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alpha decay
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He- 2 protons and 2 nuetrons
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half-life of c-14
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5730 years
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wavelenght spectrum thingy
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gamma-xray-ultraviolet-visible-infrared-microwaves-tv waves-radio
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great xylophones use very inexpensive materials to run
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ionizes water in cells
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x-rays
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fought against Philip of Macedonia-committed suicide with poison
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Demosthenes
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Earliest egyptian medical record
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Ebers papyrus
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sumerians wrote on these
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cuneiform tablets
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LSD stands for
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lysergic acid diethylmide
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ignis sacer means
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holy fire
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two types of ergotisms
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convulsive
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dude who 'saved' them all from ergotism
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Hugh the great
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ergotism caused this religious phenomenon in 1741
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Great Awakening
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Peter the Great was from...
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Russia
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Peter the Great was aiming for the city of
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Constantinople (istanbul)
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Peter the Great was stopped by
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ergotism
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'real' father of toxicology
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Bonaventura Orfila
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name of ergot used for medicine
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cafergot
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cured morning sickness with one dimer, other caused deformed fetuses
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thalidomide
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2 very deadly red poisons
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sarin and tabun
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first scientist accepted by military
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Fritz Haber
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used in gas chambers in holocaust
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zyklon-b
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company in charge of many of the tests on Jews and made many new medicines
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IG Farben industries
- No, Farben and Industies mean the same thing. Just IG Farben. -lol |
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mother of environmental movement
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Rachel Carson
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mother of environmental movement wrote...
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Silent Spring
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how many families relocated in Love Canal
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239
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Love canal now known as
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Black Creek Village
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when and why was Agent Orange used
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Vietnam, used to get rid of forest cuz vietcong were hiding
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Agent orange also caused...
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cancer, birth defects, low fertility, diabetes
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Monsanto makes...
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Roundup
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Causes tetanus
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chlostridium tetani
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means foreign to life
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xenobiotic
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too little causes parkinsons
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dopamine
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cocaine affects this neurotransmitter
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dopamine
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too much dopamine causes
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schizophrenia
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Neurons: cell body aka
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perikaryon
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Schwann cells are a subgroup of this helper cell group...
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glial cells
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space between Schwann cells
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nodes of Ranvier
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receives messages for cell
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dendrites
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synaptic cleft is how wide?
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50nm
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does condensation
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choline acetyltransferase
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does hydrolysis
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acetylcholine esterase
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Acetylcholine esterase makes a break every...
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40 microseconds
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seratonin does...
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peaceful feeling in brain
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causes inflammation
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histamine
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physostigmine comes from...
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the calabar bean
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blue poisons do
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competitive binding
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used on poison tip arrows in amazon
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curare
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bungarotoxin comes from
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Krait snakes
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muscle relaxant
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succinylcholine
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botulinus tetani is used in surgery to...
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get rid of wrinkles
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