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    Colles March 11‚ 2013 Sci-Fi Movies Are the Best Millions of people today spend thousands of dollars every year going out to the movie cinema‚ renting movies or purchasing them at the store. There are several movie genres available today to choose from. Action‚ romance‚ horror‚ comedy‚ family and science-fiction or sometimes called sci-fi movies are just a few of the most popular movie genres today. My personal favorite of all these would have to be the sci-fi movies. A sci-fi movie grabs the

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    Tundra Biome There are two types of tundra ecosystems: the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra. The tundra biome has several unique characteristics. The climate is very cold there is little diversity‚ and a "short season of growth and reproduction occurs" (1). The Finnish word tunturia‚ which means treeless plain‚ was the inspiration for the words tundra (4). The formation‚ plants‚ and animals that are associated with this biome have several attributes that make them remarkable‚ and this biome is

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    In this file of SCI 209 Entire Course you will find the next docs: SCI-209 Week 1 DQs.doc SCI-209 Week 1 NOAA Activity Part One Ocean Exploration.pptx SCI-209 Week 2 DQs.doc SCI-209 Week 2 The Creation of the Ocean Floor Paper.doc SCI-209 Week 3 DQs.doc SCI-209 Week 3 NOAA Activity Part Two Marine Pollution.pptx SCI-209 Week 3 Seawater Paper.doc SCI-209 Week 4 DQs.doc SCI-209 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Outline.pptx SCI-209 Week 4 Natural Ocean Disasters

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    Humans have a negative effect on the tundra biome. Some of the effects are overhunting‚ global warming‚ oil drilling‚ and pollution. When endangered species encounter these issues they die and eventually become extinct. An example of overhunting is how sailors overhunt musk oxen and caribou for their fur and body meat. The fur gets used for clothing and the sailors eat the body meat. The musk ox is nearly extinct due to overhunting. When you over hunt a whole species‚ that species may go completely

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    How is man changing environment or biomes? Man is drastically changing the environment with all the needs he has. Humans cut down entire forests in the course of a month. Then we build buildings in its place making it impossible for anything to grow there. Those trees were a crucial part to the ecosystem and environment‚ which are now changed forever. We also drive cars‚ which emit exhaust‚ which in turn hurts our ozone layer and heats up the Earth. Once the ozone layer is damaged the ice caps

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    Linking Biodiversity‚ Ecosystem Services‚ and People What is Biodiversity and why is it important? Biodiversity is a term describing the variety of life‚ among living organisms and ecosystems. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and organisms suchs as animals‚ plants‚ their habitats‚ and the ecological complexes of the diversity within species. It is crucial for the functioning of ecosystems which provides us with products and services we cannot live without. Oxygen‚ food‚ fresh water

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    Climate change and tropical biodiversity: a new focus Brodie J.‚ Post E.‚ Laurance W. In this review article‚ Brodie et al. expose a different approach to looking at the effects of global climate change on tropical biodiversity. An abundant amount of literature does‚ in fact‚ address the direct effects of climate change on biodiversity in the tropics. Brodie et al. argue‚ however‚ that while these efforts are extremely important and notable for current and future conservation efforts‚ little

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    Biodiversity Hotspots The Caucasus: The Caucasus hotspot‚ historically interpreted as the area of land between the Black and Caspian seas‚ covers a total area of 580‚000 km. Located at a biological crossroads‚ species from Central and Northern Europe‚ Central Asia‚ the Middle East and North Africa mingles here with endemics found nowhere else. One of the most biologically rich regions on Earth‚ the Caucasus is among the planet’s 25 most diverse and endangered hotspots. The Caucasus is one

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    The effects of human activity on ecosystems and biodiversity Agricultural Practice Biodiversity is a measure of the diversity among organisms in different ecosystems. "Diversity" in this definition includes diversity within a species and among species‚ and among ecosystems.’ Monoculture is when a farmer produces or grows one single crop over a wide area. The advantages to the farmer of monoculture are‚ “the reduced plant competition for nutrients‚ space and solar radiation‚ control of unprofitable

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    The Effect of Light Intensity on Photosynthesis and Transpiration Inna V. Raymundo BOTANY I Section V-6L August 29‚ 2012 ¹A scientific paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Botany I laboratory under Dr. Nonnie Bautista‚ 1st sem‚ 2012-2013. ABSTRACT Photosynthesis and transpiration both play important roles in plants. But there are factors which affect the rate of photosynthesis and transpiration. The external factor that was identified is the

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