Mountains‚ is in cattle pastures.” We examined the land use capacity and made an evaluation the class of the soil. Honestly‚ this was a very interesting project for me because I had never done an experiment like such. Having carried out the measurement of the site parameters in the field I feel that it can be done by ordinary farmers. The farmers have much more knowledge about how their farms and soil work. I had no special training nevertheless knowledge of how farms developed good crops; if I can do
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ways. a. Raindrop Splash and Sheet Erosion. The first step in the erosion process begins as raindrops impact the soil surface. Raindrops typically fall with a velocity of 20-30 feet per second. The energy of these impacts are sufficient to displace soil particles as high as two feet vertically. In addition‚ the impact of a rainfall on a bare soil can compact the upper layer of soil‚ creating a hard crust that inhibits plant establishment. Sheet erosion occurs as runoff travels over the ground‚
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Boyd. This article is a letter of Irene M. Boyd for her daughter Dolores‚ who are a nursing student. In the letter‚ it appears that Dolores is feeling bored with her major and she wants to quit. As a nursing student‚ she must devote herself to studying‚ so she does not have much time for herself. “It makes for a fine career but not for marriage‚” she thinks. Knowing that‚ Irene M. Boyd tries to convince her daughter not to quit her career by many persuasive
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Soil Microbe Lab Antibiotics are chemicals produced by substances that kill or inhibit the growth of bacterial cells (Hurney et al 2013). These microbes‚ such as bacteria found in the soil‚ may seem like they would be harmful to the human body because they attack cells‚ however they are very efficient at only attacking the bacterial cells. Actinomycetes are one of the more common groups of these soil microbes known to produce antibiotics. Antibiotics work because they target specific aspects
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30. In 1848‚ the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following except [A] free government homesteads for settlers. [B] internal improvements. [C] an end to slavery in the District of Columbia. [D] support of the Wilmot Proviso. [E] opposition to slavery in the territories. 31. According to the principle of “popular sovereignty‚” the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by [A] the most popular national leaders. [B] a Supreme Court decision. [C] congressional
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Response to Antigone (1961) The 1961 film‚ Antigone‚ starring Irene Papas is about a woman who is trying to rise up against the King of Thebes‚ Creon‚ who ordered the body of her beloved brother‚ Polynices‚ to be left unburied and unmourned. Her rise against the state and patriarchy causes Creon to not only sentence her to death‚ but to die alone confined inside a cave. The film provides a great visual to its written drama as well as following the plot and even the script very closely. The
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At home but not at home Nicole Constable The main aim of the article is showing that in case of migrants (specifically Filipinas in Honk Kong) the concept of home is not as simple and unambiguous as it may seem. Constable presents different conceptualizations of the notions “space”‚ “place” and “home”. He follows the conception of Ackbar Abbas‚ who writes‚ "We think of a place in terms of definable physical characteristics and situatedness‚ at most as a symbolic structure. A space by contrast
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people undergo in their lives. There are two kinds of abuse‚ physical and emotional‚ and both types of abuses can cause people to lose hope and self-confidence in themselves‚ which can change their lives forever. In the novel The Lottery Rose‚ by Irene Hunt‚ is about a boy that suffers from the two types of abuse in many ways. A boy named Georgie‚ who is seven and a half years old‚ loses hope in himself when his alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend abuse Georgie both physically and emotionally
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EFFECTS OF SOIL EROSION IN THE PHILIPPINES Soil erosion is happening everywhere in this world. Especially near the water area and maybe it is happening below where we stand. One my grandparents told me‚ that one time when they were young a typhoon with its devastating rain hit manila. Because they were near river‚ because of the heavy rain without warning the soil beneath their home collapse and their home was wash away in the river. And it said to be the cause of the collapse of the soil was the
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Ways to Prevent Soil Erosion Soil Erosion Although many areas on earth can sustain plant growth‚ only about eight percent of the earth’s surface is covered with good topsoil. While it takes nature hundreds of years to make a few centimeters of topsoil‚ erosion can easily remove it. Without topsoil‚ people cannot raise crops for food.People know that without good soil they cannot raise agricultural crops. They also know from experience that wind and water can easily remove topsoil. Because of
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