Kids should be monitored on the internet The internet is known for many miraculous advances in today’s technology. We have an unlimited quantity of knowledge on this so-called information super highway. Plus we can purchase merchandise‚ and talk to friends and family from around the world without leaving the comfort of our own homes. Seems great right? Sure‚ but if it’s placed in the wrong hands all of this can be spoiled. Particularly when a child is sitting behind the computer screen. This is
Premium World Wide Web Website Internet
Green Sea Turtles Green Sea Turtles are very unique‚ kind and harmless creatures. Although‚ some people do not understand their harmfulness. Many people‚ such as poachers‚ want to kill sea turtles for their meat‚ eggs and shell. Fortunately‚ people have started organizations that help and track sea turtles. Green sea turtles‚ also known as Pacific Green Sea Turtles‚ Black Sea Turtles and Chelonia Mydas‚ their scientific name‚ belong to a scientific group called Cheloniidae‚ a group of sea turtles
Premium Sea turtle Reptile
What are the Effects of Wildlife Overpopulation on Suburbia Have You ever wondered why you rarely see any wild animals when you go to the mountains and then when you are driving back home‚ you almost hit a deer? Or how we see coyotes walk down our streets and turkeys standing in the middle of the road. This is the result of the overpopulation of wild animals living in the suburbs. Wildlife living in suburbia has become an arising problem and many people do not know how it started and why they
Premium Predation Hunting Omnivore
species share the same niche in the same habitat Community Interactions How do organisms interact? * Competition: 2 or more species wanting to use the same habitat and competing for resources necessary for life * Predation: an organism (predator) captures and feeds on another organism (prey) * Symbiosis: any relationship in which 2 species live closely together. There are 3 main kinds of symbiosis: 1. Mutualism 2. Commensalism 3. Parasitism Mutualism: a situation when
Premium Population Ecology Demography
Did you know that Grasslands are found on every continent except Antarctica? Grass lands first during the Eocene Era. Grasslands supported the development of communities of gazers that are the grassy plains on our planet. There are about 11‚000 species of grass and each one adapted for survival to survive in the environmental conditions. About a quarter of our vegetation consists of grasses‚ and some grow under very difficult conditions because of the climate in the grasslands. Grasses also developed
Premium Grassland Poaceae Elephant
Optimal Foraging Introduction Hunting and escape strategies of predators and prey are probably the result of a coevolutionary arms race (Dawkins 1999). There is an economic approach that the scientific community can use to look at what kinds of prey preds choose to eat. Elner and Hughes (1978) found that when given a choice of different sized mussels‚ shore crabs Carcinus maenus selected the prey that gives them the highest rate of return. Very small mussels were easy to open but held less nutritional
Premium Predation
Assignments For your ease in completing the following assignments‚ the background text relevant to the experiment that you will perform is in orange text‚ instructions for each assignment are indicated by plain text‚ and questions or activities that you will be asked to provide answers for are indicated by bold text. Assignment 1: Getting to Know PopEcoLab:Single Species Population Growth This assignment is designed to help you become familiar with the operation of PopEcoLab by studying the
Premium Predation World population Population ecology
Chipmunk Ecology Paper By: Ryan Quinn 10/11/12 Chipmunks‚ among the lower end of the food chain‚ are omnivores. They eat grains‚ nuts‚ berries‚ seeds‚ mushrooms‚ insects‚ and salamanders but also run into competition along the way. Chipmunks are also hunted by animals that are natural habitants to this region. However‚ my mom and I started putting out birdseed constantly for animals to feed off of. The birdseed that we put out helps them because not too many other animals‚
Premium Omnivore Habitat Plant
To do our part in keeping balance to the populations we’ve offset. As Kristof put it “it’s an abdication of environmental responsibility to eliminate other predators and then refuse to assume the job ourselves. In that case‚ the collisions with humans will simply get worse.” I also found myself in compliance with Kristof’s assumption that people these days would look at hunting more as a barbaric action rather
Premium Natural environment Biodiversity Environmentalism
property prevents theft‚ vandalism and acts as a deterrent to thieves and criminals from indulging in illegal activities. Sexual Predators One of the biggest threats that school children face is the threat of sexual predators and pedophiles hanging around unobtrusively on school campuses or in parking lots. Camera systems’ footage is very useful in tracking down predators or helping inform police about threatening situations in real time. Prevent Bullying New-generation surveillance camera systems
Premium Crime High school Security guard