Cretaceous

stands in the the Yellow Sea sea, the magnificent, the wrong Shanhai tight, Lan light changes, cloud sea clutch, is well-known, far and near mountains, one of the State Council, the first batch of national key scenic spots. Laoshan formed in the Cretaceous million years ago, after long years of vicissitudes, Heavenly Creations, in the nature of the carving, forming a magnificent and spectacular landforms, strange and beautiful. In the mountains of Kyoho as the center, spread abroad. According to…

Honey bees are the small, fuzzy winged creatures that tell me when spring and summer are about to arrive. These tiny insects that are seen flying through the air inhabiting vegetable and fruit gardens, pollinating flowers, and farmer’s crops have provided people with honey and food around the world for centuries. In the United States these angles of agriculture, have provided pollination for 130 fruits and vegetables which supports the foundation of nutritional diets for Americans. “Fruit,…

Spinosaurus: Then and Now The Spinosaurus is a dinosaur first discovered in the early 20th century. It was named by Ernst Stromer, the man who first discovered it and its name translates to “Spine reptile”. It is estimated to have lived during the Cretaceous period and more specifically between 112-93.5 million years ago. (10) The Spinosaurus belongs to the Phylum of Chordata, meaning it has a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain, the Class of Archosauria, meaning it is a diapsid amniote, the…

There are many stories about the Bermuda Triangle and through the years it has turned out to be difficult to separate reality from fiction. While the theories suggest unlimited vanishings of ocean vessels and aircrafts there is very little proof of such actions. The supernatural theories revolve round from alien abductions, to the lifestyles of Atlantis, to greater terrestrial invasions and other strange but more splendid theories. However, it is possible there are greater all the way down to…

due to the disruption of wind and ocean currents. These marine changes, combined with volcanism and an extraterrestrial impact, may have caused the mass extinctions. (Dinosaurs Climate Change and Biodiversity) Similarly to the final stage of the Cretaceous, the average annual temperature rose by 1.5 F, with increases in some areas up to 4F in the last century. (Northwest Impacts & Adaptation). What makes the heat trap in our atmosphere? The greenhouse effect is a…

Remarkable Creatures chronicles the stories of landmark scientific events and the biologists behind them- following the creation of Darwin’s unprecedented theory of natural evolution. The events mentioned in the book were all centered around the concepts of evolution and the origin of species. The first part of the book details the journeys of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, young collectors turned into naturalists as they travelled around the globe searching for exotic specimens to take home…

An Argument Against Automobile Pollution: The Correlation of Automobile Carbon Emissions and Global Warming in Field Notes of Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert and Down the Asphalt Path by Clay McShane Exposition: In Field Notes of Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert, the most important focus of this book is to define the ecological ramifications of man-made global warming, which is defined through the various effects on differing species of life. In this context, the mosquitoes named the…

Discuss the role of thermoregulation in tetrapods as an adaptation for life on land. [6] Enzymes serve as catalysts for chemical reactions in the body, and they function more efficiently within select temperature ranges. As such, it is advantageous for vertebrates to maintain a body temperature that is consistently within this ideal range. Thermoregulation is the maintenance of this ideal body temperature range. Aquatic habitats are naturally thermoregulatory due to the ability of water to…

2. REIGIONALGEOLOGY 2.1. PRE- PONGOLALITHOGIES 2.1.1. KAAPVAAL CRATON The Kaapvaal Craton has a long and complex history that commenced in the Eoarchaean (>3600Ma) by a series of igneous intrusions that expands to 65Ma which is the Late Cretaceous Period. The Kaapvaal Craton’s granitoid rocks age between 3600Ma and 2500Ma (Anhaeusser, 2006). A number of supergroups overly the Kaapvaal Craton which range from oldest to youngest and include the Pongola, Witwaterstrand, Ventersdorp, and…

an ancient group of achosaurs, which first appeared in the fossil record during the Late Triassic; over 200 million years ago. An ancestor of the Salt Water Crocodile, is the Isisfordia duncanii, which originated in Isisford Qld during the Mid Cretaceous period. The Isisfordia duncanii is essentially, the beginning of the lifestyle, known as “semi aquatic ambush predators” and despite being considerably smaller than the average Salt Water Crocodile, it bears a striking resemblance to its…