Acid rain is rain that has become acidic‚ because of air pollutants in the atmosphere. Rain has a normal pH level of around 5-5.5 which is only slightly acidic. 7 on the pH scale is the neutral and anything below that is considered acidic. Acid rain has a pH level around 4 which is 10 times more acidic. Acid rain can fall in many different ways and has many effects on the environment. Acid rain is caused by air pollutants in the atmosphere. These air pollutants are mainly from man made resources
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Acid rain is a common term for pollution caused when sulfur and nitrogen dioxides combine with atmospheric moisture to produce a rain‚ snow‚ or hail of sulfuric and nitric acids. Such pollution may also be suspended in a fog‚ or the pollutants may be deposited in dry form. Environmental damage from acid rain has been reported in northern Europe and North America. High levels of acid rain have also been detected in other areas of the world‚ such as above the tropical rain forest of Africa. Acid rain
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Colleen Chatcavage English 121 Dr. Kika Dorsey 3/18/12 Cats vs. Dogs There comes a time in most people’s lives when they decide upon choosing a pet for their household. Whether it should be a fish‚ bird‚ rodent or reptile‚ many push those ideas aside and choose the most common household pet; a cat or a dog. Dogs and cats share many interesting characteristics‚ but inside they are completely opposite animals. Each has its own attitude‚ needs and habits. Once you understand these differences
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Text Messaging and its Effects on Teens ’ Grammar Background Information "IYO TXTng = Gd 4 or NME of GMR?" If you cannot understand the previous statement‚ then you most likely have not been exposed to the language of text messaging. Who are the creators of this language? The answer is today ’s teenagers. The translation for the opening sentence is‚ "In your opinion‚ is texting good for or the enemy of grammar?" Text messaging has surely given our society a quick means through which to communicate
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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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The Black Cat Question 1. What are the conflicts in “The Black Cat”? (What types of conflict‚ moral‚ intellectual‚ or emotional do you see in this story? There are many conflicts in “The Black Cat”. The narrator likes animals‚ and he loves his wife‚ but he killed them because he is an alcoholic. The killing of the black cat and his wife by the narrator are two example of physical conflict. When the man sobered on the second day‚ he feels guilty about the killing of Pluto‚ but he killed the second
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Text 6: Glory Glory Be to Chocolate- Naught But Nic Contextual detail: Taken from the authors book “From the Devils Pulpit” the text was publish in 1997 and was written by the author John Agard. John Agard is a man who was born in Guyana. This is significant because Guyana is located on the Caribbean Coast of South America‚ a country where simple foods are seen as luxurious as they have one of the poorest economies of South America. Text 6 Genre Poem taken from a section of the book “From the Devil’s
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1 CHAPTER 12 Changing land tenure‚ defining subjects: Neoliberalism and property regimes on native reserves Jessica Dempsey‚ Kevin Gould and Juanita Sundberg Note: This may not be the final version of the chapter‚ as it is currently in process of publication. These are contradictory times in Canada. The United Nations (UN) Development Index consistently ranks Canada among the top 10 states‚ yet First Nations in Canada would rank sixtyeighth (Assembly of First Nations n.d.). One out of four
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Robert Darnton Great Cat Massacre - booknotes on Chapters 2‚ 3‚ 4 Chapter 2 Workers Revolt - The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Severin Story of the great cat massacre told by Nicolas Contat‚ main figures - 2 fictionalized figures Jerome and Leveille‚ apprentices in the shop of Jacques Vincent.75 killing the cats as a way of getting back at the master‚ stood out as the most hilarious experience in Jerome’s career.75-7 But how could 18th C. mind find such cruelty hilarious? Certainly
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Cat Scratch Disease Sarah Hall Section 321 Professor Augustin June 20‚ 2011 Cat scratch disease is a bacterial infection that causes the swelling of lymph nodes‚ due to a scratch‚ lick‚ or bite of a cat. Forty percent of cats carry the bacteria in their saliva at some point in time in their lives. Cats that carry the disease usually do not show any signs of illness. Most people contract the disease after being scratched or bitten. More than 90% of people who contract it had contact with cats
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