A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage. Earthquakes Earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth’s surface‚ earthquakes manifest themselves by vibration‚ shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. Floods The most common type of flooding event typically occurs when waterways such as rivers or streams overflow
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Natural Fiber Geotextiles Dr Muhammad Mushtaq Mangat www.mushtaqmangat.org Natural Fiber Geotextiles As old as human history Ziggurat in the ancient city of Dur-Kurigatzu (now known as Agar-Quf) The Babylonians 3000 years ago constructed this ziggurat using reeds in the form of woven mats and plaited ropes as reinforcement Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China‚ completed circa 200BC‚ utilized tamarisk branches to reinforce mixtures of clay and gravel
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Plant cells are eukaryotic cells that differ in several key aspects from the cells of other eukaryotic organisms. Their distinctive features include: A large central vacuole‚ a water-filled volume enclosed by a membrane known as the tonoplast maintains the cell’s turgor‚ controls movement of molecules between the cytosol and sap‚ stores useful material and digests waste proteins and organelles. A cell wall composed of cellulose and hemicellulose‚ pectin and in many cases lignin‚ is secreted by
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Natural Disasters Throughout earth‚ the life of an average person can change because of one day’s events. Communities that had been established over numerous decades can become a pile of rubble in a matter of hours and even minutes. The effect of a natural disaster can change a community forever. A natural disaster is anything that causes harm or damage from nature. Natural disasters can strike any part of the world‚ sometimes predicted others not. Japan is the one of the countries‚ most affected
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“Breakfast at 8. Out to the jungle at 9.” wrote British naturalist‚ Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) to his mother‚ in an 1854 letter from Singapore. A. R. Wallace went on to propose the evolutionary theory of natural selection (independent of Charles Darwin) in the midst of his 8-year stay in Southeast Asia. Very simply put‚ natural selection means that the species with the more favourable adaptations will survive in the long term whereas the ones with the less favourable traits will become extinct
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Every individual has responsibility to use natural resources judiciously. This will give equal opportunity to all to use the resources for the benefit of mankind. One should not be selfish to spend the available resources without thinking of other fellow beings. There is no limit to spend natural resources if available plenty but at the same time one should realize that natural resources are non-renewable sources. The future also depends on such resources. Every individual should think himself or
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Experimenting with Plant Growth Team Rocket Science Introduction: The purpose of the experiment was to establish whether the concentration of Schultz fertilizer that was added to the radish seeds effects the speed of growth during the six-week time frame of the study. The major variables with this study are proficient communications among the team‚ the seeds‚ soil‚ water concentration‚ fertilizer‚ light exposure‚ temperature of the room‚ consistency of following watering (watering the plant same time every
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跟植物有关的话题最近非常多，大家要多加小心。这个贴给大家总结的是Plants和 Trees，大家发送 “花2014” 可以获得flower的答案。 Plants 你了解植物吗，知道如何种植吗，亲自种过吗？ Trees 你喜欢树吗，小时候爬过树吗，你喜欢树林吗，中国著名的森林是什么 Botany Botanical/botanic park Displaying a range or plants labelled withtheir names Greenhouse Seed Root Stem Bud Leaf Bud Blossom Flower Photosynthesis 新色西斯 Produce oxygen Absorb carbon dioxide 带奥克赛得 Organic Cucumber Weed Trellises Frankly‚ I know quite little about plants.All I know is some basic knowledge like a plant grows from a seed‚ then it has stems
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A world without plants Plants; probably the most ignored organism on this planet. People walk past plant and cut them down but nobody ever thinks about what they do for us‚ what the world would be if there was never any plants or photosynthetic organisms. If the world never had these organisms the world would be a desolate place. There would be no oxygen‚ atmosphere‚ or food. We inhale air unconsciously every day. By taking in air‚ we absorb oxygen and discharge carbon dioxide in the process of
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Medicinal Plants (Philippines) Members: Austria‚ LG Bituin‚ Mica Bucawit‚ Princess Calabia‚ Karen Calpito‚ Gervielyn Cuevas‚ Denise Reyes‚ Simon Villegas‚ Lara Akapulko - is used as herbal medicine and is a shrub that grows wild in the tropical climate of Philippines. Uses: Treat fungal infections‚ like ringworms‚ scabies and eczema.. Treat intestinal problems including intestinal parasites. Treat bronchitis and asthma Yerba Buena- is a rambling aromatic herb of the mint family
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