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What is an “Expansive Soil”? Expansive soils contain minerals such as smectite clays that are capable of absorbing water. When they absorb water they increase in volume. The more water they absorb the more their volume increases. Expansions of ten percent or more are not uncommon. This change in volume can exert enough force on…

            Water is considered as one of the essential components that nature has given to man. Water is also one of the basic necessities for man’s survival. Though it is tasteless, odorless and does not have much of the vitamins and minerals that foods have, water is essential in nourishing our body so that the…

A Cause and Effect essay is concerned with why things happen and what happens as a result (effects). Cause and effect is a common method of organizing and discussing ideas. Depending on the kind of relation between causes and effects, your essay can be organized by one of the three patterns: “Multiple Causes, One Effect”…

Jupiter is a gas giant. This means that it has a huge atmosphere, a liquid mantle, and a liquid / solid core, with no definite boundary between the layers. The core officiate is probably composed of liquid rock, at a temperature as high as 24,000 K (43,000 OF). The core is small relative to the…

The purpose of this report is to fully analyze and interpret the company’sannual financial statements and other relevant information to derive theadvice for the potential shareholder. Analysis and Interpretation aims toassess the profitability, liquidity and financial stability and marketanalysis of Air New Zealand. Air New Zealand is a company that focuses on the operation of…

The American success in the War of 1812 won the freedom of the seas by stopping the British practice of impressing American sailors, prevented privateers and naval ships from capturing American vessels and secured American trade with Europe. The growing hostility between the United States and the European nations was evident in the end of…

In 1754, a war between Britain and France with their Indian allies broke out in North America that came to be known as The French and Indian War. The war ended in 1763 with the Treaty with Paris where Britain acquired Spanish Florida and all remaining French North American land (Document A). Throughout the war…

Reaction to a Significant Passage from The Good Earth “And O-lan in the house was not idle. With her own hands she lashed the mats to the rafters and took earth from the fields and mixed it with water and mended the walls of the house, and she built again the oven and filled the…

Through out the years man was able to develop and increase its knowledge about technology and how the “world works,” but together with this development and the increase in his domination amongst all other living organism in Earth, comes also the destruction of the very world that he dominates. Slowly, awareness about this destruction came…

One of the most densely populated and largest areas in the world is Metro Manila which is composed of 16 cities. Today, it is home to approximately 20 million people rising by a quarter million yearly. It is considered as one of the most populous areas in the world because the number of people living…