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Biology Extended Essay
Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………...2 Introduction…....................................................................................................................3 Theoretical Aspects………………………………………………………………………4 Affects of light intensities on plant photosynthesis measured by the amount of oxygen produced…………………………………………………………………………………..5 Experimental Aspects……………………………………………………………………6 Factors that Affect the rate of photosynthesis……………………………………...........7 Investigating the Affect of Light on plant photosynthesis…………………………......8 Hypothesis………………………………………………………………………………8.1 Variables………..………………………………………………………………………8.2 Apparatus..……………………………………………………………………………..8.3 Methodology……………………………………………………………………………8.4 Results………………………………………………………….……………………….8.5 A graph to show the Relationship between light and the rate of photosynthesis….....9  Analysis & Conclusion………………………………………………………....9.1  Extension Hypothesis  Variables  Materials  Methodology  Analysis & Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography
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What an Essay Is
An essay is a typically short piece of writing, from an author's personal point of view. Essays are non-fiction but often subjective; while expository, they can also include narrative. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works
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Comparison Contrast Essay
Comparison/Contrast Essay Status Quo: When one first looks at Scott Momaday’s and Alfred Kazin’s works it is not apparent that they have much in common. Destabilizing Condition: However, this is not true. They both speak about their surroundings in emotional ways. Cost: If we can’t see the similarities and differences between these two stories then the reader will miss out on understanding. Thesis: Both authors discuss the memory of where they grew up as a
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Expository Essay
This is a quote told by an English poet. A quote that tells you all about habits. In the book The Seven Habits they list seven habits that are: 1 be proactive, 2 begin with the end in mind, 3 put first things first, 4 think win-win, 5 seek first to understand, then to be understood, 6 synergize, and 7 sharpen the saw. These are the seven habits that Sean Covey came up with for
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Rex the King Cobra
King Cobra Rex A Snakes Life Hey what’s up! My name is Rex the King Cobra, one of the most deadly snakes that could ever live! I’m 18 ft long, and I have a thick body. It’s not easy to live in South East Asia in the dense highland forest. Food is easy to find! I enjoy eating other venomous and non-venomous snakes such as Pythons & Kraits, but if I can’t find any snakes,
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Women of the Nineteenth Century: Relating Protagonists in Two Short Stories
Women of the Nineteenth Century: Relating protagonists in two short stories The short stories, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and A New England Nun by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, both contain analogous regional attitudes resulting in similar outcomes for the protagonists of each story. The archaic 19th century regional standards the authors utilized within the text of these short stories, emphasizes the role of a woman within society as being strictly limited to
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Oedipus Rex
Sight and Blindness References to eyesight and vision, both literal and metaphorical, are very frequent in all three of the Theban plays. Quite often, the image of clear vision is used as a metaphor for knowledge and insight. In fact, this metaphor is so much a part of the Greek way of thinking that it is almost not a metaphor at all, just as in modern English: to say "I see the truth" or "I
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Star Wars Video Essay
Overall I thought star wars was a really good movie. It had my eyes glued to the screen. George Lucas had a good plot to star wars. Ok Star Wars had a couple of mythical heroes. The mythical heroes are Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader. But Darth Vader is an evil mythical hero. There are folklore heroes are C3p0, R2-D2, and Han Solo. The thing that makes Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi
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How Did the Mongols Accomplish the Conquest of Such a Large Territory Within Such a Short Period of Time?
MONGOL ESSAY During the early thirteenth century Chinggis Khan and his following successors helped forge various tribes in to a powerful alliance that built the largest empire the world has ever seen. The Mongolian empire reached great in size in such a short period of time. This was basically because of the sturdy Mongol army and many efficient policies the Khan family established. The Mongols were very knowledgeable in military tactics. There empire had a
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King Arthur - Were They Noble-Minded?
