The language known today as Spanish is derived from a dialect of spoken Latin that evolved in the north-central part of the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century. A written standard was developed in the cities of Toledo (13th to 16th centuries) and Madrid (from the 1560s).[1] Over the past 1‚000 years‚ the language expanded south to the Mediterranean Sea‚ and was later transferred to the Spanish colonial empire‚ most notably to the Americas. Today it is
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Photosynthesis Matt Lazar 5/13/96 8th Hr. When you and me eat‚ we find our food. When plants eat‚ they make their own food and energy. They make their food and energy through a process called photosynthesis. Through photosynthesis oxygen is also produced. Photosynthesis is "a process in which green plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water....The reverse of this reaction provides energy for plants‚ for animals that eat plants‚ for animals that eat animals that eat plants"
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There are three forms of second person singular pronouns in Spanish: usted‚ tu and vos. Usted is the formal personal pronoun used to show respect and tu and vos are both familiar personal pronouns in Spanish‚ however the use of vos (voseo) and tu (tuteo) vary according to destination. Although virtually absent in Spain‚ the United States and the majority of the Caribbean‚ voseo is used extensively across both Central and South America where it is used by an estimated 40% of Spanish speakers. Voseo
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Exercise 13 MITOSIS: REPLICATION OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1. a. Mitosis and cytokinesis are often referred to collectively as "cellular division." Why are they more accurately called cellular replication? The result of mitosis is production of two cells (replicates) identical to the parent cell. The genetic material is replicated rather than divided. b. Does the cell cycle have a beginning and an end? The organization of our study of cellular events indicates a beginning and
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Radioisotopes are radioactive isotopes of an element. An isotope is an element’s atom that has the same number of protons and electrons‚ but a different number of neutrons‚ causing the atom to be unstable. With radioisotopes‚ they can occur naturally‚ but most often are formed artificially by altering the atom. Scientists measure the rate of which radioisotopes decay at by using the term half-life. This refers to when one-half of the radioactive material has decayed. When the word radioactive comes
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Archaea and Bacteria (NOT major groups) • Ecological Importance Self-test qs: 1-2‚ 4-8 [pic] Chapter 28: all sections Terminology: Architarchs‚ African sleeping sickness‚ alga‚ Anopheles mosquito‚ carotenoid‚ cellulose‚ chrysolaminarin‚ conjugation‚ contractile vacuole (and purpose)‚ dinoflagellate‚ diplomonad‚ endosymbiosis‚ euglenid‚ euglenozoan‚ Excavata‚ food vacuole‚ foram‚ fucoxanthin‚ golden alga‚ green alga‚ heteromorphic‚ holdfast‚ holozoic‚ isomorphic‚ kinetoplastid‚ laminarin‚ macronuclei
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the argument pointing to a common origin for the language. However‚ where is that location? Many linguists and scholars point to African tribal language for the origins of Black English‚ proposing that some of the sentence structure and verb conjugations are similar to those used by tribes in Western Africa or to Gullah‚ as spoken in the West Indies and Caribbean nations. However‚ Dr. Walter E. Williams‚ syndicated columnist
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I. INTRODUCTION Independent Study Questions 1.) What is the fundamental difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells? Procaryotic cells do not contain a membrane-bound nucleus or any membrane-bound organelles. Eurkaryotic cells contain both a membrane mound nucleus and membrane-bound organelles (making them far more complex). 2.) List and describe the two domains of prokaryotic organisms. a. Bacteria- Most are a specific shape (cylindrical‚ spiral‚ or spherical). Cell
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Evaluation of antidiabetic and antimicrobial activity of jasminum grandiflorum leaves INTRODUTION 1.1. The pancreas and insulin formation The pancreas is an elongated organ situated next to the first part of the small intestine. It is both an endocrine gland that produces hormones‚ such as insulin and glucagon‚ and an exocrine gland producing digestive enzymes‚ such as trypsin and chymotrypsin (Martini‚ 2004). It is located behind the stomach‚ between the spleen and the duodenum (see Figure
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Teaching and learning : The effective teaching of grammar in modern foreign languages (MFL) ’One of the most misunderstood words in the English language has to be the word ‘grammar’ ’(Rendall‚ 2006: 53). This statement stands as the ideal starting point from which to unveil a rationale for the importance of grammar in the language acquisition process and how it has been perceived in the past decades . What is grammar ? Why and how should it be taught ? These questions‚ as basic as they look
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