Essays Tagged: "Puget Sound"

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Tacoma Narrows BridgeThe Tacoma Narrows is the single point in the 20,000 square miles of Puget Sound where the Washington mainland and the Olympic Peninsula are close. For years, it had bee ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.5 Aug/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Boeing Case Analysis including SWOT Analysis, Internal External Matrix, and much more.

OverviewWilliam Boeing founded the Boeing Company in 1916 in Puget Sound, Washington. William had modest goals as a young Yale engineering graduate, first making ... l be focusing on the aircraft industry with SIC code 3721.The headquarters have recently moved from Puget Sound, Washington to Chicago, Illinois. They are now located at 100 North Riverside Plaza, Chi ...

(38 pages) 1977 2 3.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Snow Falling on Cedars

was born in Seattle in 1956, and has spent nearly his entire life in Washington, in the area around Puget Sound. After receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Washington, h ... . He portrays the fictional community of San Piedro, a culturally and physically isolated island in Puget Sound. The novel concerns the trial of a Japanese-American man accused of killing a white fish ...

(16 pages) 117 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Title-How does the writer use weather and environment in the novel? Short (1100 words) essay for exam practice.

The novel is set on San Piedro Island, a small island north of Puget Sound in the Washington state area. The island setting is fitting in several ways. The people ...

(4 pages) 32 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This is a Biology Report that includes a hypotheses, thesis statement, materials, problem, data, conclusion, research, and procedure.

ook. Many of the Washington State rivers are between 2 and 10 degrees Celsius. The marine waters of Puget Sound are often between 6 and 9 degrees Celsius.HYPOTHESIS: If the water is cold then the glow ...

(1 pages) 30 0 0.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Estuaries, Wonderful Gifts

Some well known estuaries include: Chesapeake bay, San Francisco Bay, Boston Harbor, Tampa Bay, and Puget Sound.Estuaries are also home to terrestrial or land-based plants and animals. Also, unique aq ...

(3 pages) 53 0 4.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Snow Falling On Cedars

rson in his life, writer Charles Johnson. After receiving his M.A. he moved to Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound where he lived with his wife and children. While there, he taught English at a local hig ...

(6 pages) 2084 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Snow Falling On Cedars Review

Set in post World War II Puget Sound, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, is the story of a small community under atta ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Discovery Park

ducting a geological study on the four layers of sediment that describe the physical history of the Puget Sound. Just by looking at the sediment the four layers tell an interesting story of how the Pu ... t the four layers tell an interesting story of how the Puget Sound was formed. 35,000 years ago the Puget Sound was flat land with rivers flowing through it, this started the first of the four layers. ...

(1 pages) 1611 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Helianthoides, commonly known as sunflower starfish, begin their life cycle

are more than 1,800 types of starfish.o They are most commonly found between Alaska and the Puget Sound.by.... B. anderson

(2 pages) 2671 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Cultural Organization: The Boeing Corporation

The Boeing Corporation was founded in 1916 in Puget Sound, Washington (2008, Boeing.com). Boeing is the worlds leading aerospace company and the l ...

(6 pages) 26 0 5.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Create an artifact that would help a campus wide problem: water runoff pollution

be seriously harmful effects to the water and animals in areas such as Lake Washington, Union Bay, Puget Sound, and even the Pacific Ocean. According to researchers this non-point source pollution is ...

(4 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues