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    “Maintaining biodiversity at its present level is impossible if people are going to achieve a reasonable standard of living in the near future” - Discuss this with reference to a tropical biome you have studied (40 marks) Biodiversity means the variety of life forms/organisms in an ecosystem‚ biome or entire planet. Globally‚ biodiversity is not evenly distributed. It generally increases from the poles towards the equator as around 50% of the world’s plants and animals live in tropical rainforests

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    Camren Allen Concept Check 1.1: 1.) A biosphere has an ecosystem that consists of all living things in an area. An ecosystem consists of communities which hold organisms that live in a specific area. A community consists of populations of all the individual organisms in a specific area. A population consists of living things called organisms. Organisms break down into organs and organ systems which are more complex parts of organisms. Organs and Organ Systems are created by tissues which is

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    Title: The Damned Thing Author: Ambrose Bierce I--ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS EAT WHAT IS ON THE TABLE By the light of a tallow candle which had been placed on one end of a rough table a man was reading something written in a book. It was an old account book‚ greatly worn; and the writing was not‚ apparently‚ very legible‚ for the man sometimes held the page close to the flame of the candle to get a stronger light on it. The shadow of the book would then throw into obscurity a half of the room

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    Humans are facing serious problems due to the fact that we are destroying our planet. The root of our troubles begins with the division of labor. In The Wealth of Nations‚ Adam Smith claims that the division of labor saves time by “[increasing] the quantity of work‚” but most importantly it allowed for the invention of new machines (7-9). The organization of labor along with new technology raises productivity‚ and this eventually led to the green revolution (c 20 Feb‚ 2017). The green revolution

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    therefore‚ can improve quality of life. However‚ development often results in a decrease of biodiversity as the environment is often drastically altered to make room for the development. Biodiversity is especially affected in the Tropical Equatorial Biome where biodiversity is very high. The biodiversity is high due to the climate allowing for a yearlong growing season. The climate has a constantly high temperature of around degrees‚ varying by only a few degrees throughout the year due to its position

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    UNESCO Paper Final Project Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a Wildlife Sanctuary‚ UNESCO Natural World Heritage site‚ a Project Tiger Reserve‚ an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam‚ India. Located in the Himalayan foothills‚ it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National park in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam Roofed Turtle‚ Hispid Hare‚ Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog. Their goal is to be able to fully fund

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    thirds of our planet thus they can be regarded as one of the major factors in shaping this blue marble in space. But oceans just don’t result in varying gradient of humidity that gives rise to different vegetations and ultimately widely different biomes when coupled with other factors such as differential exposure to solar radiation‚ and inherent soil type. Oceans are living systems that themselves support numerous life forms whether plant or animal; whether microscopic phytoplankton or the gigantic

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    Professor Markham 5 October 2012 Homework assignment # 4 Ch. 5 p. 113 8. What factors most strongly influence the type of biome that forms in particular place on land? What type of factors determines the type of aquatic system that may form in a given location? The two factors that strongly influence the type of biome on land is the temperature and the precipitation. The type of factors that strongly influence aquatic systems is water temp‚ salinity‚ dissolved nutrient’s‚ wave action‚ currents

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    Emily Gurley BIO 101 Lab Report Professor Jun I. Introduction: a. Phascolarctos cinereus is the scientific name of the organism I have chosen for my lab report. b. The common name in which individuals recognize this particular organism is known as the koala bear. c. Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Vertibrata Class: Mammalia Sub-Class: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Sub-Order: Vombatiformes Infra order: Phascolarctomorphia Family: Phascolarctidae Genus: Phascolarctos Cinereus d. Looking at the mammalia

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    grasslands‚ etc. However‚ the tropical rainforest is truly the world’s most diverse biome in both structure and species diversity. The Tropical rainforest is characterized by a dense growth of trees and by the continuously canopy that is formed by the broad- leaved Evergreen trees. There is also large amounts of precipitation annually and there is no dry season‚ which is a major factor for the organisms in the biome. A Tropical rainforest is defined as a woodland. It has many kinds of trees than

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