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Snow Capped Mountains Love Of Nature Live
320 words
If I could choose where I would live, I would live
by the mountains. All my life I have been taught
to be appreciative of the woods and nature. My
love to be in the mountains is partly because of
my love of snow. This has given me the passion for
the outdoors that I know today. When I was a young
child, around age ten, my father introduced me to
deer hunting. This became my root in my love of
nature. The mountains have always given me a since
of purity, from new fallen snow on the snow-capped
mo...
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Rest Of The Group Great Spirit Live
311 words
Once upon a time, very long ago, there was a
terrible flood, and the world was in danger.
Almost all people lost their homes, and were in
search for new places to live. A man named Chucky,
and his followers came to and unknown land, in
search of housing. There they discovered a long
range of gigantic hills. Chucky immediately wanted
to make these mountains the groups home. However,
the much wiser member of the group, Bobby, decided
it would be right to ask the Great Spirit is they
could live the...
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Iron Ore Latin America
1,213 words
The country of Chile is located in western South
America. The conditions vary with the mountains,
deserts, and beaches. Climate The climate is one
condition that may vary within different regions.
The country extends a long distance from north to
south. There is a lack of rainfall to the north.
there the air is able to hold much of the
moisture. Middle Chile has hot, dry summers and
cool, moist winters. The temperatures aren't often
extreme. The warmest month, January, averages 63.
7 degrees Fer...
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Effects Of Acid Rain Sulfur Dioxide
1,028 words
"Acid Rain, " or more precisely acidic
precipitation, is the term used to describe
rainfall that has a pH level of less than 5. 6 --
a pH of 7 being neutral. This form of air
pollution is currently a subject of great
controversy because of the damage it does tot he
environment and property worldwide. For the last
ten years, this occurrence has brought destruction
to thousands of lakes and streams in the United
States, Canada, and parts of Europe. It also leads
to the deterioration of buildings a...
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Beginning Of The Book Victorian Era
1,167 words
Tess of the dUrbervilles is subtitled A pure woman
and this is how Thomas Hardy sees and portrays her
throughout his novel. As the novel progresses the
reader is introduced to many aspects of Tess as
she grows from being a child on the verge of
adulthood to a mature and experienced woman. In
some parts of the book Hardy describes Tess as
very passive but in other parts of the novel she
is shown as a powerful and even godly sort of
woman. The character of Tess is first shown near
the beginning of...
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Comparing Great Expectations And Of Mice Men
1,127 words
The two novels that I have studied, Great
Expectations and Of Mice and Men, are very
different. Of Mice and Men is set in 1930 s
America during the Great Depression. There was a
high unemployment rate, which meant that people
had to travel along vast amounts of land for a
single job. It was a struggle for financial
freedom, which is a theme to the novel. Great
Expectations is set in England in 1891. During
this time, death was a common occurrence and
happened often. The main character Pip begins...
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Chemical Form Mercury Chemical Form Mercury May Travel Fish
699 words
Introduction Mercury is a silvery, liquid metal at
room temperature. It is sometimes referred to as
one of the "heavy metals. " Like water, mercury
can evaporate and become airborne. Because it is
an element, mercury does not break down into less
toxic substances. Once mercury escapes to the
environment, it circulates in and out of the
atmosphere until it ends up in the bottoms of
lakes and oceans. Depending on its chemical form,
mercury may travel long distances before it falls
to earth with pr...
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U S Supreme Court U S District Court
1,663 words
Hunting and Fishing in Minnesota For many people
hunting and fishing became not only the hobby, but
also the way of live. People like to spend their
time on weekend somewhere away from the city, on
the lake or in the woods. It is great to spend
time outdoors on the fresh air having continuous
communication with nature, part of which human
being is. The hunting instinct is in peoples
genes. Thousands years ago our ancestors were
hunting in order to provide their families with
food. Later people i...
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Coastal Plain Oil Fields
520 words
Opening the Alaskan Oil Fields is the Right Thing
to Do Energy is precious to the American way of
life. Without sufficient amounts of energy,
Americans would not have the privileges and
opportunities that transportation and electricity
give them today. In order to possess a sufficient
amount of energy, America needs a reliable and
renewable source of energy. The oil that lies
beneath the Alaskan Coast Plain would yield this
amount. Since a domestic resource of energy would
establish a safe and s...
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Environmental Protection Agency Hudson River
2,189 words
For the past year, the subject of polychlorinated
biphenyls in the Hudson River and what should be
done about them has been discussed by politicians
and residents all over the capital region. Often
the top story on the local news, the front page
headline of the newspaper, the subject of a
special on television, or the reason for a town
meeting, dredging has become a much debated topic.
With all the information being exchanged and
opinions published, it is easy for the average
person to become co...
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Genetically Engineered Foods Genetically Modified Organisms
1,719 words
Effects of Genetic Engineering on Agriculture By:
Nic The Effects of Genetic Engineering on
Agriculture Agri biotechnology is the study of
making altered agricultural products. Agribusiness
is trying to alter the genes of already existing
products to try to enhance the bio competitiveness
and adaptability of crops by enhancing plant
resistance to drought, salinity, disease, pests
and herbicides. They are going to try to enhance
their growth, productivity, nutrient value, and
chemical composition...
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Logging Companies Major Factor
913 words
subject = Environmental Issues title = Bears
Beware papers = Please put your paper here. In our
world today many animals and plants are loosing
their fight against human intervention in their
once well-balanced ecosystem. We are all aware of
the extinction of the dinosaurs and the dodo
birds, however most people do not realize that
annually thousands of species of our flora and
fauna are now becoming extinct. This on going
trend is increasingly threatening our bio
diversity and global ecology. T...
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
840 words
The Exxon Valdez oil tanker left the Trans Alaska
Pipeline terminal at 9: 12 PM March 23, 1989. The
Exxon Valdez was the companies second newest
tanker, it was 987 feet long and was carrying 53,
094, 510 gallons of crude oil. Its destination,
Long Beach California. William Murphy, an expert
ships pilot had been hired to steer the ship
through the Valdez Narrows. Joe Hazelwood, the
captain, and helmsman Harry Clear were also in the
wheel house. Clear was steering. After
successfully guiding the s...
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Billions Of Dollars Persian Gulf
726 words
The Gulf War On the 2 nd of August 1990, Iraq
invaded Kuwait. Millions of trees, wildlife,
marine life, humans and the environment in
general, were destroyed. This invasion, was called
the GULF WAR. The social, environmental and
economic impacts will be felt for years. The Gulf
War was a major environmental disaster. Wildlife
and their habitat was destroyed both in Iraq and
Kuwait. Grass, soil and trees were destroyed by
bombing, oily particles (which was from the
numerous fires, resulting in ac...
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Animal And Plant Billion Dollars
795 words
Perhaps we take it for granted that our beautiful
homeland will be forever changed because of the
effects of modern civilizations. The environment,
local animals, plants, and neighboring niches are
all being affected by a few factors. The
insensitivity of humans towards our fellow living
creatures has caused the Everglades to shrink
dramatically in the last one hundred years. The
health of the everglades has been compromised
because we as humans need more space to live on,
bigger roads, and adve...
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Wildlife Habitat Environmental Protection
1,341 words
THE GOVERNMENT VS THE ENVIRONMENT When the subject
is the environment, the general public perception
is that a resource of such importance can only be
adequately safeguarded by the benevolent,
all-encompassing hands of the government. Whether
this comes in the guise of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Park
Service, the Bureau of Land Management or any of
their variations on the federal, state, and local
levels, many citizens fear that leaving
environmental (that is, p...
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Wassenaar And Hobson Hydrogen Isotope Quot
904 words
Sometime this winter, waterfowl experts from
across Canada will gather for their annual "
wing bee. " Their task will be to sort
through a small mountain of duck wings obtained
from a randomly selected group of hunters, and
assign the wings to piles by species, age and sex.
Together with statistics from similar shindigs
held in the United States, this information will
provide a picture of the years kill and will also
offer hints about the ups and downs of duck
populations. That may see...
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Speak For The Trees Lorax
671 words
Seuss addresses a growing crisis by employing
nonsensical words and images, such as a Thneed, a
Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need. The greedy
Once-ler and his factories that sully the sky
artfully inform the reader about the dangers of
pollution, extinction, and deforestation. However,
Seuss never mentions these buzzwords. Instead, he
uses a magical language that defies rational
criticism and enraptures children of all ages: the
cruffulous croak and smogulous smoke, the
snergelly hose, rippulo...
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White Tailed Deer Deer Hunting
2,112 words
Quality Deer Management There is no other big-game
animal in North America like the white-tailed
deer. The whitetails habitat is so widespread that
it covers just about all of North America and
parts of Central America. The white-tailed deer is
the most commonly hunted big game animal ever.
Before the settlers arrived, an estimated 30
million whitetails inhabited what is now the
United States and Canada. But as settlers pursued
them for food and market hunters slaughtered them
with snares, traps...
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Began Working First Book
902 words
Hello, Rachel Carson Rachel Carson Hello, my name
is Rachel Louis Carson. I was born on a farm in
Springdale, Pennsylvania on May 27, 1907. My
mother, Maria McLean Carson was a dedicated
teacher and throughout my childhood she encouraged
my interests in nature and in writing. She also
encouraged me to publish my first story A Battle
in the Clouds in the St. Nicholas magazine while I
was in fourth grade. After graduating from
Parnassus High School, I enrolled into the
Pennsylvania College for Wom...
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