Chapter 8: The Natural Sciences * Areas of Knowledge I. Introduction a. A period of progress: Initiated by the Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century b. Dominant cognitive paradigm- model of knowledge i. Success of sciences makes it seen as the most important form of knowledge ii. Many attempts made to establish other areas on a more scientific foundation that would mimic the rigor and apparent certainty of subjects iii. Coherence Theory;
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1. Define what is meant by the term “natural hazard”. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment. 2. Provide a brief description of the type of hazard you have been allocated. Bushfires: A bushfire is a large out-of-control fire occurring in areas with large amounts of flammable vegetation. Bushfires are hard to control as the right weather conditions and wind direction can cause a bushfire to spread from the
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The natural disasters that are typically experienced in the Caribbean can have catastrophic and devastating impacts on the environment‚ economic development and social structure of these islands. Severe damage to the built infrastructure that has supported communities on Caribbean islands for decades can place a huge strain on economic activity. The social impacts that are experienced following natural disasters consist of homelessness‚ injury‚ suffering‚ sickness‚ disease‚ and even death. This paper
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Conservation of Natural Resources Introduction: Humans have always made use of other species. Most wild species are found in areas where people live. This is either because people want to gather natural resources from there or they put their life to risk for purpose. Over the last 10‚ 000 years our food has come increasingly from cultivated plants and animals. This has resulted in the rapid increase in human population. The wise and smart use of the earth’s resources by humanity is termed as
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introduced to evolution by way of Natural Selection‚ Artificial Selection‚ and Sexual Selection. The process of evolution is seen in species that undergo changes over long periods of time by adapting characteristics which will better suit them to their environments. By utilizing a combination of both hypothetical imagery and scientific observation‚ Darwin has developed a persuasive argument intended to shed light on the origins of life. Natural Selection Natural selection is understood as the evolutionary
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Natural disasters and human emergencies are recurring phenomenon’s that leave disastrous effects in their wake. On 12th January 2010‚ a major earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Haiti. The catastrophic quake centred about 15 miles South West of Port-au-Prince left considerable damage to a majority of towns in the country including the capital city. According to UN reports‚ of the total 9 million people in the country‚ the earthquake has affected half of the population. About 222
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Natural Hazards – Bushfires A natural hazard is a natural event that has a significantly negative effect on people or the environment. Many natural hazards are related. For example drought can lead to famine and earthquakes can form tsunamis and landslides. Australia’s most common natural hazards are storms‚ cyclones‚ floods‚ droughts‚ heatwaves and bushfires. Natural Hazards have a major impact on Australian communities including loss of life‚ property damage‚ environmental destruction‚ and a
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The population for Allele a appeared frequently‚ which leads me to believe that Allele a had a more dominant existence‚ thus leading to its survival over Allele A. Did the effect of natural selection vary with different starting allele frequencies in identical environments? Why or why not? Yes‚ because the natural selection varied the number alleles that appeared more frequently. More frequent appearances lead to more population of that allele. A population in which the frequency of alleles
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Disasters‚ What you Need to Know About Them Every day there are natural disasters all the time occurring all around the world. They are something that we can’t help‚ but we can be aware of them and what to do if one occurs near you. Tornadoes are common during Michigan’s Spring months. They are usually smaller than other places‚ but they still can do lots of damage. The safest thing to do is to go to the lowest level of the building that you are in. If there is no basement‚ get shelter in
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COURSECODE: GE 352 COURSE NAME: NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WORK 12 MSOFE‚ John BAED 33329 Question: What does the natural resources management imply in the systenaibly of human life? Concept of Natural resource Natural resources are the resources available in a nature like air‚ water‚ sunlight‚ soil and minerals. Natural resources are useful materials from the Earth‚ such as coal‚ oil‚ natural gas‚ and trees. People use natural resources as raw materials to manufacture
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