“The Emerald Forest” is a movie produced by John Boorman in 1985 and based on a true story in the Brazilian Rainforest. The film is a about Tommy, a young boy, quickly and silently taken away by a tribe in the Amazon called, The Invisible People. His dad then, spends 10 years searching for him and eventually succeeds after running into a war party with another tribe called, The Fierce People -enemies of the invisible people- who pursue him. They finally meet by chance, but the boy refuses to go back to his original family and civilization and explains that he belongs to the forest now. The father couldn't understand the choice made by Tommy and asks the chief of the tribe to order the boy to return with him. Then, the chief says : “If I told a man to do what he does not want to do, I would no longer be chief.” This statement means that the chief always agrees with whatever the members of his tribe plan to do, he simply respects their choices. That's the difference between these “primitive” society and our own. For example, in Morocco, it is normal for the state or even your teacher to order you for everything and around every day of your life. Authority is always respected and people are generally more quiet and reserved around their superiors. They will not be upfront or direct with those above them. However, in some cases, it could have meetings and people may debates and speak over with their bosses. Compared to the authority structure of the invisibles, their chief behaves as a counselor, does give advices instead of orders. In my society, the government has the power to command and doesn't care about wishes, wants and opinions of its community. And if we try to make a list of the differences and similarities between the invisibles and us, we will end up hating the system of our life. The Invisibles are peaceful people who live isolated and don't have contact with globalised civilization. Their have their…
Due to the difficult conditions of the tundra, it makes it difficult for anything to live. This is why there are only 1,700 different species of plants living on the tundra which isn’t very much. There are also 400 different types of flowers. Trees are not found on the tundra as their roots cannot percolate through the permafrost underneath the soil. Permafrost is thick…
The ground in this biome completely thaws in the summer. The winters are long and cold. Precipitation averages from 35 to 100 cm per year. The dominant tree-types are conifers. D…
There are two types of tundra ecosystems: the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra. The tundra biome has several unique characteristics. The climate is very cold there is little diversity, and a "short season of growth and reproduction occurs" (1). The Finnish word tunturia, which means treeless plain, was the inspiration for the words tundra (4). The formation, plants, and animals that are associated with this biome have several attributes that make them remarkable, and this biome is also effected by human actions.…
Tundra vegetation is made up of herbaceous plants (grasses, forbs, and sedges), mosses, lichens, and shrubs that grow close to the ground, where temperatures are highest. During warm months the plants begin to grow rapidly and will develop flowers and seeds when temperatures climb above 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit).By providing an insulating layer, snowfall are advantageous for tundra plants during cold winter months.…
North American deciduous forests are much less diverse in the number of tree and animal species in comparison to the biodiversity which is found within a tropical rain forest. Diversity may only range between 8-15 different tree species per hectare. Unlike tropical forests, where individuals of a particular species are thinly scattered, there are usually many individuals of the primary tree species in a given area in eastern deciduous forests. This biome can receive between 50-150 cm of annual precipitation. Precipitation primarily comes in the form of snow throughout the winter months. Deciduous forests experience four distinct weather seasons including spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The average temperature in temperate deciduous forests is roughly 75°F (24°C) but gets as high as 86°F (30°C), depending on the altitude of the forest. Forests higher in the mountains have cooler temperatures than lower altitude forests. With the exception of evergreens, in the autumn months, the deciduous forest is famous for putting on a dazzling display of color changing leaves. As the chlorophyll in the leaves…
Climate facts- the average temperature is 50 degrees (24 degrees celsius) and its high is 86 degrees, this factor depends on the altitude of the forest. The temperate deciduous forest receives an average yearly precipitation of 2 to 5 feet, and the humidity of the forest is 60% to 80%.…
TUNDRA The Tundra is the coldest of all the Biomes and being situated in the extreme north of the planet has desert like conditions. It has extremely low temperatures, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. There is a very low precipitation of less than five inches a year which is coupled with strong, dry winds. There is a very large annual amount of snowfall in the region which surprisingly is advantageous to plant and animal life as the snow provides and insulation layer on the surface of the ground.…
References: * Illinois University. (1957) Temperate Deciduous Forest Biome page 3. VT Forest Biology and Dendrology. Retrieved July 28, 2012, from http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/Forsite/tdfbiome3.htm…
Vincent van Gogh created a series of paintings while in the asylum in Saint-Remy in early June 1889. Van Gogh was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work was known for its tactile beauty and bold colors. Van Gogh had a substantial influence on 20th-century art. After years of psychological afflictions and mental illness, he died at the young age of thirty seven, due to a gunshot wound, most commonly accepted to be self- inflicted.…
Containing nearly two-thirds of Ontario’s forest, the Boreal Forest is quite large and diverse. Forest fires are a frequent occurrence in the Boreal Forest. Because of this, the Boreal Forest ecosystem depends on the fires as it is crucial to sustaining the ecosystem. The fires have become frequent enough that “Boreal Forest tree species and ecosystems are adapted to the periodic passage of fire and some would disappear as natural components of the landscape in the absence of fire” (Weber 1998). Selected conifer species include, “black and white spruce, jack pine, balsam fir, tamarack and eastern white cedar” (MNR 2014),as…
3. Tundra-permanent frozen layer-permafrost; found north of Taiga and in small patches on the mountain tops called alpine tundra. No trees can live here. During a brief 2 month summer, the top layer thaws, and many plants and lichens grow; averages 25cms of precipitation; however the permafrost layer/melting snow keep the soil moist.…
held in the A-1 horizon of the soil on the Beech side, is approximately 6% more…
The Taiga Biome is the largest biome, it Extends across Europe, Asia, and North America. The Taiga is known for having both Coniferous and boreal forest. Fires happen very often in the Taiga. There isn't much diversity in the plants. They have lots of Conifer trees which is why it’s known to have the Coniferous forest. These trees are said to be evergreens which means they are green all year long, nor drop their leaves. A quick fun Fact: Most scientist believe that the Taiga biome was once completely covered with ice and glaciers many many years ago.…
Kelp forests are amongst the most beautiful habitats in the ocean. They grow in both the northern and southern hemisphere, with the more developed areas being in the Pacific Coast between Baja California and Alaska. Kelp forests are very similar to forests on land in that they provide shelter and protection to many animals.…