Water cycle

an accidental water spill, have you ever wondered why the water gets easily absorbed by the paper towel in your hand? Have you wondered what force could have caused this phenomenon to occur? This force where water is pulled and absorbed is called capillary action. Although this force can pull water against the force of gravity, it is because of an attraction between molecules of different substances known as adhesion that water can be pulled up. Examples of adhesion include: water adhering to…

Water is crucial to life. It is the “the essential elixir” to life as Cynthia Barnett states in “Our Water Ethic for Florida”. People are told this in elementary school and onwards yet few people truly grasp the truth behind this seemingly simple statement. “We are bound in the memory and mystery of exhilarating, confounding, life-giving rain”, Cynthia Barnett states as she ends the prologue for her book Rain. Water is fundamental to cooking, washing, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, energy…

rainwater in California. This drought means that the farmers can’t rely on surface water, so the farmers that haven’t lost their jobs are resorting to their last option, drilling deeper underground for more water sources. Two decades ago wells were usually about a couple hundred feet, but in the modern day wells have come to be considerably deeper. Farmers are now drilling up to two thousand feet underground for more water. The state of California doesn’t restrict the amount of groundwater usage…

Lead (Pb) is one of an important contaminant surrounding our environment. Lead occur naturally in all soil and water (1), or can be found deep within the ground located in ore (2). Although lead can be found in small quantities, there is a great quantity of lead flow in the environment that is detrimental to human beings and plants. However, despite lead is a toxic metal, there are still lots of households products contains lead; burning of paper products, discarded rubber, battery casings, and…

An inverse relation between peroxidase activity and ascorbate content suggests the involvement of ascorbate-peroxidase system in the increased secretion of progesterone resulting from LH action in rabbit. Also the same system renders some evidence for the involvement of this enzyme along with other factors in the process of implantation. Key Words: Reproductive tract, Peroxidase-Ascorbate system Pregnancy & Implantation Introduction: It has been reported that the LH in various species of…

1.Introduction Poverty is when people needs are not met. And there are two types of poverty which are absolute poverty and relative. Absolute poverty is when you cannot acquire certain needs and wants to support yourself and relative poverty is when someone can afford things but is not enjoying them. 1.1.Background Poverty is the state of being of being poor or needy. Poverty occurs because of many reasons such as lack of education. Lack of education can lead to poverty due to you do not have…

Currently, women are unable to use food stamps to buy feminine hygiene products. Menstruation is not a choice. Women who qualify for food stamps under the current SNAP program should be able to use them to purchase feminine hygiene products. Girls and women miss school and work because they lack the necessary supplies. Poor feminine hygiene has been linked to many serious health issues. As a progressive country, it is important that we work to eliminate the taboos associated with menstruation…

entering under the door and will keep drifting snow and water out. In addition, installing weather-stripping to the door connecting your garage to the rest of your home will also help to keep out the cold. However, as important as insulating against the cold is, there's another important winterizing task that often gets overlooked: the concrete floor of your garage. How Winter Affects Your Concrete Garage Floor Concrete has pores that absorb water and…

generating electricity by Hydropower. Hydropower is a movement of water that flows downstream to create Kinetic Energy, which can be converted into electricity. Hydroelectric plants convert the energy into electricity by forcing water. The hydropower produces electric power through the use of flowing water or the gravitational force. Hydroelectricity is a renewable energy resource; for hydropower to generate electricity it uses the water cycle. For hydropower to generate a lot of electricity it…

9/24/2015 Steps and Procedures 1. Blend a 120 g sample of each fruit separately a in a blender with about 50 mL of distilled water. Strain any extra pulp with a cheesecloth. You should have at least around 120 ml of substance. 2. Separate each of the liquids into half and put each half into its own separate individual beakers .So you should have 8 beaker with 100ml of each substance…