There is one thing people of Earth have in common. They are all born‚ raised‚ and live their entire lives on planet Earth. They breathe oxygenated air made from the Earth’s trees‚ eat food grown in the soil‚ and drink pure water from Mother Nature’s springs. Yet‚ most humans do not make the connection that their very survival depends upon a healthy‚ thriving planet. Many treat the earth like the gum on the bottom of their shoes. Where is the respect for our one and only Earth‚ who has lovingly given all
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the history of mother earth. Only in the last few centuries‚ the impact of man on climate change has accelerated. Due to rapid industrialization and very high energy consumption‚ man has been drilling petrol from deep inside the earth‚ throwing it out into atmosphere through uncontrolled emission almost relentlessly every second and all over the world. Thus Mother earth has been subjected to artificial volcanic eruptions every second‚ polluting the atmosphere all around earth. This definitely has
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Kristel Mae Tagle Bs BIOLOGY III Planet Earth Earth is the third planet from the sun. The place where many organisms exist‚ enhance with the beauty of nature. Packed with rich biodiversity‚ streams and rivers. Have you seen this place before? Maybe yes‚ but for how long? How much it matter to us if it is lost? What can we do to save them? Those are questions that that will hopefully strike our nerves. In this new millennium‚ many changes have occurred that altered the condition of the nature
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Human Evolution During the evolution process from ape to man‚ it could be concluded that the biped and upright walking posture was a requirement for the emergence of human beings while the true difference between human and ape was the ability to make and use tools. Besides‚ the perfection of upright walking was the result of adapting the natural environment and the motivation for physical evolution of human. This posture positioned the head from the front to the top of body‚
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Earth Day is an annual event‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970‚ and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace‚ to first be celebrated on March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the
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Young Discoverer Series UNIVERSE NICKNAMES OF PLANETS: Mercury – Speedy Messenger. Venus – Morning or Evening Star. Earth – The Blue Planet. Mars – The Red Planet. Jupiter – Jove or the Galilean System. Saturn – The Ringed Planet. Uranus – Father Sky. Neptune – The Windy Planet. Pluto – The Ice Planet. DEFINITIONS: STAR: A huge body made of hot luminous gas that is held together by its own gravity. Compared to other stars‚ our Sun is a star of average size and energy. PLANET: A large
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obvious for selfish reasons. Green refers to the color of chlorophyll in plants. Chlorophyll is the basis of photosynthesis that allows plants to turn the sun’s energy into life energy. Human action destroys plants and replaces healthy ecosystems with concrete and asphalt. Another slogan that emerged was "save planet earth." Humans will not save the planet. The task for humans is to stop destroying the environments that sustain us. If we fail‚ the planet will do just fine without
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In the book The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck‚ the fall of the House of Hwang and the rise of the Wang family was shown. The story completed a "circle of life"‚ with Wang being the center of the circle. While Wang at first was intimidated‚ he also looked down on the House of Hwang‚ he soon found that when his family became rich‚ his house fell onto some of the same "curses". In both houses‚ a lack of love for the land was highly noticeable (except for Wang Lung)‚ opium was used‚ slaves were
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Elaina Samelo 5th Block Ritzus The Good Earth The Good Earth‚ written by Pearl S. Buck‚ is a book about the political and social struggles of China. Since this book was published in 1931‚ the somewhat old-fashioned style of writing reveals the era of which it was written. Although it is apparent through the writing that this book is a little older‚ it has a charm that only older books can possess. It is one of the things that actually kept my attention; the old-fashioned charm. The publishing
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“Radical Evolution” In Joel Garreau’s book “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds‚ Our Bodies- and What It Means to Be Human” Garreau discusses the concept “singularity” along with views from Vernon Vinge‚ Ray Kurzweil and others. Singularity is this drastic change that will take place during a period of accelerating change in particular with technology. “The Curve implies one of the all-time changes in the rules. Those who study it call it “The Singularity”. (p.67)
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