especially in the nervous or cardiovascular systems. In this lab‚ we will put blackworms into the Nicotine to look at the differences in pulse rates when compared to a control. The proper name for blackworms is Lumbriculus Variegatus‚ they are freshwater worms most commonly found in North America and Europe. The blood in blackworms circulates from the dorsal blood vessel toward the head through a series of rhythmic contractions. A common pulse rate for the blackworm is 7 to 8 pulse/minute. Hypothesis-
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to have people remember his name. He wants to live and long and easy life but when it comes to battles and saving other people’s lives‚ he has to think which is better‚ his life‚ or the lives of others. Achilles is on of the main characters in the Trojan War. When Achilles was a new born baby‚ his mother wanted to make him immortal so she dipped him in the river Styx. Another version is that Thetis covered Achilles in ambrosia and put him on top of a fire to burn away his
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VERMICOMPOSTING Vermicomposting is the practice of using worms to break down food scraps. The resulting material is a mix of worm castings and decomposed food scraps. The word "vermi" is Latin for worm. Worms like to feed on slowly decomposing organic materials like fruit and vegetable scraps. The worms produce castings that are full of beneficial microbes and nutrients‚ which makes a great plant fertilizer. Worms are very efficient at breaking down food scraps and can eat over half their body weight
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destroying or corrupting data. If the infected software is transferred to or accessed by another computer system‚ the virus spreads to the other system. Viruses have become a serious problem in recent years‚ and currently‚ thousands of known virus programs exist (Reed 85-102). Three types of viruses are a boot sector viruses‚ file virus‚ and Trojan horse virus. A boot sector virus infects the boot program used to start the system. When the infected boot program executes‚ the virus is loaded into the
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The Horses The Horses by Edwin Muir describes a nuclear catastrophe and the reliance people have on technology. It describes how man would react when technology was no longer available to us. Initially people would listen for anything on the radio that would give them news‚ then they would observe the aftermath of the war‚ for example “a warship passed us‚ heading north‚ Dead bodies piled on the deck.” The narrator describes how even if the radio were to come on again‚ they would ignore it as
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Viruses‚ Viroids‚ and Prions copyright cmassengale 1 Are Viruses Living or Non-living? Viruses are both and neither They have some properties of life but not others For example‚ viruses can be killed‚ even crystallized like table salt However‚ they can’t maintain a constant internal state (homeostasis). copyright cmassengale 2 What are Viruses? A virus is a noncellular particle made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. copyright cmassengale 3 Viral History copyright
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Are Viruses Alive? For years‚ scientists debated whether or not viruses are living organisms. The most confusing thing about viruses is that they display characteristics of both living and nonliving beings (Lourerio‚ 2006). Even after years of research and argument‚ we have not come to a final conclusion to this mind boggling question: Are viruses alive? Viruses are miniscule parasites that spread infection through all species of living things‚ plants and animals. Parasites are completely dependent
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A comparison between Trolli‚ Sweet Smiles‚ and Haribo Gummy Worm: Flavor‚ Chewiness‚ and Elasticity Vintrelle T. Hart Ferrum College INTRODUCTION The purpose of the design is to test and compare three brands of gummy bears. The three bands we will be testing are Trolli‚ Sweet Smiles‚ and Haribo. The purpose of the experiment was to test and compare the three brands to determine which has the best chewiness and which has the best flavor. The third criteria tested was the elasticity between the
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Response So‚ the language these authors use in this situation is really amplifying the feelings in which the character is disliking the food that they are eating. In "The Worm"‚ it says in stanza 4‚ "I didn’t like the taste a bit‚ so I didn’t swallow it." Instead of saying‚ I didn’t like the worm so I spit it out‚ or something like that which would sound blander than what the author really used. And in hatchet Gary Paulsen used figure of speech to describe the feeling of eating a turtle egg. On
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Change over the course of generations 2 Viruses Over 4‚000 different types of viruses Virus have their own genomes‚ but are considered nonliving Must be taken up by a living cell to replicate 3 4 Viral genetics Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) first virus discovered in 1883 Yellow fever: first human virus discovered 1900 5 Differences Host range Number of species and cell types that can be infected Structural All viruses have a capsid (protein coat) but it varies in
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