Lesson 08.01: Half-life and Radioactive Decay · Distinguish between nuclear and chemical reactions. · Compare and contrast different types of nuclear decay and the properties of the three types of radiation (alpha‚ beta‚ and gamma) discussed in the lesson. · Be able to predict the isotope or radiation produced by a nuclear decay reaction when the other product is given. · Describe and make predictions regarding half-life‚ including using a graph or set of data to determine the half-life of
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quote is being given to explain how the drone evolution has grown in fighting terrorists. Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are used for many different things in our world today. The drone originally invented by Reginald Denny and started as hot air balloons and worked down to the small sized drones that we see today. There are many types of military drones‚ for example‚ hunter drones‚ killing drones‚ surveillance drones‚etc. Some drones are used to gather information‚ see things that most
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Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. TYPES OF POLLUTION Water Pollution As the name suggests‚ “Water Pollution” is the type of pollution that involves the contamination of various water bodies. Various aquatic creatures
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POLLUTION Pollution is the introduction of a containment into the environment. It is created to mostly by human actions‚ but can also be a result of natural disasters. Pollution has a detrimental effect on any living organism in an environment‚ making it virtually impossible to sustain life. Pollution harms the Earth’s environment and its inhabitants in many ways. The three main types of pollution are: Land Pollution‚ Air Pollution‚ and Water Pollution. AIR POLLUTION Air Pollution consists
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Pollution‚ we hear it every other day at school‚ college and read about it in newspapers. So what is it? Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollution occurs in different forms; air‚ water‚ soil‚ radioactive‚ noise‚ heat/ thermal and light. Every form of pollution has two sources of occurrence; the point and the non-point sources. The point sources are easy to identify‚ monitor and control
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Ways To Reduce The Effects of Pollution Nowadays‚ pollution has become a major issue that concerns all countries worldwide. Majority of the pollution are results of the selfish behaviour of humans. There are many types of pollutions‚ examples are water pollution and air pollution. Each of this pollution can be dealt with different methods depending on the source of the error. In general‚ both air and water pollution can be reduced by utilizing the modern technology that humans have developed
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Air Pollution Air pollution is the contamination of indoor or outdoor environment by any physicals‚ chemicals or biological agent that modified the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Or the air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. Some air pollutions are poisonous. They can increase the chance of discomfort‚ disease‚ damage or death of all organism not only humans but also including animals and plants. Source of the air pollution are relates to the various
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WHAT IS POLLUTION? Explain the term “pollution’’. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability‚ disorder‚ harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution exposes all people to risks of disease
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sufficiently complex to discourage even the professional mechanic. Some of the new engine complexity involves emission control systems that require electronic monitoring and adjustment of engine performance under different operating conditions. Several devices are added to the engine to handle air flow in‚ fuel delivery and exhaust out. Computers have been added to monitor and control engine performance. Most car engines designed after 1996 have a standard port that allows a diagnostic computer access
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Comparison of different types of blood pumps Nowadays‚ there are two main types of blood pumps: kinetic pumps and positive displacement pumps. Kinetic pumps: Centrifugal pump is one of the most familiar kinetic pumps. A centrifugal pump converts the input power to kinetic energy in the liquid by accelerating the liquid by a revolving device - an impeller. The most common type is the volute pump. Fluid enters the pump through the eye of the impeller which rotates at high speed. The fluid is accelerated
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