Sun light vs articical light One of the main benefits of artificial light is that you can control how many hours of light per day your plants receive. This way‚ those living in northern or southern latitudes can provide their plants with light for growth and development even when the sun sets early‚ in essence tricking the plants into believing that it is summertime and that they should continue to grow rather than become dormant or‚ in the case of annuals‚ die. In addition‚ your plants will receive
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What is intensive plant production? Well it is formally known as intensive agriculture. It is an ‘Agricultural production system characterised by the high inputs of capital or labour relative to land area’ [http://www.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/92619/Yan_PPS_Workshop.pdf]. It mainly focuses on produces with the highest amount of value. Around the world‚ intensive agriculture is needed and in the entire generality of agriculture‚ intensive agriculture takes up about 37%‚ specialising in
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The short story‚ Green‚ by Anne Enright‚ is about an organic farmer who now bears the fruit of her many years of devoted labour in organic produce. The story describes her emotions towards a woman named Gertie‚ a woman who criticized her organic vegetables when her business was poor‚ but orders the vegetables when her business is booming. By comparing the narrators thoughts to Gertie’s actions‚ we see how Enright prioritizes on leading a pure‚ well deserved life earned by working hard‚ even if
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Required materials All purpose flour Water Jar with a lid Spoon Brush Newspaper Estimated Experiment Time Less than 5 minutes to make the glue‚ about 15 minutes for it to dry (when applied) Step-By-Step Procedure 1. Mix one cup of flour with one-half a cup of water together in the jar. Use the spoon to make sure the mixture is stirred well. This will become your glue. 2. Use your glue mixture to glue the newspaper into various shapes. Do this by brushing the glue onto the newspaper and
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70% of the Earth is covered by water - which is: 97% saltwater and 2.78% freshwater Fresh water: 77.28% polar ice /glaciers‚ 22.22% groundwater‚ .50 % surface water % liquid fresh water in available to us: less than 1% of all earth’s water (0.024%) Aquatic Biomes: characterized by salinity‚ depth‚ water flow (fast/slow) Salinity Freshwater: streams‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ wetlands Saltwater/ marine: estuaries‚ coral reefs‚ open ocean Rivers & Streams (Lotic= flowing) fast vs. slow water and
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factors Light‚ temperature‚ carbon dioxide p154 How plants use glucose Respiration Transport -xylem & phloem Storage p156 Why do plans need minerals? Role magnesium & nitrates p158 Plant problems? Small holder‚ arable farmer Hydroponics Attempt Questions B2. 3. Energy Flow p162 Pyramid of biomass Draw pyramids of biomass Notes understand p164 Energy losses Respiration‚ waste‚ movement‚ controlling body temperature Sankey diagrams p166 Energy
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11 Section- B (Qualitative Reasoning) Questions 25 to 42 (Questions 25-30) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: The cleaner’s name During their last year at school‚ a teacher gave his students a questionnaire about Life Skills. One conscientious student had breezed through the questions until he read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans at your floor in the school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. He had seen the cleaner several times
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production system we describe in this publication was inspired by a “noncirculating hydroponic method” (Kratky 1998). Tissue-cultured ginger
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Patterns in Resource Consumption Ecological Footprints * This is the theoretical measurement of the amount of land and water a population requires to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its waste‚ under prevailing technology. * It is measured in acres or hectares and calculates the amount of the earth’s bioproductive space – ecologically productive land and water – a given population is consuming. * The calculation takes into account the following: * Arable land – the
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In the book The Compound by S.A. Bodeen‚ there are multiple themes being portrayed by the book. One of the main themes in the book is even if you think you may know someone‚ you may not. Throughout the book‚ many parts of the book show this‚ and talk about trust. Many elements of the book also play off of how well people know each other. The family all trust the father about why they are going into the compound‚ that there’s enough food and supplies‚ everyone is truthful‚ fine in their well being
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