Spider silk What is Spider silk? Spider silk is incredibly tough and it is stronger by weight than steel. Quantitatively‚ spider silk is five times stronger than steel of the same diameter. It has been suggested that a Boeing 747 could be stopped in flight by a single pencil-width strand and spider silk is almost as strong as Kevlar‚ the toughest man-made polymer. It is finer than the human hair and is able to keep its strength below -40°C. Spider silk is also very elastic and capture
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Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs‚ and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms.[1] Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica‚ and have become established in nearly every habitat with the exception of air and sea colonization. As of 2008‚ approximately 40‚000 spider species‚ and 109 families have been recorded by
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and efficiency (HarleyDavidson) Product focus‚ very low variable cost (International Paper) Mass customization‚ low cost‚ rapid response to unique customer demands. (Dell Computer) I Motorcycles I I 3. Service blueprinting is a process analysis technique that focuses on the provider’s interaction with the customer. 4. Process reengineering is the rethinking and radical design of business processes to bring about dramatic improvements in performance. 5. Techniques for improving service productivity
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female Bolas spider is inactive‚ although she can often be found in fairly exposed places. The male is much smaller than the female. The females provide a remarkable example of aggressive mimicry when they release chemicalssimilar to the sex attractants that are produced by female moths to attract males. They produce three chemicals that are identical to those produced by the moth. Thus‚ the main prey for these spiders is male moths. Stowe‚ Mark K.‚ et al; "Chemical Mimicry: Bolas Spiders Emit Components
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Prose Reader “We Are Training Our Kids to Kill” Understanding Details 1. According to Grossman‚ the “virus of violence” is referring to the increase of murder‚ attempted murder‚ and assault rates in not only America but many places around the world. Although the population has been increasing‚ both the assault and murder rate are significantly high. Grossman quotes‚ “Today‚ both our assault rate and murder rate are at phenomenally high levels. Both are increasing worldwide” (Paragraph 6) Then
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Project Web Project web is a plan to end all vehicle transportation. This will bring the world to a new age. Spider silk is the key to this project. Its strength is very important. Its stickiness helps catch prey. The production of silk is very important. First‚ strength of silk. Second‚ the stickiness of silk. Last‚ the production of silk. The strength of silk can keep bugs from breaking through. It also prevents them from falling down. The strength of it also prevents snapping randomly. Dragline
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do Wolf Spiders Prefer to Live in and What is Their Response to a Change in Environment? Abstract What environment do wolf spiders prefer to live in and what is their response to a change in environment? After performing experiments on wolf spiders it was determined that they prefer to reside in an area covered with leaves over an area devoid of any material. It was also determined that temperature plays a role in how much weight a spider can gain. As temperatures lower spiders on average
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In both Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Iain Banks’ The Wasp Factory‚ gender constructions are explored and manipulated to show the harmful effects that social norms of a patriarchal society can have on an individual’s psyche. Gender is a social construct which dictates how men and women should act in different situations; therefore‚ since both authors create characters who transgress the boundaries of this construct‚ it is implied that there cannot be a clear line between genders. However‚ whilst Morrison
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Paragraph 3: 5/5 What are some possible human uses for spider silk? 5/5 How are humans influenced by spider silk when developing products or new inventions? 5/5 Are there other organisms that produce silk besides spiders? If so‚ describe the organisms. A spider’s silk is made up of a chain of amino acids. This means that it is a protein. There are two primary amino acids called glycine and alanine. Spider silk is very strong and is about five times strong than steel and twice as strong as
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Appetite for spiders: Fact? Social Experiment? Origin? You may have heard or read someone say that you swallow eight spiders in your sleep. Did you believe them when you heard this? Did it freak you out? You may find comfort in the fact that this is not true. Let’s go into the mind of a spider for one second. Imagine you’re a small spider crawling inside a house‚ and you see a large creature. It is moving around a bit‚ you hear it snore‚ it’s chest is rising up and down from it’s breath. That’s
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