Herbivore

Do you dare to go out without masks? Many people in China will answer “No.” Rapid industrial development of China has improved people’s standard of living. However, it also brings some unwanted side effects, such as air pollution and water pollution. In order to develop industries, the consumption of fossil fuels increases. Burning of fossil fuels emits lots of air pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide, and other particles. Private cars and other vehicles also…

Systems, or networks of interdependent components, function in cycles, so each component or element of the cycle can influence another. Feedback loops are the increase (positive loops) or decrease (negative loops) in a process or component and the fluctuation of any element of the cycle with affect the whole. Different loops interact within ecosystems and create what is referred to as “dynamic equilibrium.” In an elk population, if there is an abundance of elk being born and continuing to…

plants all have the same improved genes they are also further improving the soil and surrounding area for other organisms. The soil becomes more nitrogen rich creating more habitable environments for even more plants to grow. Other organisms like herbivores and bugs have more plants to feed on due to increased plant biomass, which advertently helps the entire food chain in that ecosystem. Those are just some of the advantages of genetically improving the photosynthetic efficiency of plants, on a…

Written in 1606, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth has been a true example of tragedy for readers to enjoy, even centuries from its birth. The play begins with a scene that introduces the three witches, who are a vital piece of the puzzle that is Macbeth. Mischievous and magical as they are, the witches predict that Macbeth, a highly praised war hero, will become king. Among many other issues, Macbeth’s biggest hurdle with proving the prediction to be true, is King Duncan. In order to acquire the…

Student Work Samples The first piece of work I have gathered from Kayson’s classroom teacher is a morning phonics worksheet. Each morning when the students arrive at the classroom they are instructed to complete their morning work while they are eating their breakfast. During this time, the classroom paraprofessional assists the students and the teacher tries to complete individual reading/spelling assessments. This phonics worksheet was given in late April as a review worksheet. On this…

The term “evolution” conjures the image of a single-celled amoeba’s gradual progression and eventual formation into a multicellular organism. This process occurs over a period of time when organisms undergo a variety of hurdles which may alter their biological and chemical structures to differentiate them from another species. Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory pioneered the idea that life had a common origin from which species arose from. In one of his famous works, “On the…

The Saber-tooth Tiger/ Cat The Sabertooth tiger is all around the world. Many may say they don't know what a saber-tooth is but we seen it throughout our childhood. When we were small we use to watch the movie Ice Age which includes the three friends a mammoth, a sloth and last a saber-tooth tiger. Many have also seen 10,000 b.c which includes a sabertooth tiger, no one should say they haven't seen one because everyone has watched a movie where one was in. A sabertooth isn't a cuddling…

Cestodes have a scolex with two longitudinal bothria. There are hooks present and they also have genital pores that are lateral or medial, which depends on the species. They also have numerous testes. The life cycle of this parasite involves a crustacean as the first intermediate host and a fish as the second intermediate host. The size of the species varies widely and the largest known measure more than 40 meters long. Each segment has four to fourteen complete sets of genitalia. The scolex of…

poisonous characteristics (Shine R. , 2006). Their omnivorous approach are features of species on a typical 3rd trophic level and are generally predated by carnivores. This can be seen in the Figure 2.1 which breaks down the location of producers, herbivores, omnivores and carnivores in a typical food web. This can also be related to Figure 2.2 which shows a generalized food web including a cane toad. Upon their introduction there was a noticeable decline in native vertebrates such as the…

years ago with Eohippus or drawn horse. Also called 2 Hyracotherium or mole beast, the earliest know horse was roughly the size of a small dog. The Eohippus had four hoofed toes on it’s front limbs and three hoofed toes on it’s rear limbs. This herbivore had a long skull and forty four crowned teeth. The next primitive horse in the line of evolution is called Mesohippus meaning middle horse. The Mesohippus existed thirty seven to thirty two million years ago in the great plains of Canada and the…