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Tropical Rainforest One Thing
522 words
I live in the rainforest, and I love it. So Im
going to share with you some information about my
home and way of life. Let me start off with some
of my favorite things about my home. One thing
would be the Climate. It is not to hot and not to
cold, and the temperature stays about the same all
year round, the warmest and the coldest months do
not differ by more than 5 degrees. But there is a
down side to it being like this. The humidity is
very high, around 75 %- 100 % in some areas, which
is bad...
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Ocean Currents Pacific Ocean
348 words
Sticking with the theme of ocean currents, (from
portfolio # 2), I will reflect on Jan Kay? s Dec.
4, 2000 article titled? Warming taking food from
Pacific. ? This article was retrieved from the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. According to this
article, warmer waters and changing ocean currents
within the Pacific Ocean maybe causing a decline
in plankton. Ocean plankton are the food source
for many larger ocean creatures. According to a 50
year study, conducted by California Cooperative
Fisheries In...
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Forest Destruction Human Rights
546 words
A recipe for local and global disaster Industrial
logging is the main cause of forest loss
throughout the tropics. It is the starting point
of a process leading to the forests' final
destruction and substitution by agricultural
crops, cattle raising or monoculture tree
plantations. These are well known facts supported
by more than sufficient evidence. Even more
importantly, industrial logging destroys the
livelihoods of forest and forest-dependent peoples
who, deprived of the resources they depe...
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North American Physical Patterns
814 words
Physical patterns in geography relates to
Landforms, Natural vegetation, Climate, and
Agriculture. There are wide variety of Landforms,
Natural vegetation, Climate, and Agriculture. The
physical patterns can affect North America by the
appearance and the type of elevation there is.
Landforms Two types of landforms are plains and
lowlands and also hills. Plains and lowlands are
usually found north of the Mississippi river in
North America. They have high elevation and a flat
appearance. Plains an...
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Was Colonial Culture Uniquely American
1,205 words
Was Colonial Culture Uniquely American?"There were
never, since the creation of the world, two cases
exactly parallel. " Lord Chesterfield, in a letter
to his son, February 22 nd, 1748. Colonial culture
was uniquely American simply because of the unique
factors associated with the development of the
colonies. Never before had the conditions that
tempered the colonists been seen. The unique blend
of diverse environmental factors and peoples
caused the development of a variety of cultures
that wer...
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Lavita And Joila Current Of The River Raft
1,371 words
Dear Irene, I would first like to thank you, for
encouraging me to enter the competition and I
could not believe that I won. As soon as they
called out my name on the radio, I went running
around my house, crazy, jumping up and down on my
small bed, which I think I ruined the springs in
it. Although its a pity you could not come with
me, because the fact is that I had a spectacular
holiday. There was a variety of choices on where
to go, but none of them interests me except for
one that I have no...
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Tropical Rainforests Deep Sea
543 words
Snelgrove and Grass in The Deep Sea: Desert and
Rainforest published in Oceanus, volume 38 in 1995
argue that the popular belief that the deep sea is
little more than an ocean desert is a pure
fallacy. Contrary to such thinking a multitude of
benthic organisms dwell on the ocean bottom;
despite the frigid temperatures and high pressure,
a large heterogeneity of creatures, rivaling in
variety and number those inhabiting tropical
rainforests, thrive in this environment. The
analogy of the ocean de...
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Lord Of The Flies Setting
675 words
In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
the setting had a very strong influence in the
actions and attitudes of the characters. Setting
is the defined in literature as where the story
takes place. In Lord of the Flies, the setting is
on a deserted tropical island in the middle of the
ocean, where a microcosm is able to be
established. Three specific examples of how
setting influenced the actions and attitudes of
the characters are: The isolation from a civilized
world, the mysteries o...
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Playground Of The Gods Cathy Spellman Nature
422 words
The Playground of The Gods Cathy Spellman s, The
Playground of The Gods is an exuberant novel which
deals with murder in a remote tropical paradise
but can further be read as an illustration of man
s ignorance and invasion of nature. Do it big, or
stay in bed. (Larry Kelly). These are words that
Thoros Gagarian lives by. He is one of the
wealthiest men in the world and when picking his
private paradise, only one place on earth could
serve his needs and fantasies. This place is Mora
Utu-The playg...
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Wardrobe Attire Proper Documentation Money
432 words
Preparing for a Tropical Cruise Vacation
Vacationing to certain tropical destinations might
require more than what you think. After making
reservations for the Cruise accommodations and
flight arrangements you would think the tough part
is over. I personally had no idea that going to
the Bahamas would require more than valid state
identification. I soon realized that I not only
had to prepare for my financial needs, wardrobe
attire, but also have proper documentation to go
on the Cruise. First, ...
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Fast Food Restaurants Global Warming
1,026 words
Fast Food Reality Have you ever asked yourself why
are there so many fat people out there? No? Yes?
This writer has, and this writer would like to
know what the reasons are. It is hard to know all
the reasons, but most of them are obvious. We are
what we eat. This is one of the simplest reasons,
and this writer believes it is right. Most of
obese people have bad nutrition habits such as
high fat level food intake. According to the
United States government, the number of overweight
Americans is h...
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Greenhouse Gasses Global Warming
839 words
Global Warming As we all know, Global Warming (G.
W) has become a major scientific and social issue
during the past decade. Global Warming-the
increase in greenhouse gasses- has captured broad
public attention because it would easily damage
the nature and many souci-cultural aspects of
life. Thats why it should be investigated
thoroughly. In the following paragraphs, I will
introduce you different approaches of some writers
and state their possible answers to this global
problem. First of all, a...
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Lowland Tropical Forest Golden Marmoset Golden Marmosets
243 words
Golden Golden Marmoset Golden Marmoset Golden
marmosets, or Leontopithecus chrysomelas, have a
mane derived from long hairs on the top of the
head, cheeks and throat. The golden marmoset is
predominantly black with golden to reddish-orange
on the front of the mane, the lower half of the
front paws and part of the tail. It weighs about
0. 7 kg (1. 5 lb). Golden marmosets prefer primary
lowland tropical forest. They eat mostly insects
and fruit and small vertebrates such as lizards
and birds. The ...
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Tropical Rainforest One Thing
525 words
I live in the rainforest, and I love it. So I? m
going to share with you some information about my
home and way of life. Let me start off with some
of my favorite things about my home. One thing
would be the Climate. It is not to hot and not to
cold, and the temperature stays about the same all
year round, the warmest and the coldest months do
not differ by more than 5 degrees. But there is a
down side to it being like this. The humidity is
very high, around 75 %- 100 % in some areas, which
is b...
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Methane Nitrous Oxide Carbon Dioxide
821 words
The greenhouse effect is an increase in the
atmospheric temperature caused by increasing
amounts of greenhouse gases. These gases act as a
heat blanket insulating the Earths surface
absorbing and trapping heat radiation which
normally escapes from the earth. They include
carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous
oxide, CFCs, and other halocarbons. The earths
atmosphere goes through two processes constantly.
Global cooling is the first process. This process
uses the clouds which cover 60 % of...
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Kilometers In Diameter Unlike A Tornado Hurricane
326 words
The second part of our report will be about
hurricanes. A hurricane is an intense tropical
low-pressure area with winds that are 120
kilometers per hour or greater. Hurricanes are
also called tropical cyclone or typhoon. The most
damage a hurricane does is when the storm surges
hits. Storm surges are currents. They form when
the hurricane piles up water along the shore and
then blows it inland. They are much more damaging
during high tide. Hurricanes grow larger and more
powerful from the vast a...
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Hydroelectric Energy Water Flowing Dams
555 words
Hydroelectric energy potentially is the result of
a fortunate coincidence in which nature and the
need to modernize, are combined together in an on-
going cycle. The cycle being evaporated,
precipitation and concentration. Having water,
though, does not necessarily mean having
hydroelectric potential. To be in usable form,
that water must be in continuous supply,
accessible and concentrated in rivers with a
volume flows and a descent rate, sufficient to
drive generating turbines. The only way th...
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Tropical Rain B C
364 words
The Maya are probably the best known of the
classical civilizations of Mesoamerica.
Originating in the Yucatan around 2600 B. C. ,
they rose to prominence around A. D. 250.
Mesoamerica spans five countries: Mexico,
Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. They
inherited a lot of their ideas from the Olmec. The
Maya developed astronomy, calendrical systems, and
hieroglyphic writing. The Maya were also known for
their decorated architecture, which included
temples and palaces. They were also ...
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Soil Sample Tropical Flowers Day
421 words
Soil Analysis Within the next few paragraphs, I
will tell you all about the soil sample I
collected and did tests on. I got some soil from
out of one of my moms gardens. This one had a lot
of flowers from Florida. This is a summary of what
all I did to work on finding everything about my
soil. Day 1: The first day I had forgotten my soil
sample. Therefore I could not let it dry out like
the rest of the classes did. Day 2: I brought my
soil sample in and let it dry. I had time to catch
up on some...
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Human Activity Human Environment
559 words
Reconstruction of local area? terrain,
availability of water ground water, susceptibility
to flooding. ? Conditions over different years.
Loss of sits through erosion, inundation and
burial under sediment. Glaciers can give us clue
to possible resources of earlier ages Varves etc
layers of sediment thickness explaining climate
Rivers: important as settlement often nearby due
to settle deposits, changing course through
natural processes shows lots of changes. ? Rough
chronology of sites from rive...
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