Carl Campbell Environmental Science with Lab January 18, 2014 iLab 2 – Week 2 – Ecosystems, Biodiversity, and Species Introduction This Lab covers ecosystems, food webs, and the transfer of energy between species. In includes a review of biomes and ecosystems along with the operation of food chains and food webs, looking specifically at how energy is transmitted through the food web as part of the biomass pyramid. 1. Discuss the producer, consumer and decomposer relationships in the
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Elizabeth kolbert, indicates in her book, that we are currently going through what he calls a mass extinction, what that means a whole roll of a species dies out. In her book she goes over the five extinction, and what occurred in the past and the 6th that is currently going on, and how our existences is becoming the issues of these species to go extinct. Elizabeth Kolbert finds mass extinction to be very fascinating but explains that everyone should be very aware and alarmed. She uses scientific
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For a very long time a lot of people have considered bacteria to be a bad thing. Something they feel as it is a must for us to kill it rather than to keep it amongst us. But what a lot of us lack education in, is the pros of bacteria inside our bodies. There is a lot of bacteria in our bodies, most of us are composed of bacterial germs, not human ones. ( SG5 Lecture Notes W5) Helicobacter pylori is a type of bacteria that is not recognized a lot. It is a bacteria that resides within our human guts
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other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage occurs. Cold seeps are distinct from hydrothermal vents: the former's emissions are of the same temperature as the surrounding seawater, whereas the latter's emissions are super-heated. Cold seeps constitute a biome supporting several endemic species. Cold seeps occur over fissures on the seafloor caused by tectonic activity. Oil and methane "seep" out of those fissures, are diffused by sediment, and emerge over an area several hundred meters wide. Methane (CH4)
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National Hazards: Floods Francis Lopez Cathedral High School Abstract Floods are very dangerous natural hazards. Every year they cost millions if not billions of dollars in damages, to people everywhere. They affect a lot of people worldwide. Floods can also be caused by a number of events. Snow melts, tropical storms, and dam or levee breaks are just a few of the causes of floods. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While river
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Sustainable Tourism; Myth or Reality? Sustainable Tourism is a term derived from the 1978 Rio Summit United Nations Report on the Environment which can be defined as; “Tourism development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability for future generations to meet their own needs.” In the following agenda 21 process, travel and tourism was one of the industries identified as having the
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With 1.4 billion living souls in China, it is by far the most populated country in the world. It is located straight south of Mongolia (although part of China surrounds Mongolia), northeast of India, northwest of the South China Sea, and west of Japan. Its global coordinates are 35.86° N and 104.2° E. Because of its size, many climate regions exist within China’s territory. The southwest contains the plateau of Tibet. With an elevation of 14,000 feet, it is the highest plateau in the world!
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Sierra Nevada Foothills Ecosystem Jamie Haymes, Clare Raimondo University of Phoenix BIO101 Travis Kibota Sierra Nevada Foothills Ecosystem The foothills of the Sierra Nevada are only a small section of the mountain range, encompassing the East and West slopes of the ranges in elevation from around 1,000 to 3,000 feet. The foothills are known as a biotic zone, one of five biotic zones, or ten if the person studying wishes to separate the Eastern side of the range from the Western side of
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Have you ever been in a savanna? Grass everywhere you go and plenty of wildlife. Savannas are also called tropical grasslands. The savanna is a beautiful place, but it is constantly having poachers hunting endangered animals. Also, people are using the area as farmlands. Animals are forced to move, but there are some parks that let all animal come and be safe from poachers. In this report, you will learn about life in a Savanna, where savannas can be located, and issues within the ecosystem. Location
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last sere is the larger trees which are oak and ash which dominate the area and shade out smaller trees. This sere is the climax community in that it is stable and no further succession happens after. The climax community is the deciduous woodland biome we know today. The main characteristics include the location in which they are found, which is in temperate maritime climate such as the UK with four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The average temperature in the British Isles
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