premise of the story? Who is Ishmael and why is he looking for a student? (1-24) 2. What is the student’s point in the story of Kurt and Hans? (24-29) 3. What is Mother Culture? Who are the Takers and the Leavers? (29-41) 4. What is the point of the jellyfish story? Why does Ishmael refer to our creation story as a myth? (49-58) 5. Summarize the point of this section in 1-2 sentences. Find a print advertisement that illustrates this idea. –Attach the advertisement to your journal. (59-63) 6. What event
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experimental medicine (e.g. gene therapy)‚ and agriculture (e.g. golden rice). The term "genetically modified organism" does not always imply‚ but can include‚ targeted insertions of genes from one species into another. For example‚ a gene from a jellyfish‚ encoding a fluorescent protein called GFP. Such methods are useful tools for biologists in many areas of research‚ including those who study the mechanisms of human and other diseases or fundamental biological processes in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
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The hawksbill sea turtle is a critically endangered reptile and only comes to land to lay theeggs. The hawksbill sea turtle as a unique physical structure and lives mostly in tropical coral reefs of the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. This animal mainly eats sponges and may sometimes go deeper to hunt for small squid. The hawksbill turtle got its name for its hawk like beak(S1). Did you know that the hawksbill sea turtle can change colors(S16)?!?! This proves that the hawksbill sea turtle has many
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Because they are grouped in the same kingdom‚ the nine animal phyla share the same fundamental characteristics- they are multicellular‚ heterotrophic eukaryotes that obtain nutrients through ingestion‚ they lack cell walls‚ they have nervous tissue and muscle tissue‚ and they reproduce sexually and have a unique embryonic life cycle. However‚ the animal phyla have a great number of differences as well. Some are visible to the naked eye‚ while others are less obvious‚ and still more cannot even be
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White sand rolls into the bluish green water‚ creating the peaceful and calming atmosphere that this beach is known for. During the day‚ the sky is a beautiful blue‚ the sun shining through‚ it’s rays beaming down on everyone soaking up it’s environment‚ and the sun’s persistence making it impossible to forget it is there. Not a cloud in the sky‚ the light blue illuminates the sun in the most perfect way‚ reflecting it off the water to bring together the best of both worlds. Standing on that beach
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natural selection‚ evolution‚ mutation‚ variation‚ heritability‚ and fitness. EVOLUTION IN ACTION Darwin envisioned natural selection acting so slowly that its effects would be imperceptible in a human lifetime. But in the late 1900s‚ evolutionary biologists began to detect small but significant changes taking place in a handful of species. In the past decade‚ many more cases of natural selection have come to light‚ and scientists now realize that species can adapt quickly to changes in their
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Dear Grace‚How are you and your family getting on? I hope everyone is fine. I await with eager anticipation to share with you that I spend a family vacation on a tropical island ended up with this wonderful holiday trip to Tioman‚ a popular Malaysian island resort which shot to fame as the island of Bali Hai in the Rodger’s & Hammerstein movie of ’South Pacific’. First day that we started our journey‚ we boarded the high-speed ferry from Kluang ferry terminal in Malaysia for the 2 hour journey to
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CHERUB: The Recruit is about a boy who is twelve years old. He lives in Britain and his name is James Choke. James is always getting into trouble‚ such as getting in fights at school. James’s mom’s name is Gwen Choke. She runs a shoplifting empire. One night she dies. After she died‚ James and his half sister Lauren are sent to a children’s home called the Nebraska House. A few days later‚ James wakes up in a weird place is not sure how he got there. It turns out that this place is a top secret government
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Some arthropods are lobsters‚ crabs‚ shrimp‚ and sea spiders. Examples of cnidarians are jellyfish‚ hydrozoans‚ sea anemones‚ corals‚ and box jellies. Echinoderms are starfishes‚ sea urchins‚ sea cucumbers‚ sea daisies‚ and brittle stars. Many of these are animals that give energy to the larger organisms through the food chain or web. They all
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of their time underwater‚ yet they require oxygen to respire‚ and as water is such a good solvent the required oxygen gas is dissolved in the water. <br> <br>Water is the most abundant component in any organism‚ the lowest is 20% in seeds‚ while jellyfish are 99% (hence the transparency). It plays vital roles in the metabolism of all cells and in photosynthesis (providing raw materials) in plant cells. In all cells water is used for; hydrolysis‚ the breakdown of a substance by water‚ e.g. polysaccharides
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