quick and large drop. v + adv=fall dramatically Rapid fall (adjective + noun) = a quick and large drop. v + adv=fall rapidly Marked fall (adjective + noun) = a significant decrease; a larger and more important drop when compared to a previous fall. v + adv=fall markedly Significant fall (adjective + noun) = a large and important drop. A fall that shows that there is reason for concern. v + adv=fall significantly Moderate fall (adjective + noun) = a small or slight drop; not a bad fall
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United States. Here are my results. Data The data provided included; crime rate per hundred thousand inhabitants (which included burglary, larceny, theft, and motor vehicle theft), pincome- per capita income for each state, dropout- high school drop-out rate, precip- average precipitation in inches in the major city in each state over 1951-1980, pubaid- percentage of public aid recipients, density- population/total square miles, kids- public aid for families with children (dollars per family), unemploy-
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answering that they should grab a blanket, throw it over the classmate and pull them to the ground, while patting the fire out, two students said throw water on it, six students said run, and the others did not answer. In another role-playing scenario, the students were told that their clothes were on fire and asked what to do, three students said to run instead of demonstrating stop, drop, and role.
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The five main factors affecting student drop-out rates are due to students failing their course, personality issues, financial issues, commitment problems and academic ability (Mackie, 2001). However, the institution and the student can improve retention by trying to resolve the issue. Interestingly, in 2007/08 in the UK there was a 9% overall drop-out rate, 7.4% young and 14.8% mature students dropping out. Millennium institute (UHI) has the highest drop-out rate in the UK at 28.4% and unsurprising
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finished. The experiment will consist of taking an individual sheet from each brand of paper towel and spread it over a container and using a medicine dropper or eye dropper filled with water, squeeze drops onto the paper towel one at a time until the water starts to leak into the container below. Each drop will be counted up to the point where the water leaks into the container. This will be done three times with each brand and an average will be determined. The average determined will represent the
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our masks and my oldest brother was out of bullets, so we thought. He started to shoot the ground and all that came out of his gun was CO2 (a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom, which makes a gas at standard temperature and pressure). After he shot the ground, my oldest brother started shooting at my feet and slowly moved the gun up my body until he got to my face. Then out of nowhere, two paintballs came out of the gun and hit me in the mouth
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message? My Sargent was trying to communicate directions to me of the medical building I had to drop this urgent lab paperwork off to. What channel was used to send the message? Face to face conversation What was the misunderstanding that occurred? His directions on how to get to the medical building were clear, but not clear on where to drop the lab paperwork off once I was there. He stated, “Drop the papers of at the first clinic to the right, once you walk in the building, you can put them in
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solutions properly. 2. Using two different plastic pipets, place one drop of enzyme in each of 12 successive wells on the spot plate, followed by four drops of distilled water. Quickly put one drop of starch solution in each of the wells using a third pipet. Be sure to keep track of your pipets and what solution they are being used for, as you will need them again later. 3. Immediately add one drop of starch indicator solution to the first well. This will be an indication of
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Analyzing an Acid Spill Background Information : Sulfuric acid is a dense, colourless, oily, corrosive liquid that is soluble in water prepared industrially by the reaction of water with sulfur trioxide. The formula H2SO4, displays that there are two hydrogen atoms and one sulphate polyatomic ion. Sulfuric acid has a pH level of 1, which means it is extremely acidic and has a large amount of H+ ions. It is widely used in the manufacture of chemicals, like in making hydrochloric acid, nitric
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they will not be successful in school. Although others will argue that current funding for public schools provides for an adequate educational environment, the current funding of all public schools should be increased in order to further reduce drop-out rates, increase the number of teachers, improve facilities, and the overall educational structure. Inadequate funding in public schools is causing a reduction of teachers and materials. Pascual states “funding problems have forced many public schools
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