The History of Clocks | |The history of clocks is very long‚ and there have been many different types of clocks over the centuries. Not all historians agree on the history of the clock. The word clock was first used in the 14th century (about 700 years ago). It comes from the word for bell in Latin ("clocca"). Using the Sun The first way that people could tell the time was by looking at the sun as it crossed the sky. When the sun was directly overhead in the sky‚ it was the middle of the day‚ or
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show which of the following items are minerals or not minerals. If not a mineral‚ explain why it is not. MINERAL? YES NO EXPLANATIONS Rain water Quartz Coal Silver Wood Synthetic diamonds Halite Activity 1.2 Luster 1. Examine the luster of the minerals and place the letters that corresponds to the luster exhibited. Quartz _________ Galena _________ Limonite _______ Gypsum ________ Talc ___________ Native copper _________ 2. LAB REPORT 1. Name the physical property described
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cold. Numbers are placed alongside the glass tube that mark the temperature when the line is at that point. _________________________________________________________________ The quartz thermometer is a high-precision‚ high accuracy temperature sensor. It measures temperature by measuring the frequency of a quartz crystal oscillator[->3]. The oscillator contains a specially cut crystal that results in a linear temperature coefficient of frequency‚ so the measurement of the temperature is essentially
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SHANTHAN REDDY BANDI AQUALISA QUARTZ: Simply a better Shower Inspite of possessing differentiable features from that of the competition‚ the product (Aqualisa Quartz showers) was not speaking for itself. The product mainly was focused to resolve the issues faced by the plumber and customers but did not attract sales as much as expected. The product was not gaining enough momentum to gather sales that the makers expected due to reasons such as its high price‚ inefficient marketing and no brand
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GENERAL GEOLOGY - GEOL 1113 EXAM I WITH ANSWERS - Spring 2002 Below you will find the questions and answers for Exam I in my General Geology class. The correct answer for each question is highlighted in bold face green type. While you are reviewing the exam‚ pause at the questions you find you missed and try to understand why you missed them. Really understanding this will require not only that you understand why your answer is incorrect‚ but also why you chose it in the first place. Were you confused
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1. A ________ is a well-tested and widely accepted view that best explains certain scientific observations. Answer | | hypothesis | | | generalization | | | law | | | theory | 2 points Question 2 1. What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology? Answer | | physical geology is the study of fossils and sequences of rock strata; historical geology is the study of how rocks and minerals were used in the past |
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TERMS AGATE: an ornamental stone consisting of a hard variety of chalcedony‚ typically banded in appearance. AGENTS OF METAMORPHISM: heat‚ pressure‚ chemicals AGENTS OF TRANSPORTATION: wind‚ ice‚ water AMPHIBOLE: any of a class of rock-forming silicate or aluminosilicate minerals typically occurring as fibrous or columnar crystals. ANDESITE: a dark‚ fine-grained‚ brown or grayish volcanic rock that is intermediate in composition between rhyolite and basalt. ANTHRACITE: coal of a hard
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The Laser Before we can learn about the laser we need to know a little bit about light (since that is what a laser is made of). Light from our sun‚ or from an electric bulb‚ is called white light. It is really a mixture of all the different colours of light. The colours range from violet‚ indigo‚ and blue‚ to green‚ yellow‚ orange‚ and red. These make up the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Light is made up of particles‚ called PHOTONS‚ which travel in waves. The difference in
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certainty: What was confusing about this mineral? What other minerals do you think it could be? Remember‚ the minerals in the virtual lab include seven of the following: borax‚ calcite‚ corundum‚ graphite‚ gypsum‚ orthoclase feldspar‚ pyrite‚ quartz‚ talc‚ and topaz. Identification of Mineral Percent Certain Explanation of Certainty Example: Fluorite 80% certain I am almost certain this mineral is fluorite‚ but I am not completely sure. Fluorite and gypsum are both white‚ shiny‚ have
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