Genetics – What are Genes?

Inside every cell of each living thing (plant or animal) are sets of instructions called genes. The genes provide the instructions on what is the plant or animal, what it looks like, how it is to survive, and how it will interact with its surrounding environment. The genes are strung together [...]

Prevention of Destructive Burning or Oxidation
We have seen that oxidation is very valuable in giving us usable energy. Can you name examples of oxidation or burning which are harmful? From what we have learned about burning, we should be able to suggest means by which destructive oxidation may be prevented.
What two conditions are [...]

Bacterial Immunity Science Project
Microorganisms can do many things beside causing foods to decay.Some do very valuable work; so valuable in fact, that without their aid life would cease to exist upon the earth.Qn the other hand, some, such as the disease- producing (pathogenic) forms, are extremely harmful, causing the premature death of many persons.
Fortunately the [...]

Conducting Reference Toxicity Tests with Lettuce Seeds
The idea behind a reference toxicity test is that the test organism, in this case lettuce seeds, will respond in a predictable manner to varying concentrations of a particular chemical compound. At some threshold concentration, all of the test organisms will be killed (or in this case, none of [...]

PURPOSE

The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether magnets have an effect on the growth of radish seedlings.
I became interested in the study of the effect magnets, when I discovered that magnets could make you heal faster. Later I decided that that it would be a better idea to study the effect of magnets [...]