INTRODUCTION TO ASCLEPIAS CALIFORNICA The terrestrial plant‚ Asclepias californica‚ is the primary food source for Monarch butterflies. It can only germinate and produce seeds if provided with the proper environmental influence. The California milkweed’s population is spread out in the southern and coastal areas of California where there are flat lands and grassy slopes. It can also grow up to three feet tall and have clumps consisting of multiple stems that are a couple of feet in width. Unlike
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The polis some important characteristics A polis is a Greek city-state. Instead of having a united country‚ the Greeks were divided into large‚ independent cities with their own governments and people. Some of the more famous poleis are Athens‚ Sparta‚ Corinth‚ Thebes‚ and Argos. Poleis were originally ruled by heredity kings. As these kings became unpopular‚ they were often overthrown by tyrants. Although usurpers to the throne that were considered illegitimate‚ they were often very popular
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Some Big Issues within Psychology The study of psychology is filled with controversy and debate. All of the uncertainties and unanswered questions even push interest in the field. These questions provoke deep thought about why humans behave the way they do‚ where we learned these behaviors‚ how we learned them‚ and more. However‚ almost all of the smaller arguments can be grouped into one big debate: nature versus nurture. It asks if the way we behave comes from nature – the genes we inherit from
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1. What structure separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities and what is it made of? The diaphragm. Made of skeletal muscle 2. What is the collective name for the contents of the ventral cavity? The viscera 3. What are the main functions of these membranes and the potential space they form? To secrete serous fluid which allows the parietal membrane to slide over the visceral membrane without friction. 4. What is the clinical condition that develops when air is able to enter the potential
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Legal Studies | Outline some of the power police have to conduct an investigation. How does the current system balance the need for justice with the rights of citizens? The law defines what a crime is and whether a particular act constitutes an offence. The responsibility for enforcing criminal laws and ensuring they are adhered to lies with the police. The police are a part of an executive arm of government and so are separate from the legislature who makes the laws and the courts that make
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romantically involved and mostly because they find one of them attractive. One person in the relationship may be easily pulled away if their relationship is too weak. If someone is going to try to break up a relationship and be successful with it‚ there are some things they should know to do. First‚ you should scout out potential relationships that may seem to becoming weaker. For example‚ the person of interest may seem to be distant‚ or the couple tends to argue a lot with each other over trivial things
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What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? There are many ways a group of people can be identified are race‚ ethnicity‚ religion and gender. also Within these four groups there are five distinctiveness that they all have that make them fall into a minority group. Those five characteristics are one-sided treatment‚ unique physical or cultural traits‚ i unintentional membership‚ awareness of subordination‚ and in-group marriage. The racial group is a group of folks that
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Some Like It Hot is a hilarious movie about two men‚ Joe and Jerry‚ dressing up like women just so they can join an all girls band. Joining the all girls band came out of sheer desperation when they become witnesses of a mob shooting‚ not to mention‚ they are also going broke. The entire film is basically Joe and Jerry‚ or shall I say‚ Josephine and Daphne‚ running around with the all girls band in Florida and getting into all kinds of crazy‚ but funny antics. One of the things that make th
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What are some consequences of the Columbian Exchange? The Columbian exchange was a movement that changed the Americas permanently. The Americas were inhabited by the Indians which lived in tribes. When Conquistadores such as Cristobal Colon arrived they brought in much more than just people. Food‚ animals‚ diseases and new customs changed America. First of all the Native American population decreased because of slavery and illnesses a ninety percent. This was a huge change in the population
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The very nature of poetry as being open to interpretive readings means that the poetry of Gwen Harwood can change with time and place‚ thus exploring the social customs and ethics affecting the contemporary audience. Her poems “Father and Child” (FC) and “The Violets” (TV) both reflect her context of the 1960s and 1970s‚ a period in which social activism had a major effect on the values of the presiding culture. The poems reveal Harwood’s characteristic voice that surpasses the barriers of time and
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