Quiz 1 Tuesday‚ September 20‚ 2011 10:59 PM 1. Ecology o The study of interactions of organisms with their environment 2. Ecosystems o Organisms and their interactions with one another as well as their interactions with the environment o Ecosystems are like puzzles; if you disturb one part‚ you disturb others o Energy maintains an ecosystem 3. Environment o 2 parts • Biotic Part ▪ Living organisms • Abiotic Part
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I have always lived in the midst of the country‚ surrounded by flora and fauna with which i was taught to live in symbiosis. Shared between a dense forest and the Atlantic sea‚ two fantastic ecosystems hiding a wonderful biodiversity‚ I developped‚ like the other inhabitants‚ a philosophy of life apparently different from real urban people. Actually‚ during a trip with my class‚ I had the opportunity to discover Paris for the first time. I was really shocked by the impassivity‚ the indifference
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Hockett’s List and the Signature Characteristic Strategy Charles Hockett‚ an American linguist writing in the 1960s‚ created a list of thirteen design features of the Human spoken language. Hockett asserted that only spoken human language adheres to all thirteen features. This list has enabled researchers to distinguish Human communication from that of animals‚ in order to establish whether a certain species has lingual abilities. This research method is most commonly referred to as the
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1/ List and describe the four factors that affect the rate of drug distribution. The four factors that affect the rate of drug distribution are absorption‚ metabolism‚ distribution‚ and excretion. a. Absorption is the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood. Most drugs are absorbed by passive absorption but some drugs need carrier-mediated transport. Example: Acidic drugs such as aspirin will be better absorbed in the stomach whereas basic drug
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word and a morpheme but a number of elements that can be drawn as either a similarity or difference concerning the two terms. In view‚ this essay will look at the similarities and differences between a word and morpheme. Aronoff and Fudeman (2011: 2) states that morphology In linguistics‚ “refers to the mental system involved in word formation or to the branch of linguistics that deals with words‚ their internal structure‚ and how they are formed” There are various ways to define a word‚ but no
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Assignment 2: Factors Affecting Marketing Strategy BUS 510 – Consumer Behavior February 23‚ 2014 Factors Affecting Marketing Strategy While at a local women’s retail store‚ came across an interesting leather necklace that caught my attention. As I moved closer to view the item‚ I was sure the accessory belonged to one of the popular designers and was quite expensive. Once I reached the shelf were the item was display; I saw the designer name “Heaven’s Creations”; an unknown product designer. The
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Scientific Name Order Family English Name Tagalog Name Local/Ilonggo Name Picture 1. Pellona ditchela Clupeiformes Pristigasteridae Indian pellona Kundilat 2. Trachinocephalus myops Aulopiformes Synodontidae Snakefish Bubule 3. Cypselurus oligolepis Belonidae Exocoetidae Largescale flyingfish Iliw Bansi 4. Hemiramphus far 5. Ablennes hians 6. Chirocentrus dorab Clupeiformes Chirocentridae Dorab wolf-herring Balila Balila 7. Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus Anguilliformes Mugaelidae
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In Mike Davis’s‚ Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster‚ he analyzes the patterns and trends of Southern California’s environment. Through his research‚ Mike Davis explains how the history of Southern California’s environment proves that California is uninhabitable. However‚ over the last century there have only been two earthquakes and no one hundred plus year droughts. Leading to the question‚ how has man made it possible to live in such an environment? Over the past few
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1. Learned means having much knowledge and well – informed. Innate means already known or originating in. 2. Habituation – a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations a. Estivation – animals trying to escape things happening in their environment b. Imprinting – learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage that is rapid c. Hibernation – refers to a season of heterothermy that is characterized by low body temperature‚ slow breathing and heart rate‚ and low
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Section B. Is local diversity a product of regional forces‚ local forces‚ or both‚ and how might we know? In ecology‚ the change in species diversity across space and time is one of the oldest studied subjects‚ however the underlying causes of many diversity patterns is under much debate (Field et al. 2001; MacArthur‚ 1972; Rosenzweig‚ 1995). How does diversity arise (Erwin 1991)? How is diversity distributed in space (Dean et al. 1997‚ Fonseca et al. 2000)? And how is diversity maintained
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