Moss

ceased to amaze him. He received is Bachelors of Science in biology from Oberlin College. In 1994, he moved to Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Agroforestry department. After that, he embarked his journey with moss biodiversity at the New York State Museum. Subsequently, he received his doctorate from Duke University with Jon Shaw, a professor of biology at Duke University. After that, he finished a NIH-NRSA postdoc fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the University of Florida’s biology department in 2009. Dr. McDaniel’s lab is located in Carr Hall room 213. His lab consists of eight…

hard rocks or soft sphagnum moss. Despite predicting that they would have a preference for a softer area, both pill bugs spent more of their time in the rocks than in the moss. This suggests that Armadillidium vulgare has a preference towards environments with hard surfaces over soft ones, possibly due to factors like light or surface area. However, certain experimental errors such as material density and poor handling may have skewed the accuracy of results. Introduction…

Plant Growth Lab The world is full of variety of species that help make the Earth a unique place to live in. Many of the species that live on Earth are plants. Plants can be Bryophytes or Tracheophytes. Bryophytes are non vascular and lack roots, stems and leaves. Tracheophytes can be spore producing or seed producing. Seed producing Tracheophytes can be Gymnosperms or Angiosperms. Gymnosperms have seeds that are enclosed in a cone and would include Pines and Coniferous trees. Angiosperms…

I chose Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart over the others on the list of approved books because it sounded more interesting and more relevant than some that just focused on one branch of Botany, instead of the entire wicked spectrum like Stewart does. I like how she breaks up the world of devious plants into seven distinct categories. The plants are reported on alphabetically with relation to their crime, but with a heading that falls under one of the seven wicked categories; deadly, destructive,…

Seed Dispersal Lab Max Bellinger Period 1 2-8-18 Seeds are dispersed three different ways, through water, wind, and by animals. When a plant goes through water dispersal, a light, buoyant seed is produced to be able to float down rivers, streams, and oceans. An example of a plant that uses the water dispersal method would be…

despite his small town and his childhood. Moss was born on february 13, 1977 in Charleston, West Virginia. He grew up in the nearby small town of Rand and attended Dupont High school. Rand (aka “Rand University” according to ESPNS 30 for 30 on Randy) was a very small town with a population under two-thousand. In his High school days as a Dupont Panther, he carried his football team to back-to-back state championships and the 1994 AAA Title. At the end of his senior year, he had racked up 109…

for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy one of the main characters, Llewelyn Moss, experiences his rite of passage. Through his choices, mistakes and adventures within the novel Llewelyn Moss proves himself as an all American outlaw hero. One of the most important characters in No Country for Old Men is Llewelyn Moss. Moss is a thirty-six year old Vietnam veteran and welder. He is married to a nineteen year old woman named Carla Jean. The two live in a beaten up trailer together. Llewelyn can best be…

1) Ed Tom Bell a) He is in his late fifties and is a WWII veteran. b) He is the main character of the story. He is the sheriff that oversees the investigation of a trail of murders by Chigurh and tries to save Moss’ life. Llewellyn Moss a) He is a young man in his thirties. b) Moss stumbles upon a drug deal site where he finds two million dollars and goes on the run from Chigurh, a hitman trying to kill him. Bell tries to save his life during the course of the book. Anton Chigurh a) He is…

have had the pleasure of serving with in the military. One in particular stands out more than the others, his name is SSG Kenneth Moss or now SFC Kenneth Moss (R). SFC Moss (R) had the biggest impact on me as he was my first supervisor I had in the Army. His legacy forever left a mark and gave me the foundation to be successful in my military career both as a Soldier and as an NCO. SFC Moss (R) set an example for others to emulate and his leadership inspired and motivated myself and other…

Who decides what makes a woman beautiful? The ideals of beauty have changed throughout history. For example, Renaissance painters idolized a fuller figured women, in the nineteen fifties the curvy Marilyn Monroe was the symbol of feminine beauty, there was the waifish women of the nineteen sixties and then there was Kate Moss in the heroin chic of the nineteen nineties. A lot of advertisements today are showing women what they are ideally supposed to look like. With all of these advertisements…