Biome

Just as the human population spreads across the earth like thistles across a once vibrant prairie, so too does our voracious demand for raw materials, such as wood and minerals, and the need for additional farmland. Nearly 150 acres of forest are felled beneath the axe and saw every minute, every day, and every year. Estimates project that, despite the ubiquitous presence of the 3 trillion trees that exist on earth, nearly all tropical forests will be gone by 2060, given humanity continues…

I picked the aquatic biome; home to the predator that can smell one drop of blood 3 miles away, the predator that can sense the tiniest bit of blood in 25 gallons of water. The second biggest predatory fish in the ocean after the Killer Whale. The Great White Shark might be one of the most feared animals in the ocean and the world. Although it is said that the U.S and Australia are the most shark infested countries in the world Great Whites are of course found in other parts of the world as…

Good Evening, my fellow graduating class, our magnificent teachers and administrators, and our very supportive parents. It is nice to see you all here tonight.I am Devin Brennan. We are gathered here to celebrate the graduating class of 2018. We have finally made it. Three years seemed like a long time, but it feels like just yesterday we were just sixth graders trying to find our way around the school. Eventually we did find our way, not just through the hallways, but in our student life. None…

ourselves as humans. Living on the same planet it would be impossible not to have interactions between humans and other animals. Every living and nonliving thing on the face of our earth lives in the biosphere, within that biosphere are many biomes, and within these biomes are ecosystems. All across the planet depending on where you live, you are part of an ecosystem, a functioning and cycling ecosystem. A single ecosystem on the earth is like a functioning part of the human body; the body needs…

The animal I chose for my essay is the Kodkod. It is found in many places but we will focus on the Deciduous Forest the southern part of the coastal Andes.This is the smallest cat and survives in the wild. The biome the Kodkod lives is the Deciduous forest. It can be found in Canada, Europe, parts of Russia, China and Japan but we will focus on the Southern part of the Coastal Andes. The climate can be 46.4 to 86 degrees fahrenheit.The weather is often warm,moist and sunny. There are other 2…

1. There is not much known about phage influence on microbial communities in extreme thermal environments. What may be one of the roles these phages have in this environment? - Phages are an important components of surface hot springs, they are abundant and active components of hot springs capable of killing a significant proportion of the resident microbial populations. They play an important role as predators of hot spring microbial communities and influence carbon and nutrient cycling in…

Whistler is a deluxe city that is located in a valley between two mountains. Our city is 161.7 km2 and has over 30,000 hectares of protected forest with a lot of evergreen trees and wild flowers. We are near British Columbia’s capital Victoria and the biggest ocean in the world. This city is the home to about 10,000 permanent residents. We were the host of the 2010 winter Olympics and for our world class mountains as well as ski resorts. This city is blessed to have all these different physical…

Australia, arid plains of Southern Australia, and North by the Great Victoria Desert. It is bordered on the south by the Great Australian Bight seacoast (Ref 2). Figure 1 - Location of Nullarbor Plain Biome: The Nullarbor Plain, whose name in Latin means "no trees", belongs to the Desert and Xeric Shrubland biome, characterized by semi-arid climate with little precipitation and extreme temperature variation. Typically, deserts may see less than 250 mm of precipitation annually and extreme…

The barrel cactus is easily distinguished from other cacti because of its cylinder-shaped body. It is one of the largest cacti in North America reaching a staggering eleven feet tall. Running down the spines are 3-4 inch spines and on top are rings of yellow-green or red blossoms. Native Americans used to boil them into cabbage-like stews. They would also grind up the pulp and extract the water. Another plant native to deserts is the brittle bush. IT is a small deciduous shrub which grows as a…

Ever since I was a young girl, I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher. However, what kind of teacher was always the question in my mind. When I entered college, I was sent on becoming an elementary school teacher, yet somewhere along the way, I found my true passion—middle school science. So, what changed? What led me to want to pursue being a middle school and science teacher, above all? Simple. The types of experiences I have encountered in college made me realize that there is not just…