8.01- Half-life and radioactive decay Shelby Wolf Uranium 1) Where is this substance most likely found and how abundant is it? It is found within the Earth’s crust‚ also found in rock‚ soil‚ rivers‚ and oceans. It is believed to be available for at least the next 85 years‚ U-238: 99.27 U-235: .72 U-234: 0.0055 2) What type of decay does this substance undergo and how harmful can it be to those exposed? The U-235 undergoes nuclear fission
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something‚ the promisee must pay a price for it. There are three types of consideration and one of the considerations is the past consideration. 1.2 Past Consideration Pass consideration is one type of the consideration. If one part voluntarily performs an act before the promise was made or the other party then makes a promise‚ the consideration for the promise is said to be in the past. For example‚ A finds and returns B’s digital camera and in gratitude‚ B promises to reward him with RM 200. B had made
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written in the 16th century by William Shakespeare and ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written nearly 400 years later in the early 20th century by J.B. Priestley. In both of these plays the relationships of fathers‚ Lord Capulet and Arthur Birling and their daughters‚ Juliet and Shelia‚ are portrayed as being a typical father daughter relationship with seemingly very caring but slightly controlling fathers. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ Lord Capulet seems to be very caring and considerate
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delight that we can make one or two strokes‚ and henceforward progress is rapid and easy. In this case the great difficulty is to gain confidence in the buoyancy of the water‚ and‚ when that is once acquired‚ nothing else is needed but regular practice. A similar difficulty of gaining self-confidence renders it hard to make the first beginning in many other physical accomplishments. When a child in its first efforts to walk has learnt to keep its balance for one or two steps‚ it has thereby got over
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“Necessity is the mother of invention.” This quote is commonly used to explain how another miraculous invention was discovered. Throughout history‚ many inventions have been created. The Industrial Revolution started in the late 1700s‚ and since then humankind has been developing at an exponential rate. Truly amazing and useful devices‚ such as the steam engine and telegraph‚ were invented. In the last 100 years‚ many inventions and innovations have been created that make society’s life better‚ and
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Should the Past be Judged? We can learn a lot from consulting the past. We learn more about our world‚ more about our history‚ and even more about ourselves. Spanish aphorist George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (qtd. in Moncur 1). In general terms‚ this famous aphorism means that it is important for us to study and learn from history in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes. However‚ the standards and values that we use today to judge
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Lifestyle in the past and now Each period of life has a different features. Past and now are a linked chain of events include many of developments in lifestyle. Past and now are complementary times to each other. Past lifestyle was completely different from nowadays in many things such as the residence‚ the transportations and the education. The residences style in the past varied according to the places such as In the deserts‚ the Bedouin used tents‚ because they always
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language and form to put forward his point of view in the poem ‘half caste’ using examples from the poem. ‘Half caste’ is a performance poem written by a man named John Agard; a Jamaican who immigrated to England in 1977. He wrote this poem with the sole purpose of presenting his views on the derogatory term “half cast‚” which are aggressive towards the racist suggestion that anyone with a mixed race background should be considered as half a person. Agard uses repetition to reinforce his ideas and influence
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Did you know that half marathons are the second most popular race to run in the United States? Who would figure that? Have you ever watched a half marathon and looked at runners as they run by? In all half marathons you will meet three runners‚ the one who is taking the race seriously‚ the one who just wants to have fun‚ and the one who is trying to survive the thirteen point one miles. When you are standing on the starting line‚ it is not hard to spot the guy or the girl who is taking the race
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