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Abridged science for high school students. Volume II /
Abridged Science for High School Students, Volume II is a general science book that provides a concise discussion of wide array of scientific topics. This is volume sets out to continue where the first volume left off by covering Chapters 22 to 49. The contents of the text cover a wide variety of sc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Sydney] :
Pergamon Press,
[1966]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Abridged Science for High School Students; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; THE NUCLEAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION SCHOOL CERTIFICATE INTEGRATED SCIENCE TEXTBOOK GROUP; EDITORS AND AUTHORS OF ABRIDGED SCIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Chapter 22. THE MOON; THE CHANGING MOON; AN EXPLANATION OF THESE CHANGES; SUMMARY; Chapter 23. PRESSURE; THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLUID PRESSURE ACTS IN ALL DIRECTIONS; FLUCTUATING PRESSURE; MEASURING AIR PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERE THINS OUT WITH HEIGHT; PRESSURE IN LIQUIDS; PASCAL'S PRINCIPLE; BUOYANCY.
- FLUIDS IN MOTION-THE BERNOULLI EFFECTSUMMARY; Chapter 24. MATTER, AND FORCES BETWEEN PARTICLES; CONDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY; HARDNESS; MALLEABILITY AND DUCTILITY; CLEAVAGE; THE ELASTICITY OF SUBSTANCES; EXPLANATION OF STRAIN AND STRESS IN MATERIALS; SUMMARY; Chapter 25. SOLUTIONS AND SOLUBILITY-BEHAVIOUR OF WATER; SOLUTIONS AND SOLUBILITY; AN EXPLANATION OF SOLUTION; EXOTHERMIC AND ENDOTHERMIC CHANGES; WATER AND ELEMENTS; SUSPENSIONS AND EMULSIONS; SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WATER; THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN LIVING ORGANISMS; OSMOSIS; SUMMARY; Chapter 26. BEHAVIOUR OF ACIDS, ALKALIS AND SALTS.
- ACIDS AND THEIR CHEMICAL BEHAVIOURALKALIS AND THEIR CHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; SUMMARY; Chapter 27. SOME IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES; The manufacture of sulphur, sulphuric acid, soap and hydrogen; RATES OF REACTION; SULPHURIC ACID; SULPHUR; SOAP; HARDNESS IN WATER; HYDROGEN; SUMMARY; Chapter 28. HOW AN ANIMAL WORKS
- I; Food and nutrition, transporting chemicals, respiration and excretion; FOOD AND NUTRITION; TRANSPORTING CHEMICALS; RESPIRATION; EXCRETION; SUMMARY; Chapter 29. HOW AN ANIMAL WORKS
- II; Movement, sensitivity, growth and reproduction; Movement; THE SKELETON; MUSCLES; JOINTS.
- Sensitivity in AnimalsHOW ANIMALS DETECT THEIR ENVIRONMENT; THE SENSE OF SIGHT-THE EYE; THE SENSE OF HEARING-THE EAR; HOW ANIMALS BECOME AWARE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT; HOW ANIMALS RESPOND TO CHANGES IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL CO-ORDINATION; SUMMARY OF CO-ORDINATION; Growth and Reproduction; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; GROWTH; SUMMARY; Chapter 30. SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH; THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH; INTERIOR OF THE EARTH; THE CRUST OF THE EARTH; SUMMARY; Chapter 31. SPEED, ACCELERATION AND FORCE-NEWTON'S LAWS OF NOTION; THE MEANING OF SPEED; VELOCITY; ACCELERATION.
- THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITYAIR RESISTANCE; WHAT CAUSES AN ACCELERATION?; NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION; ACTION AND REACTION-EXAMPLES; SUMMARY; Chapter 32. MORE ABOUT ENERGY; MECHANICAL WORK; POTENTIAL ENERGY; KINETIC ENERGY; SPINNING OBJECTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 33. HEAT ENERGY; QUANTITY OF HEAT; KINETIC THEORY OF HEAT; EXPLANATION OF SOME COMMON HEAT EFFECTS IN TERMS OF THE THEORY OF HEAT; HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF HEAT; SUMMARY; Chapter 34. MEASURING ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES IN THE HOME.