Goldfish Research Report The fascinating creature called Carassius gibelio more commonly known as the goldfish have many interesting talents and features. Goldfish are very nice animals that people don’t know much about‚ and people don’t care about. Gold fish can see four different colors red‚ green‚ blue and the most interesting because humans can’t see it‚ ultra violet (Curious Kids Press Goldfish). A goldfish is a beautiful and compelling animal that people should learn more about. A goldfish
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INDUSTRIALIZATION Industrialisation :The process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services. Individual manual labour is often replaced by mechanized mass production and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. . It is a part of a wider modernisation process‚ where social change and economic development are closely related with technological innovation‚ particularly with the development
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Option 1 Ocean waves are caused by many different factors. Usually waves are created by the wind; the wind transfers its energy to the water‚ through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. The stronger the winds‚ the stronger the waves. Water waves usually do not go horizontally‚ they only move up and down. Some factors that also cause waves are tsunamis‚ earthquakes‚ and hurricanes. Surprisingly‚ wind speeds‚ the distance over which the winds blow‚ and the time that the winds
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marine biologists study‚ the answer is‚ “a marine biologist is someone who studies all types of sea creatures‚ and can choose to specialize in studying large ocean animals‚ all the way down to microscopic organisms. Everything from whales to the plankton they eat‚ and everything
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The Florida Everglades Bonifacio Garcia SCI 256 January 24‚ 2014 Brian Hoeft The Florida Everglades The Florida Everglades are located in the southern portion of the state of Florida and compromise the southern half of a large watershed. This ecosystem begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River. This river discharges into the enormous‚ but shallow‚ Lake Okeechobee. The Everglades are shaped by water and fire and experience frequent flooding during the rainy season and drought during the dry
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I. Meaning of Estuary and Seashore * Estuaries - areas where fresh and saltwater mix - are made up of many different types of habitats. Eestuary is an area where fresh water from rivers flows into the salt water from an ocean. Though these areas can be biologically productive ecosystems that provide habitats for many animals and plants‚ they can also be a harsh environment for others because of their high salt content. * Seashore land by the sea. Seashore law ground lying between high-water
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Agnatha Common Name Representatives General Features “Jawless Fishes” sea lamprey‚ hagfish no jaws unpaired fins eel-like bodies notochord persists cartilage skeleton no scales smooth‚ slimy skin lamprey sucker-like mouth with teeth parasite of fish 2 chambered heart gills lamprey swims in a rippling manner external fertilization lamprey - larva‚ metamorphosis Chondrichthyes “Cartilagenous Fishes” sharks‚ skates‚ rays movable jaws paired fins cartilage skeleton Osteichthyes “Bony Fishes” salmon
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the ocean. (http://www.skwirk.com) Causes and Effects of Coastal Degradation (http://wwf.panda.org) 1. Excess amount of sediments -many large rivers along the coast of the ecoregion carry vital nutrients and sediments that are important to plankton‚ mangroves‚ and seagrass beds. 2. Climate change and its serious impacts -changes to the coastlines caused by human activity have exacerbated the effects of climate change. 3. Threats to marine animals -marine mammals were hunted to the edge
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Question 1 How significant are mass extinctions to living organisms? Mass extinctions are very important events to the living organism. When mass extinction happens‚ it will create huge impact toward the world‚ negative or positive. For the conservation biologist‚ they usually think this is a great loss. On the other hand‚ from the evolutionary perspective‚ mass extinction could be something good and bad at the same time. Mass extinction would end a lineages and the unique genetic vitiation will
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The book The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway‚ is about an old man‚ Santiago‚ and his genuine fondness of the sea. Every day he travels out to sea to go fishing which is his occupation. For the past eighty-four days the old man has not caught a single fish. On the eighty-fifth day he sails out to sea as usual‚ and this is the day that changes Santiago’s life forever. He hooks an unusually immense marlin‚ and they have an agonizing battle for several days. Hemingway often compares Santiago
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