What is Rain? Rain‚ Rain‚ go away‚ come back another day we all remember singing that as children. Back in those days‚ rain just meant we could not play outside. What is rain though? To some it is the spherical combination of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. To others rain means a bad hair day. Many people don’t have a specific definition of rain; others have different meanings because of different backgrounds. To me rain evokes emotions. Rain makes me think gloomy‚ depressed thoughts
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Singin’ In The Rain The author wrote this play for entertainment purposes‚ and also to depict Hollywood’s transition from silent films to "talkies". Though there doesn’t really seem to be any important messages or meanings to the play‚ I felt that the main message behind the play is that things are not always what they seem to be‚ and this was displayed multiple times throughout the play. Don Lockwood and Lena Lamont were thought to be together because of propaganda. Lockwood and his love
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Describe how you have spent summer (or long school) vacations during the past two years. Few years ago‚ we took a vacation to my grandmother’s place. It was a long exhausting journey to our destination I remember traveling in that crowded bus and from then on I don’t remember how I got from that bus to my grandmother’s home. I just recall sleeping through out the entire journey. The very next morning we decided to leave for a nearby waterfall. I took the responsibility to pack our snacks
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Many species of animals live in the Amazon Rain Forest. The rain forest itself‚ covering nearly 40 percent of South America‚ contains one in every ten species known on earth (“World’s” 1). Around 500 species of mammals‚ 475 reptiles‚ and one third of the world’s birds live in the Amazon. Although they all live in the same general area‚ animals have different habitats‚ diets‚ and life spans. A few of the many animals are the Scarlet macaw‚ Anaconda‚ Giant Amazon River Turtle‚ and the Howler Monkey
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March 28‚ 2014 ACID RAIN ENVIRONMENAL EFFECTS What is acid rain? It’s a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic‚ meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have harmful effects on plants‚ aquatic animals and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide‚ which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. The most obvious environmental effect of acid rain has been the loss of
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feel . That is called the tone of the story. In the poem “There Will Be Soft Rains.” the author sets a tone of loveliness and loneliness. The author goes into a tone like fear and loveliness like when the house was on fire the house could not tack the fire it was completely helpless. The story “tell tale heart. “ is another story example with a tone of cushion and snooping around. In the story “There Will Come Soft rains” the author’s tone is one of order and routine. Until a tree limb fall through
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Summer Reading * Bronx Masquerade * The Silver Kiss * Canyons Title: The Bronx Masquerade Author: Nikki Grimes Point of view: First Person Setting-Time and Place: Present Day‚ in theBronx‚ NY All Main Characters and Descriptions * Tyrone Bittings: Dad Died‚ doesn’t like white people. * Chankara Troupe: Abused by her boyfriend‚ writes very good poems. * Raul Ramirez: Painter‚ Writes a well-written Zorro Poem. * Diondra Jordan: Painter‚ father wants her to
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Acid Rain and its Chemistry Acid rain is a type of pollution that is becoming a major threat to our planet and is need of attention. Acid rain has significantly increased ever since the industrial revolution‚ and now around the world‚ countries like Russia‚ China‚ and those in Europe are facing increasing levels of acidity in their rain. Not only is it becoming more acidic but it is also spreading by the pumping of sulfuric gasses deeper into the atmosphere from of the use of taller smokestacks
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The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect acid rain has on seed germination and after performing this experiment is can be concluded that acid rain has a negative effect on seed germination. When seeds are soaked in an acidic solution the process of germination slows. Acidic solutions‚ while do slow growth of a seed‚ they do not kill the seed. A seed can be dormant for a majority of its lifespan‚ seeds watered with acid solutions stayed in a dormant condition. For example‚ trial three
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Acid Rain Definition: The term acid rain refers to what scientists call acid deposition. It is caused by airborne acidic pollutants and has highly destructive results. Scientists first discovered acid rain in 1852‚ when the English chemist Robert Agnus invented the term. From then until now‚ acid rain has been an issue of intense debate among scientists and policy makers. Acid rain‚ one of the most important environmental problems of all‚ cannot be seen. The invisible gases that cause acid
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