Kilogram

Lizzie Velasquez was born on March 13, 1989, in Austin, Texas. She has three siblings. She was born four weeks prematurely and her weight was only 1.219 kilograms. She was born with a rare congenital disease, called Marfanoid progeroid lipodystrophy syndrome. It has prevented her from body fat and gains weight. She has never weighed more than 29 kilograms and has almost 0% body fat. Furthermore, she is required to eat many small meals and snacks throughout the day in average between 5,000 to…

1. Citation Chicago/Turabian (Given by Ebscohost) Ingram, Dewayne. 2012. "Life cycle assessment of a field-grown red maple tree to estimate its carbon footprint components." International Journal Of Life Cycle Assessment 17, no. 4: 453-462. Environment Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed September 12, 2017). 2. What were the objectives/hypotheses of the research that is being written about? The purpose of this experiment was to examine and estimate the environmental impact, in particular, the…

The ivory trade is the illegal and often lucrative trade in the ivory tusks of mostly African elephants. Elephant poaching is at the extent where the world has seen its worst in a decade, and capture of ivory is at its highest. It is one of the primary reasons why the elephant population, especially African elephants, is declining at a fast rate. This trade has now currently led to the endangerment of African elephants, resulting in the ban of hunting African elephants, and the selling of ivory.…

other tigers the males are larger “between eight and 10.2 feet (that is, between 2.4 and 3.1 metres) in length, from head to tail. They weigh around “420 and 570 pounds (190 and 260 kilograms)”. While the females are around “7.1 and 8.5 feet (equivalent to between 2.1 and 2.6 metres) long.” They “average about 158 kilograms (350 pounds).” Also their ears are rounded at the top and sharp teeth, which help when biting and tearing meat. The physical characteristics of a White Tiger are similar to…

Ever wanted to know more about nebulae or galaxies? A nebula is a cloud of interstellar dust, stars, and gas (usually hydrogen and helium). A nebula is less dense than a vacuum and mass less than a few kilograms although it is usually the size of the earth or bigger. A galaxy is gravitationally pulled system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust and dark matter. Galaxies range in size in lightyears. Galaxies, they are what holds our solar system and many, many more. We may not be…

growing, harvesting and processing cycle. In October, each purple crocus flower must be handpicked in the early morning. A blossom produces three stigmas that are plucked and dried to produce saffron. Up to 150,000 flowers are needed to create a single kilogram of saffron. Although Rumi Spice is classified as a social enterprise, Jung insists that her corporation is not a charity and it produces the best saffron in the world. Top-rated chefs, Daniel Boulud and Brad Farmeric, agree with her.…

comparison to uranium is puny. Producing a mere 12 kWh per kilogram of coal it is vastly smaller in energy output compared to nuclear energy. In fact, nuclear energy produces 3 million more kWh of energy per gram. This massive amount of energy equates to around 24 million kWh of energy per kilogram (European Nuclear Society). This enormous amount of energy has the ability to power around 2,051 average American houses for a year. In comparison 1 kilogram of coal will power 0.0010 houses a year…

variation, and we will use this opportunity to allocate another - healing and very tasty: The juice of the nettle and peppermint (mint) Ingredients: thirty young nettle leaves, thirty mint leaves, a liter of water, citric acid - a small teaspoon, a kilogram of sugar. How to make nettle juice with mint? Leave to boil a liter of water, and then wait until things are cool. Soak the leaves of mint and nettle in the water. Leave it to stand for a whole day (24 hours). Poveremeno goes around this…

the battery, so you won’t need charging stations that Tesla would require you to use. For example, “if every gallon of gasoline contains 20 pounds or 9 kilograms of carbon dioxide, then a hybrid car will emit 51.6 pounds or 23.1 kilograms of carbon dioxide every 100 miles or 161 kilometers, while a conventional car will emit 74.9 pounds or 34 kilograms(howstuffworks).” A single…

planet. It stands about 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall to the shoulder, and 1.8-2.4 meters (6-8 feet) long. When standing, it can stand up to 3.6 meters (12 feet) high. They weigh anywhere from 136 to 362 kilograms (300-800 pounds) , but the largest grizzly bear ever shot by a hunter weighed over 635 kilograms (1400 pounds). Habitat While they are at the top of the food chain in their environment, their habitat is greatly decreased from previous years. Grizzly bears could be found anywhere from Texas…