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    Questions: What are the current condition of endangered species in Canada? What are the major factors that cause species endangerment? What are the actions the Canadian government had been taken to save them? Introduction Canada is one of the biggest places on earth with extensive wilderness protected areas that are providing home for more than 70‚000 wildlife species. Among the rest‚ 488 species are categorized by COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) as extinct

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    Name ____Tamara Diaz Velasquez__________ Date_____12/24/2012_______ Period_____7th________ Study Guide for Green Lab Book Exam This study guide does not cover all of the material on your test. This review is meant to be a starting point to help you remember the major ideas that we covered in class. Be sure to also review the information in your notebook‚ lab book‚ and returned quizzes and tests. 1. What is ecology? The scientific study of how living things interact with each

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    ‘The Earth is experiencing a sixth mass extinction‚ brought on by the proliferation of humanity and its activities of production and consumption. ... The was in which the capital system operates makes a mockery of the necessity of economising. Indeed‚ it pursues everywhere with utmost irresponsibility the opposite of economy: total wastefulness. It is this profit-seeking wastefulness that directly endangers the very survival of humanity (and other creatures that share the planet with us)’ (Jone

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    References: Dawn Freshwater‚ Christopher Johns. Transforming Nursing through Reflective Practice. (1998) P.18 C Johns. A Model of Structured Reflection (10th version 1995) Preface P.8 . C Johns A Model of Structured Reflection. (10th version 1995) P. 54. Prentice Hall

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    structure of prokaryotes and eukaryotes include the presence of mitochondria and chloroplasts‚ the cell wall‚ and the structure of chromosomal DNA. In this lab four cells were observed and they were Onion Epidermis Cell stained with Iodine‚ Elodea Freshwater Plant Cell‚ Epithelial Cells aka Human Cheek cells stained with Crystal Violet‚ and Unknown Cell. The difference between animal and plants cells is that animal cells does not have a cell wall or chloroplasts but plant cells do. Animal cells are

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    General What is the Ecological Footprint? The Ecological Footprint is a resource accounting tool used widely as a management and communication tool by governments‚ businesses‚ educational institutions and NGOs to answer a specific resource question: How much of the biological capacity of the planet is required by a given human activity or population? What does the Ecological Footprint measure? The Ecological Footprint measures the amount of biologically productive land and sea area an individual

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    the majority of people are dependent on the land. The distribution of people and productive agricultural resources is uneven‚ leading to problems of land degradation where large numbers of people and livestock are concentrated on marginal lands. Freshwater resources The Zambezi River in the north is one of the largest rivers in Africa‚ but does not currently supply water to the rest of the country‚ which is water-scarce in most parts. The geology is generally not conducive to large groundwater supplies

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    - Water & the Environment End Titles BACKGROUND INFORMATION WORLD WATER RESOURCES - FACTS • Water covers 71% of the earth’s surface. Of this amount: 93% is in the oceans 2.5% lies in underground aquifers 2% is in ice caps 2.5% is available freshwater that we can use. • Global water consumption has risen 6 fold since 1900. • Each Australian household uses around 700L of water a day. • The UN predicts that 1/3 of the world’s population currently lives in countries already experiencing moderate

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    Introduction to rain Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed fromatmospheric water vapor and then precipitated—that is‚ become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycleand is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystem‚ as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional

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    2009)‚ thirteen species were studied of Spartina ranging high to low marsh and freshwater habitats. The scientists studying Spartina grasses used light and electron microscopes to measure and record the number of stomata on the adaxial side of the leaf. Thirteen species were collected and examined: Spartina alterniflora‚ Spartina anglica

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