between San Francisco and Hawaii and it is said to weigh 3.5 million tons. Through a process called biological magnification‚ the toxins we add to the ecosystem such as the ocean‚ become more concentrated through the food web and it affects top carnivores (humans) most significantly (Campbell‚ Reece & Simon‚ 2007). It is possible that the fish you eat had eaten plastic‚ ergo; you may be consuming trash or
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Science 10 Chapter 1 and 2 Summary Activity-Create a Critter December 5th 2013 The IGALI -The Igali lives in the boreal forest in Eastern Canada. Habitat -The Igali takes shelter in cave surrounded by heavy rock. The Igali takes shelter in this cave because it keeps it cool during the summer months and keeps him warm during the summer months. Another reason it takes shelter in caves is because they provide protection from wolf packs. The Igali has adapted to its habitat in two ways
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Individual Privacy VS National Security John Williams ENG 122: GSE 1244A Instructor: Ebony Gibson November 1‚ 2012 Individual Privacy VS National Security Introduction Since the terrorist attack of 9/11‚ America has been in a high level conflict with terrorist around the world‚ particularly the group known as Al Qaeda. There has been many discussions within the U.S. Congress about the measures of how to effectively combat this organization and their members‚ here and abroad. Consequently
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Millipedes centipedes Insects Spider‚ horse shoe crabs‚ ticks‚ mites Lobster‚ shrimp‚ crabs Dioecious‚ short segments‚ separate sexes‚ internal fertilization‚ female eggs Centi: 1 pair legs per segment‚ anterior most appendages for biting‚ carnivores use poison‚ Milli: 2 pair per segment‚ detritivores‚ 1. 3 tagmata: head‚ thorax‚ abdomen 2. 3 pairs walking legs on ventral thorax 3. 1 or 2 pairs wings on dorsal thorax 4 sets of mouthparts: labrum‚ mandible‚ maxilla‚ labium Dioecious‚
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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants‚ animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air‚ water and mineral soil)‚ interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. As ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms‚ and between organisms and their environment‚ they can come in any size but usually encompass specific‚ limited
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Everything that happens in a persons life becomes a memory I mean everything the way a flower smells ‚the way grandmas spaghetti sauce taste ‚the color of a flower literally every interaction we have becomes a memory things that happen to us‚ how velvet feels on our skin .The creating of memorys happens in stages . The first stage is called Sensory Memory in this stage your mind will hold what u seen heard touched or etc exactly how you perceived it but it does not become a forever memory
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Have you ever wanted to be next to a dangerous animal? We are going to be talking about the different kind of species. There are plenty of them‚ but I am going to be talking about four kinds. Next‚ the different kinds of oceans they live in. Pacific‚ Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico‚ the Indian ocean‚ and ex cetera. Last but certainly not least‚ why we should take these animals more seriously. Are you still wondering what animal this is? Well‚ if you like the adrenaline and rush feeling‚ I suggest
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CHAPTER 12: MOLLUSCA Mollusca is an enormous taxon 2nd only to Arthropoda in number of living species Includes many familiar animals such as snails‚ clams‚ oysters‚ mussels‚ slugs‚ octopods and squids in seven lining classes Mollusca includes the taxa: Aplacophora consists of small‚ wormlike molluscs w/ numerous calcareous spicules rather than a shell. Polyplacophorans or chitons have eight shell plates Monoplacophorans have a low‚ conical‚ limpetlike shell and live in deep water
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Animal Habitats Unit Katelin Gortat‚ Roseline Etienne‚ Sara Johnson‚ Gayle Chancey October 24‚ 2011 SEI/300 Erika Fiorenza Animal Habitats Unit Our unit focuses on animals and their habitats. This unit is to introduce students to Life Science. One of the core curriculum standards for Utah second grade is Life Science. According to Utah Department of Education (n.d.)‚ Standard 4 of the Science Curriculum for 2nd grade states "Students will gain an understanding of Life Science through the
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INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS An insectivorous plant‚ also called a carnivorous plant‚ captures prey items‚ such as insects‚ spiders‚ crustaceans‚ mites‚ and protozoans‚ as a nitrogen source. Many insectivorous species live in freshwater bogs‚ where nitrogen is not present in available form‚ because the pH of the water is extremely acid. The forms of entrapment by these types of plants are modified leaves. Five basic trapping mechanisms are found in carnivorous plants. 1. Pitfall traps (pitcher plants)
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