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Calcium Facts

February 19th, 2010 admin Comments off

Facts

Table: basic information about and classifications of calcium.
•Name: Calcium
•Symbol: Ca
•Atomic number: 20
•Atomic weight: 40.078 (4) Read more…

Jupiter’s Moon Europa & The Search For New Life

February 19th, 2010 admin Comments off

Jupiter’s Moon Europa & The Search For New Life

Tempreture

With average temperature of minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, an almost nonexistent atmosphere and a complex web of cracks in layer of Ice encompassing the entire surface, the environment on Jupiter’s moon Europa is about as alien as they come.

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Pressure/Air Car

October 21st, 2009 admin Comments off

Pressure/Air Car

How pressure is used and what it is used for?

Pressure is used in this car go forward movement to make the cylinders go up and down.

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Pressure-Practice Problem

June 22nd, 2009 admin Comments off

Pressure

-Pressure = force/ area
-Force push or pull that that causes a change in motion of an object.
-Force = mass (X) acceleration due to gravity (9.81 M/S2)
-Area: length (X) width
-Measured in square meters (M2)
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Fuel Efficiency

June 6th, 2009 admin Comments off

Fuel Efficiency

What is fuel efficiency ?

-The amount of work obtained for the amount of fuel consumed. In cars, an efficient fuel allows more miles per gallon of gas than an inefficient fuel cars.
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