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    Pressure and temperature, two important subjects in the broad system of knowledge, Science. It is true that temperature greatly affects the pressure of a tennis ball; temperature can increase and reduce pressure of a tennis ball, depending on the heat added or taken away; this would benefit people designing objects to absorb shock. A good example of this would be, when designing buildings to survive in areas where earthquakes happen frequently. What is the effect of temperature on pressure? That

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    Discussion This study was undertaken to determine the temperature that is suited for the survival of the Gammarus setosus. The overall effect of the temperature proved to be quite proportional to the temperature. The results show that the average speed of the G. setosus at 17⁰C was nearly 4 times greater than at 4⁰C in both trials. Our original prediction was that at lower temperatures, the G. setosus will have a lower average speed than at higher temperatures because G. setosus are cold water aquatic animals

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    Introduction For this experiment, we are going to determine the effect of temperature on solubility, to be done in a chemical by dissolving a solute in a definite amount of solution which is saturated. Specifically, the goal of this experiment is to prepare a saturated solution of Na2C2O4 in water at different temperatures, determine the effect of temperature in solubility, and to apply Le Chatelier's Principle. We can do all this by simply titrating a certain amount of standard KMnO4, and measuring

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    The test scores of the participants in the study did not vary enough to warrant a conclusion of the effects of temperature and music on the retention rates. There was a slight tendency for those in the warmer condition to have a more positive attitude and, possibly because of this slightly improved mood, to score higher on the retention test (Figure 5-2 & Figure 6). It is possible that because culturally reading is commonly associated with warmth—cozy blanket, burning fireplace, hot chocolate, etc

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    agrometeorological indices The surface temperature (T0) product was not used because with a lower spatial resolution (1000 km), there were cloud contaminations in some parts of the Minas Gerais state along the years. Instead, T0 was retrieved by residue in the radiation balance after having estimated the atmospheric and surface emissivities (Teixeira et al., 2016a,b). Cleugh et al. (2007) pointed out that the use of instantaneous measurements of the radiometric surface temperature to calculate time-averaged

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    At what temperature will a glass of ice melt faster, 74 °F or 90°F? This experiment was designed to test the hypothesis that a glass of ice will melt quicker when left in higher temperatures. The purpose of this assignment is to determine where a glass of ice should be stored so that the ice will melt at the slowest rate. A student carefully set up this experiment with two identical glasses each containing three ice cubes of equal size and shape. The student then placed one of these glasses in a

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    Different Temperatures on Starch breakdown by Amylase Daniel Pulido Panther ID: 5443744 General Biology 1 Lab Section: U-19 Lab Partners: Gretel Perez Alondra Vega Abstract In this experiment we wanted to determine the optimal temperatures for fungal, Aspergillus oryzae, and bacterial, Bacillus licheniformis. In order to see if any of the starch was broken down, Iodine was mixed with the starch-amylase substance. In four spot plates, the groups labeled the different temperatures, once

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    Ultra High Temperature Ceramics (UHTC) Essay

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    Ultra high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) are materials rarely found in nature, characterized by high melting points, hardness, thermal conductivities (if compared to other ceramics), good wear resistance and mechanical strength.1,2,3 Besides, they are chemically and thermally stable under a variety of conditions due to their high negative free energy of formation.1,3 The materials that fit in these criteria are ceramics compounds made of borides, nitrides and carbides. As a result of having those

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    the term ‘Latent Heat’. He defined this term as the quantity of heat absorbed or released by a substance undergoing a change of state at a constant temperature and pressure [2]. Black, used the term latent heat in the context of calorimetry [3] when he observed a change in volume of a thermodynamic system whilst it was held at a constant temperature. Two more common forms of enthalpies are latent heat of fusion (solid to liquid) and latent of vaporization (liquid to vapour). Both of these changes

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    Temperature Effect on Cricket Metabolic Rate Hope Saucier, Biology 104, Lab Section C Introduction Ectotherms experience many changes in their physiological and biochemical processes based on their surrounding temperature. Temperature can alter the way an ectotherm uses its energy in its daily activities. Researchers often measure this pattern of energy usage by looking at organismal metabolic rate. The metabolic rate can be described as all of the chemical processes occurring in a body. It is

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