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25 Compare And Contrast Essay Topics Worth Writing About
Writing a compare and contrast essay involves going through several steps before you start to work on your assignment. Firstly, you should come up with something that you can compare. Usually, students compa... | msmarco_doc_00_73614454 |
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Open the Save File dialog by doing one of the following:
From the File menu, select Save and then choose Whiteboard.
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Using the Load Content button, in addition to loading whiteboard files (.wbd and .wbp) and image files, you can import PowerPoint and OpenOffice.org presentations into your whiteboard. (Please Note – The example below... | msmarco_doc_00_73622709 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/antico.htm | anticodon |
Anticodon | anticodon
Anticodon
The anticodon region of a transfer RNA is a sequence of three bases that are complementary to a codon in the messenger RNA. During translation , the bases of the anticodon form complementary base pairs witht the bases of the codon by forming the appropriate hydrogen bonds.
In this diagram you see a ... | msmarco_doc_00_73624164 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/antiport.htm | antiport | Antiport
Antiport
An antiport is an integral membrane transport protein that simutaneously transports two different molecules, in opposite directions, across the membrane
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Antiport
An antiport is an integral membrane transport protein that simutaneously transports two different molecules, in opposite directions, across the membrane
The example below depicts the process by which HCl is secreted into the lumen on the stomach.
Carbon dioxide difuses into parietal cells of the stoma... | msmarco_doc_00_73625238 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/atp.htm | ATP
ATP
The phosphoanhydride bonds of ATP represent chemical potential energy
The figure at the top of the page is an abbreviated chemical representation of the molecule adenosine triphosphate or ATP.
It is composed of :
The sequence of reactions that ATP undergoes is shown in the next figure
| ATP
The phosphoanhydride bonds of ATP represent chemical potential energy
The figure at the top of the page is an abbreviated chemical representation of the molecule adenosine triphosphate or ATP.
It is composed of :
the nitrogenous purine: adenine,
a ribose sugar and
three phosphate groups linked
by what are known as ... | msmarco_doc_00_73627059 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/bicarbo.htm | bicarbonate buffer | Bicarbonate buffer
Bicarbonate buffer
For example, when excess hydrogen ions are added to the system the equilibrium is shifted to the left. This means that some of the added hydrogen ions will react with the bicarbonate ions to produce carbonic acid and the carbonic acid will dissociate into carbon dioxide and water a... | bicarbonate buffer
Bicarbonate buffer
For example, when excess hydrogen ions are added to the system the equilibrium is shifted to the left. This means that some of the added hydrogen ions will react with the bicarbonate ions to produce carbonic acid and the carbonic acid will dissociate into carbon dioxide and water a... | msmarco_doc_00_73628532 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/bond_an.htm | covalent bond angles and lenghts | Covalent Bond Angles and Lengths
Covalent Bond Angles and Lengths
Some Single Bond Angles and Lengths
methane
water
ammonia
From studying the geometry of the above molecules you should notice
In biological terms, the fact that covalent bonds have define bond lengths and angles means that biological molecules have defin... | covalent bond angles and lenghts
Covalent Bond Angles and Lengths
Some Single Bond Angles and Lengths
methane
water
ammonia
From studying the geometry of the above molecules you should notice
there are defined angles between the adjacent Hydrogen atoms.
109.5 for methane
105 for water
107 for ammonia
there are defined... | msmarco_doc_00_73629855 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/coenzy_.htm | coenzymes and cofactors |
coenzymes and cofactors
coenzymes
some coenzymes and the reactions they are involved in are shown in the following table.
coenzymes in group transfer reactions
coenzyme
abbreviation
entity transfered
nicotine adenine dinucelotide
NAD - partly composed of niacin
electron (hydrogen atom)
nicotine adenine dinucelotide ph... | coenzymes and cofactors
coenzymes and cofactors
coenzymes
coenzymes are organic molecules that are required by certain enzymes to carry out catalysis.
They bind to the active site of the enzyme and participate in catalysis but are not considered substrates of the reaction.
coenzymes often function as intermediate car... | msmarco_doc_00_73631085 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/cotrans.htm | cotransport | Co-transport
Co-transport
Different types of co-transport
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Co-transport
Cotransport is the name of a process in which two substances are simultaneously transported across a membrane by one protein, or protein complex which does not have ATPase activity.
Different types of co-transport
Symport
When both substances are transported in the same direction the transport ... | msmarco_doc_00_73634103 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/covalenb.htm | Covalent bonds | Covalent Bonds
Covalent Bonds | Covalent bonds
Covalent Bonds
Covalent bonds represent chemical potential energy that can be used in biological reactions. An example of this are the phosphoanhyride bonds of ATP.
The angles formed between covalently bonded atoms are specific and defined. This means that biological molecules formed with covalent bo... | msmarco_doc_00_73634803 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/disaccharide.html | disaccharide |
disaccharides | disaccharide
disaccharides
1. disaccharides are macromolecules consisting of two monosaccharides connected by a glycosidic bond.
2. some common disaccharides are lactose (milk sugar), maltose and sucrose (common table sugar)
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http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/endomem.htm | endomembrane system | endomembrane system
endomembrane system
The endomembrane system is composed of a number of inter-related membrane sacs within the cytoplasm of the cell.
The endomembrane system functions, in part, in
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endomembrane system
The endomembrane system is composed of a number of inter-related membrane sacs within the cytoplasm of the cell.
rough endoplasmic reticulum
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
transport vesicles
golgi apparatus
lysosomes
microbodies
peroxisomes
The endomembrane system functions, in p... | msmarco_doc_00_73636666 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/enz_act.htm | Effect of temperature on enzyme activity | Effect of temperature on enzyme activity
Effect of temperature on enzyme activity
1) More energetic collisions
2) The number of collisions per unit time will increase.
3) The heat of the molecules in the system will increase.
Temperature optimum of an enzyme
| Effect of temperature on enzyme activity
Effect of temperature on enzyme activity
The temperture of a system is to some extent a measure of the kinetic energy of the molecules in the system. Thus the lower the kinetic energy, the lower the temperature of the system and , likewise, the higher the kinetic energy, the gre... | msmarco_doc_00_73637998 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/exergon.htm | rate of exergonic reactions | Exergonic and Endergonic Reactions
Exergonic and Endergonic Reactions
Summary
1. Exergonic reactions are those in which the free energy of the final state is less than the free energy of the initial state.
This represents energy that can be used to do biological work
2. Endergonic reactions are those in which the free ... | rate of exergonic reactions
Exergonic and Endergonic Reactions
Summary
1. Exergonic reactions are those in which the free energy of the final state is less than the free energy of the initial state.
This represents energy that can be used to do biological work
2. Endergonic reactions are those in which the free energy ... | msmarco_doc_00_73641986 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/exocy.htm | Untitled Document |
Exocytosis | Untitled Document
Exocytosis
Exocytosis is a process in which an intracellular vesicle (membrane bounded sphere) moves to the plasma membrane and subsequent fusion of the vesicular membrane and plasma membrane ensues.
Many cellular processes involve exocytosis. For example a few of the processes that use exocytosis are... | msmarco_doc_00_73645252 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/facilit.htm | facilitated diffusion | Facilitated diffusion
Facilitated diffusion
Transport Proteins
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Facilitated diffusion
Facilitated diffusion is a process whereby a substance passes through a membrane with a aid of an intermediary or a facilitator. The facilitator is an i ntegral membrane protein that spans the width of the membrane. The force that drives the molecule from one side of the memb... | msmarco_doc_00_73646098 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/hydroge.htm | Properties of hydrogen bonds.
Properties of hydrogen bonds. | Properties of hydrogen bonds.
How are they formed? a hydrogen bond is formed when a charged part of a molecule having polar covalent bonds forms an electrostatic (charge, as in positive attracted to negative) interaction with a substance of opposite charge. Molecules that have nonpolar covalent bonds donot form hydr... | msmarco_doc_00_73647125 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/hydropho.htm |
Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons
The above figure is an example of a hydrocarbon
Hydrophobic Interactions
Hydrophobic interactions are more correctly called hydrophobic exclusions.
Return to covalent bonds
| Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons
The above figure is an example of a hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbons are compounds that are predominately composed of Hydrogen and Carbon atoms.
There are many different types of compounds that are predominately hydrocarbon in structure but have other functional groups. Examples of this type would ... | msmarco_doc_00_73648476 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/integra.htm | integral membrane proteins | Integral membrane proteins
Integral membrane proteins
Other examples of integral membrane proteins
| integral membrane proteins
Integral membrane proteins
Integral membrane proteins are so designated because they are both structurally and functionally an integral component of a membrane.
Structurally, regions of integral membrane proteins penetrate the hydrophobic regions of the phospholipid bilayer. Because of th... | msmarco_doc_00_73650242 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/mito.htm | mitochondria |
Mitochondrial structure | mitochondria
Mitochondrial structure
Mitochondria can vary greately in both size (0.5 micrometers - 10 micrometers) and number (1 - over 1000) per cell. However, regardless of their size, number per cell , plant or animal origin, they have vary similar structures.
They are double membrane structures: having an inner m... | msmarco_doc_00_73651920 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/ph_and_.htm | pH and enzymes | The effect of pH on enzyme actvity
The effect of pH on enzyme actvity | pH and enzymes
The effect of pH on enzyme actvity
The pH of a solution can have several effects of the structure and activity of enzymes.
For example, pH can have an effect of the state of ionization of acidic or basic amino acids. Acidic amino acids have carboxyl functional groups in their side chains. Basic amino aci... | msmarco_doc_00_73652841 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/ph_def.htm | what is pH
What is pH
pH is a measure of the hydorgen ion concentration of a solution. Solutions with a high concentration of hydrogen ions have a low pH and solutions
with a low concentrations of H+ ions have a high pH. This may seem like
a confusion way to express these reationships, and it is, until you understand... | msmarco_doc_00_73654484 | ||
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/phago.htm | Untitled Document | Phagocytosis
Phagocytosis | Untitled Document
Phagocytosis
Phagocytosis is a form of endocytosis. In the process of phagocytosis the cell changes shape by sending out projections which are called pseudpodia (false feet).
The phagocytic cell such as a macrophage may be attracted to a particle like a bacteria or virus by chemical attractant.
This p... | msmarco_doc_00_73656015 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/phosphb.htm | phospholipid bilayers | phospholipid bilayers
phospholipid bilayers
phospholipids in water
phospholipid bilayers
| phospholipid bilayers
phospholipid bilayers
phospholipids in water
When phospholipids are suspended in water they can form a variety of structures. In all cases the hydrophilic phosphate region interacts with water and the hydrophobic fatty acid regions are excluded from water and form hydrophobic interactions.
phospho... | msmarco_doc_00_73657008 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/pm_mos.htm | fluid mosaic model of plasma membrane | mosaic properties of cell membranes
mosaic properties of cell membranes
membrane
cholesterol
phosphotidyl -
choline
sphingo-
myelin
phosphotidyl-
serine
glycolipids
rat liver plasma membrane
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18
14
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rat liver RER
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rat liver nuclear membrane
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rat liver myelin
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E coli cytoplasmic mem... | fluid mosaic model of plasma membrane
mosaic properties of cell membranes
membrane
cholesterol
phosphotidyl -
choline
sphingo-
myelin
phosphotidyl-
serine
glycolipids
rat liver plasma membrane
30
18
14
9
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rat liver RER
6
55
3
3
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rat liver nuclear membrane
10
55
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rat liver myelin
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http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/polar_c.htm | Polar Covalent Bonds
Polar Covalent Bonds
Description
The above figure is a diagramatic representation of a water molecule having polar covalent bonds between the Oxygen atom and the Hydrogen atoms.
What are polar covalent Bonds?
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| Polar Covalent Bonds
Description
The above figure is a diagramatic representation of a water molecule having polar covalent bonds between the Oxygen atom and the Hydrogen atoms.
What are polar covalent Bonds?
Polar covalent bonds are a particular type of covalent bond.
In a polar covalent bond, the electrons shared by ... | msmarco_doc_00_73658949 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/rectpr.htm | Untitled Document | Receptor mediated endocytosis
Receptor mediated endocytosis | Untitled Document
Receptor mediated endocytosis
Receptor mediated endocytosis is an endocytotic mechanism in which specific molecules are ingested into the cell. The specificity results from a receptor-ligand interaction. Receptors on the plasma membrane of the target tissue will specifically bind to ligands on the out... | msmarco_doc_00_73660740 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/rougher.htm | rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum | Rough and Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
Rough and Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
protein synthesis.
| rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Rough and Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
The term "endo" refers to within the cytoplasm and a reticulum is a network. Thus the endoplasmic reticulum is a series of interconnected, intracytoplasmic, membrane bounded sacs.
The "rough" appearance of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER... | msmarco_doc_00_73661470 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/simple.htm | simple diffusion | Simple diffusion
Simple diffusion
The force that drives the substance from one side of the membrane to the other is the force of diffusion.
| simple diffusion
Simple diffusion
The term simple diffusion refers to a process whereby a substance passes through a membrane without the aid of an intermediary such as a integral membrane protein.
The force that drives the substance from one side of the membrane to the other is the force of diffusion.
In order for sub... | msmarco_doc_00_73662571 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/starch.html | starch and glycogen |
Starch and glycogen | starch and glycogen
Starch and glycogen
starch and glycogen are polymers of alpha glucose.
amylose, a form of starch, have alpha 1-4 glycosidic bonds
amylopectin, a form of starch, and glycogen have alpha 1-4 glycosidic bonds and alpha 1-6 glycosidic bonds.
starch | msmarco_doc_00_73663916 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/van_der.htm | van der Waals Attraction
van der Waals Attraction
van der Waals attraction
What is it?
Where does one find van der Waals attractions?
(study the figure at the top of the page)
| van der Waals Attraction
van der Waals attraction
What is it?
It is an electrostatic attraction between opposite charges.
It is a weak force of attraction.
Where does one find van der Waals attractions?
(study the figure at the top of the page)
In a solution containing hydrocarbons one would not expect that one hydro... | msmarco_doc_00_73664380 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/chem/zhuang/QD/toppage1.htm | Ribozyme Enzymology | Ribozyme Enzymology
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Ribozymes are antisense RNA molecules that have catalytic activity. They function by binding to the target RNA moiety through Watson-Crick base pairing and inactivate it by cleaving the phosphodiester backbon... | msmarco_doc_00_73666079 | |
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Classical Cultures
Self-Quiz:
Oedipus the
King
Select the correct answer to each of the
following questions by clicking on the appropriate button. Check your
score by clicking on the "Calculate Your Score" button at the bottom
of the page.
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http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/farley/english2/english2site/jen.html | Gish Jen | Gish Jen
THERE WE ARE, NICE CHINESE FAMILY-FATHER, mother, two born-here girls. Where should we live next? My parents slide the question back and forth like a cup of ginseng neither one wants to drink. Until finally it comes to them, what they really want is a milkshake (chocolate) and to go with it a house in Scarsda... | msmarco_doc_00_73673744 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/belle.html | "La Belle Dame sans Merci" |
The Title
General Comments
Part I: The Anonymous Speaker
Part II: The Knight
The Significance of La Belle Dame sans Merci
One Last Point: The Short Line
An Alternate Reading
| "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
The Title
Keats took the title from a poem by the medieval poet, Alain Cartier. It means, the beautiful woman without mercy.
General Comments
"La Belle Dame sans Merci" seems easy to understand at the narrative level. An unidentified passerby asks the knight what is wrong (stanzas I-III).... | msmarco_doc_00_73709668 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/dickinson.html | Emily Dickinson: An Oerview |
Topics on this Page
Dickinson's Life
Dickinson's Poems
My Approach to Dickinson in This Class
Dickinson's Style
Themes
Websites on Emily Dickinson
Dickinson Syllabus
| Emily Dickinson: An Oerview
Topics on this Page
Dickinson's Life
Dickinson's Poems
My Approach to Dickinson
General Comments
Dickinson's Style
Themes in her Poems
The Poet of Dread
Syllabus for Dickinson
Almost unknown as a poet in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson is now recognized as one of America's greatest poets and... | msmarco_doc_00_73720261 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/fear.html | Keats: When I have fears that I may cease to be" |
Classification of poem
Contents of Page
Overview
Definitions and Allusions
Analysis
| Keats: When I have fears that I may cease to be"
Classification of poem
Type of poem: lyric poem
Type of lyric poem: sonnet
Type of sonnet: Shakespearean or Elizabehan
Contents of Page
Overview
Analysis
Syllabus
Overview
Written in 1818, this poem expresses concerns that run through his poetry and his letters--fame... | msmarco_doc_00_73739419 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/fly.html | I heard a fly buzz when I died |
Dickinson Syllabus | I heard a fly buzz when I died
Dying
I heard a fly buzz when I died;
The stillness round my form
Was like the stillness in the air
Between the heaves of storm.
The eyes beside had wrung them dry,
And breaths were gathering sure
For that last onset, when the king
Be witnessed in his power.
I willed my keepsakes, signe... | msmarco_doc_00_73744313 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/genres.html | Genres |
Classification By Types
How Literary Critics Have Used Genres
Literary Genres: Conclusion
| Genres
Genre is a French term derived from the Latin genus, generis, meaning "type," "sort," or "kind." It designates the literary form or type into which works are classified according to what they have in common, either in their formal structures or in their treatment of subject matter, or both. The study of genres m... | msmarco_doc_00_73750534 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/hedda4.html | Hedda Gabler, Act IV |
Act IV
Pages 60-64
Pages 64-68
Pages 69-72
Hedda's Death
Hedda Gabler and Tragedy
Syllabus
| Hedda Gabler, Act IV
Act IV
Death dominates this act, from the beginning to the end. Death is suggested visually in the beginning with the dark living room, Hedda's black dress, Berta's black ribbons, and Miss Tesman's black dress. The first lines spoken explicitly refer to death.
Pages 60-64
Why is it ironic that Mi... | msmarco_doc_00_73758791 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/homer.html | On First Looking into Chapman's Homer |
Classification of poem
Contents of this Page
General Comments
Definitions and Allusions
Lines of the Poem
Explanation of Lines
Much have I travelled in the realms of gold
This phrase can be read in two closely related ways, (1) as the world of imagination and/or (2) as the world of poetry. The difference in meaning b... | On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
Classification of poem
Type of poem: lyric poem
Type of lyric poem: sonnet
Type of sonnet: Italian or Petrarchan sonnet
Contents of this Page
General Comments
Definitions and Allusions
Analysis of Poem
The Octet (Lines 1-8)
The Sestet (Lines 9-14)
Keats Syllabus
General Comme... | msmarco_doc_00_73774726 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ibsen.html | HENRIK IBSEN |
Topics
General
Ibsen's Contemporaries Respond to Hedda Gabler
Continuing into the Twentieth Century
Hedda Gabler : An Introduction
The Characterization of Hedda Gabler
Themes
Hedda Gabler as Tragedy
| HENRIK IBSEN
Topics
General Discussion of Ibsen
Ibsen's Contemporaries Respond to Hedda Gabler
Continuing into the Twentieth Century
Hedda Gabler: An Introduction
Characterization of Hedda Gabler
Themes in Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler as Tragedy
Web Sites on Hedda Gabler
Syllabus
General
Henrik Ibsen's plays anticipate ... | msmarco_doc_00_73785536 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/lit_per.html | Literary periods |
The Period Concept
Cautions and Qualifications
Usefulness of the Concept
Period Descriptors
| Literary periods
In grouping texts according to "type," the concept of genre is applied to all literary works, past, present, or future. Thus seeing a single work in its generic context becomes inseparable from seeing it as part of literary history. The concept of literary period also implies a grouping through time. B... | msmarco_doc_00_73799448 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/newwoman.html | The New Woman |
The New Woman | The New Woman
The New Woman
The New Woman was the term used at the end of the nineteenth century to describe women who were pushing against the limits which society imposed on women. Today she might be called a liberated woman or feminist. Gail Finney gives a concise description of her:
The New Woman typically values... | msmarco_doc_00_73807195 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/novel.html | The Novel | INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Development of the Novel
Reasons for the Novel's Popularity
Experimentation: The Developing Role of the Narrator
Proliferation of Types
| The Novel
INTRODUCTION
The novel is only one of many possible prose narrative forms. It shares with other narratives, like the epic and the romance, two basic characteristics: a story and a story-teller. The epic tells a traditional story and is an amalgam of myth, history, and fiction. Its heroes are gods and goddess... | msmarco_doc_00_73808853 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/other.html | The Other |
The Other
The Other and the Outsider
The Other in Literature
| The Other
The Other
The Other is an individual who is perceived by the group as not belonging, as being different in some fundamental way. Any stranger becomes the Other. The group sees itself as the norm and judges those who do not meet that norm (that is, who are different in any way) as the Other. Perceived as lack... | msmarco_doc_00_73816755 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ren.html | Introduction to the Renaissance |
General Characteristics of the Renaissance
The Great Chain of Being
Political Implications of the Chain of Being
Humanism
"Imitation"
The Protestant Reformation
Literary Ramifications
| Introduction to the Renaissance
General Characteristics of the Renaissance
"Renaissance" literally means "rebirth." It refers especially to the rebirth of learning that began in Italy in the fourteenth century, spread to the north, including England, by the sixteenth century, and ended in the north in the mid-sevente... | msmarco_doc_00_73821380 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html | Romanticism | Introduction to Romanticism
Introduction to Romanticism
Historical Considerations
Imagination
Nature
Symbolism and Myth
Other Concepts: Emotion, Lyric Poetry, and the Self
Contrasts With Neoclassicism
Individualism: The Romantic Hero
The Everyday and the Exotic
The Romantic Artist in Society
Spread of the Romantic Spir... | Romanticism
Introduction to Romanticism
Romanticism has very little to do with things popularly thought of as "romantic," although love may occasionally be the subject of Romantic art. Rather, it is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cult... | msmarco_doc_00_73840380 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/selects.html | The soul selects her own society |
Dickinson Syllabus | The soul selects her own society
The soul selects her own society,
Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority
Obtrude no more.
Unmoved, she notes the chariot's pausing
At her low gate;
Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling
Upon her mat.
I've known her from an ample nation
Choose one;
Then close the valves of her attention
L... | msmarco_doc_00_73857616 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/trag_vsn.html | The "Tragic vision" |
Tragedy: An Overview
The "Tragic Vision"
The Catastrophic Conclusion
The Sense of Inevitability
Human Limitation, Suffering, and Disproportion
The Learning Process and Acceptance of Moral Responsibility
| The "Tragic vision"
Tragedy: An Overview
Tragedy usually focuses on figures of stature whose fall implicates others--a family, an entire group, or even a whole society--and typically the tragic protagonist becomes isolated from his or her society (Phedre's "outcast and fugitive from all" would suit Lear and Hamlet as... | msmarco_doc_00_73864028 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/tragedy.html | Tragedy |
Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotle's Poetics
Medieval Tragedy and The Wheel of Fortune
Elizabethan and Shakespearean Tragedy
The Problem Play or Drama of Ideas
| Tragedy
Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotle's Poetics
The classic discussion of Greek tragedy is Aristotle's Poetics. He defines tragedy as "the imitation of an action that is serious and also as having magnitude, complete in itself." He continues, "Tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear. It... | msmarco_doc_00_73872450 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/urn.html | "Ode on a Grecian Urn" |
General: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Analysis
| "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
General: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
"The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreables evaporate from their being in close relationship with Beauty and Truth."
John Keats
"Ode on a Grecian Ode" is based on a series of paradoxes and opposites:
the discrepancy bet... | msmarco_doc_00_73878090 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/film-and-lit/formalism-realism-hnd.pdf | THE FORMALIST-REALISTIC SCALE
THE
FORMALIST-REALISTIC
SCALE
Formalist
films.
Realistic
films.
Classical
films.
| THE FORMALIST-REALISTIC SCALE
THE
FORMALIST-REALISTIC
SCALE
Movies
can
be
arranged
on
a
formalist-realistic
scale,
depending
on
the
degree
to
which
they
contain
elements
of
formalism
or
realism.
Balancing
these
extremes
is
the
classical
Hollywood
movie.
T... | msmarco_doc_00_73888431 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/gothic/gothic.html | The Gothic |
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
GOTHIC LITERATURE
THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY DEFINTION
| The Gothic
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
Today, the word Gothic primarily describes a style of European architecture which flourished from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries, though the word seems originally to have referred to any non-classical (Greek or Roman) architecture.
Gothic architecture used pointed arches and ... | msmarco_doc_00_73895144 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html | Literary Terms | Literary Terms
Aesthetic distance ( also called distance): degree of emotional involvement in a work of art. The most obvious example of aesthetic distance (also referred to simply as distance) occurs with paintings. Some paintings require us to stand back to see the design of the whole painting; standing close, we se... | msmarco_doc_00_73900546 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/dickens/love.html | Pip, Estella, and Miss Havisham | PIP, ESTELLA, AND MISS HAVISHAM
PIP, ESTELLA, AND MISS HAVISHAM
PIP'S LOVE OF ESTELLA
MISS HAVISHAM
MISS HAVISHAM'S EFFECT ON ESTELLA AND PIP
DISCUSSION OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS
| Pip, Estella, and Miss Havisham
PIP, ESTELLA, AND MISS HAVISHAM
Pip's life is transformed as a result of his meeting Estella and his experience at Satis House.
PIP'S LOVE OF ESTELLA
From the first, Estella treats Pip with contempt and deliberately humiliates him. Yet his response is to love her. Why?
The most obvious... | msmarco_doc_00_73921783 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/thackeray/angel.html | The Angel in the House |
THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE
DISCUSSION OF VANITY FAIR
| The Angel in the House
THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE
The popular Victorian image of the ideal wife/woman came to be "the Angel in the House"; she was expected to be devoted and submissive to her husband. The Angel was passive and powerless, meek, charming, graceful, sympathetic, self-sacrificing, pious, and above all--pur... | msmarco_doc_00_73931109 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/wuthering/love.html | Love in "Wuthering Heights" |
HEATHCLIFF AND CATHERINE: TRUE LOVERS?
Brontë: Table of Contents
| Love in "Wuthering Heights"
Romantic love takes many forms in Wuthering Heights: the grand passion of Heathcliff and Catherine, the insipid sentimental languishing of Lockwood, the coupleism of Hindley and Frances, the tame indulgence of Edgar, the romantic infatuation of Isabella, the puppy love of Cathy and Linton,... | msmarco_doc_00_73934185 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/wuthering/romantic.html | Romantic Novel and Romanticism |
THE ROMANTIC NOVEL, ROMANTICISM, AND WUTHERING HEIGHTS
THE ROMANTIC NOVEL
ROMANTICISM AND THE BRONTËS
ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Brontë: Table of Contents
| Romantic Novel and Romanticism
THE ROMANTIC NOVEL, ROMANTICISM, AND WUTHERING HEIGHTS
The Romantic Novel
Romanticism and the Brontës
Romantic Elements in Wuthering Height
THE ROMANTIC NOVEL
Robert Kiely raises the question, in The Romantic Novel in England, Is there actually an English romantic novel? He skirts answe... | msmarco_doc_00_73945700 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/wuthering/themes.html | Themes in "Wuthering Heights" |
THEMES IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Brontë: Table of Contents
| Themes in "Wuthering Heights"
THEMES IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS
The concept that almost every reader of Wuthering Heights focuses on is the passion-love of Catherine and Heathcliff, often to the exclusion of every other theme–this despite the fact that other kinds of love are presented and that Catherine dies half way thro... | msmarco_doc_00_73952851 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/esl/gonsalves/tutorials/Writing_a_Lab_Report/xPrecipitation%20Titration%20edited%203.pdf |
Precipitation
Titration:
Determination
of
Chloride
by
the
Mohr
Method
Introduction
Materials
and
Methods
Equipment
and
Reagents:
Methods:
Presentation
and
Interpretation
of
Data
Standardization
of
AgNO
Calculations
for
Replicate
1
of
standardization
:
Determinati... | Precipitation
Titration:
Determination
of
Chloride
by
the
Mohr
Method
by
Dr.
Deniz
Korkmaz
Introduction
Titration
is
a
process
by
which
the
concentration
of
an
unknown
substance
in
solution
is
determined
by
adding
measured
amounts
of
a
standard
solution
... | msmarco_doc_00_73962746 | |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/mapcontour/ | MAPS: CONTOURS, PROFILES, AND GRADIENT | MAPS: CONTOURS, PROFILES, AND GRADIENT - Pages 45 through 58 in your lab manual
MAPS: CONTOURS, PROFILES, AND GRADIENT - Pages 45 through 58 in your lab manual | MAPS: CONTOURS, PROFILES, AND GRADIENT
MAPS: CONTOURS, PROFILES, AND GRADIENT - Pages 45 through 58 in your lab manual
Authors: David Leveson and C.E. Nehru
Edited for the web: Guillermo Rocha
Materials needed to complete this lab: ruler, string, and a calculator.
Animated GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY
Elevation - The E... | msmarco_doc_00_73976979 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/mineral/acid.html | Brooklyn College - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Minerals - Reaction to Hydrochloric Acid |
MINERALS
Reaction to Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)
Mineral Hydrochloric Acid Test Video
| Brooklyn College - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Minerals - Reaction to Hydrochloric Acid
MINERALS
Reaction to Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)
Click here to go back to the main page
Carbonate minerals such as calcite tend to fizz or efferves when tested with Hydrochloric Acid (HCl).
Non-carbonate minerals, especially sili... | msmarco_doc_00_73989614 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/mineral/cleavage.html | Brooklyn College - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Minerals - Cleavage and Fracture | Mineral Cleavage and Fracture Test Video
MINERALS
Cleavage and Fracture
Mineral Cleavage Test Video
Mineral Cleavage and Fracture Test Video
| Brooklyn College - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Minerals - Cleavage and Fracture
MINERALS
Cleavage and Fracture
Click here to go back to the main page
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along smooth planes parallel to zones of weak bonding.
Fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break along curved s... | msmarco_doc_00_73991172 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/mineral/hardness.html | Brooklyn College - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Minerals - Hardness | Mineral Hardness Test Video
MINERALS
Hardness
Mineral Hardness Test Video
| Brooklyn College - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Minerals - Hardness
MINERALS
Hardness
Click here to go back to the main page
Hardness is a measure of a mineral's resistant to abrasion. This property is easily determined and is used widely for field identification of minerals. More than a century ago. Friedrich Mo... | msmarco_doc_00_73992714 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/monument/bluemosq.html | Rocks of Famous Monuments - Guillermo Rocha, P.G. | BLUE MOSQUE - TURKEY
BLUE MOSQUE - TURKEY
Back to rocks of Famous Monuments
| Rocks of Famous Monuments - Guillermo Rocha, P.G.
BLUE MOSQUE - TURKEY
Location:
Geographic coordinates:
Area:
Area - comparative:
Southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and borde... | msmarco_doc_00_73994667 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/monument/quartzit.html | Rocks of Famous Monuments - Guillermo Rocha, P.G. | QUARTZITE
| Rocks of Famous Monuments - Guillermo Rocha, P.G.
QUARTZITE
Type of Rock:
Parent rock:
Texture:
Description:
Metarmorphic rock
Sandstone.
Non-foliated
Composed of interlocking quartz grains.
THIN SECTION
A thin section is made by grinding down a slice of rock which has been glued to a glass slide until it reaches a th... | msmarco_doc_00_73997611 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/plates/platetec16.htm | Plate Tectonics - A Scientific Revolution | Plate Tectonics,
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes | Plate Tectonics - A Scientific Revolution
Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes are closely related. In fact because of the behavior of earthquakes and volcanoes the core of the theory of plate tectonics has been proved. Earthquakes and volcanoes also allow geoscientists ... | msmarco_doc_00_74001062 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/plates/platetec21.htm | Plate Tectonics - A Scientific Revolution | Determining the Rate of Plate Movements
Determining the Rate of Plate Movements | Plate Tectonics - A Scientific Revolution
Determining the Rate of Plate Movements
The majority of the research shows that the plates move at the average rate of between approximately 0.60 cm/yr to 10 cm/yr. Some sources state that in the North Atlantic, the rate of movement is only about 1 cm (about 0.4 in) per year, w... | msmarco_doc_00_74003283 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/rocks/igneous.html | BROOKLYN COLLEGE - EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES - ROCKS | IGNEOUS ROCKS
IGNEOUS ROCKS | BROOKLYN COLLEGE - EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES - ROCKS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO IGNEOUS ROCKS
Properties of Igneous Rocks - Examine the three rock specimens below. These specimens are examples of three types of igneous rocks: scoria, basalt, and gabbro. In certain ways these three rocks are very simil... | msmarco_doc_00_74004576 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/rocks/metamorphic.html | BROOKLYN COLLEGE - EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES -ROCKS | METAMORPHIC ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS | BROOKLYN COLLEGE - EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES -ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Metamorphic Rocks - Sedimentary rocks exposed to the effects of heat and pressure can undergo extensive chemical and physical changes. This alteration is referred to as metamorphism. The figure below sho... | msmarco_doc_00_74007923 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/rocks/sedimentary.html | BROOKLYN COLLEGE -EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES - ROCKS | SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS | BROOKLYN COLLEGE -EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES - ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
A thick sequence of muds, sands and gravels have been deposited as layers in a basin bounded by mountains (see figures below). These layers have turned into sedimentary rocks: the mud into shale, the san... | msmarco_doc_00_74015253 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/graphics/cleavage/cleave_def.html | DEFINITIONS OF BREAKAGE | WHAT IS BREAKAGE?
| DEFINITIONS OF BREAKAGE
WHAT IS BREAKAGE?
" Breakage sounds like a smashing topic!"
"It is, Lou! And very important in identifying minerals!"
"OK, break it down for me, Lulu!"
"Very simple! There are two major ways in which minerals break when you give them a hit: (1) they can break irregularly, in which case we sa... | msmarco_doc_00_74022269 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/graphics/nyc_mins2/landform_mean.html | WHAT DOES 'ORIGIN' MEAN? | WHAT DOES "ORIGIN" MEAN?
| WHAT DOES 'ORIGIN' MEAN?
WHAT DOES "ORIGIN" MEAN?
The term "origin" may have several different meanings. For example, when we talk about the 'origin' of a house, we may be referring to:
the wish to build
the architectural plan.
the source of financing.
the method of construction.
all of these.
Similarly, when talking ... | msmarco_doc_00_74025550 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/direct.html | DIRECTION AND CARDINAL POINTS | DIRECTION
DIRECTION | DIRECTION AND CARDINAL POINTS
DIRECTION
"Imagine that you are in a sailboat. You are faced with the problem of crossing the three thousand miles of open ocean that separate New York and London. You are told that the direction (in nautical terms, 'bearing') you want to go in to get to London is roughly northeast. But y... | msmarco_doc_00_74027486 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/findlong.html | FINDING LONGITUDE | FINDING THE ISLE'S LONGITUDE
FINDING THE ISLE'S LONGITUDE
"Hark to the Lassie and Ye'll find Y'r way!"
If ye think ye have the longitude now, check it out below!
| FINDING LONGITUDE
FINDING THE ISLE'S LONGITUDE
"Hark to the Lassie and Ye'll find Y'r way!"
"OK! Here are the clues for longtitude!
It's the equinox.
The sun is setting at Greenwich.
At the same time as the sun is setting at Greenwich, the sun is at its zenith at the Island.
"Huh?!"
"As I said, the first three clu... | msmarco_doc_00_74030545 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/gradient.html | GRADIENT | ~ GRADIENT ~
~ GRADIENT ~
THE CONCEPT OF GRADIENT
MEASURING GRADIENT ON CONTOUR MAPS
| GRADIENT
~ GRADIENT ~
THE CONCEPT OF GRADIENT
"Not that I'm lazy, but before I enter upon an expedition, I'd like to know how much huffin' and puffin' is involved!"
"What you need to know, Lou, is the gradient! Gradient tells you how steep your route is! Gradient can be expressed numerically in many ways. One common... | msmarco_doc_00_74039169 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/hardness_def.html | DEFINITIONS OF HARDNESS | WHAT IS HARDNESS?
| DEFINITIONS OF HARDNESS
WHAT IS HARDNESS?
"What is hardness?"
"Hardness is a measure of how difficult or easy it is for a substance to be penetrated or scratched! For example, steel (like a steel nail) can scratch your fingernail, so steel is harder than fingernail!!"
"That's what I thought! My sentiments exactly!"
... | msmarco_doc_00_74046451 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/lat_long.html | LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE - PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE STORY
~ PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER ~
"OK! If we put both the latitude lines and the longitude lines together on the sphere, what've we got? A GRID! Now we can locate places by giving their latitude and longitude. For example, the latitude of the ... | msmarco_doc_00_74049833 | ||
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/magnetic.html | MAGNETIC NORTH | MAGNETIC DECLINATION
MAGNETIC DECLINATION | MAGNETIC NORTH
MAGNETIC DECLINATION
"A compass, Lou, has a magnetic needle which, when the compass is held level, floats freely over the center of the compass rose. The needle rotates until one end (the black end in this case) points to magnetic north and the other end (the red) points to magnetic south!"
"You do ma... | msmarco_doc_00_74054217 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/map_sample_answer2.html | WORKED-OUT CONTOUR MAP PROBLEM | WORKED-OUT CONTOUR MAP PROBLEM
WORKED-OUT CONTOUR MAP PROBLEM | WORKED-OUT CONTOUR MAP PROBLEM
WORKED-OUT CONTOUR MAP PROBLEM
1. The map is shown to the right.
2. STREAM FLOW DIRECTION.
The contours that cross the stream form 'V's that generally point towards the north, so the stream flows generally towards the south. (The 'rule of V's' states that where a contour crosses a stream,... | msmarco_doc_00_74057880 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/roundoff.html | ROUNDING OFF NUMBERS | ~ ROUNDING OFF NUMBERS ~
~ ROUNDING OFF NUMBERS ~ | ROUNDING OFF NUMBERS
~ ROUNDING OFF NUMBERS ~
CASE A:
In rounding off numbers, the last figure kept should be unchanged if the first figure dropped is less than 5.
For example, if only one decimal is to be kept, then 6.422 becomes 6.4.
CASE B:
In rounding off numbers, the last figure kept should be increased by 1 if th... | msmarco_doc_00_74062642 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/scale_use.html | USING MAP SCALES | USING MAP SCALES
USING MAP SCALES | USING MAP SCALES
USING MAP SCALES
"How do I use scales, Lulu!? How can I determine the shortest distance from Louberg to Luluville?"
"I'll tell you how! Let's deal with one type of scale at a time!"
STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENCY
"Take a look at this map! It gives a statement of equivalency: One inch = four miles. The sho... | msmarco_doc_00_74064959 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/v_rule2.html | THE RULE OF V'S | THE RULE OF V'S
THE RULE OF V'S | THE RULE OF V'S
THE RULE OF V'S
"Knowing which way a river flows is often the key to being able to label contours correctly! Look at what happens to the contour lines in this picture when they cross a river! "
"They bend to form kind of a brown "V" shape! An upsidedown "V" in this case!"
"You can see the "V"s on th... | msmarco_doc_00_74069612 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/vertexag.html | VERTICAL EXAGGERATION | VERTICAL EXAGGERATION
VERTICAL EXAGGERATION | VERTICAL EXAGGERATION
VERTICAL EXAGGERATION
"Hey, Lulu! Are you sure you haven't been exaggerating all along?!"
"Maybe yes, maybe no, Lou! But I'm not exaggerating when I tell you you gotta understand vertical exaggeration! It's all got to do with profiles! Vertical exaggeration is a comparison between the horizontal... | msmarco_doc_00_74071229 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/topics/rocks/field_relationships/cross_cutting.html | FIELD RELATIONSHIPS - CROSS CUTTING ROCK BODIES
~ FIELD RELATIONSHIPS~
THE ORIGIN OF CROSS-CUTTING ROCK BODIES
Examine the following pictures. In each you will see bands or layers of one type of rock material running across distinctly different rock material. The questionS we want to address are:
How did these 'cro... | msmarco_doc_00_74075951 | ||
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/topics/rocks/field_relationships/field_meta.html | FIELD RELATIONSHIPS - METAMORPHIC ORIGIN: OBSERVED AND INFERRED | ~ FIELD RELATIONSHIPS~
| FIELD RELATIONSHIPS - METAMORPHIC ORIGIN: OBSERVED AND INFERRED
~ FIELD RELATIONSHIPS~
METAMORPHIC ORIGIN: OBSERVED AND INFERRED
OBSERVATIONS
The claim of metamorphic origin for a rock is strongest in those cases where:
the rock has clearly been subjected to extreme conditions, and
the rock appears altered compared to ... | msmarco_doc_00_74083171 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/topics/rocks/rock_texture/rock_texture.html | ROCK TEXTURE | ~ ROCK TEXTURE ~
| ROCK TEXTURE
~ ROCK TEXTURE ~
"What we're chasing after, Lou, in case it's escaped your mind, is a way to determine whether a rock is igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic!!"
"I remember that, Lulu!! In fact it's imprinted upon my very being! "
"What an impressionable chap you are, Lou! Now if only you'd said 'It's be... | msmarco_doc_00_74092481 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/topics/rocks/three_environments.html | THREE ENVIRONMENTS OF ROCK ORIGIN - INTRODUCTION | THREE ENVIRONMENTS OF ROCK ORIGIN
| THREE ENVIRONMENTS OF ROCK ORIGIN - INTRODUCTION
THREE ENVIRONMENTS OF ROCK ORIGIN
Geologists have defined three environments in which rocks form:
IGNEOUS: Igneous rocks form as molten rock cools and solidifies. Two environments are distinguished:
underground - in which case the melt is called 'magma' and the rock that... | msmarco_doc_00_74098345 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/topics/time/froshlec8.html | RELATIVE AGE | DETERMINING RELATIVE AGE FROM THE ROCK RECORD
| RELATIVE AGE
RELATIVE AGE
DETERMINING RELATIVE AGE FROM THE ROCK RECORD
THE LAW OF SUPERPOSITION
The Law of Superposition states that in a layered, depositional sequence (such as a series of sedimentary beds or lava flows), the material on which any layer is deposited is older than the layer itself. Thus, the layers a... | msmarco_doc_00_74100640 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/topics/time/froshlec9.html | ABSOLUTE AGE | DETERMINING ABSOLUTE AGE FROM THE ROCK RECORD
| ABSOLUTE AGE
ABSOLUTE AGE
DETERMINING ABSOLUTE AGE FROM THE ROCK RECORD
We have already discussed determining the relative ages of events. We will now discuss absolute age determination, which assigns a quantitative estimate of the number of years ago an event occurred.
SIMPLE COUNTING
For a series of horizontal, depos... | msmarco_doc_00_74126130 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/powell/core_asbestos/common_pages/chem_defs.htm | Fundamental Chemical Definitions | Fundamental Chemical Definitions
| Fundamental Chemical Definitions
Fundamental Chemical Definitions
Atoms and Their Components
Atom
The smallest particle that can exist and still be an element. An atom is composed of three types of subatomic particles: electrons, protons and neutrons. An atom has an equal number of electrons and protons and so is e... | msmarco_doc_00_74149684 |
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/teapotdome.htm | A summary of the Teapot Dome scandal from the Brookings Institution | A summary of the Teapot Dome scandal from the Brookings Institution
One Lesson From History: Appointment of Special Counsel and the Investigation of the Teapot Dome Scandal
by Leslie E. Bennett
Intern for the Independent Counsel Statute Project
Table of Contents
I. The Trail is Uncovered
A. The Leases
B. Disclosure
... | msmarco_doc_00_74151700 |