Essays Tagged: "Ash"
The Koala
The KoalaInroduction The koala is the Australian jewel. It has very furry, ash coloredhair, a rubbery black nose, sharp claws, fuzzy ears, and a grizzlypersonality, or should ... s because of its extremely sharp claws. Its scientific name is Phascolarctos (pouched bear)cinerus (ash-colored.) An adult four year old koala eats 1.3 kg. (3 lb.) of eucalyptus per day. It also weigh ... Inc.)Payne, Oliver. "Koala< Out on a Limb," National Geographic Magazine, April, 1995 (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society Press)Academic American Encyclopædia, 199 ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology
Chemical reactions
snuffer became saturated with phlogiston. According to his ideas, wood is made up of phlogiston and ash, because only ash is left after combustion. His ideas soon came upon some contradiction. When me ... sh is left after combustion. His ideas soon came upon some contradiction. When metal is burned, its ash has a greater mass than the original substance. Stahl tried to cover himself by saying that phlo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
'Misery' by Antov Chekhov
orses' backs, shoulders, caps.' (30) The picture portrayed is that of dull, gloomy, sludge and gray ash covering all of the surrounding areas. ' The familiar gray landscape.' (30)The dis-pair and lone ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Ridley P. Poe
mouth so I can tell mytale." and turning to me, he added "Patience young man, patience."Flicking an ash from the end of his Dunhill toward the aluminum foil ashtray infront of him and missing, he cont ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
An active super volcano lying underneath Yellowstone Nation Park.
ount of pressure. After Laying seemingly dormant for thousands of years It violently erupts sending ash, dust, and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, reflecting the sun's rays and creating a cold wav ... across in what is now Yellowstone National Park . During that eruption huge masses of hot volcanic ash, pumice, and gases swept across an area of more than 3,000 square miles. When these pyroclastic ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
A battery recycling proposal for a small scale community like a school.
properly. Batteries can also contaminate the atmosphere when incinerated and can concentrate in the ash produced by the combustion process.There are two types of batteries; the dry-cell, and wet-cell. ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Chemical reations is an essay on chemical reactions in Chemistry.
snuffer became saturated with phlogiston. According to his ideas, wood is made up of phlogiston and ash, because only ash is left after combustion. His ideas soon came upon some contradiction. When me ... sh is left after combustion. His ideas soon came upon some contradiction. When metal is burned, its ash has a greater mass than the original substance. Stahl tried to cover himself by saying that phlo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
The life of a family in Ancient Pompei
is the largest house inside the walls of Pompeii, that has been found under the layers of lava and ash which 'froze' the city about 1800 years ago. It was first discovered by the German archaeologist ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Bloadsoaked Ash futuristic,action,thriller creative writing,recomeneded for ages 14-16. got high mark...
BLOODSOAKED ASH Chapter 1 Hells GateI remember the day it all began. The bomb went off in Washington. People ran ... ecame a ghost town, as the population fell ill, dying a slow painful death. The next memory was a flash of political argument, a terrorist cell in Syria claimed responsibility for the atrocities and t ... hem and we were constantly warned of no go areas.The news didn't want it though and I was short on cash. We were going to get interviews with the local militia. That would sell, we knew it would but a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
The Ash Garden, By Dennis Bock is a Moving Portrait of Two Lives, Damaged and Changed by the War, it is a Haunting Mediation on the uses of Memory and its Power to Both Condemn and Redeem
No matter who you are, or which side of the bombing of Hiroshima you are coming from, the Ash Garden by Dennis Bock clearly brings out the struggles, emotions, and pain that follows everyone ... s and terrifying scenes that he had seen in Hiroshima with his research after the bomb dropped. The Ash Garden, by Dennis Bock is a moving portrait of two lives, damaged and changed by the war, it is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
This essay is an analyzation of the short story There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury. Outside research was an option and those sources are included.
etween nature and technology. As the nearby city of Allendale lies silently in a pile of rubble and ash, a single house stands alone, existing within itself. The world around this lone house is very d ... , however, never comes. Nature enters the serene technological Shangri-la, bringing a tree branch crashing into the kitchen window. A large fire erupts, which represents the constantly burning battle ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Should we send man to mars
dn't send man to Mars is that we already have our own ball of dirt to use and destroy with garbage, ash, chemicals and other things that damage the Earth's ecosystem. Are we ready to move on and mine ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy
Hope - a story of love and loss
Nothing but ashes. Midnight ash, psychotic embers still spinning around the remains of the chimney. The only rec ... en to her, you have nothing to worry about."I remember the basement, maybe it's intact, maybe... I dash outside to the collapsed entrance, throwing aside rocks in my haste. The basement floor is dry a ... unscathed. Rushing to the far side of the room, I fall to my knees and dig frantically through the ash until I touch the wooden floorboards. I feel for the loose board and pry it off the broken nail. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Ban of smokeing in public places (research for paper)
http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact14.htmlStudies in the USA have shown that banning smoking in res ... ality. [10]For further information detailing the economic advantages of smoke-free policies see the ASH briefing:http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/facts/blueribbon/sfpp_1.htmlLong-term exposure ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Volcanoes
The Eruption of Mount Saint HelensOne day in October 1857, the people of Carson, Washington, saw something very unusual. They watched Mount St. Helens come to life as ash and steam c ... St. Helens come to life as ash and steam come out of it. It killed 57 people and covered miles with ash. It had been dormant until May 18, 1980 when it exploded in one of the most violent eruptions ev ... , then pressure and heat build up inside the volcano, after that volcanic materials; such as magma, ash, gases, and rocks finally burst through openings in the volcano. After magma, which is molten ea ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences
"The thin veneer of civilization" by Timothy Ash and Leviathan in Lousiana by George Will. Respond to the idea that the fabric of society is very thin and easily torn.
world seems to move on. It becomes another page in our already sad history. I could agree with both Ash and Will. But I agree most with Ash's view; there are going to be more breakdowns of civilizatio ... e us a lesson on how close humans are to "falling through the wafer thin crust of civilization," as Ash writes. In a matter of hours New Orleans had transformed into an every man for himself mentality ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
The Destruction of Pompeii (works cited throughout the essay).
ple tried to flee the city and parents made vain efforts to protect their children from the falling ash and rocks that would cover the city. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius did not just demolish a city ... e eruption was the first one ever recorded in history. An explosion came from the mountain and fine ash fell on the slopes. Then a Plinian column, composed of gas and ash, rose about 15 miles into the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Chemical Reactions
snuffer became saturated with phlogiston. According to his ideas, wood is made up of phlogiston and ash, because only ash is left after combustion. His ideas soon came upon some contradiction. When me ... sh is left after combustion. His ideas soon came upon some contradiction. When metal is burned, its ash has a greater mass than the original substance. Stahl tried to cover himself by saying that phlo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Eruption of Mt. Saint Helens in 1980
ale. There were many more tremors until the 27th of March when there was a small eruption steam and ash. The major eruption had happened on May 18th, nearly 2 months from the minor eruption. Ash and s ... Sixty-one deaths were reported and most of them died from poisonous gas released from the volcano. Ash which fell in the rivers raised the water temperature. Sediment and mud covered the channels, an ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Secondhand smoke
s more shocking is the fact that 12,000 of 400,000 are killed from second hand smoking. (http://www.ash.org.uk/)Looking way back in history, James D. Torr said that since the late 1400's when Christop ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine