What is a biome? A biome is a large‚ distinctive‚ complex community of plants and animals in a region maintained by climate. There are different types of biomes including tundra‚ taiga‚ deciduous forest‚ scrub forest‚ grasslands‚ desert and rain forest. Scientists disagree on the exact number of biomes in the world. Plants in the tundra biome Pasque flower Blooms in early spring State flower of South Dakota Petal colors range from dark lavender to almost white Arctic moss Grows as slow
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the following questions in 25 to 100 words each. 1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples. Madagascar is a tropical rainforest‚ rain forest savanna and grasslands. The rain forest receives 120 inches of rain at least a year. It has very wet and dense vegetation within the trees. Anywhere from 70 plus percent of animal life lives in the trees. It is filled with lakes‚ river‚ swamps and a wide variety of different
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an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly‚ either descending from high mountains‚ as in valley glaciers‚ or moving outward from centers of accumulation‚ as in continental glaciers. Grasslands: an area‚ as a prairie‚ in which the natural vegetation consists largely of perennial grasses. Hominid: any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates of the family hominidae‚ including all species of the genera homo and all Australopithecus.
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ORANGUTANS ARE EXTREMELY ENDANGERED DUE TO OIL PALM TREE PLANTATIONS Would you like your home taken away from you? Many animal species including the Orangutan are becoming extremely endangered because of land clearage for new palm oil plantations in the tropical rainforests of Sumatra‚ an island near Indonesia and Malaysia in south-east Asia. Sadly‚ 80% of the Orangutan’s habitat has been lost in the past 20 years due to this. The rapid loss of environment has caused the existence of these
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in Asia than in Australia. The average Dingo is 20 to 24 inches to the shoulder and 46 to 61 inches from nose to tail tip. Males are naturally heavier built than the females‚ who are lighter in stature. A Dingo’s habitat ranges from deserts to grasslands to the edge of forests‚ and they will often make their den inside a hollow log or abandoned rabbit hole close to a water source. Though Dingoes are often seen alone in the wild‚ they are almost always a member of a pack‚ though groups of Dingoes
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Blood Red Sunset By: Ma Bo This memoir of Ma Bo’s sent shock waves throughout China when it was published and was even first banned by the Communist Government. This passionate story paints a clear picture for what the Great Chinese Cultural Revolution was really like. Many Chinese living today can attest to similar if not identical ordeals as expressed in Ma Bo’s story. The toils of being a young Red Guard in inner China were experienced by many if not millions. The horrors and atrocities
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Science Study Notes An electrically uncharged object is neutral. Conduction is not a method of charging an object. If electric charged stay in one spot‚ they are said to be static. In charging by induction‚ when a negatively charged rod is brought near a metal leaf electroscope the electrons in the electroscope move away from the rod. A statement that is not part of the Law of Electric Charges is that neutral objects are attracted to uncharged objects. The purpose of a GFCI is to protect people from
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What does a tomato‚ soybean‚ and McDonald’s French fry have in common? They are all some of the most commonly genetically modified foods sold on the market today. By using the genetic information from one organism‚ and inserting or modifying it into another organism‚ scientists can make food crops stay fresher‚ grow bigger‚ and have the crops create their own pesticides. Nevertheless‚ the technology to modify genes has surpassed its practicality. Genetically modified foods need to be removed from
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incredible nature is and if I were to be shrunken to that miniature size then the universe would have been something completely different to what I know it now. I cannot even begin to comprehend how my footsteps as I walk through any meadow and grasslands alter the life of this creatures that have formed that niche as part of their home. The heightened sound effects and the music in the background transform this film into something other than a passive view and I was able to actually relate and
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that we are killing could be the cure to some major diseases like cancer or influenza that affect so many people in this world. Deforestation can rob a country of potential renewable resources while replacing valuable forests with nearly useless grasslands. Mankind stands to lose so much by destroying the forests of the world. We risk our own quality of life; we are putting the stability of the climate and local weather at risk. We also challenge the valuable services that are provided by natural
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