Charles Monet reached the "point of no return" when he first became infected with the virus. And he was stranded at the point of no return when he began to vomit continuously.
2. Viruses are alive as so as they come in contact with a living cell and start nourishing from them. Then they become very much alive and begin to replicate. A quote from the book that best supports the theory that viruses are alive is, "The host is possessed by a life form that is attempting to convert the host into itself."(p.18). .
3. The Ebola virus was named after the Ebola River which was the place where it was first discovered.
4. The second chapter's title of "Jumper" is appropriate because the virus jumped from Monet to Dr. Musoke through the "black vomit" Monet emitted over Musoke. Even after the death of the host the virus will still jump to another, until there are none left. There are no hurdles for this virus, besides the antidote, so it would probably do well in track and field.
5. The reasons scientists do not think that Ebola is a natural human parasite is that it is not common in humans and it kills its victims too quickly.
6. I believe that the reason AIDS spread worldwide and Ebola retreats is because AIDS takes a long time to finish eating away the host, which gives it more time to spread. When an outbreak of Ebola occurs, there is an intense effort to contain the virus and eliminate it. Ebola kills its victims so quickly that it has very little time to spread from one host to another during the time the host is alive.
7. Signs of the Ebola Virus include muscle pain, red eyes, chronic headaches, a severe bleeding, and of course black vomit. If the patient had these symptoms I would know it's Ebola and then run. .
Writing About the Book.
8. If the virus were a person, it would not look as frightening as the Artist formerly known as Prince, but it would be as deadly. It may look human even though everyone doubts it is human.
The Hot Zone & Outbreak "The kill rate in humans infected with Ebola Zaire is 9 out of 10. ... In Richard Preston's The Hot Zone, this type of characterization is displayed. ... Characterization such as this is why The Hot Zone was a best seller. ... Sensory imaging is what makes The Hot Zone a book worthy of recognition. ... Outbreak has much less scientific information than The Hot Zone. ...
These are the words describing a number one New York Times Bestseller, The Hot Zone. ... The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truly really is scarier than fiction." In his high- suspense, terrifying non- fiction novel, The Hot Zone, Richard Preston delivers quite a thriller. ... Of course, for those of you who get scared easily, The Hot Zone is definitely not for you. ...
The Hot Zone Just like a Hollywood movie, Richard Preston's book The Hot Zone tells a story of an almost viral outbreak in suburban Washington, D.C.. Unfortunately, unlike a movie made for entertainment, The Hot Zone recalls the events that led to Americas encounter with the Ebola virus. ... The Hot Zone takes you into the laboratories to give you some insight on how scientist deal with these deadly viruses on a daily basis in hopes of finding cures. ... The Hot Zone especially today will make you sit back and think about how quickly life as we know it can turn to shambles. ...
The story I read was called, The Hot Zone. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a non-fiction book. ... In The Hot Zone, the main characters were the viruses. ... In conclusion, I learned from the experience of reading The Hot Zone. ...
The area around the subsiding plate is the subduction zone. The subduction zone is the seismically and volcanically active area nearby a tectonic plate that is submerging below another tectonic plate. The subduction zone supports the theory of plate tectonics by showing wherever two plates collide and one subsides, volcanoes are present. Also, the sedimentary rock found on the top and bottoms of plates is also present in the magma that is released in subduction zones in the Pacific Ocean. ... Wilson was the first to speculate about the hot spots, or thermal plums. ...
First, I must state that this may not be what you are looking for in any way. I might also add that my selection of literature is neither artistic nor philosophical. It did, however, move me. I read The Hot Zone by Michael Crichton in 1995, and throughout my post-Hot Zone series of reads, it stil...
During this time they are in their homes with the heater on sipping on a cup of hot cocoa. ... Unfortunately, when you enter the "family zone", California being at the top of your list of places to live is just unrealistic. ... Even though the cost of living in California is very expensive, presently I have not entered into the "family zone" of the corporate world. ...
A hot spot is an abnormal hot rising area of the mantle that supplies the lava for volcanoes. If at the same time a hot spot is directly below a thinned crust then the magma in the hot spot may hold too much pressure to be held by the thinner weakened crust. ... Therefore the frequency of earthquakes caused in ocean basins by hot spots is very low. ... These forces result in the triggering of the earthquakes within the subduction zones. The frequency of earthquakes in Subduction zones is about the same as that in the mid-ocean ridges. ...
These convection zones cause the mantle to circulate and apply tensional forces to plates. ... As well as earthquakes happening at ridges, they can happen at hot spots. ... If by chance a hot spot occurs under this weak part of the crust then the magma might provide the extra needed pressure to force the magma to the surface. ... At this zone of plate activity earthquakes can once again happen are varying depths. ... In this type of boundary, the focus can occur anywhere in this zone and so the earthquakes can be shallow, intermediate or deep. ...