order to maintain a fragile environment dynamic sustainability needs to be established. An example of a fragile environment is the Serengeti National Park and Jau National Park. The Serengeti National Park is situated in the Tropical Grassland biome. This means that it has temperatures are high throughout the year averaging at around 28OC. There are wet and dry seasons due to the movement of the ITCZ (Inter Tropical Conversion Zone). In the Serengeti there are long periods of drought during
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and lakes. The park covers three different biomes: gallery forest with forest clumps and marshland‚ aquatic and semi-aquatic‚ and savannahs. The savannahs have an amazing range of dense woodland to nearly treeless grassland. The center of the park is a long grass savannah which covers the majority of the park. (McGinley‚ 2008) Combretum dominates the savannah woodland‚ along with Terminalia mollis. There are many dormant species in the woodlands sections such as Hymenocardia acida‚ Bauhinia
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Cold environments Case Study- Alaska Background Location * State in the United States-international boundary with Canada to the east‚ arctic ocean to the north * Largest state in United States by area‚ however least densely populated Economy * GDP in 2007: $64‚333 * Per capita personal income : $40‚042‚ rank :15th in nation * Oil and gas industry dominates the Alaskan economy * More than 80% of states revenues derived from petroleum extraction * Main export :
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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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General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examination January 2012 Geography Unit 3 Contemporary Geographical Issues 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm Monday 30 January 2012 For this paper you must have: an AQA 12-page answer book. You may use a calculator. GEOG3 Time allowed 2 hours 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA
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Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A GENERAL BIOLOGY PRACTICE MIDTERM TEST 2010-2011 Multiple Choice: Identify the choice that completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. The work of scientists usually begins with a. testing a hypothesis. b. careful observations. c. d. creating experiments. drawing conclusions. ____ 2. What is the term for all parts of Earth inhabited by living things? a. population b. ecosystem c. biosphere
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the relative importance of physical and human factors in accounting for changes to vegetation over time within ecosystems in the British Isles (40 marks) The British Isles can be found in the Northern Hemisphere where deciduous forest is the main biome. Here physical and human factors have accounted for changes to the vegetation for many years. Human factors can include tourism‚ agriculture‚ urbanisation‚ interception and deforestation. Physical factors can be such things as natural disasters‚ succession
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Environmental issues in Pakistan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved. (March 2008) | Environmental issues in Pakistan have been disturbing the balance between economic development and environmental protection. As a great problem for the nature and nation of Pakistan and As Pakistan is a large importer of both exhaustible
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Article on Natural environment Natural environment The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living specie. The concept of the natural environment can be distinguished by components: Complete ecological units that function as natural systems without massive human intervention‚ including all vegetation‚ microorganisms‚ soil‚ rocks‚ atmosphere and natural phenomena
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Animals to be classified: Hypocalymma Angustifolium‚ Hypocalymma Cordifolium‚ Xerochrysum Bracteatum‚ Xerochrysum Viscosum‚ Pteropus Poliocephulus‚ Petaurus Australis‚ Tachyglossus Aculeatus‚ Perameles Gunnii. Has roots‚ leaves and/or flowers? Yes (therefore Flora species) No (therefore Fauna species) Average height above 100 centimetres? Is the specimen nocturnal‚ its torso covered in fur? Yes No Yes Heart shaped leaves borne opposite each other and/or Newly grown stems
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