Were they noble-minded? Inquiry into the Knighthood of King Arthur and His Knights of the round table [Introduction] Many people are curious about the legend of King Arthur and His Knight, especially theirs chivalry . As the knights lived in that period ,they stood for a great many outstanding warriors of Arthur’s time. It is said that King Arthur and his knights created a heroic poetry in English history,. With arms in hand, those handsome
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Essay on Love - Romeo and Juliet
Essay on Love Love has in incredible, indescribable power over humanity. No one can explain the reason it makes people act the way it does; at times leading those under its spell to take risks. The power of love can be both healing and destructive and in Romeo and Juliet’s case, eventually ends the feud between their families yet their overly passionate feelings also lead to their deaths. Love’s power, being a balance between a
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Short Time Recall as a Function of Type of Stimulus and Length of Delay Interval
Abstract We were interested in examining patterns of short-term information recall. We used the Brown-Peterson distractor technique to investigate the effects of stimuli type and delay interval on recall for 17 Ss. Each S was tested under 4 conditions, combined of word triads or nonsense syllables triads, with a short (10-sec) or long (45-Sec) delay interval. S read aloud the visually presented stimulus items, and aurally recalled them after the delay interval, in which S
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William Blake’s Chimney Sweeper Essay
William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" offers a graphic portrayal of a particular cultural aspect of England in the 1790s. By examining my interactions with the poem, I will attempt to analyse and contrast my own belief system against that which is presented in the text. Blake's poem was initially very striking to me. While reading the first stanza, I was shocked and horrified by the imagery presented by the young narrator. I felt compelled to
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Use This Sample Basic Essay as a Model
Use this Sample Basic Essay as a Model -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The essay below demonstrates the principles of writing a basic essay. The different parts of the essay have been labeled. The thesis statement is in bold, the topic sentences are in italics, and each main point is underlined. When you write your own essay, of course, you will not need to mark these parts of the essay unless your teacher has asked you to do
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Viewpoints Comparison Essay
This is a U.S. presidential election year and a big story has been the rise of Senator Barack Obama as a serious candidate for presidency. I was interested in what various segments of the black community thought about this and chose two magazines that target the black community as their primary audience. JET magazine’s self-described mission is to inform, educate and entertain the African American community. The Network Journal magazine claims to serve the needs
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Love in King Lear.
Love is defined as a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; it can be extended to people, entities or even inanimate objects. It comes in many different forms and it is so common and prominent in our existence that it has managed to become part of various themes developed in literature and conventional stories. This is no different with King Lear, a tragic play by Williams Shakespeare based on the legend of King Leir,
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College Entrance Essay
I as a student and as a person have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity’s to know and experience many different people, from the poor minority to the rich majority. I try and absorb and understand while keeping an open mind at all time, their past present future culture, and physical location all of it interesting and fascinating. Just recently a foreign exchange student began living with my family due to complications with
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King Leopold’s Ghost
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human
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Short Answers
Short Answers Paper Week 2 The telecommunications field is a vast field that contains terms and acronyms which can be confusing to those who are not familiar with the terminology. Therefore, the following paragraphs will compare and explain some common terms used when referring to the telecommunications field and will entail some old technology with some new. To be included within the discussion is comparisons of telephone dialing sounds, Wide Area Telecommunications Services (WATS) versus
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Personal Essay
That Voice It was late spring 2005 with summer only weeks away. During that time, high school students usually try to find summer programs which can enhance their academic resumes, or, at least some of them do. And I happened to be one of them. Have you ever experienced a time when a voice inside tells you something? And it’s not just a soft voice that tells you right from wrong. It is an audible
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Short Story
The story opens with the second owner of the monkey's paw, Sergeant Major Morris - who came into possession of it upon the death of its first owner - giving the talisman to Mr. White of Laburnum Villa. It is worth noting that a Laburnum is a poisonous plant, perhaps intended by Jacobs as an omen of death. Heedless of the Sergeant's warnings about the cursed nature of the paw, Mr. White, encouraged by his
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Essay Grading
I was going through a bunch of old magazines and newspapers this week when I came upon an article about some software that was being developed for teachers to use that would grade essays. Over the past weekend I had the opportunity to talk to my aunt who was a teacher and college professor before she retired. She said, “there is nothing better to assess a student's knowledge of a subject, than an essay especially
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The Family Essay
When I was in India, I have heard lot of people going America for study. One of my cousins also came her for study. She told me that study in America and in India is so different. I was very eager to know about it. She told me the main difference is: The relationship between teacher and student, study policy, unity of students. To respect teachers is very important in India. Students have to
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Metamorphosis (on King Lear)
Metaorphosis Through the course of the play, King Lear goes through a process of attaining self-knowledge. With this knowledge, he goes through a metamorphosis of person, much like a caterpillar’s change into a butterfly. In the beginning, King Lear's vanity, and the image and exercise of power dominate his person. But a series of losses (based on his own bad decisions), a wise “fool”, a powerful storm, a seemingly crazy man, and the death of
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Macbeth Essay
Macbeth takes part in many murders during the whole story. He is involved in killing King Duncan, and also his old friend, Sir Bandquo, and Macduffs’ son. Over time Macbeth started not feeling guilty for the things he had done. He was crying about how he had killed a friend, King Duncan, and how he was sad that he had committed to a murder. After his second murder, he kind of got more confident with
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