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    Due to its importance in size, the Yellow River is still a key resource for the Chinese civilization’s development. Nowadays industrial, agricultural and residential areas increasingly contribute to water contamination. However, there are measures that can be taken to reduce the amount of these pollutants. Current interventions addressing pollution control measures depend on the area of location of the river. In this approach, as part of the environment management, chemical and physical tests…

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    Congress has several attempts to regulate non-point source pollution. However, they are all viewed as a failure. From my point of view, it is a product of their largely non-regulatory approach and is due to a lack of technical information concerning what control measures actually work. Section 208 of the Clean Water Act “requires states to develop area-wide waste treatment management plans” and be submitted to EPA in return of federal financial assistance. It is considered ineffective because…

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    The water quality of the U-High Creek is excellent. However, not all bodies of water are excellent like the U-High Creek. Some creeks, lakes, rivers, streams, etc. have bad water quality. This poor water quality can come from eutrophication. Eutrophication is the process of runoff water from land entering a body of water that contains an excess amount of nitrates and phosphates, polluting the water of these chemicals. Once the water contains this nitrogen and phosphorus, it causes algae to grow…

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    Authors Influence Readers

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    Authors can influence their readers to do something useful for the environment with several different types of writing. There are three main types of influencing ways a author can write. One would be a way of protesting to change something. Another way would be showing how people what other people are doing to inspire them to do the same. The last way would be to right a fictional piece and represent what is going on in the environment. Every way to influence a reader is very effectual. Many…

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    First, the runoff going into Lake Erie must be reduced. The major area of runoff comes from farms. The cause for runoff is rain and the rain washes away all pesticides, which enter into lakes and rivers: “In both cases, heavy spring rains washed away tons of fertilizer from farms. The runoff drained into rivers that fed the lake. Phosphorus in the fertilizer spurred cyanobacteria growth. Hot summers and other factors made matters worse” (Kowalski 34). As a result of pesticide entering into lakes…

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    geoprocesses, all of these affect Earth’s surface and the inhabitants thereof. Earth’s surface changes through geoprocesses including volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Firstly, volcanoes are one example of geoprocesses that affect earth’s surface. Volcanoes happen when tectonic plates sink down into the mantle, made up of molten rock, melting the rock, which will make its way up to the surface through a series of cracks in the earth. This changes the surface by renewing the materials around…

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    Cinthya Montoya September 18, 2014 Period 4 Biology Surface Tension of Water I. Objective: How does soap affect the surface tension of water? II. Background: The surface tension of water is due to cohesion forces that allow water to stick to its same molecules. In a liquid, such as water, molecules are strongly attracted by each other causing a phenomenon called surface tension of water. Surface tension could be defined as the force that implies a liquid to resist external forces produced by…

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    of the speaker. The right understanding of prelection results in felitious conditions. The target of speech act is mainly to let the hearer ends up with the original intention of the speaker; of which surface meaning wouldn't always be enough to obtain this original idea. The only case in which surface meaning would be sufficient is when locution make an exact match of illocution such as when mother tell her child "come here", it is simply understood that what is meant is an order, surly unless…

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    Organ Trail WebQuest Worksheet Epithelium-Tissue that covers the whole surface of the body.It has alot of cells in one or more layers. Describe the four types of tissues. Function- Epithelium tissue covers the whole surface of your body and it also protects your skin. Characteristics-The Characteristics traits covers and lines and all body surfaces. The cells are packed together and it the tissue can repair itself. Classification -The classification types are squamous,cuboidal,…

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    myself in other people’s shoes is a crucial part of empathy that some people don’t understand. The empathy unit has helped me think harder about the importance of doing that. Thinking about empathy has greatly impacted my opinion on life. Under the Surface made me question what people what is going on beneath people’s actions and words. At first I might have overlooked the fact that someone looks a bit sad or is acting pessimistic, but now I realize that there could be something going on.…

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