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Dry Season Central America
1,976 words... owed on old, large diameter trees. Leaves are pinnately compound, alternate in arrangement and 20 to 30 cm in length. Leaflets are generally opposite in arrangement, oblong in shape and pointed at the tip. On some specimens leaflets may be elliptical with rounded tips. There are 7 to 25 leaflets per leaf and size increases towards the tip. Leaflets are 40 to 80 mm long and 20 to 40 mm wide (Lavin 1996). Flower development corresponds to the beginning of the dry season when trees have most th...
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Active Volcanoes Solar System
1,415 words... of the process by which Jupiter itself formed. " (Fimmel) "Accretion is the accumulation of dust and gas into larger bodies. " (Astronomy) Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system; with a diameter of 3, 268 mi (5, 262 km), it is larger than the planet Mercury. In 1979 Io was observed by Voyager I and II and was found to have several active volcanoes actually in eruption during the spacecraft flyby. Io is the innermost of the Galilean satellites. Io's size and density is very sim...
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Ball Bearings Laser Light
1,919 wordsYour universe, as we have suggested many times, as we " ve suggested already this morning, is but one universe among many. It is relatively a small universe - not to suggest that you should feel badly... {laughter}... for despite the consensus reality that bigger is better, despite the male-dominating energy and the comparative energies that say "bigger is better, " your universe, though relatively small, is not at all diminished by its size. Now we know the word universe by its definition means...
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Mothers Womb Pro Lifers
1,950 wordsIn an essay entitled A Defense of Abortion author Judith Jarvis Thomson offers a number of considerations that would justify abortion in almost all cases without denying the personhood of an unborn child. Thomson's argument is not based on the distinguishing comparison between human beings classified as members of a species, namely homo sapiens, who possess the human genetic code and the actual human person who possesses cognitive consciousness or the ability to know what is going on around him ...
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Surface Area J S
1,313 words... t an advantage because it doesnt need to wait for a male to fertilize a female. The amount of time it takes for seed dispersal to occur is greatly reduced. All of these factors combine to make the poplar a successful plant that can adapt to almost every habitat. The poplar is very light dependent; it needs lots of light for its leaves to achieve enough photosynthesis so growth can occur properly. Poplar roots are shallow, especially on wet soils. Most poplars may have extensions called root ...
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Death Of A Salesman Past Present And Future
1,543 wordsIn looking at the characteristics of the tragic hero, it can be see that Willy Loman is not a tragic hero but a victim of a false idealistic pursuit of the American Dream. Willy strives to become and instill in his sons the success of the self made man that American society often advertises but ultimately falls short, and instead, escapes accepting his failure through lies and death. What many flaws Willy possesses, most do not correlate with the classic tragic hero. Willy Loman, was never reall...
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Hunting And Gathering Food Supply
880 wordsThe division of labour in these hunter-gatherer societies is well balanced, and is organised to suit the needs of all of the members of the society. Every member of these societies plays a contributes in some way to the community throughout their life. The! Kung San Bushmen, Kalahari Desert, South Africa- Although a large group, it is divided into small bands, with each band being made up of between twenty and sixty people and having its own territory, within which the members of that band have ...
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Organism Y Early Man Evolution
383 wordsimportant so that we can understand our behavior, in other words, that way that we act. In this essay I will show that the majority of evidences supports the idea of evolution. The idea that Darwin had when he came up with his theory. I believe that Darwin's idea best describes how things evolved, and may still continue to evolve. In a scientific study of genes it was proven that evolution occurs. As defined by Webster's dictionary, evolution is 'descent of organisms by modification, ' In other ...
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Dominant Male Social Structure
1,760 wordsOrangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus) Man of the Forest Origins The word Orangutan consists of two Malaysian words Oran (person) and Human (forest). Orangutans belong to Primates order of Hominidae family. In Latin, they are referred to as Pongo Pygmaeus. It is believed that their origins can be traced back to Pleistocene period, about 2 million years ago. The area of their habitat used to include most parts of Southeast Asia. However, in our time, orangutans can only be found in secluded areas of Sumatra...
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Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy
1,592 words... radioactive seeds into the prostate (brachytherapy). External beam radiation therapy is given over a course of 6 to 8 weeks through carefully defined portals. Refinements in technique have allowed greater doses of radiation to be administered with a lower risk of morbidity. Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy is the preferred method of administration in a dose of 75 to 80 Gy. (Greenlee 32). Radiation therapy cannot cure nodal metastases. Disease-specific, 7 -year survival with radiation...
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Agricultural Revolution Agricultural Production
1,499 wordsWorld Civilization: The Agricultural Revolution and the Greek Polis The agricultural Revolution The agricultural revolution is sometimes referred to as the dawn of civilization because of it changed the way of life of the community. With the invention of the plow, large volume of agricultural production became a possibility and spawn communities based on agriculture (The Agricultural Revolution 1). The term agricultural revolution is somehow not clear, as there are numerous agricultural revoluti...
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Marijuana Is Smoked Marijuana For Medical
1,200 wordsIt may Marijuana Marijuana It may be one of the most discussed controversies of the decade. There have been many different contradictions between the two sides, pro-marijuana and anti-marijuana. Also, many statements have a derogatory basis towards marijuana use. But on the other hand, marijuana has many positive aspects. In this report, all the different areas and stipulations will be examined. I feel that the best place to begin with is the basics. So as basic as it can get: What is marijuana?...
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Artificial Insemination Genetic Diversity
715 wordsGenetic Diversity In Agriculture Genetic variation is the raw material for the plant breeder, who must often select from primitive and wild plants, including wild species, in search of new genes. The appearance of new diseases, new pests, or new virulent forms of disease causing organisms makes it imperative that the plant be preserved, because it offers a potential for the presence of disease resistant genes not present in cultivated varieties. Also, there are demands for new characters for exa...
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Iron And Steel Blast Furnace
1,160 wordsThe World is forever in debt to China for its innovations. Ancient China was extreme advance and many of its discoveries are still in use today. This is what Robert Temple, the author of The Genius of China 3000 years of science, discovery and invention. The book is based on 11 main parts of Chinese innovation. Within these 11 categories, there are 3 main parts that contain the most significant inventions. Robert Temple concentrates the bulk of his examples in these three categories, agriculture...
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Genetically Engineered Foods Genetically Modified Organisms
1,719 wordsEffects 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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Younger Brother Wooden Table
409 wordsEternal Seeds The table lies abandoned and neglected suffocating fresh blades of grass. The blistering sun s arms chip away at the decaying paint. The only attention it receives is from a colony of black ants which infest the cracks and crevices. This splintered wooden table once had a life, when provided rest under the shadow of an umbrella made of orange tree leaves, where grapefruit pits replaced ants and banana peels adorned the surface like a table cloth. We spent countless summer days sitt...
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Gregor Mendel People Began
644 wordsGregor Mendel was born in Heinzendorff in 1822 and died in 1884. Ever since Mendel was a boy he was very interested in science. Whenever his friends would come back from school they would tell Mendel what they studied and he would be so excited. Mendel was so interested about what his friends told him that he begged his father to let him study. This meant a great sacrifice to his father he because owned a small farm. Needless to say, he sent his young son Gregor, who was only eleven to school. A...
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Amount Of Light Early Stages
357 wordsProblem: How does the amount of light affect the growth rate of a seed? Literature Search: This experiment is only trying to verify the answer since this question has been proven before. Others have also proven that seeds germinate at the same rate at the early stages no matter how much or how little sunlight there is. Once the radicle brakes trough and the plant starts to use photosynthesis to produce energy and grow. Since sunlight is needed in photosynthesis, the plant with more sunlight star...
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National Championship Regular Season
598 wordsDo you know what time it is? Its March Madness, the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. The time of the year when you see commercials on CBS announcing the Road to the Final Four, the pinnacle of the college basketball year. Each year 64 teams vie for a spot in the Final Four. Teams from the East, Midwest, Southwest, and West all compete for one spot from each division. The teams that play for one of these spots can be classified into four different groups. The Number 1 through 4 seeds, the Cindere...
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Poem Quot Mind Quot
1,345 wordsRobert Kern In a more recent poem, on the other hand, Snyder seems to go to the opposite extreme, offering an explicit, self-conscious instance of metonymic closure that underlines rather than hides the differences between the poem as a poem and its sources in external experience. At the end of " Straight-Creek Great Burn, " the poet sees (or hears) " A whoosh of birds" fly up into the sky. Their flying is " all apart" and yet also " of one... mind, " and ...
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