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… and aromatic mint (Mentha piperita) with dark green lanceolate leaves and whorls of small pink flowers in spikes. Peppermint is used in baking (candy, cookies, taffy, teas and many others), in aromatherapy, and oils. It is now located all over…

… repel a pest. Pesticides have disadvantages and advantages. They are able to control pests, but it can also kill other organisms as well. Not only do they affect animals but they can effect us, as humans. It can get into drinking water as well as…

… that are used to destroy pests. In the agricultural industry, pesticides are classified into two categories, carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic. A carcinogenic pesticide is a substance or agent producing or inciting cancer. Conversely, a non-carcinogen…

… pounds of pesticides being applied to agricultural products each year in the United States. This is ten times more than was applied forty years ago. It is still unknown as to what type of exact effects these chemicals may have on individuals. Some farmer…

… to kill, control, or repel insects, plant diseases, weeds, rodents, and germs. (Most pesticides are used in agriculture production, to killing pests found on hundreds of different crops including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and cereal grains.) All these…

… characteristic of an oil reservoir.It determines the volume of oil or gas present,and all recovery computations must be based on knowledge of its value. Porosity of a material is defined as that fraction of the bulk volume of this material that…

… V and Dr. W did an excellent job in explaining the chemical makings of and the moral issues of the development of the hydrogen bomb and other nuclear weapons in their class lectures. Based on their lectures and the text, Dark…

… Brand discovered the chemical element known as phosphorus. The element got its name from the Greek phosphoros, meaning "light bearing," because in the dark and in moist air it can be seen to glow with a dull white light. For a time early scientist…

… plants with a green light bulb? Why or why not? It would not be a wise choice to put a plant under a green light bulb. The reason for this is that due to the fact that the leaves are green they reflect green light. This shining green light onto the…

… directly or indirectly(Campbell 1993). It is the process used by certain organisms to trap light energy and convert it to chemical bond energy, forming organic compounds (Vliet 1993). Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis. All of the green…