West Indies or Latin America‚ a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) Mulatto – an offspring of a black and a white parent Peon – drudge: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work Salvannah – savanna: flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions Machete – a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation Vaquero – local names for a cowboy (`vaquero’ is used especially in southwestern and central
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color can blur the eye. Based on its habitat‚ there are three species of zebras including mountain zebra‚ zebra plains‚ and primitive zebra. Zebra is believed to be from South Africa‚ West Africa and East Africa. Its natural habitat is located in savanna and steppe grasslands to areas on the outskirts of the forest. Some types of zebras are zebra burchell‚ zebra grevy‚ and zebra equus.
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Hello guys. Goodmorning. My name is (name)‚ running for the position of Vice president under the Omnia Omnibus-I DARE party. I would just like to say the objectives why I want to run as the Vice President of the Student Council. Last year ago‚ our department- the CHS Department had least number of enrollees. We did have some worries about that issue. WHY? Were worried that they will be not accepting any enrollees for the next school year. Worries that some of our clinical instructors will not be
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“Ardipithecus Ramidus”. Ardi was the first species ever found that is displayed a skeletal structure showing the linking connection between both chimps and humans‚ dating nearly four point four millions years back. She was the key to evolution. Savanna Hypothesis In the 1800’s Charles Darwin‚ a physician of his time discovered the theory of natural selection‚ stating that a genetic change in population results in differential reproductive success through plants‚ and animals including humankind
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Savanna Edwards Mr. Kemp HUM2410 Goddess of Kali Kali is one of the most well-known and worshipped Hindu Goddesses to this day. Kali is known as The Dark Mother and her bond with children is a relationship one would consider very unique. When it comes to children she forms a very intimate bond. Many people think of Kali as a destroyer but she destroys things only to recreate them again such as sin. It is believed that she goes into the darkness with us‚ and for us‚ to swallow our sins‚
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African Elephant is Vulnerable to Extinction At six tons‚ the African elephant is the largest land animal. It is larger than the Asian elephant and has bigger ears than those elephants. African elephants are vulnerable to extinction because of human devolpment‚ poaching‚ and conflict with people. African elephants roam south of the Sahara Desert. They have large trunks that are used for gathering food‚ communicating and drinking water. Additionally‚ the trunks allow elephants to shower themselves
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Sapajus apella is a scientific name of tufted capuchin and is characterized by its distinct head coloration. Capuchins are New World monkeys that have “long legs and a prehensile tail which helps them to climb and swing through trees” (Richman). Capuchin became known to the public after Dexter‚ a small capuchin monkey‚ appeared in the movie Night at the Museum. People merely refer to this animal as capuchin or monkey‚ but capuchin has a very complex taxonomy and still undergoes constant changes.
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Himba The Himba are close descendants of the Herero. They live in Northwest Namibia‚ which is also known as Kaokoland (KAY-oh-koh-land). Kaokoland is mostly desert or savanna; with these to environments‚ the climate is generally very dry and very hot. There is little vegetation‚ but there is scattered shrub land. What resources have been found‚ are precious metals‚ such as copper. There is also diamonds and of course‚ sand. Himba are semi-nomadic pastoralists who raise cattle and goats. Both
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study of spatial distribution of species both past and present. 1939- FREDERIC CLEMENTS AND VICTOR SHELFORD introduced an approach that will combine plant and animal distribution in one classification system. They called these biotic components as BIOMES. It is important because it was able to illustrate the dependence of animals on plants. Why are there consistent
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Honors Biology (modified from Foundation Notes) Unit 1 Early Topics Main Sections * Definition of Biology * Characteristics of Life * Levels of Organization * SI Units and Relative Size * Scientific Method * Classification and Binomial Nomenclature Definition of Biology CHAPTER 1 Biology can be broadly defined as the “study of life” or the “study of living things”. It includes molecules that are made‚ used by‚ or derived from living things. It
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