of the North Pacific Ocean‚ ranging from Canada to Southern California and even Mexico. This species ranks as the second smallest marine mammal in the animal kingdom and is known for its dense fur coat‚ as opposed to a layer of blubber (http://www.defenders.org/sea-otter/basic-facts). The sea otter is a keystone species. A keystone species is “a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend‚ such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically” (https://www.google.com/webhp
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The Affects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems Ocean acidification is the ongoing warming and decreasing of pH in the earths water supply (Gray et al. 2016; PMEL 2017). The acidification is caused from the increase in carbon dioxide concentration within the earths atmosphere. The carbon dioxide then reacts with the water to produce carbonic acid and carbonate ions thus‚ decreasing the pH. Ocean acidification affects the ecology of everything on this planet. Mainly‚ the marine ecosystems and
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different from the weather. The weather is the temperature and other conditions such as sun‚ rain‚ and wind. The weather is a mixture of events that occur every day in our atmosphere and the weather will change everyday or just a few hours. The weather is different all over the world. It may be hot and sunny somewhere in the world‚ but it is cold and snowy in another place. Although the weather will change in a few hours‚ the climate will take a long period of time to change. What is climate change? Climate
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Lifeguard” is the passage of time and the way time’s passing changes our perceptions of our lives. Evidence of the importance of this theme includes the following: The very first sentence of the story calls attention to the passage of time – to the narrator’s movement from one phase of his life to the next. The entire story reflects upon the past‚ as the narrator recalls a crucial summer in his life. The first sentence of the second paragraph also calls attention to a change that has occurred with the
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children and families across the country from dangerous air pollution. As part of this campaign‚ we will be asking elected officials‚ and later corporate and industry leaders‚ to promise to support clean air protections. Send a message urging your senators and representative to make the Clean Air Promise to protect children from dangerous air pollution here. American families deserve this commitment from their elected representatives at a time when pollution from power plants‚ cement kilns and other
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(Provide examples from the text). In the first sentence in chapter 3‚ Holden tells the reader‚ “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.” How does this connect to his character? How does Holden Caulfield’s name encompass his personality? What kind of reading does Holden like? What authors and types of stories do you enjoy? What is Holden’s criterion for a good book? Does Catcher in the Rye meet this criterion for you? Tell us about the topic you are choosing for the third paper and
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FLOW OF ENERGY THROUGH THE ECOSYSTEM BY: JULIAN NEME JARED DALLING ALLAN VARELA LIFE DEPENDS ON THE SUN • PHOTOSYNTHESIS: • Is a process used by plants and other organisms to use light energy usually the sun ‚ to make sugar molecules. • The result of photosynthesis is sugar which is called CARBOHYDRATES PRODUCERS‚ CONSUMERS‚ DECOMPOSERS • Producers: is an organism that makes its own food. • Consumers: is organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms. • Decomposers: there organisms
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Natural Ecosystem: Stony Creek Metro Park Natural Ecosystem: Stony Creek Metro Park My pick for this park was based on the fact that this was made in to a natural ecosystem in 1964. A plan was drawn to make this park by making a dam and creating a 500 acre lake in the center of a 4‚461 acre land section from the stony creek (a tributary of the Clinton River). Once the dam was formed the lake was made‚ and the park came together. There are many plants and wildlife in this park‚ and fish in
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Islam Change Over Time The spread of Islam throughout the world was among the most significant worldwide movements in history. Beginning as the faith of a small community of believers in Arabia in the seventh century‚ Islam rapidly became one of the major world religions. The core beliefs and culture of this faith is the belief that Muhammad (570-632)‚ a respected businessman in Mecca‚ a commercial and religious center in western Arabia‚ received revelations from God that have been preserved
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Acid Rain and its Effects On Our Aquatic Ecosystems In the past century‚ one of the greatest threats to North America ’s aquatic ecosystem has been the widespread acidification of hundreds of thousands of waterways. Acid rain has effected plant and animal life within aquatic ecosystems‚ as well as microbiologic activity by affecting the rates of decomposition and the accumulation of organic matter. What causes this poisonous rain‚ and what can be done to improve North America ’s water quality
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