Explain how human activity can affect water availability and quality. (10) Agriculture plays a significant role in the quality of water and three factors come into play when considering agricultural effects: pesticides‚ fertilizers and the waste produced by farm animals. When pesticides or fertilizers are applied to crops the excess materials will either run off the land‚ or seep into the groundwater‚ with an eventual ending in bodies of water such as lakes‚ ponds‚ or streams. The excess nutrients
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Technology in Our Lives When people think about technology they think about new inventions. Technology is a new way of making people want more than what they already have; they have made technology come to a point that humans are not able to function without it. Technology has also made a huge impact on people’s lives in the modern world through means of machines that are being used in the medical field. Medical technologies are instruments that are used by not only doctors but also by people around
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"The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex and sought to ensure that women earn equal pay for equal work. Its purpose was clear: Eliminate the gender wage gap‚ which hurts women and families. But 50 years later‚ pay discrimination is alive and well. Gag rules that require employees to keep their pay secret perpetuate this inequity." (www.cnn.com) I as a women have personally experienced this in the workforce; where male workers are paid a higher salary
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Education in Our lives What do you think education means to society? What does education mean? An education is commonly defined as a process of learning and obtaining knowledge. Many problems can occur that can prevent an education to people such as religion‚ culture‚ tradition‚ income and where you live or come from. Those can create different assumptions of someone’s educational background. The education for society can be different‚ due to the fact that various types of education plus learning
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people with their lives in a variety of contexts. They can work with families where there is domestic abuse‚ in situations of child abuse‚ with children and people with disabilities‚ assist with fostering or adoption and work with young people who misuse substances such as drugs or alcohol. According to The Sefton Local Safeguarding Children Board‚ the UN Convention states that young people have rights such as the right to life‚ the right to be treated as equal citizens‚ the right to live in a safe environment
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Introduction There are many different kinds of injuries that are sustained during activities related to sports. Such injuries are not only sustained during sports activities but may also be sustained through physical activity like walking. Even walking can affect the muscles and may also cause injuries. The people who are involved in sports are more likely to sustain injuries more than the people of the same age who are not into sports. Sports injuries do not mean that one should start avoiding sports. Sports
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The old saying "Man does not live to eat‚ but eat to live" takes the particular significance nowadays and in our conditions. Now the problem of survival and nutrition are more relevant than ever before. Among many negative factors affecting the psycho-physiological functioning and health of the person‚ a very large place is occupied by consumable products. Most foods roughly rigged. Under the familiar names such as butter‚ cheese‚ sausages‚ bread‚ pasta‚ beef and so on‚ products that do not have
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Resha Paumier EN105 First Year Writing Seminar I: Critical Reading‚ Writing‚ and Thinking Across 24 January 2010 To live or not to live Imagine you have just overcome the greatest challenge in your life‚ the miraculous gift of conception. But already your existence is faced with an uncertainty and you have absolutely no choice in the matter‚ in fact it is left up to your mother or the politicians and lawyers. That’s where this advertisement comes into play; the creator of it believed that this
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How did the development of human rights affect the caste system in India? The caste system in India is a powerful foundation consisting of many different classes and influences resulting in social segregation which has shaped Indian society for thousands of years. In India the caste system is a strict division between power and poverty‚ it is thought to be a part of ancient Hindu life‚ though some argue it was empowered by British imperialism. The caste system has several theories
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Identify the differences between bacteria viruses‚ Fungi and Parasites. Viruses are pieces of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein that replicate only within the cells of living hosts. Bacteria are one-cell microorganisms with a simple cellular organization whose nucleus lacks a membrane. Parasites may be protozoa‚ yeasts‚ or multicellular organisms such as fungi or worms that live in or on a host to obtain nourishment without providing any benefit to the host. Fungi
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