Many species of animals live in the Amazon Rain Forest. The rain forest itself‚ covering nearly 40 percent of South America‚ contains one in every ten species known on earth (“World’s” 1). Around 500 species of mammals‚ 475 reptiles‚ and one third of the world’s birds live in the Amazon. Although they all live in the same general area‚ animals have different habitats‚ diets‚ and life spans. A few of the many animals are the Scarlet macaw‚ Anaconda‚ Giant Amazon River Turtle‚ and the Howler Monkey
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Acid Rain and its Chemistry Acid rain is a type of pollution that is becoming a major threat to our planet and is need of attention. Acid rain has significantly increased ever since the industrial revolution‚ and now around the world‚ countries like Russia‚ China‚ and those in Europe are facing increasing levels of acidity in their rain. Not only is it becoming more acidic but it is also spreading by the pumping of sulfuric gasses deeper into the atmosphere from of the use of taller smokestacks
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Acid Rain Definition: The term acid rain refers to what scientists call acid deposition. It is caused by airborne acidic pollutants and has highly destructive results. Scientists first discovered acid rain in 1852‚ when the English chemist Robert Agnus invented the term. From then until now‚ acid rain has been an issue of intense debate among scientists and policy makers. Acid rain‚ one of the most important environmental problems of all‚ cannot be seen. The invisible gases that cause acid
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feel . That is called the tone of the story. In the poem “There Will Be Soft Rains.” the author sets a tone of loveliness and loneliness. The author goes into a tone like fear and loveliness like when the house was on fire the house could not tack the fire it was completely helpless. The story “tell tale heart. “ is another story example with a tone of cushion and snooping around. In the story “There Will Come Soft rains” the author’s tone is one of order and routine. Until a tree limb fall through
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The Effects of Acid Rain Bio-105 Abstract The effects of acid rain is damaging no matter how you look at the picture. Acid rain effects open areas more than forests due to the trees blocking some of the rain from hitting the ground. Acid rain is monitored by using emissions monitors. This helps figure out how much acid is in rainwater. Acid rain is harmful to fish by killing off entire species. Acid rain is harmful to living creatures‚ but many do not realize how toxic it can be to
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Rain Forest Biome Table Of Contents Climate The Four Levels of the Rainforest. Plant Life Animals Have you ever been to a rainforest? Well knows your chance for a limited time offer since many rainforests are disappearing see them now. Let me explain the wonderful reasons why you would want to go to the rainforest. Think about it. Imagine a foggy forest with birds churpping and monkeys calling. Also you would get to see very rare plants and trees. All this and more when you come to
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The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect acid rain has on seed germination and after performing this experiment is can be concluded that acid rain has a negative effect on seed germination. When seeds are soaked in an acidic solution the process of germination slows. Acidic solutions‚ while do slow growth of a seed‚ they do not kill the seed. A seed can be dormant for a majority of its lifespan‚ seeds watered with acid solutions stayed in a dormant condition. For example‚ trial three
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Harvard Business School 9-792-060 Rev. April 28‚ 1993 Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) Early in 1992‚ managers at the Southern Company were reexamining their strategy for complying with the acid rain provisions of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The Southern Company was a holding company; its operating units were electric utilities in Georgia‚ Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Florida. The largest Southern subsidiaries‚ Georgia Power and Alabama Power‚ provided most of the electricity
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Rain Water Harvesting: A Solution To Water Crisis Water is an essential resource. No one can live and survive without water. Hence‚ we should not let the source of the life waste‚ instead we must store it. We can do so by the methods of Rainwater Harvesting. Rainwater Harvesting refers to the process of collecting and storing of rainwater. Rainwater harvesting helps in providing drinking water‚ water for irrigation‚ agricultural purposes or for groundwater recharge. It is one of the best solutions
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and how is it prevented? Soil acidification is the build up of hydrogen ions(H+)‚ reducing the pH‚ therefore the soil becomes too acidic. The donor can be an acid‚ such as nitric acid and sulfuric acid.The addition of the acids can be due to acid rain and pollution. Many nitrogen compounds‚ which are added as fertilizer‚ also acidify soil over the long term because they produce nitrous and nitric acid when oxidized in the process of nitrification. Acidification also occurs when base cations such
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