Extinction is a natural selection process. Should humans strive to preserve a representative sample of all biomes or aquatic zones? Why should humans be concerned with the extinction rate? In my own opinion No but as u read more about it some things need to be preserved. For instance animals help the crops of the foods that we eat. Snakes help to cure different diseases. Humans help the plants and animals to grow. The fact that human beings are a species means that they depend on many other species
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Tundra Biome {draw:frame} {draw:frame} The arctic tundra can be found in the northern hemisphere‚ encircling the North Pole and extending to the coniferous forest of taiga. Some specific locations of the arctic tundra include Northern America (Northern Alaska‚ Canada‚ and Greenland)‚ Northern Europe (Scandinavia)‚ and Northern Asia (Siberia). The alpine tundra can be found in the mountains throughout the world at high altitudes where trees are unable to grow. They can be found in Northern
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Savanna The African Savanna biome is a tropical grassland in Africa between latitude 15° North and 30 degrees S and longitude 15 degrees W and 40° West. It covers Guinea‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Cote D’ivore‚ Ghana‚ Togo‚ Benin‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ Central African Republic‚ Chad‚ Sudan‚ Ethiopia‚ Somalia‚ and the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ Angola‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Burundi‚ Kenya‚ Tanzania‚ Malawi‚ Zambia‚ Zimbabwe‚ Mozambique‚ Botswana‚ and South Africa. Around 2 million large plant-eating
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Desert Marcus Green SCI/230 11/11/2012 Yasmin Henry Desert biomes can be defined as sandy regions that have very little rainfall as less than 50 cm a year with extreme temperatures and very scare vegetation. The fact that deserts are so dry the temperatures can change drastically‚ during the day temperatures can be as hot as 32 degrees Celsius‚ but at night temperatures can drop as low as -4 degrees Celsius because when the sun goes down there is no moisture in the air to trap the heat
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and abiotic of ecosystems. I found the earth’s major biomes particularly interesting‚ and would like to reflect on them. According to the text book‚ a biome is a large‚ relatively distinct terrestrial region with similar climate‚ soil‚ plants‚ and animals‚ regardless of where it occurs in the world. There are four aquatic biomes and nine major terrestrial biomes. The nine major terrestrial biomes are: tundra‚ boreal
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to water-saturated soil. Some wetlands are inundated at all times‚ whereas others flood infrequently. Wetlands are home to a diverse community of invertebrates‚ which in turn support a wide variety of birds. Wetlands are among the most productive biomes on Earth. Their water-saturated soils favor the growth of plants such as floating pond lilies and emergent cattails‚ many sedges‚ tamarack‚ and black spruce‚ which have adaptations enabling them to grow in water or in soil that is periodically anaerobic
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Biomes: What is a biome? Biomes are regions of the world with similar climate (weather‚ temperature)‚ animals and plants. There are terrestrial biomes (land) and aquatic biomes (water). Biome Tundra: Location- Regions south of the ice caps in the Arctic. In North America‚ Northern Europe and Asia. Climate- Short cool summers and long freezing cold winters. High winds. Adaptions- Thick fur to survive during winter and found places to hibernate during winter. Plants- Lichens mosses
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Science biomes presentation Tropical forest - ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator -betweeen tropic of Capricorn and tropic of cancer -characterized in two words: warm and wet. -monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C -Average annual rainfall is no less than 168 cm (66 in) and can exceed 1‚000 cm (390 in) although it typically lies between 175 cm (69 in) and 200 cm (79 in) -poor soils due to leaching -high levels of biodiversity -Around
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The Namib Desert 5/13/96 Period 6 The Namib Desert is a parched and rippled desert‚ an endless expanse. It stretches along the wouthwest coast of Africa from Angola in the north‚ through Namibia‚ into South Africa. The name Namib means "emptiness." About 1‚700 km (1‚060 mi long and 100 km (60 mi) wide‚ the desert is bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Namib has an approximate area of 170‚000 sq km (65‚640 sq mi). It rises from sea level 914 m (3‚000 ft). Temperatures
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James Davis Professor Pope/GLY 101 March 26‚ 2014 Research Paper Sahara Desert Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert. fahsdf asdfjk asdfjas dfasdkfj afoiwehfa djfaiweofj asdkfThe eastern Sahara is the driest region on Earth‚ where the received solar radiation is capable of evaporating over 200-times the amount of rainfall. It is characterized by a vegetation-free expanse of sandstone in the south and a limestone plateau in the north‚ with numerous sand sheets and sand dunes in numerous
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