Keystone

Forests cover a third of all land on Earth, providing vital organic infrastructure for some of the planet's densest, most diverse collections of life. They support countless species as well as 1.6 billion human livelihoods, yet humans are also responsible for 32 million acres of deforestation every year. Why are forests so important?? 1. They help us breathe Forests pump out the oxygen we need to live and absorb the carbon dioxide we exhale (or emit). Just one adult leafy tree can produce as…

In addition, I can relate this topic to my life because I am currently preparing for the SAT, AP exam, Keystones and also the ACT, which all fall under the highly controversial topic of standardized testing. While all of these tests are seen to be a typical part of high school, it is really interesting to see people’s differing…

Over the course of several millenniums, species have faced extinction by the hand of humans and nature. However, in recent decades, scientists have wondered if it is possible to bring back species that have gone extinct through genetics. Using DNA and protein coding, scientists have progressed to an era where what people thought was lost forever may just be capable of returning to a modern world. The ancestral genetic resurrection is composed of controversy in ethics, technological dependence,…

There are many biological phenomena’s some explainable and many still a mystery. One of life’s greatest wonders is life itself. Scientist have succeeded in explaining the life cycle both on an embryotic level and from birth to death, but could they have possibly gone too far for society as they discover successful cloning. There are three types of cloning, 1. Recombinant DNA cloning, the joining of DNA from two different organisms in order to create a new DNA sequence for the use of medicine. 2.…

8th Grade Graduation As we sit here today, eagerly waiting to graduate, let’s ask ourselves one simple question. Where would we all have been without teachers today? It’s not just teachers though, it’s the friends we made; the experiences and knowledge that we all gained throughout elementary and middle school too. Even though we are all graduating middle school today, I think I can speak on behalf of my classmates when saying that we all learned so much already. To my teachers, friends,…

Gods is how humankind should be referenced, we rule the world and control the future of planet Earth, we started by splitting the atom and have moved to altering Earth 's organisms’ genetic structure in ways that would have taken millions of years of cross breeding to develop such traits “naturally.” Genetic engineering is a relatively new science, with the first DNA of different organism spliced together in 1973 and the first patent for a GM product approved in 1980, there has not been enough…

Several states, including Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee, banned or refused to recognize same-sex marriages that occurred in states where it was legal. Same sex couples from those states turned to suing their respective local agencies on the matter. Plaintiffs in each case argued that the ban failed to uphold the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. One group also brought claims of the ban going against the Civil Rights Act. In all the cases…

limit upon votes, regardless of size, concluded in long delays and simple no results. Problems over having only one branch of government, the legislature, averted to the issue of lacking both a solid leader and national judiciary court. Without these keystone structure the congress proved to be in a disadvantage. Overall with no uniform systems upon each state, truly portrays disorganization rather than unity. These attributes established the weakness within the Articles of Confederation thus…

Prairie dogs and bison are just two examples of mammals living in Badlands National Park. The Prairie dog is a keystone species meaning that its survival is crucial to the survival of many other animals (National Park Service, 2015a). The Prairie dogs excavate burrows in wide areas known as towns and these borrows provide shelter to many other animals such as the…

Child labor, seen today as frighteningly atrocious, was prevalent during the early 20th century, and the lack of empathy among the people at the time are exemplified throughout Kelley’s piece. Fueled by humankind’s innate greed for money, and thus, the recruitment of these children and it’s obvious selfish needs was illuminated by Kelley as she exposed the wrong-doings of the everyday people through her use of first person point of view. Moreover, the aforementioned lack of empathy associated…