚ which supports life through the food web. Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to be able to understand the importance of differing soil and to be able to determine the type of soil that was given. This would also help in understanding each type of soil and the nutrients
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not be able to support life. Since 2005‚ we have found more and more ‘super-Earths’‚ which is a term used for an extrasolar planet that has a mass higher than planet Earth’s but below the mass of the solar systems’ gas giants. In some cases‚ these super-Earths contain water as well as potential living support. In 2011‚ fifty new planets were found. Sixteen of them are super-Earths. As the article states‚ these planets were found by a High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher – HARPS for short
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Terrestrial and Jovian Planets Our solar system contains nine planets‚ which are broken down into 2 classifications known as terrestrial planets and jovian planets. The terrestrial planets are composed primarily of rock and metal. They also generally have high densities‚ slow rotation‚ solid surfaces‚ no rings‚ and few satellites. These planets include Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ and Mars. On the other hand‚ the jovian planets are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. They generally have
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A Potentially Habitable Planet? A team of astronomers led by Steven Vogt of the University of California‚ and Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington have found a rocky earth-sized planet that might be habitable (Haghighipour‚ Nader 2010). The new exoplanet called Gliese 581g orbits the red dwarf star Gliese 581 in the constellation Libra and it is the sixth planet that the astronomers have found around its star. Gliese 581g is about 20 light years away‚ which is roughly 117.5 trillion
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Bacon‚ a famous essayist and poet wrote about the influences of fear on everyday life. He stated‚ "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales‚ so is the other" (Essays Dedication of Death). Clearly‚ external surroundings affect perceptions of fear as well as human nature in general. Although C.S. Lewis published the novel‚ Out of the Silent Planet‚ over three centuries after Bacon wrote his theory on fear‚ Lewis similarly portrayed
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Madagascar: Deterioration of the Innocent Land A Reaction Paper from Madagascar: The Vanishing Planet Renowned as the fourth largest island in the world and serves as the habitat for millions of different flora and fauna species‚ Madagascar really fascinates people with its astonishing biodiversity. But with the present day factors that threaten the innocent land‚ many of the rest of Madagascar’s unique creatures are at risk. Madagascar has been designated as a biodiversity hotspot. Most of its
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Part I HPI To show that measuring overall sustainability and enjoyment of life is more important in order to progress as a species than measuring just profit or just production. Rank the countries of the world using criteria that accounts for life expectancy‚ economic footprint‚ and experienced well being Showing that the path towards a happy planet‚ and in turn happy humans‚ is all about balance between man‚ nature‚ and technology. 1. It quickly become apparent that most nations who are at
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Week 4 Assignment 1 Angel Vance REL 212 Laila Khalid Ghauri This week’s assignment is about religious life on planet earth. There are many different types of religion all over the world‚ and people are always free to pick what religion that they want to join or follow. There is never any one specific kind of religion that everyone follows. Religion can be found all over the place‚ and can be seen in things that people do every day. Some religions chant‚ some pray‚ and some have rituals that
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The solar system consists of the Sun and 9 planets revolving around it in different orbits. The statistics of the sun and the planets are given below : SUN Age : About 5 Billion years Distance : 149.8 Million Kms Diameter : 1‚38‚400 Kms. Photosphere temperature : 5‚770 K Core temperature : 150‚000‚000 K Absolute visual magnitude : 4.75 Rotation (as seen from the earth at the equator) : 25.38 days Rotation (near the poles) : 33 days The sun consists of 71% of Hydrogen‚ 26.5% Helium and
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