its ecosystems is to categorize it into groups called biomes. Biomes are arranged by specific environmental conditions (i.e. rainfall‚ temperature‚ and humidity) and house specific types of vegetation or factors that allow organisms adapt to these environments. Cataloguing organisms that share similar adaptations makes it easier to study all the environments found on Earth (Lomolino et al‚ 2017). The profile of the Earth and all its biomes have changed drastically over millions of years due to
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Eng 110 9/27/10 Prof. Courington An Interesting Journey I’m lying in bed thinking how much I sometimes hate my longtime friends Brandon and Steve. I hate them because it’s seven o’clock in the morning on a Saturday‚ my cell phone is ringing‚ and it’s them calling‚ and no one should ever call
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Facts about World War 1 World War 1 invokes impressions of a horrific slaughtering that took place in the trenches of the Western Front. While this gruesome picture surely leaves many with nausea‚ there are many World War 1 facts that most of us have no knowledge of. The spark that initiated the war was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and threatened war unless Serbia followed a harsh set of demands. Germany backed
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IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS Introduction Trees are mankind lifeline. If they are destroyed‚ there is no way that human beings can survive. From the oxygen that we breathe in‚ the food that we eat‚ to the clothes we wear‚ we owe it all to the trees. Not only this‚ trees act as purifiers of air and receptacles of our waste products. Trees have great economic value too. We get fuel‚ fodder‚ timber‚ medicines and numerous other valuable products from the trees. It is‚ therefore‚ not surprising that trees
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Taking a look into the world we live in‚ human activities generate a plethora of environmental stresses. These environmental stresses have a hard-hitting effect on coastal biomes that stretch all over the globe. Field studies have been instituted to record and assess the chemical and biochemical phenomena occurring in our natural environment this is referred to as Environmental Chemistry. Environmental Chemistry‚ studies the chemical processes that occur in the environment which are greatly influenced
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Interesting Facts about Pandas Did you know that the panda is the symbol for China? Scientists think that there could be fewer than 1‚000 pandas left in the wild. Did you know that the giant panda is an endangered species? Did you know that scientists take pandas to research stations if the pandas become sick or injured? Pandas are found only in the mountains of China. Panda’s Chinese name is daxiong Mao. It would take 50 Pandas to weigh as much as one elephant. When pandas eat Bamboo their black
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came on in which they were talking about this bizarre mystery house‚ we were living in the bay area at the time and my grandma became very interested they were now doing tours of the house in San Jose California and she wanted to take me and my mom. The house was rumored to be haunted so I didn’t really want any parts of that trip‚ I ended up getting fooled into taking the trip anyway. This was by far the most bizarre place I have ever been too. Before I talk about my trip however I should give you
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Biomes- Marine and Tropical Rainforest The world is full of many different biomes. The ones I am most fascinated by are the tropical rainforest biome and the marine biome. Each is interesting in its own way. I have decided to narrow the marine biome down and focus on the Pacific Ocean. I am interested to see how these two compare and contrast. Although it may seem that our climate does not affect the marine biome‚ it does. During El Nino‚ the trade winds slacken and sometimes even change direction
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Thinking about Cirino The media has always been an important aspect in people’s lives. Everyone always wants to know the latest news and what’s going on in the world. A few decades ago‚ the main forms of communication were newspapers and radio. Now days‚ people have plenty of options to receive news whether from radio‚ cable networks‚ or online. This has opened doors to many media outlets‚ which has created news to be more biased. In a society where information used to be interpreted by few to
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ROBERT G INGERSOLL - FACTS Robert G Ingersoll was one of the most famous agnostics and orators of the 1900’s in the United States of America. This is why he was nicknamed ‘The Great Agnostic of the Golden Age of Freethought’. He was born in the city of Dresden‚ New York on the 11th of August‚ 1833. He was also a lawyer‚ a Civil War veteran‚ Political Leader and an orator during the period of the 1900’s. Robert G Ingersoll was famous for his great speeches and quotes to popularise criticism to the
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