Geo Notes The Rock Cycle Transforming Rocks * The continental renewal of the surface if the earth * The ‘cycle’ transform in 3 ways * Erosion * Ice * Water * Wind * Heat * Pressure * Sediment Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Magma/Lava Erosion Erosion Pressure Erosion Pressure Heat Cool Sediment Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Magma/Lava Erosion Erosion Pressure Erosion Pressure Heat Cool Rock material evolves
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There are also many reptiles in Yosemite. Some reptiles that live there are Coast Horned lizard‚ Sierra garter snake‚ Pacific pond turtle‚ Northern rubber boa‚ Sagebrush lizard‚ and many more. If I would have seen one‚ I would have freaked out. A fun fact I learned about Yosemite National
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shared a love for Australian wildlife and this is the main reason why Steve developed such an interest in animals. In his childhood he had some unusual pets like a piton‚ kangaroos‚ emus and wallabies. In 1973 his parents founded Beerwah Reptile Park with small reptiles. While growing up he helped his parents informing other people to appreciate crocodiles instead of fear them. Steve and his father use to cache crocodiles that people reported to be very aggressive‚ and that is how he learned to cache
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Dianna Smith 12/11/12 Forestry “Indo-Burma Forests” Forests‚ some of the most essential ecosystems in the world‚ house about forty to seventy-five percent all plants and animals globally. Unfortunately‚ the amount of biodiversity in forests is severely at risk due to the increasing deforestation over the past four decades. It is estimated in the biological community that approximately 50‚000 species are completely wiped out annually as a result of urbanization‚ land clearance‚ logging‚ and other
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many other species that were killed off. During what is known as the K-T extinction (K stands for Cretaceous‚ T stands for Tertiary)‚ many species and families became extinct. These include all marine reptiles such as plesiosaurs‚ mosasaurs‚ ichthyosaurs‚ and ammonites‚ swimming and flying reptiles‚ sea crocodiles‚ and foraminifera. In addition to that there were many bony fish‚ sponges‚ snails‚ clams‚ and sea urchins became extinct. Paleontologists have proposed scenarios that could have caused
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Bibliography: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/king-cobra/ http://www.snaketype.com/king-cobra/ http://animals.pawnation.com/communication-between-snakes-5024.html http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/03/10/King-Cobra-venom-may-lead-to-a-new-drug/UPI-22601268231503/ http://www.arkive.org/king-cobra/ophiophagus-hannah/
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as tigers‚ leopards and bears‚ but there are more than just those particular animals. What are also included in the exotic groups are the reptiles‚ amphibians‚ birds‚ rodents‚ other large and small mammals. These animals are not the typical domestic pets such as dogs and cats. Many of these exotic animals are purchased over the internet such as large reptiles and even the big cats and are imported regularly for private collections. These exotic animals are taken from their natural habitat while they
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Alligators are in the reptile family‚ cold-blooded. Structures of an Alligator are visible black ISO’s‚ sometimes called integumentary sensory organs; this organ functions to sense underwater prey‚ density variations and water salinity levels. Which are mostly located around their jaws. (Society) This organ helps them survive in swamps‚ lakes‚ rivers and marshes. Then there’s Anacondas‚ which are usually found in the everglades. They are the biggest snakes in the world in the reptile family‚ there most
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The Platypus was first described in 1799 in Shaw’s naturalist’s Miscellany along with the koala‚ Kangaroo‚ wombat and emu. The most curious was the platypus. Since its first discovery there has been much debate as to whether it is a mammal and how it should be classified. The platypus is a primitive mammal that has many features that separate it from other mammals-it lays eggs‚ there is an absence of true teeth and an absence of mammary glands‚ although it has special glands that secrete milk. It
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Animal behavior: what an animal does when interacting with its environment A lot of animal’s behaviors are genetically predetermined - Ethology Study of animal behavior Didn’t exist - People Karl von Frisch Applied scientific method to study bees Figured out how bees tell other bees Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen Scandinavian Their research helped to show that some behaviors have genetic bases Nobel prize - Evolution Underlays all behavior Behaviors enhance
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