study of fossils‚ but it is much more than most people think. Learning about dinosaurs‚ plants‚ and past events are three parts to a major branch in science. The people involved in this study‚ Paleontologists‚ are spread out across the world to help uncover mysteries about the past. Many paleontologists have theorized possible events that may have happened in the past. The mystery about the extinction of the dinosaurs is a world renown theory. The only way to find out if one of these theories are true
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Origins Psychology: The science of behavior and mental processes. Philosophical Origins of Psychology: India- Buddha pondered how sensations can perceptions combine to form ideas. China- Confucius stressed powers of ideas and of an educated mind. Ancient Israel- Hebrew Scriptures anticipated today’s psychology by linking mind and emotion to the body. Socrates and Aristotle in Greece. Important Contributors Freud: Independent approach to the study of the mind called psychoanalysis Watson:
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Grass Decomposition Lab Problem: How do temperature‚ sunlight‚ amount of moisture‚ and presence of oxygen affect the decomposition of grass? Controlled Variable: Amount of grass and water in each container. Independent Variable: temperature‚ sunlight‚ amount of moisture‚ presence of oxygen. Dependent Variable: decomposition rate of grass. Hypothesis: I believe that there will be the most decomposition in high temperatures‚ low sunlight‚ low amount of moisture‚ and high presense
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and human developments that have been made have been declining the numbers of sagebrush thus bring the numbers of these birds down.Unless we get the Greater sage Grouse back on the endangered list the human race will be to blame for yet another extinction in the animal world. The Greater Sage Grouse should be put back on the list of an endangered species because we are to blame‚ they are an indicator of other animals health in the habitat and
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1. The Pinta Island tortoise – Without argument‚ this turtle is one of the few species of Giant Galapagos tortoises and the rarest animal in the world since there is only one left alive. 2. Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) – With no more than a few tens of individuals‚ Yangtze River Dolphinthe dolphin is one of the world’s rarest mammals‚ and a victim of China’s breakneck economic growth‚ competing for food with the human beings. 3. The Vancouver Island Marmot – This marmot is found only in the high
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Threatened Habitats A habitat is the physical environment in which a community of plants and animals live. There are many different habitats around the world. Threatened habitats are those that are in danger of being destroyed for reasons such as deforestation‚ pollution‚ urbanisation‚ natural disasters‚ increasing temperatures and erosion. Habitat destruction is happening all over the world. Tropical rainforests in Central and South America and in Southeast Asia and parts of Australia are being
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and help us in war. This can also benefit us in farming. We can create new plants‚ fruits‚ vegetables‚ and flowers. This would help starvation in third world countries. Cloning animals also has benefits‚ it can help endangered species not be in extinction‚ there would be less starvation‚ and we would make more animal based products. The idea of cloning humans or human body parts can be very helpful to curing diseases and for organ transplants. Doctors will be able to replace damaged body parts
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has also removed a significant number of animals from these rapidly declining populations (1). There is little evidence that the money is being used to help the threatened species (1). It concludes that trophy hunting may be contributing to the extinction of certain animals (1). My last topic was on Bear Hunts by David Suzuki. 1. Grizzlies are more plentiful now than when trophy hunting was not a thing and it has even been justified by the government. Trophy hunters hunt the bear for the head and
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takes away animal’s natural instincts to live in the wild; however‚ it is understandable if an animal or a certain species that’s close to extinction is taken in by zoo care. Therefore‚ zoos are an internment camp for those animals that are capable of taking care of their selves in the wild and aren’t for those that are in need of care and close to extinction. Regardless of how much effort is put into recreating an animal’s specific habitat‚ it will never be the same. Orcas for example‚ would have
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tissues found from the ancient beasts. They plan to then utilize the DNA for an embryo to be implanted to a living female elephant so the fetus can grow in the hopes of giving birth to a woolly mammoth. If the Woolly Mammoth was brought back from extinction‚ it wouldn’t have much habitat left for the Woolly Mammoth to call home The Woolly Mammoth existed around the times the predecessors to homo sapiens existed and may have been
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