2011 Willise Riche‚ M.D. Simulation Paper There are thousands of pharmaceutical companies in the world today who thrive on rainforests around the world for its plants and trees for production of different herbal remedies. The rainforests account for majority of the world’s plants and animals and produce a high amount of the world’s oxygen. Also the rainforest are home to different Indian Tribes such as the Kikuyu Tribe. The global population continues to grow and so does the demand for more
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problem T F Most of the Western United States was once covered by large areas of temperate forests. T F Nails or suction cups would be an adaptation for animals in the Tropical Rainforests. T F Epiphytes are animals that fight with other animals. T F Rainfall must be at least 80 inches a year in a Rainforest. T F Three major forest biomes are the coniferous forest‚ oak forest and
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the Tropic of Capricorn and currently cover less than 5% of the Earth’s surface‚ but support 50% of all living organisms on Earth. The Amazon Rainforest is an example of a magnificent tropical biome found in the heart of Brazil. Its basin covers an area of 7 million square kilometres and it has an astonishing value in the natural world. The Amazon Rainforest is a key provider of ecosystem services‚ including carbon sequestration and freshwater resources‚ as well as being home to the most diverse and
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will be that rainforest normally gets no less than 1750-2000 mm (68-78 inches) of rain a year. My second will be that they say octopuses are amphibious. My third is they claim that Sasquatch is real. For my first factual claim will be that there are temperate rainforest in the Olympic Peninsula. The second factual claim is that all rain forests aren’t only found in the tropics. The third factual claim will be that female octopuses go without eating till there eggs hatch.
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day due to rainforest deforestation. That equates to 50‚000 species a year. As the rainforest species dissapear‚ so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases. Currently‚ 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients‚ less that 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists. There were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazonian Rainforest five centuries
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Rank the following terms from largest to smallest: ecosystem‚ population‚ biosphere‚ community. biosphere (largest) ecosystem community population (smallest) ecosystem (largest) biosphere community population (smallest) biosphere (largest) ecosystem population community (smallest) ecosystem (largest) community biosphere population (smallest) Which of the following includes the other three: ecosystem‚ population‚ biosphere‚ community. The ecosystem contains all the communities
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José Rizal and the Propaganda Movement Between 1872 and 1892‚ a national consciousness was growing among the Filipino émigrés who had settled in Europe. In the freer atmosphere of Europe‚ these émigrés--liberals exiled in 1872 and students attending European universities--formed the Propaganda Movement. Organized for literary and cultural purposes more than for political ends‚ the Propagandists‚ who included upper-class Filipinos from all the lowland Christian areas‚ strove to "awaken the sleeping
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on the north by the Luzon Strait separating the Philippine Islands from Taiwan‚ on the east by the Philippine Sea( and the Pacific Ocean)‚ on the south by the Celebes Sea‚ and on the southwest by the Sulu Sea separating the Philippine Islands from Borneo. Many of the
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another way in which the earth can become less beautiful. In the Oceans and on land‚ there is an abundance of diverse life‚ especially the rainforest. Sciennected says the rainforest is home to approximately 70% of the world’s animal species and 25 % of the world’s medicine is derived from rainforest plants. Unfortunately‚ deforestation is clearing Earth’s rainforests‚ which according to national geographic‚ cover about
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Deforestation in Costa Rica Costa Rica is famous for it’s rainforests and vast biodiversity and ecosystems‚ including 12‚000 species of plants‚ 1‚239 species of butterflies‚ 838 species of birds‚ 440 species of reptiles and amphibians‚ and 232 species of mammals (Wikipedia)‚ which overtime have become under threat due to deforestation. Since the end of World War II‚ 80 percent of Costa Rican forests have disappeared (Wikipedia). Various companies are cutting down forests‚ to provide
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