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Endangerd Species
Number of Words: 1562 / Number of Pages: 6
... help these animals and plants by making laws that you are not allowed to hunt or kill any animal that is in danger of extinction.
Government Involvement
Only since the 19th century has there been worldwide concern about the case of species in their natural environments. Finally in 1916 they made a law called Migratory Bird Treaty. They had this law in United States, Great Britain, Canada, and later in Mexico. This law was made so that people can not kill animals that are endangered. This law did not work that well because the animals that were endangered were not put in zoo’s. People still kill ...
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Cloning
Number of Words: 1258 / Number of Pages: 5
... From 277 attempts, Dolly was the only successful attempt. The point is however that we now have a man created sheep, what else could be done in the near future. There are many different goals for genetic . Would you like to clone someone close to you who had died? In the movie “Gattaca” you get a peak at something that could be made possible by , the genetic engineering of children not yet born. It could be the end of birth defects. If given the choice to be able to make a child perfectly healthy and have the traits you want in your child, would you do it? Infertile couples would be able t ...
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Religion & Evolution
Number of Words: 2360 / Number of Pages: 9
... a multitude of worlds in a rather short period of time then deigns to lower itself into becoming a puppet-master and "pulling the strings" of the Earth and all of the people therein.
Since this paper touches upon many scientific terms, I feel that in order for the reader to correctly grasp the content I must first define three words: Theory, Law, and Hypothesis. The definitions will allow for a greater understanding of this essay and give us an even ground upon which to begin.
Theory; noun
1. a. Systematically organized knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances, especially ...
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Forest Management
Number of Words: 931 / Number of Pages: 4
... to manage a wide range of forest structures. Maintaining diversity would
be best served by using a broader range of management tools. Those would
include harvesting on federal land - not simply thinning - and increasing the
commitment to old-growth attributes on private forest land through
techniques such as retaining large trees and snags. As long as federal lands
are substantially committed to providing late successional habitat, private
forest land can be substantially committed to younger, intensively managed
stands, provided critical habitat characteristics are available.
The federal ...
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Human Impact On Air And Climate
Number of Words: 842 / Number of Pages: 4
... northern hemisphere temperatures, the best
estimates indicate that natural changes in the brightness of the sun and
volcanic emissions both played an important role in governing climate
variations over the period studied. But over the past few decades,
greenhouse gases produced by human activities appear to have had an
increasing influence on temperatures. "The anomalous warmth of several
recent years appears likely to be related to human influences on climate,"
said Mann. The study bears out concerns voiced by scientists in recent
years regarding global warming, Bradley said. It is known that ...
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Magic And Science
Number of Words: 1503 / Number of Pages: 6
... magic was a form of entertainment. During the seventeenth century magic has become a living for some entertainers. Jugglers, wizards, and fortunetellers often appeared as scrub than a man of talent. These respected entertainers attracted lots of attention, not only because of their flaming clothing, but also because of their talents. In time there were traveling performers. Magicians dressed up and traveled for town to town, setting up stages and booths attracting the attention of the people, as well as their money. Pretty soon this sorts of entertainment was everywhere. At fairs they perform ...
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Ecology Asssignment
Number of Words: 1414 / Number of Pages: 6
... Scientist barely ever count the amount of individuals in a certain area because it would take too much time. Instead of actually counting the number of individuals in an area they would compare it with other areas where they know the population of individuals. In this way they can roughly estimate the number of individuals in a certain area.
4. What might happen to a rabbit population in an area where there are no predators?
If there were a few rabbits in an area with no predators they would over-populate and cause serious damage to the ground. Since they are fast at reproducing there is nothi ...
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Drumlin Formation By Catastrophic Flooding
Number of Words: 3070 / Number of Pages: 12
... of hummocky terrain in southern Alberta, and other areas, by various workers. Shaw suggested as many as 10 meltwater discharges, similar to those which caused the Livingstone Lake drumlins, would be needed to account for drumlin fields in other areas [Shoemaker, 1995, p. 3].
The subglacial meltwater hypothesis of Shaw et al has several parallels to an interpretation of drumlins as streamlined landforms caused by the currents of flood waters generated by uplift, presented in the 1979 article Drumlins and Diluvial Currents by Cox. Although developed independently, Shaw's approach resembles that outl ...
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Chance Or Planning
Number of Words: 1159 / Number of Pages: 5
... occurs do to the will of God, others, like Charles Darwin believe
that it happens based on chance or natural selection. Whatever you believe or
disbelieve, life cannot be planned. No matter how hard a person attempts to
"plan" their path in life, it is by chance and luck where that path takes us.
Darwin's career was also based on chance, not planning. Darwin never planned to
become a scientist or the father of natural selection. It was by pure chance
that he obtained the job on the voyage of the Beagle, which started his career.
Darwin stated about this voyage that, "The voyage of the Beagle has ...
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Hawaiian Goose
Number of Words: 361 / Number of Pages: 2
... winter
breeding seasons when the birds were most vulnerable. By 1957, when the Nene
was named the State Bird, rescue efforts were underway. Conservationists began
breeding the birds in captivity in hopes of preserving a remnant of the
declining population and, someday, successfully re-establishing them in their
native habitat. Other programs for returning captive birds to the wild life was
difficult, but more efforts have been successful. Some other efforts used to
help this bird have been to get donations for the bird and have schools help out
by donating money to organizations. There are now ...
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