Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Solar Power, class study sheet.


Solar Power

Pros and Cons
Pros

v  It only effects from how they are made in the factory, it benefits more than it detriments.
v  It’s the most efficient way to get a hold of electricity.
v  Receiving renewable fuels can be noisy, with mining and such. But solar is very quiet.
v  You don’t need to be connected to a city, you can create solar power in the middle of nowhere, as long as there is sun.
v  You don’t need to find space for them, they can just be installed on your rooftop.
v  They may be expensive but all that money will pay back over time, without power bills and all.

Cons
v  The flat rate of solar cells is a factor
v  The weather is an issue and can affect the solar cells
v  The pollution within the atmosphere can affect the effectiveness.



How they work

The light comes upon the solar panels; there are 2 pieces of silicon that create an electromagnetic field which fill the conductor with excess electrons, causing the light to spark an electric current then powering anything apart of the current.

History

The study of using solar power for electricity started in 1972 when scientists tried over 3000 methods of solar energy generation. We had a lot of motive to do so because we really realized how much we depend upon other countries for oil and other power sources. When the 1990s came around it took off and became much more popular, more people had them installed into their houses and over a million people did so. Today solar power is very popular, especially in desolate places. Not a whole lot has changed within the technology of solar power, it’s still either heating liquids to work turbines or light striking a conductor to begin an electric current.

Overview

Solar power is without a doubt the most efficient way of harnessing power, and we can use it for so much more than just homes, we can use it for cars, outdoor devices, and even entire corporate towers. Solar Energy should be used much more in our time than it is, It has been available to the public since the 90s at least, so it’s been 20 years or so and we are yet to publicize the technology even more.



Research sites,
Historyofsolarpower.com
Wikipiedia.com
Clean-energy-ideas.com

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Mind Map, Prezi


Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Just because we can, does it mean we should?

Just because we can, does it mean we should? No, now let me explain why. I know if we keep doing things because we can, we'll never stop. We'd just keep going on and on without knowing the consequences. You need to know when to stop, because you don't take enough time to savior your work, what people are doing is studying very interesting topics just to see what will happen, once they finish their studies and have the results, they forget a lot of what they learned. Example, NASA put America in trillions of debt just to study space and the moon. They're looking for other forms of life which is rather scary to think about, well we didn't find any life forms, so there goes trillions of dollars. Quite literally they are doing experiments and studies, because they can. You need to know when to stop and i think we are near the end, we cant just study mutation and expect nothing to happen. We need to take precaution with these things, I know we cant stop mankind from wondering. In a way its like a drug, if you abuse it at least. Our wonder has brought us success, but it has also brought us failure and tragedy. I do not agree with doing things because we can.

Monday, 17 October 2011

Embryo Screening.

Embryo Screening to me seems very sick. People are enhancing embryos to advance children, to me this can't have no side effects, and of all things the child has no choice whether they want to be presumed advanced in health. This is supposed to make life easier on us, less sickness and such, I understand we only mean to make life easier, but realistically was life so difficult in the first place? My hypothesis is as a race we will begin to make everything so much easier that people will just become more and more lazy. Being a genetically perfect person will have positives, but with every positive a negative follows. This could cause more harm to ourselves than we think. This procedure also has a fail rate along with it being very expensive. Is it really worth the trouble? I can understand your child having a deadly disease and you wanting him/her healthy, but Embryo Screening for the sake of making a child healthier seems too big of a risk. I am against Embryo Screening for the wrong reasons, I can understand people with genetics showing cancer or some other deadly disease but just for making a baby healthier is too big of a risk and a waste of money. All of mankind will not die without this procedure, so we can live without it. These are the reasons I do not believe in Embryo Screening, why use something we don't actually need?

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Why is the cell cycle so important?

The Cell Cycle is crucially important without it we'd simply just die. Without a way for cells to replicate we wouldn't be here at all. When cells don't die they create cancerous cells in the body, which could potentially cause tumors. The get the facts straight, Mitosis is very important. Cell Division is controlled by specialized proteins in the brain, To prepare for Cell Division DNA is copied to RNA to make the proteins.
More Information on Mitosis

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

My Common Genetic Characteristics


 Dimples, no Dimples
 I have dimples when I smile. Dimples are like small dents in the sides of your cheek when you smile, they can be mistaken for wrinkles. Having dimples is the dominant trait and not having them is the recessive trait.






 Free Earlobes, Attached Earlobes
I have Free Earlobes, meaning my earlobes hang rather than them
attaching to my head directly. Free Earlobes is the dominant trait, Attached Earlobes is the recessive trait.
 White Forelock, No White Forelock
I do not have a white forelock meaning I don't have a line of white hairs at the line of hair that begins at my forehead. Having a White Forelock is the Dominant trait rather than Not having a white forelock which is the recessive trait.

 Mid Digit Hair, No Mid Digit Hair
I do not have any mid digit hair meaning I don't have hair on the mid parts of my fingers. The dominant trait is to have hair on your fingers, the recessive trait is not having hair on your fingers.
 2nd toe longer than big toe, big toe long than 2nd
My 2nd toe is longer than my big toe. The dominant trait is having a longer 2nd toe and having a longer big toe is the recessive trait.







 Curved pinky, Straight pinky
I have a straight pinky meaning my pinky is straight rather than having an inward curve. A curved pinky is the dominant trait rather than a straight pinky which is the recessive trait.
Straight thumb, curved thumb
I have a straight thumb meaning my thumb does not have a curve near the joint. Having a straight thumb is the dominant trait over having a curved thumb which is the recessive trait.


Rolling tongue, Not Rolling tongue
I can roll my tongue meaning I can roll both corners of my tongue to point up. Being able to roll your tongue is the dominant trait rather than not being able to is the recessive trait.