Name: Billie Jo Ellison Date: March 31‚ 2012 Title: The Beaks of Finches # of the Lab: Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to be able to work with different tools that will serve to model finch “beaks” and compete with other “finch” species to see which “beak” best adapted for obtaining specific food. Materials: 1 small plastic dish or cup‚ 1 large non-breakable dish‚ 1 tool to serve as a “beak”‚ large seed‚ small seed‚ 2 pairs
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Imagine having your home slowly being destroyed and you’re population numbers going down‚well thats whats happening to the Greater Sage Grouse. The Greater Sage Grouse a fascinating bird lives in the southern part of Canada and western parts of the United States. Their habitat is being destroyed by us‚ the human population. The Sage Grouse lives in sagebrush areas which are cold during the winter and hot during the summer a great place for them to migrate and to nest. The sagebrush provides habitat
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A Whale of a Problem How could humans feel no remorse killing a whale‚ a beautifully intelligent creature‚ just for their own good‚ unless the whale performed an unforgivable action? Moby Dick was a whale that had a thirst for blood that only humans could supply. The captain of the ship that was searching for Moby Dick‚ Captain Ahab‚ had encountered the whale once before and had his leg eaten by Moby Dick. The ominous nature of the whale and the haunting setting are the traits construe American Gothic
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The Karnala Bird Sanctuary is located in Panvel Taluka of Raigad District‚ outside Mumbai‚ India near Matheran and Karjat. The sanctuary is quite small with an area of 12.11 square kilometres but along with the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Tungareshwar sanctuary is one of the few sanctuaries to be within reach of the city of Mumbai. Contents [hide] 1 Location 2 Birds 3 Gallery 4 External links Location[edit] The sanctuary is centered around the historic Karnala Fort and lies just off
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Darwin’s Finches Lab In this inquiry lab‚ we explored natural selection using a laboratory. We wanted to see what was the effect of the type of food available on the frequency of different types of bird beaks. Our hypothesis was that If the type of the food available changes‚ then the frequency of beak types will change‚ because birds with beaks more suited to the available food will be more successful over time. Variables: Independent Variable: type of food available
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The Chief as an influence in The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea A minor character in a novel is usually disregarded due to their lesser role in the story. It is rare in a novel to see any emphasis on a minor character. Nonetheless‚ no matter how trivial of a part‚ they still have a role to play in the plot and the story as a whole‚ whether it is to stand on the sidelines and cheer for the central characters or to support the development of the major and additional characters. A minor
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Evolution Lab The finches on Darwin and Wallace Islands feed on seeds produced by plants growing on these islands. There are three categories of seeds: soft seeds‚ produced by plants that do well under wet conditions; seeds that are intermediate in hardness‚ produced by plants that do best under moderate precipitation; and hard seeds‚ produced by plants that dominate in drought conditions. The lab is based on a model for the evolution of quantitative traits-characteristics of an individual that
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Symbolism started as a loosely organized literary and artistic movement that originated with a group of French poets in the late 1800s. Within a century‚ symbolism will become a big influence on European and American literature. In the novel A Separate Peace‚ two rivers that are described are the Devon and the Naguamsett. The Devon river was filled with fresh water‚ flowed past hills‚ highland farms‚ and forests‚ passed the school grounds‚ then went over a little waterfall into the Neguamsett. The
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2. To what extent is the preservation of wildlife important in your country? Discuss. The preservation of wildlife has gained increasing attention in the last decade when people started to realise that our attempts at making better lives for ourselves have robbed these animals of their homes. In Singapore‚ there is very little wildlife to speak of. With the exception of several species of birds and aquatic creatures‚ attention has been largely focussed on the conservation of the environment. This
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Basking Shark Norman McCaig describes in his poem "Basking Shark"‚ his meeting between him and the shark‚ and how this had a profound effect on him‚ as it made him realise that the shark and himself comefrom the same family from way back in the past‚ and conveys to us that they are the same‚ that they are one. The presentation of the shark‚ as a "rock"‚ shows how strong‚hard and tough‚ including the fact that the poet describes it as an object‚ shows that the poet has no feelings for the shark
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