Reaction to Unwind What if your parents could kill you? This is the‚ at times ridiculous‚ premise of Unwind by Neal Shusterman. The book is set in a future world where a war was fought over abortion rights and the compromise they reached was instead of abortion‚ parents could get rid of their children as teens. They do this by having them unwound‚ which is harvesting every part of their body for donation. This concept is the main focus of Unwind. The story follows three characters‚ Connor‚ Risa
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RATE OF REACTIONS. The reaction rate (rate of reaction) or speed of reaction for a reactant or product in a particular reaction is intuitively defined as how fast or slow a reaction takes place. For example‚ the oxidative rusting of iron under the atmosphere is a slow reaction that can take many years‚ but the combustion of cellulose in a fire is a reaction that takes place in fractions of a second (right). Chemical kinetics is the part of physical chemistry that studies reaction rates. The concepts
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Opinion on the Death Penalty The death penalty‚ also referred to as capital punishment‚ has been abolished in Canada since 1976‚ but still exist in a few American States. The last execution in Canada took place in 1962. I disagree with the death penalty for several reasons. My first reason is that I find it extremely inhumane to take someone’s life in order to demonstrate the power of the law. Another reason for my disapproval of the death penalty‚ is the amount of money that it takes to
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Reaction Paper Week 7 In the article Acculturation and Alcohol Treatment in Ethnic Minority Populations: Assessment Issues and Implications‚ the authors research the impact of acculturation on the drinking behavior of minorities‚ specifically older Latino veterans versus older White veterans. In the article‚ acculturation is defined as “ the exchange of cultural features from the continuous firsthand contact of one group to another.” The authors conducted a study that looked at the relationship
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William J. Bennett is a conservative against gay marriage. He has written two books about American culture: The Book of Virtues and The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family. Bennett writes a piece that appeared in the Washington Post on May 21‚ 1996. Gay marriage is a big controversy. The conservative and non-conservative people usually disagree with one another strongly. In the piece Bennett has a clear and strong argument against gay marriage. I believe that in his
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Abstract This experiment is to study the effect of temperature on the rate of reaction between potassium permanganate with oxalic acid. We used 2cm3 of 0.02M potassium permanganate and 4cm3 of 1M sulphuric acid into a test tube. In another test tube‚ we placed 2cm3 of oxalic acid. We placed the test tubes in a water bath at 40‚ 45‚ 50‚ 55 and 60oC respectively. When the solutions have attained these temperatures pour the oxalic acid into the acidified permanganate solution and recorded the time
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Lab #4: Aqueous Reactions Introduction: In this experiment we studied the two different types of aqueous chemical reactions‚ double replacement and single replacement. In a double replacement reaction one or both of the products is an insoluble ionic compound or otherwise known as a precipitate; or a non-electrolyte; or a gas. In a single replacement reaction there is typically a metal and an ionic compound consisting of a metal cation and a non-meatl anion. Singel replacement ractions occur when
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rate of reaction (mol dm-3 s-1) for the following chemical reaction: CaCO3(s) + HCl(aq) CaCl2(s) + H2O(l) + CO2(g) Research question: How does altering concentration (mol dm-3) of hydrochloric acid (HCl) affect the rate of reaction (g/s) for the following reaction: CaCO3(s) + HCl(aq) CaCl2(s) + H2O(l) + CO2(g) Background information: The reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid is an example of a neutralization reaction between an acid and a base. Neutralization reactions involve
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believe in abortion‚ and we do not believe that it should be legal. The other 46% of Americans believe that it should be legal. Those Americans say that it’s not a "human" or "child" until it’s so many months or if it’s born. I say otherwise. In my opinion‚ once a woman is able to even have an abortion‚ the child is human so their killing innocent unborn babies.How would you feel if someone took away your ability to live? Imagine not having any say in whether or not you want to have a life. Well‚ babies
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High School Students’ Conceptions about Energy in Chemical Reactions (focusing only in exothermic and endothermic reactions). Aim The aim of this study is to investigate students’ understanding of the energy concept in chemical reactions particularly in endothermic-exothermic reactions. Both qualitative and quantitative methodology was used for this investigation. A twenty-item multiple choice test was developed about the topic to measure the students’ understandings. This concept test was
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