Peru extends for nearly 1‚500 mi along the Pacific Ocean‚ in western South America. To the North is Colombia and Ecuador‚ to the East is Brazil and Bolivia‚ and the south is Chile. Five-sixths the size of Alaska‚ Peru is divided by the Andes Mountains by three separate zones (Peru‚ Infoplease). The sacred city of Caral-supe‚ a few hours north of Lima‚ is speculated to be the oldest site engaged by humans discovered in the Americas. Its 1‚546-acre site dates back 5‚000 years‚ and is now considered
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Besides being an activity‚ it helps children develop their mental‚ physical‚ and social functions. “Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym” by Fisher Price is used for infants between birth and 12 months. It encourages learning about the magical world of the rainforest with music‚ lights‚ nature sounds‚ and tons of other activities and textures to stimulate the growing infant. The Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym’s comfortable mat has a soft silky margin and colorful arches supported
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Tropical rain forest is very important for our nature such as for ecosystem balance‚ earth temperature and flora and fauna habitat. In our country Malaysia‚ most of the forest are announced as a forest reserve to preserve our forest from destroyed. Not only important to flora and fauna but also to people. For some people‚ their lives depends on forest. However‚ deforestation activity by irresponsible people has led to imbalanced ecosystem. First of all‚ the effect of deforestation is pollution
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Indonesia is the world ’s fourth most populous country and a specialist agricultural economy. Since the sixties Indonesia is a country on the up with exports being an engine of growth in recent years experiencing a personal best‚ as recent as August 2011. In all it is a country populated by more than 230 Mio people and a economy supported mainly by agriculture. How does this effect the forest of Sumatra? Sumatra is the biggest island of Indonesia‚ nearly twice the size of Britain. It was a island
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THINK GREEN‚LIVE GREEN We are now confronted with serios enviromental problems.The best way to fight them is by knowing what causes them and to figure out the best comprimise solution for the earth as well as for the humans. population growth The major cause of most environmental problems is the rapidly growing human population‚ now at 6 billion (2000 estimate) people worldwide. A quarter of a million babies are born each day-90 million each year. In another 50 years‚ the population will grow
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The word “Deciduous” means “falling off or out at a certain season” that explains why deciduous forest means a forest in which the leaves fall off the trees when the winter or fall comes. These forest can be around approximately latitudes of 45° N and 45 ° S‚ and longitudes that range across the globe at about 80° W‚ 70° W‚ 30° E‚ 120° E and 150° E. The deciduous is known for their changes of color and the amount of leaves falling annually. This occurs because these forests are exposed to cold and
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Deforestation is the demolition of the world’s forests on a massive scale‚ usually resulting in harm to the quality of the surrounding area. There are many types of deforestation‚ counting forest fires‚ clear-cutting for farming and oil extraction‚ development‚ logging‚ and degradation as temperatures rise due to the changing climate. Woodlands cover around 30% of the land coverage on Earth; however‚ we are losing enormous pieces of it daily. Not all of the deforestation is deliberate‚ yet there
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Associate Level Material Lemurs in Madagascar Assignment View the “Lemurs in Madagascar – Surviving on an Island of Change” video. Using the information found in this video‚ and in Ch. 5 and 6 of Visualizing Environmental Science‚ answer the following questions in 25 to 100 words each. 1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples. Madagascar has several biomes on the island. It has man-made grasslands
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There is a fact that our planet is protected and supported by the tree all over the world. With the recent uncontrolled forest exploiting‚ some people think that this possibly leads to the end of the earth. In my point of view in this essay‚ if people keep destroying this green natural resource‚ they will soon face many serious consequences such as global warming‚ disaster‚ or even extinction. Firstly‚ it’s knowledgeable that people now have to suffer the climate change resulted by greenhouse
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French broom is an invasive plant that destroys the surrounding environment. Broom is described as an “upright‚ evergreen shrub‚ commonly to ten feet tall” (“Invasive Plants of California’s Wildland”). It is an invasive plant species‚ commonly found in numerous places in California‚ for example‚ the Bay Area. Broom is a noxious weed‚ especially in the states of Hawaii‚ Oregon‚ Washington State and California. Nowadays more people are recognizing how detrimental it can be to nature. In fact‚ there
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