frugivore. Many primate families have similar dental morphology analogous to what category they are in: insectivore‚ fulivore‚ or frugivore. Family Lemuridae are mainly insectivores‚ Family Pongidae are primarily folivores‚ while Family Homindae are omnivores. Most Families are also frugivores when fruit is in season. Incisors‚ known as the anterior teeth‚ function primarily to prepare food items for mastication. Primates use their incisors to grab food items and reduce them in size by nipping‚ slicing
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General Biology II (BIOL 2061) – Spring 2013- Hartley Unit 5 – Animal Form & Function‚ Metabolism and Digestion I. Learning Goals – Note that there are both content and competency goals in this course. II. Reading Assignment with Comprehension Questions I suggest you complete the comprehension questions as you read each chapter or directly after. Read the chapters before coming to class. III. Lecture Note Template You can use this template to fill in your lecture notes
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An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area‚ as well as all the nonliving or abiotic‚ physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact‚ such as air‚ soil‚ water and sunlight. In a typical ecosystem‚ plants and other photosynthetic organisms are the producers that provide the food. (Leibold) Ecosystems can be permanent or temporary and they usually form a number of food webs. Examples of ecosystem include: Marine Ecosystems:
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During the late weeks of every November comes a time for celebration with our families‚ friends and the mouth watering smell of fresh turkey‚ comforting warm mashed potatoes and gravy. And of course sweet home baked pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving is an example of an event that serves as much more than just nutrients to our bodies‚ but also a time to nourish the hearts of our close loved ones. Society has recently become increasingly obsessed with health and nutrition‚ as more and more individuals realize
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Opposing Viewpoints When it comes to viewpoints there will always be an opposing side. You must develop your strongly focused opinion with examples and/or reasons. In order for a reader to accept your side you must use clear‚ powerful‚ and direct language to really capture them. Express your opinion clearly‚ and then base it on factual‚ researched or first-hand information. Hard facts and first-hand experience are so convincing to readers. The way to convince your audience to accept your opinion
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Slow Loris Introduction Slow lorises are a group of five species of strepsirrhine primates‚ which make up the genus Nycticebus. Found in South and Southeast Asia‚ they range from Bangladesh and Northeast India in the west to the Philippines in the east‚ and from the Yunnan province in China in the north to the island of Java in the south. Although many previous classifications recognized fewer species‚ five are now considered valid: the Sunda slow loris (N. coucang)‚ Bengal slow loris (N
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Factory farming should be illegal Imagine yourself being born into a world where nights and days are neither constant nor promised. You are fed three to five times a day‚ but no one is there to nurture and love you. Not even the numerous others crammed into your living space. You spend each day growing more and more frantic‚ scared‚ and sickly. This is life as you know it - from the day you are born‚ until your last dying breath. What I have just described is one of America’s worst ghettos. The
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Abiotic component abiotic components (also known as abiotic factors) are non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment‚ which affect ecosystems. Each abiotic component influences the number and variety of plants that grow in an ecosystem‚ which in turn has an influence on the variety of animals that live there. The four major abiotic components are: climate‚ parent material and soil‚ topography‚ and natural disturbances. From the viewpoint of biology‚ abiotic factors can be classified
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Pv Poverty and Obesity: Why the Government is to Blame Poverty and Obesity Many people believe the American government to be corrupt and run by people who do not deserve the positions they are in and while this may be true‚ there are bad facts that point in their direction when it comes to certain things. One of those things includes the epidemic of obesity ultimately linked to poverty caused by the government and the food industry that is run by the government as well. Over a short amount
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CrossFit is raising the bar Jeff Gabriel 7/29/2013 Crossfit Portsmouth athlete CrossFit has started something…something that was unknowable or maybe even impossible before. The answer to “What’s possible?” is improving. Greg Glassman founded CrossFit‚ Inc. in 2000. By 2005 there were 13 affiliates‚ today there are more than 6100. The "CrossFit Games" have been held every summer since 2007. The prize money for each first-place male and female has grown from $500 at the inaugural Games‚ to $275‚000
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