Essays Tagged: "Perpendicular"

Involvement of K+ in Leaf Movements During Suntracking

by 3-4 mm long pulvinules (Schmalstig). In diaheliotropic movement, the plant's leaves are oriented perpendicular to the sun's rays, thereby maximizing the interception of photosynthetically active ra ... rays. Plants that exhibit paraheliotropic behavior usually do so at midday, when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the ground. This reorientation takes place only in leaves of plants that are capabl ...

(9 pages) 26 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Temperature and pressure effects on water.

dent variables, pressure and temperature. First of all, I learned that pressure, in physics, is the perpendicular force per unit area, or the stress at apoint within a confined fluid. Air has weight, ...

(1 pages) 33 0 2.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Ideas to Implementation.

harges moving through a magnetic field produces a force*F = qvbSin+*Force greatest when particle is perpendicular to electrical fieldThompson's experiment to measure charge/Mass ratio*Subjected cathod ...

(10 pages) 90 0 2.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

MAchining Processes

removed by both the end and the periphery of the tool. Generally, the cutter rotates about an axis perpendicular to the surface. On occasion a single-point tool, such as a fly cutter, may be used.Pro ... xes of the links parallel to each other.- Orthogonal Joint: - sliding motion with axes of the links perpendicular to each other.- Twisting Joint: - rotational motion with the axes of the links paralle ...

(16 pages) 59 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

Cell walls revised.

ce from the "green algae", which produce a phycoplast during mitosis, in which the microtubules lie perpendicular to the axis of division. Only plants and charophytes (green-algae) divide their cells ...

(2 pages) 16 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Power Of Nature

nto ridges and depressions and piled with debris of fallen walls. The steel rails were twisted into perpendicular and horizontal angles." The earthquake's awesome power is depicted even in the beginni ...

(3 pages) 3140 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Othagraphic Projection

three two dimensional drawings, in each of which the object is viewed along parallel lines that are perpendicular to the plane of the plane of the drawing. For example an orthographic projection of a ...

(1 pages) 1537 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Parallel And Perpendicular Lines In Real Life

Parallel and perpendicular lines play an important role in our lives. As portrayed in my collage, this is evident ... trayed in my collage, this is evident in the field of engineering and architecture. Parallelism and perpendicularity is applied in order to construct a building, which has a uniform structure and a st ... order to construct a building, which has a uniform structure and a strong foundation. It has to be perpendicular to the ground and its floors parallel to each other. Without this, the building will n ...

(1 pages) 9544 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Slope Essay

pe of two points, given a slope and a point, given slope and y-intercept, and slope of parallel and perpendicular lines. In standard form the number before X has to be positive. Also to write an equat ...

(2 pages) 6154 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Comparison Of The Open Boat And The Law Of Life

or has a different definition of nature, their ideas on other aspects of life run both parallel and perpendicular to one another. In Jack London's stories we find a very dramatic description of life, ... Their ideas on other aspects of life such as society, hierarchy and morality run both parallel and perpendicular to one another.

(5 pages) 24 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Physics Lab Report

p was to find how the deflection of the electron beam varies when passing through an electric field perpendicular to the velocity of the electron beam. It seemed fairly confusing at first, but as we s ... lab we found how the deflection of the electron beam varied when passing through an electric field perpendicular to the velocity of the beam. We used the equation Total Deflection = E L (D + L/2) 2 V ...

(2 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry