Although it may seem strange‚ the desert is the home to many plant and animal wildlife. Of course‚ to survive the hot and dry conditions‚ these wildlife have to be specially adapted to capture as much food and water as possible to sustain themselves. In the desert‚ it can get as hot as over 30 degrees in the day and below 16 degrees at night! This project will further explore a few of the plants and animals‚ as well some of their adaptations. PLANTS : KAI COLE ANIMALS : DENNEIL CHAMBERS
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produce phytotoxic compounds that will inhibit the growth of surrounding plants‚ affecting seedling growth. This report was executed to specifically test if Desert Lavender (Hyptis emoryi)‚ and Sunflower Goldeneye (Viguiera dentate) were allelopathic.
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Access to affordable and nutritious food has become an issue of interest to the residents of Colorado. According to the Nutrition Digest‚ ‘food deserts’ are “parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit‚ vegetables‚ and other healthful whole foods‚ usually found in impoverished areas” (Gallagher). Areas of Colorado such as this exist in largely rural and urban or low-income neighborhoods throughout the state. In these underserved communities‚ the issue lies with the ability to realistically travel
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Camping: Mountains and Desert A few times a year‚ I like to go camping. Sometimes I go to the mountains in Kern County‚ California‚ whereas‚ other times I go to the desert in Brawley‚ California. Camping in the mountains‚ although similar in atmosphere‚ terrain and activities‚ has many more benefits than camping in the desert. There is nothing like taking a deep breath of cool‚ crisp mountain air‚ taking that narrow winding road that never seems to end until at last reaching the very spot that
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our nation. One factor that deserves to be studied more is the phenomenon of food deserts. There are many ways to define a food desert‚ but a common way to define it is as a low-income census tract where a great portion of its residents have low-access to a supermarket or a large grocery store. This phenomenon occurs nationwide and is an issue that should be acknowledged and dealt with. Currently however‚ food deserts is a phenomenon that has yet to gain the proper acknowledge for the threatening
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Desert Flower Every country has their own cultures and traditions‚ some of the cultures and traditions control us. In Africa‚ a girl named Waris‚ she was 3 years old who forced to have a FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) as others girls who had this brutal practice. But‚ she had no choice to run away from this practice because it’s one of the traditions that the woman has to get circumcision to be a pure girl and virgin until getting married. Waris kept her pain inside of her heart‚ inside of her
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social service organization) I choose to research Habitat for Humanity for a “faith-based” social service organization. I was much uninformed of this organization‚ but thought I knew the services they provided. For example‚ I thought this organization gave away houses‚ but instead they provide reasonable mortgage loans. I also didn’t know this organization was Christian based. This organization also receives funding from the government. Habitat for Humanity provides many families with roofs over
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factors‚ which are the nonliving things in the eco-column‚ include the water used in the aquatic habitat‚ soil used in the decomposition habitat‚ air‚ and some rocks that were used in the decomposition habitat. The biotic factors‚ which are the living things in the eco-column‚ include the grass and/or the terrestrial plants used in the terrestrial habitat‚ the fish (guppies) used in the aquatic habitat‚ and finally the worms that were used to feed the fishes once. Those are all the factors‚ abiotic
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Negara) and North Sumatra. Description: 1. Classification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Podocarpaceae Genus: Podocarpus Species: P. deflexus Binomial Name: Podocarpus deflexus Habitat: 2.1) Ecology: A shrub or small tree of moist montane scrub. Locally dominant in some areas. Elevation from herbarium specimens 1‚590 to 1‚830 m. 3. Geographical Distribution: 3.1) Range Description: Confined to Gunung Tahan in
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were the Japanese- Americans treated unfairly throughout World War Two? The Japanese- Americans were treated unfairly many times throughout World War Two‚ which later led them into the harsh circumstances of the internment camps. For example‚ In A Desert Exile by Yoshiko Uchida‚ states on page 305‚ that “During the first few weeks of camp‚ everything was erratic‚ and low on supplies.” This is saying that Japanese- Americans were put into internment camps‚ and were given only the bare necessities that
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