BKristen Gershkoff Mr. Zabel Ecology 1 October 2012 How Abiotic Factors Affect the Biota The variation of abiotic factors in both the beach and the salt pond greatly affect the biota in those areas. At the beach there was a rocky landscape that rounded the water‚ while at the salt pond‚ there was more of a wet grassy area allowing different life forms or biota to thrive in each. Also‚ physical factors such as temperature‚ salinity‚ or dissolved oxygen levels allow for different life forms to
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Technology is something that has affected the way of living for the whole world’s population. It’s not completely clear if it has affected the population in a positive or in a negative way. Technology specially affected the ways of communication we use nowadays and has changed our perspective of the world. Going back to the 19th century where the first telephone was invented and later on the production of successful commercialized telephones in the late 19th century‚ this use of technology used to
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Boris Tjhia 11PDe Physics IA Factors affecting the time period of a pendulum. Research question: How does the length of a pendulum affect its time period? The independent variable is the length. The dependent variable is the time. Controlled variable is the mass of the pendulum bob. Formula for 1 period of oscillation of a pendulum of a certain length is T=2π √lg Where l is length and g is gravity (9.81 ms-2) T2= 4π2 lg T2= 4π2g l Hypothesis: The longer the length
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This week I watched a TED Talks video from Nadine Burke Harris‚ and the topic is how childhood trauma affects health throughout their whole lifetime. In this video‚ Dr. Harris talks about how childhood trauma can cause a numerous amount of health issues such as affecting brain development‚ hormonal systems‚ and immune system. She touches on the many different outlets that teens turn to or use to eliminate the pain they suffered as a child. Dr. Harris explains in the video that trauma like a parent
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Racism in the Media (Revised) Movies and magazines have come under attack. Movies such as Star Wars have been accused of using characters that are racist symbols. Magazines‚ specifically fashion magazines‚ have been accused of racism for not displaying many African American women on the covers. I will prove that these accusations are seemingly far fetched. This is not racism; it is the use of demographics and marketing towards their target audiences. I will also argue that stereotypes‚ if used
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How Divorce Affects Children Divorce not only affects a couple that is seeking a divorce‚ but the children as well. Divorce is hurting American children very badly. Each year over a million children suffer the divorce of their parents and by 1999‚ half of all American children reaching their eighteenth birthday and who were born to married parents will have experienced the divorce of their parents. The devastating effects of divorce on children just might provide leaders with the motivation
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an enormous amount of the population. Now think about how many people these individuals are close to‚ and how many people they interact with on a daily basis. Cancer does not only affect the patient‚ but also their families‚ friends‚ and acquaintances. Cancer causes emotional strain‚ uncertainty‚ and practical and financial problems. When one takes all of this into consideration‚ they realize what a huge number of people cancer truly affects. It is important that we understand not only what it feels
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Surface a. How angle of isolation affects the seasons: The angle of isolation affects the seasons through this process; when the northern hemisphere is having winter‚ the southern hemisphere is getting the most direct sunlight because the angle of isolation is greater due to the Earth’s axis tilt. On the other hand‚ in the summer the northern hemisphere is getting a bigger angle of isolation due to the tilt. C. Plate Tectonics 1. Earth’s Interior – layers‚ how behavior of each layer
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Racism in "Crash" Physical Characteristics and racial differences are distinguishing traits that keep people in our world apart from each other. Crash is a movie that showcases prejudice and racial stereotypes. The movie is set in Los Angeles which is a city with the cultural mix of almost every ethnicity. Crash is a perfect analogy of how the different people intersect with others in society. The movie crash shows differences between the lives of different people. It displays the interactions of
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How Does Communication Affect Teamwork? What is the true definition of teamwork? According to www.eubios.info‚ “Teamwork is the coming together of an alliance or group of minds to collaborate‚ co-operatively work on a project‚ solve problems‚ negotiate‚ resolve conflict etc. What is the definition of communication? Communication is a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols‚ signs‚ or behavior (http://www.m-w.com). In the world today
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