Title: Temperate Grasslands Biome Description/ Definition: Temperate grassland covers large areas of the interior of continents‚ where there is moderate rainfall‚ but still too little for trees to grow (textbook). Climate and Location: The weather in the temperate grasslands includes hot summers and cold winters(Defender). Summers can reach up over 100 degree fahrenheit‚ and the winters can drop to 40 degree below 0 fahrenheit. Year round‚ the grasslands have about 10-35 inches of rain which mostly
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"TEMPERATE GRASSLAND" Temperate grasslands are defined as places where grasses predominate over trees and shrubs. The name for this biome‚ temperate grasslands‚ is a great description for what it is like there. The most important plants in this biome are grasses. Two major kinds of grasslands in the world: • Savannas • Temperate grasslands. Savannas are defined as places where individual shrubs and trees are scattered among the grasses. Temperate grasslands: trees and shrubs are
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A Temperate Deciduous Forest is one of many biomes in the world. The biome has its own set of location‚ climate‚ and type of wildlife.The Temperate Deciduous Forest is found in almost every continent on the earth. Its climate is in the temperature range‚ hence its name. But the wildlife is unique in its own way in this biome. Temperate Deciduous Forest is found in all of the continents except Africa and Antarctica. It covers almost 50% of the United States is covered by the Temperate Deciduous Forest
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The temperate forest is an area of the world that has high levels of precipitation and humidity. They contain a wide variety of deciduous trees‚ which are trees that lose their leaves in the winter. The temperatures of the temperate forests vary based on the four seasons. It is typically hot in the summer with high temperatures of 86 degrees and cold in the winter. These areas receive large amounts of precipitation in the form of rain and snow. Eastern Asia‚ Central and Western Europe‚ and the Eastern
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Temperate Deciduous Forest Geographical location- The Temperate Deciduous Forest is 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator. This climate can be found in the north in North America‚ Europe and Asia. In the south‚ the climate can be found with South America‚ Australia‚ and Africa. Climate facts- the average temperature is 50 degrees (24 degrees celsius) and its high is 86 degrees‚ this factor depends on the altitude of the forest. The temperate deciduous forest receives an average
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and only two seasons are present (rainy and dry). An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign the tropics primarily as broadleaf evergreens‚ and in temperate and boreal latitudes primarily asconiferous evergreens Tropical deciduous forest Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off"‚ and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose theirleaves seasonally‚ and
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Why do I do it? Why do I scare myself with the ocean…? It is true‚ it is merciless‚ literally; it’s not conscious‚ so it has no feelings‚ no remorse‚ no pity‚ no awareness. It would be wrong to say it is inanimate‚ because it is certainly animate. And not alive‚ yet contains so much life within it might as well be. Like a Frankenstein body filled with cells and bacteria and nerve impulses yet no consciousness. My worst nightmare – I don’t have it very often but it’s a strong one – can take
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Hossain Descriptive Essay July 2‚ 2013 The Ocean The ocean‚ from the Pacific to the Atlantic and the Indian to the Artic‚ is a vast and enchanting part of our world. The oceans of this world cover more than sixty six percent and that number is steadily rising. There are so many facets of the ocean that are yet to be discovered‚ but as someone who lives fifteen minutes away from a beach‚ it is hard not to be intoxicated by the allure that the ocean draws. Oceans have their own smell‚ feel‚ taste and sound
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Facts: Precise Engineering Corporation has a contract with Quik Mart Stores to provide customized software for Quik’s inventory control system. Retail Outlets‚ Inc‚ Quik’s competitor‚ induces Sam‚ a Precise subcontractor who is writing code for the Quik software‚ to delay delivery of the code for one week. As a result‚ Precise’s delivery of the software is delayed‚ and Quik sustains $500‚000 in lost profits. Issue: Whether Retail Outlets willfully interfered with a contractual relationship
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CHAPTER 31 OCEAN CURRENTS TYPES AND CAUSES OF CURRENTS 3100. Definitions The movement of ocean water is one of the two principal sources of discrepancy between dead reckoned and actual positions of vessels. Water in motion is called a current; the direction toward which it moves is called set‚ and its speed is called drift. Modern shipping speeds have lessened the impact of currents on a typical voyage‚ and since electronic navigation allows continuous adjustment of course‚ there is less need to
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