Silicon dioxide

In Notes From Underground: Florida’s Sinkhole Peril, David Owen elaborates on sinkholes in Florida. Owen discusses, among other things, examples of specific Florida sinkholes, the dangers of sinkholes, anthropogenic activities and their influence on sinkhole development, and the history of sinkholes in Florida. Overall, the article provides an overview of sinkholes in Florida and provides the reader with important information related to this topic. This review will discuss the major ideas…

Imagine a world without the east coast of the United States. Imagine the entire state of California evacuated due to severe drought conditions. Imagine continuous forest fires wiping out wildlife in the southern states. Although these disastrous events are not present in the world today, it may be heading in this direction due to the rapid increase in temperature, also known as climate change. The issue of climate change has been playing a variety of different roles throughout the world over the…

yeast both consume and hydrolyze the sucrose into glucose and fructose. The rate of sucrose hydrolysis is shown on Eq. 1 below. One mole of glucose or fructose (180 g/mol) will be fermented to two moles of ethanol (46 g/mol) and two moles of carbon dioxide (44 g/mol). The reaction pathway for the biochemical conversion of sucrose is supposed to follow the pathway shown by Figure 2.…

Seashell Lab What does the different concentration of acid do to shells? Due to earth’s increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) rates scientists have shown that it can make shells , skeletons and corals up to one-third lighter in weight. As the ocean water becomes more acidic it lowers the calcium carbonate available to aquatic animals. ‘Scientists have predicted that the increase in ocean acidification could significantly reduce the ability of these creatures to build their casings, potentially…

This article wakes up the reader’s perspective of how natural disasters can be steepened by the hubris of politicians in control; they’d rather worry about attracting growth to a city without considering the safety repercussions of its citizens. The article gives specific examples of exactly how the politicians failed the citizens. The disaster of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, and the flooding along the Mississippi River, was extremely disastrous to humans and the environment. Freudenburg says…

the pyruvates pass through break down the carbons and create 3 forms of energy in the process. They create two ATPs, two FADH 2 and 8 NADHs. Carbon dioxide is also made, and sometimes can create too much of it. After you run and you breath heavy and you can't stop for a minute or two. That is because the Kreb’s cycle continues to make carbon dioxide even after you have less oxygen. Anyways, The FADH 2 and the NADHs are transported to the…

So, The Quaternary period is characterized by several periods of glaciation. It is believed to start about 1.8 million years ago. This Time period is also known for its time of change. This period is divided into two epochs the Pleistocene and the Holocene. It is thought that the Woolly Mammoths still existed at the beginning of this period. Some environments were altered because of the several periods of glaciation and some animals and plants did survive but not all. In other words, glaciation…

With technological strides forward, the Industrial Revolution of the mid-19th century introduced new sources of air. By the middle of the 20th century, the effects of these changes were beginning to be revealed in many countries around the world. In the 1960s, an environmental movement began to emerge that sought to remove the flow of pollutants to the planet’s ecosystems. Out of this movement came events like Earth Day, and legislative victories like 1960’s Clean Air Act. In 1963, in an effort…

The purpose of this unit is how do the different sphere’s work together to create the earth system. To create the earth’s system it will need the geosphere, hydrosphere and the atmosphere. If the earth didn’t have all three of these things, human’s will not be able to live on earth. Just imagine where we would be without the atmosphere. There would be no life on earth. First, one of the most important spherical region is the geosphere. Also known as the lithosphere. The lithosphere is the outer…

Why We Should Not Use Coal For Electricity In Monroe County In 1748 coal was first mined in Richmond, Virginia. Since then coal has been a fundamental source of energy for America, powering us through the 19th and 20th century. But times have changed, we have achieved greater technologies that are pollution free, safer, and renewable. Coal is the number one contributor of fossil fuel CO2 emissions. For every ton of coal burned 2.86 tons of CO2 are released. This in turn strengthens the…