Science Observation Results Essay (Living Organism) For this project I had observed the coolest bug balls on earth‚ the roly- poly. They are commonly known as the roly-poly‚ also pill bug‚ and wood lice. Its scientific name is Armadilidum vulgare. It is actually not an insect‚ it is an isopod ( a type of arthropod). It’s genus is Armadilidum‚ it’s Phylum is Arthopoda‚ and Subphylum is Crustacea. I have observed that the exoskeleton is a blue-gray‚ it is an invertebrate‚ it’s mouth‚ antennae
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Poop Pills Article Every year millions of Americans get an infection in the stomach called Clostridium difficile (aka C-diff). There are antibiotics that can cure it but in the past they haven’t worked as well as expected. They kill off the infection but in the process it destroys good bacteria too. This can cause another infection in the future because your body isn’t powerful enough to prevent it. There are other cures to C-diff too‚ like fecal transplants. This is the process where stool from
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lab felt very “slow” because there was not a lot of action going on. The pill bugs would either walk around in circles or stay put. However‚ it was both fun and annoying when my group tried to put the pill bugs in the chamber and take them out. We had to put a lot of effort to get the pill bugs on to the paint brushes because they would scurry around and it would take a while to find them. Also‚ it was cool to see the pill bugs use their defense mechanism (it only happened once) by going into a hard
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Are Diet Pills The Answer To Losing Weight? There are a wide variety of diet pills on the market. It’s the knowledge based on the awareness that matters because some can lead to death or long term health problems. With today’s society both men and women are so influenced to be at a perfect weight and if you’re not than you are considered to be overweight. So many people are worried about how they look and if they are skinny enough to blend into society. When women or men think
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react to environmental factors? For example‚ a chameleon will change colors to hide from predators. Bears hibernate in the winter to conserve energy because of the food shortages. Likewise‚ pill bugs avoid light and try to make homes in dark‚ damp environments and eat decaying plant and animal matter. The reason pill bugs prefer dark and damp environments is because they behave negatively to phototaxis‚ which is the response to light‚ and have a partially positive behavior towards hydrotaxis‚ which is
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In her article “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” Carol S. Dweck (2015) Claims that a way to raise smart kids; it to make them focus instead of telling them they have talent or a gift; for this makes them develop a different mindset that could hinder their learning ability and eventually make them more susceptible to failure. Carol S. Dweck is a psychology graduate from Yale university‚ and she has been researching the effect of different mindsets in children to find a way to raise smarter kids.
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Behind Sleeping Pills It is middle of the night and you are laying on the bed with eyelids shut‚ thinking about your day‚ your work‚ or your life. You roll around to find the perfect sleeping position. However‚ sleep will not come so you reach into the medication cabinet for a sleeping pill. A few minutes later‚ you slip into a restful sleep. There are nearly nine million people like you‚ who resort to the use of sleep medication‚ to fall asleep. On the surface‚ the sleeping pill may seem like the
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Metry 1 Mira Metry Frankenbush- 6 APUSH 30 March 2014 The Story of a Pill In the United States today‚ there are about 62 million women who are in their childbearing years (15-44). However‚ not all of them are currently having kids‚ thanks to the use of contraceptives. About 62% of these women are currently using some type of contraceptive and 99% have used at least one method of contraceptive in her life-time (guttmacher.org). These methods of birth control that prevent life-changing effects
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Movement of Pill Bugs? Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to analyze pill bug’s activity in different environments and determine the effect of wet/dry or dark/light environments have on them and how taxis takes place in their choices in living in areas. Background information: Terrestrial isopods are commonly referred to as sow bugs and pill bugs and have other nick names as well. These pill bugs are also related to lobsters‚ crabs and shrimp making them breathe with gills. Pill bugs also
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Compared to conventional data transmission devices such as magnetic-stripe cards‚ smart cards offer enhanced security‚ convenience and economic benefits. In addition‚ smart card-based systems are highly configurable to suit individual needs. Finally‚ the multi functionality as payment‚ application and networking devices renders a smart card as a perfect user interface in a mobile‚ networked economy. Security Smart cards incorporate encryption and authentication technologies that can implement issuer’s
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