factors? 1) Large amounts of rain during the rainy season‚ dense foliage‚ warm all year round. Also the rocks‚ soil‚ sunlight and temperature. What are the native plants and their adaptations to live there? 1) Many ’every day’ foods originated in rainforests‚ including tomatoes‚ peppers‚ corn‚ rice‚ coconut‚ banana‚ coffee‚ cocoa‚ cassava (tapioca)‚ beans and sweet potatoes. 2) Many large trees have huge ridges called buttresses near the base. They may be 10-12 meters high where they join into the
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Deforestation Good morning to lecturer and fellow classmates‚ today I would like to talk about deforestation. Deforestation is elimination of forest and woodland areas on the large scale. Nowadays‚ deforestation has risen to dangerous levels. Deforestation is a common problem among developing and develops countries. Most of the land was used for building and agricultural expansion. Commercial logging causes deforestation. Trees provide timber for building construction‚ furniture manufacture
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Ask a Question about Deforestation and its causes and effects In today’s world millions of people are drained in the culture of urbanization and pushed into cities‚ as a result towns are turning into cities‚ big cities turn into bigger cities and metro-cities are turning into mega-metro cities‚ to the extent that they have to be considered into a state and further subdivide it. Even the profusely increasing population proves to be a major cause for this. But due to all of these things one thing
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Questions - History of Reverence/symbolism for Forests (4/2/13) Q2. In the past‚ human attitudes toward forests could be broadly broken up into 3 attitudes. List these attitudes and give an example of each? Which attitude expresses your value for forests? •Reverence – Humans have been venerating forests as representation of spiritual‚ cultural‚ and mythological values. Forests have their links from the earth to sky or creation to underworld. Ex) According to the lecture slides‚ ancient Egyptians
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ufeffName: Georgina Ximena Padilla Date: Thursday‚ September 26th 2013 English Composition Essay #2 Word Count: 504 words. El Salvador is on the most deforested countries in the region. Explain how and why this problem should be solved. Deforestation is the permanent devastation of forests. Deforestation happens in many ways: when trees are cut down to grow crops‚ logging so wood can be used for building things like houses‚ for roads and neighborhoods‚ and forest fires. Deforestation is
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The importance of trees Trees are the largest and longest living organisms on earth. To grow tall the tree has become a miracle of engineering and a complex chemical factory. It is able to take water and salts out of the earth and lift them up to the leaves‚ sometimes over 400 ft above. By means of photosynthesis the leaves combine the water and salts with carbon dioxide from the air to produce the nutrients which feed the tree. In this process‚ as well as wood‚ trees create many chemicals‚ seeds
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Polars Bears are dying because the ice caps are melting because of global warming. Scientist have proof that humans are the cause of most of global warming and it has been that way from the mid-1900’s to now. We need to slow down global warming or the polar bears will die and a lot of other animals that live on the ice caps. If the ice caps melt that will rise the sea level and a lot of people will die. Global warming is getting worse causing melting icecaps which is caused by rising temperatures
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In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that the plow how made a huge impact on society. Imagine you have to shovel the roads and there was no such thing as a plow. Some people think that plows tear up the front of your truck‚ but I disagree I think that the plow helps by clearing the roads when there is a lot of snow on the ground. In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that the plow has made the huge impact on society. To begin with‚ the plow has a long history that made a big impact on society. The plow
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The Right Intentions of John Muir “No rat or squirrel has so innocent a look‚ is so easily approached‚ or expresses such confidence in one’s good intentions.” What exactly are right or good intentions? Perhaps they can be defined as an honest or courteous idea‚ action‚ or intention. What does this moral mean in John Muir’s life? John Muir‚ an environmentalist‚ naturalist‚ sheepherder‚ and conservationist was motivated by his zeal for nature. His life was based on this ethic‚ right intentions.
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The Silver Maple (Acer Saccharinum) samaras reside in the eastern United States and undergo seed dispersal between April and July of each year. During seed dispersal these fruits are trying to disperse their seeds as far away from their tree as possible to have the highest success to produce offspring. The seeds that disperse close to the parent plant have shown less success and higher mortality rates than seeds that disperse farther from the base of the tree. Also‚ fruits with larger seeds have
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