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Q: At high concentration which oxides are poisonous?

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Q: Why do green light waves have less energy than blue light waves?

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Q: What did the Deepwater Horizon spill tell us about how mixedhydrocarbons are degraded in nature?

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Q: how does a herbicide affect a plant?

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Q: What is the difference between coal and charcoal?

A: Coal and Charcoal are firmly related simultaneously disparate in their own specific manners. Coal is…

Q: What does it mean when we say that strontium-90, a waste product of nuclear power plants, has a…

A: Half-life (t1/2) is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half of its initial value.

Q: What is nuclear pollution?

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Q: How do microwaves or radiation affect plants and humans?

A: Electromagnetic radiation is defined as the type of waves produced from the electromagnetic field…

Q: What two chemicals are extracted from the opium poppy?

A: Papaver somniferum is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.

Q: What types and uses of minerals do we have as natural resources?

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Q: What are the Basic Principles of Electricity?

A: electricity is the flow of electrons.

Q: What are bisphosphonates?

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Q: Agricultural biotechnologists have developed genetically modified tomato plants in which ethylene…

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Q: What do you mean by photolysis?

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Q: Some dried beans with a 14C/12C ratio one-eighth of the current value are found in an old cave. How…

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Q: What are ladder fuels?

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Q: Why would increasing energy efficiency in homes and businesses across the united states reduce the…

A: In United States, energy efficiency could be increased by  1. Turning thermostats down in winter and…

Q: How do herbicides affect the food we eat?

A: Herbs are regarded as the unwanted plants that grow along with the main crop during cultivation.…

Q: What is green chemistry?

A: The environment is polluted with various kinds of toxic chemicals every year. Scientists have…

Q: Does lightning contain chemicals

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Q: How to reduce/control the cobalt pollution??

A: Solid wastes from municipalities and industries are often dumped temporarily over land. During…

Q: Which one of the following reactions is an example of nitrogen fixation? ​A)​N2O5(g)  NO3(g) +…

A: Nitrogen fixation is the process of convertion of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) ammonia (NH3).This…

Q: Why is iodine important for human beings?

A: The trace elements are minerals present in the living tissues in small amounts. The trace elements…

Q: When chlorophyll is burnt which element is obtained ? (A) Ca (B) Na (C) Mg (D) Mn

A: Introduction :- Because of the presence of sunshine, chlorophyll is commonly described as being…

Q: What do you mean by coal and petroleum?

A: The yellowish-black liquid that is naturally found beneath the earth's surface is called petroleum.…

Q: What happens if we combine jello in a water solution with electricity?

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Q: What is the chemical name of a substance which kills rats?

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Q: How do herbicides work? How do they affect plants?

A: Herbicides are those substance or chemicals which kills all kinds of plants particularly the…

Q: Why is phosphorus important to living things

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Q: How to reduce/control chromium pollution?

A: Chromium can affect the air quality through coal manufacturing, which eventally can lead to water or…

Q: What characteristic of uranium-235 fission causes a chain reaction?

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Q: Given the potential, advantages, and disadvantages of Nuclear Energy, what do you think will be the…

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