Conservation of physical resources in the Caribbean Firstly the term Physical Resource needs to be defined. According to the book Modules in Social Studies‚ physical resources are those gifts of nature such as land‚ water‚ minerals‚ forestry‚ sunlight and wind. Human beings‚ utilize these physical resources to manufacture a variety of products. Physical Resources are classified into two categories-renewable and non-renewable. A renewable resource is one which can be reinforced‚ resupplied‚ replaced
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consisting of following transfer processes: evaporation from oceans and other water bodies into the air and transpiration from land plants and animals into air. precipitation‚ from water vapor condensing from the air and falling to earth or ocean. runoff from the land usually reaching the sea. Water is very abundant resource on earth and is very essential.Water is in three states solid‚liquid and gas.Water is needed everyday for everyone in one or the other way. Today we see people
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Amanda Horn SCI 219 Module Two Google Earth Exercises These questions include Chapters 4‚ 5‚ and 6. Fill out your answers in this document and submit your responses in Blackboard. Galapagos Islands Chapter 4. This island group is famous as the site at which Charles Darwin collected evidence for evolution of species. Because the islands are so isolated‚ they were free of human inhabitants until relatively recently. Most of the animals never developed a fear of humans. It is a popular ecotourist
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there is a lack of moisture. Therefore‚ there is no vegetation growing in these months and the soil moisture is charged resulting in a surplus. July to April is the spring as there is a vast amount of water increase due to the snow melting. Again runoff is increasing and the vegetation is beginning to grow. The summer season is from April to September as the graph displays the water‚ decreasing due to the growth of vegetation. Therefore‚ soil moisture
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Flood Definitions Floods are caused by weather phenomena and events that deliver more precipitation to a drainage basin than can be readily absorbed or stored within the basin. Acre-foot. Volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land (43‚560 square feet) to a depth of 1 foot; equivalent to 325‚851 gallons. Cubic feet per second (ft³/s). A unit of measurement expressing rates of discharge. One cubic foot per second is equal to thedischarge of a stream of rectangular cross section‚ 1 foot wide
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Darryl Shivers Coral Reef Ecosystem Coral reefs are complex and diverse habitat. Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful ecosystems to be found in the marine environment. They are very unique in many ways. Coral reefs play many important roles in the marine world. Lots of different sea life rely on reefs for habitat and sources of food‚ including some endangered species. (Yasutake‚ 2007) The reef we will be discussing is the great barrier reef of Australia. This is the largest
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have banned the digging and construction of new tubewells. Ostensibly to safeguard the precious ground water‚ this has deepened the crisis further for many. 3. One of the solutions to the urban water crisis is rainwater harvesting - capturing the runoff.
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5. Human activity also impacts on waterways. Chemical monitoring and management assists in providing safe water for human use and to protect the habitats of other organisms Identify that water quality can be determined by considering: * concentrations of common ions * total dissolved solids * hardness * turbidity * acidity * dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand Water quality is commonly defined by its physical‚ chemical‚ biological and aesthetic (appearance and
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towns are covered by paved surfaces such as sidewalks and parking lots. The paved surface prevents water from seeping down into the ground‚ which then causes runoff. When the quickly flowing runoff empties into the waters‚ it can severely erode the banks of lakes and other bodies of water. The paved surfaces also generate heat to runoff‚ which will be increasing the temperature of waters. The inhabitant species of fish and other aquatic life will not be able to survive in the warmer waters. I
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The goal of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is to ensure that no child will ever again know the crippling effects of polio. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus poliovirus. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age‚ but affects mainly children under three. Polio is mainly passed through person-to-person (i.e.‚ fecal-oral) contact‚ and infects persons who do not have immunity against the disease. There is no
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