Tundra

vegetation to shade organisms from the sunlight, but it is so cold in the biome that the sunlight does not create this biome to change temperature; however, without the sunlight, many of the organisms would not get the needed nutrients they need -Alpine Tundra a. Temperature is a limiting factor because this biome is so cold that many of the organisms that attempt to live in this biome are unsuccessful b. Competition is a limiting factor in this biome because the resources are not as abundant…

1. Energy flows through an environment. What are two main sources of food? Why do organisms depend on food? Who or what is the primary producer in a food web? What do the arrows tell us about a food web? How would a food web change if an organism were removed? How can energy move through an environment? 2. Organisms and events cause environmental changes. How would an environment be affected by a change that harmed some hunted organisms but favored other hunted organisms? What are some…

action is taken to counteract that as in the case of Alaska. Alaska State is the largest in the United States of America having 20% of the United States. This state also has a wide range of ecological and climatic conditions which include glaciers, tundra, rainforests, meadows, and boreal forest. The warming in Alaska has increased over the last 60 years more than twice of the warming in the United States as warming in winter has increased with an average of six degrees Celsius and has resulted…

Dreams Psychoanalysts assert that mental illnesses are the result of disturbances within the unconscious; which access occurs through dreams (Johansson, 2007). Proponents of this framework believe that dreams are the windows to the soul containing the desires and fears of an individual (Newirth, 2015). Psychotherapists utilize free association in an effort to understand the true nature of the individual and gain insight into the repressed thoughts causing disturbances within the patient…

The Sami people, being so diverse and widespread, stretch across many different cultural backdrops, making pinning down the context within which they dwell complicated at best. Their nomadic lifestyle makes this even more of a challenge. Furthermore, their preference of extreme climates and wilderness settings questions the existence of any social context at all, other than the reindeer they herd. In fact, until the liberalization instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980’s, the Russian…

Ethan Parks Mrs. Trahan English 2 25 October 2017 The War on Two Fronts The Second World War featured two different theaters of war in the Pacific and Europe. These two theaters had many similarities and differences. These similarities and differences include battles, tactics, climate, and weapons of the war and each nation’s use of these. During World War II the Pacific and European campaigns had a range of battles. Many of the war’s naval battles took place in the Pacific, since ships…

Christmas in Dixie It’s been a few years since I composed a Christmas letter because final grading always trumped my desire to celebrate the season and keep touch with friends and family. So, let’s catch up! As most of you know, I love mountains, creeks, moonlight (perhaps moonshine), walks in the woods, and bonfires. Additionally, I really dislike snow & ice, frigid temps, gray skies, and prairie winds. Due to this fact, Chris and I spent many years discussing possible locations to relocate…

In 2015, Hispanic millennials made up 27% of the entire U.S. millennial population. And 42% of the entire American Hispanic population is made up of millennials. As time goes on and families continue to have children born into the millennial generation, the percentage of U.S.-born Hispanic millennials increases at every age segment. The increase in U.S.-born Hispanic children suggests the potential for significant cultural change these children will have compared to previous Latino generations…

A Reconsideration of “Zootopia”: Stereotype Zheng Kejia Wenzhou-Kean University Introduction The movie “Zootopia” is a comedy cartoon movie which was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studio in 2016. This movie mainly talks about how a “small” rabbit and a “sly” fox work together to detect a mysterious case, and finally found a huge conspiracy hidden behind this case (Spencer, & Howard, and Moore, 2016). Although this is an animal-based cartoon movie, it veritably and…

Culture refers to human activity patterns and symbols that give an identity to a group of people in a particular society. Culture is manifested in language, religion, literature, art, customs, and clothing. Culture dictates how people live and shows their specific beliefs. The moral values and principles of a particular people is also a part of their culture (De Groot, 2016). There are diverse cultures in the world that contribute to how people live and think. Every culture surprisingly shares…