I.S.24 Jaad Shahout 616 6/12/10 Rain forest Biome The average rain fall a rain forest receives is 50 to 260 inches yearly (125-660 centimeters). Rain forest belongs in a wet climate. Its temperature does not go higher than 93 degrees (34 degrees Celsius) or drop below 68 degrees (20 degrees Celsius). The rain forests average humidity is 77%-88%. Almost all rain forests are near the equator. Half of all plant and animal species are in the rain forest. Tropical rain forests produce
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Cause of increasing crime rate in Cambodia: -Poverty: because most of the poor don’t have enough money to get education and food‚ so they will do whatever for getting food without thinking well like rob or steal someone. -Imbalance between rich and poor: As we can see in our social‚ there are a lot of poor people and the gap between rich and poor is very far. The rich have many cars in their house but the poor don’t have any cars even food to eat. Thus they will think it is not fair and try to
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A Biome is all of the life zones‚ all plants‚ animals‚ and other organisms‚ as well as the physical environment in a particular area. A biome is characterized by its plant life‚ which is determined by its location. For example‚ northern coniferous forests exist in sub-arctic portions of North America and Asia‚ but further north‚ the conditions are simply too harsh and the season too brief for trees to grow. Instead of trees‚ the short vegetation of the tundra thrives in these areas. The same occurs
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Scene #1 is from Ep. I: The Phantom Menace. Name this real-world biome. Temperate Deciduous Forest Please explain briefly this biome’s major identifying characteristics. In the Woodlands of Naboo‚ there are many kinds of trees‚ plants and shrubs‚ Trees within the forests grow between 24m and a 35m tall and are usually broad-leaved trees. Different plants include ferns‚ vines‚ mosses‚ palms and orchids. There are also many different kinds of species‚ around 2 - 5 million different species. Dense growing
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Cold Desert Biome Food Web Michelle Ann Cushman BIO/101 October 20‚ 2014 Steven Peck This is a biome which is an Ocean shore environment. Animals that live here find their food in the water. Some of the Preys go on to the land to rest or reproduce‚ but food that they eat is in the water. The Artic is the area around the North Pole while the Antarctic is the area around the South Pole. Plant plankton are eaten by the Krills; the Krills are eaten by the fish‚ fish are eaten by the seals and the seals
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years‚ the Khmer Rouge caused the deaths of nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population and scarred its survivors. For four years‚ the Khmer Rouge‚ founders of the Communist Party of Kampuchea‚ led by Pol Pot (a.k.a. Saloth Sar)‚ gained control over Cambodia in a coup d’etat and declared the beginning of Year Zero‚ their attempt to reset the country and create an agrarian society. Official government forces led by Lon Nol succumbed to the Khmer Rouge at the end of the Cambodian Civil War. (KWR) Though
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Along time ago‚ Angkor was one of the langest cities in the world and many people lived there. Angkor Wat was the temple and the capital city of one of the old Khmer kings from AD 802 to 1431‚ they were kings of the country which was later called Cambodia. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura. In the late 13th century‚ Angkor Wat gradually moved from Hindu to Theravada Buddhist use‚ which continues to the present day. Angkor Wat is unusual among
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States. The war affected Cambodia because the United States bombed Cambodia because they were supporting Vietnam with supplies. Khmer Rouge took this to their advantage by recruiting and gaining followers. The Khmer Rouge persecuted many who had educations‚ monks‚ and the rich (United to end Genocide). with Khmer Rouge taking over the government. The Prince of Cambodia at this time had sided with the Khmer Rouge. This giving them a lot of power since the leader of Cambodia was out of the country.
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Tundra Biome There are two types of tundra ecosystems: the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra. The tundra biome has several unique characteristics. The climate is very cold there is little diversity‚ and a "short season of growth and reproduction occurs" (1). The Finnish word tunturia‚ which means treeless plain‚ was the inspiration for the words tundra (4). The formation‚ plants‚ and animals that are associated with this biome have several attributes that make them remarkable‚ and this biome is
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Humans have a negative effect on the tundra biome. Some of the effects are overhunting‚ global warming‚ oil drilling‚ and pollution. When endangered species encounter these issues they die and eventually become extinct. An example of overhunting is how sailors overhunt musk oxen and caribou for their fur and body meat. The fur gets used for clothing and the sailors eat the body meat. The musk ox is nearly extinct due to overhunting. When you over hunt a whole species‚ that species may go completely
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