Lost legacies- The Desert of Fire Prologue- Lightning was fast asleep in his dirt and rock den when a deep rumbling woke him up. He hopped on his paws immediately and dashed to the entrance‚ listening to the earth as it shook in obvious discomfort. He looked up and saw rocks falling from a nearby cave onto several rattlesnakes and fear flashed through his mind. He leapt back into the burrow and shook his son Willow awake. He hissed urgently to his son “Get up Willow! Come on!” Willow suddenly
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are void of fresh produce are often called “food deserts.” A food desert is described as a geographical area where fresh produce is hard to obtain‚ particularly for those who do not have access to transportation. Because many of the people who live in food deserts commonly have unreliable transportation‚ they are forced to shop at convenient stores or eat at nearby fast-food restaurants due to their limited mobility and other options. Food deserts in this sense can often be attributed to lack of
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through these problems. One problem‚ in the Chicago Logan Square neighborhood‚ is the lack of viable grocery store options. Chicago has an abundant amount of restaurants food options; however‚ many of those food options are not the healthiest. Food deserts are caused by food availability‚ location of grocery stores‚ and affordability of food. Throughout the Chicago area‚ there are countless unhealthy food options. Just walking down a street one is able to see at least two fast food places. Since fast
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Citizens find themselves without healthy options for nutritious food to feed themselves or their children. This is due to physical distance from supermarkets‚ food affordability‚ and many other factors. This phenomenon has been defined as a food desert. The Congressional report to the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture‚ about 2.3 million people (or 2.2 percent of all US households) live more than one mile away from a supermarket and do not own a car. This lack of transportation
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An interstate bridge in the California desert collapsed recently as heavy rains scoured away the land the depleted bridge was anchored to.The bridge for years has been a major throughway between the cities of Los Angeles and Phoenix as many cars use the bridge to get to there destination.Which caused the collapse was ‚water hurrying through an ordinarily dry desert chasm disintegrating the area around the bridge‚ bringing about one side of the eastward interstate to fall and causing the closure
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Read each introductory paragraph and complete the following exercises. • Put a star (*) next to the hook. • Underline all the sentences that serve to introduce the story. • Highlight the thesis. (Student sample 1) Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a suspenseful book about a group of boys that crashes on a deserted island during a war. In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding may or may not be trying to show us a comparison between some of the objects and characters to something
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University of Phoenix Material Week Four Deserts Lab Report Week Four Deserts Lab Report Answer the lab questions for this week and summarize the lab experience using this form. Carefully read ch. 15 of Geoscience Laboratory. Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from the Geoscience Laboratory. Select answers are provided for you in red font to assist you with your lab work. Although you are only required to respond to the questions in this worksheet
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Chapter 1: Two American children‚ Mary and Peter go to visit their uncle‚ Keith‚ in Adelaide. On their way they get lost in the Australian outback after a plane crash. They don’t know where to go and how to find food in the desert. At night‚ strange animals are interested in them but don’t attack them. On the following day‚ they climb a mountain and Mary‚ the elder child‚ realises they are far away from the sea. Chapter 2: The next day‚ as the children are gathering food‚ they discover that a
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Although completely different‚ California and Arizona are both wonderful states to reside in. I have lived in both states‚ and love them both. California is beautiful with beaches‚ bridges and big cities. Arizona has gorgeous mountains and rivers. Both states have vastly different weather and terrain‚ cost of living‚ and quality of schools and their accomodations. Arizona’s population grows in the winter when "snowbirds" migrate to the nice calm and cool weather. In Maricopa county‚ which covers
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Mojave Desert Organisms * Planate (Vegetation) – Brittle Bush‚ California Juniper‚ Creosote Bush‚ Common Saltbush‚ Joshua Tree‚ Mojave Aster‚ and Triangle-leaf Bursage * Animalia (Animals) – Mammals include coyote‚ desert bighorn sheep‚ desert kit fox‚ spotted skunk‚ spotted bat‚ black-tailed jackrabbit‚ ground squirrels‚ kangaroo rat and white-footed mouse. Birds include eagles‚ hawks‚ owls‚ quail‚ roadrunners‚ finches‚ warblers and
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