CHAPTER NO-5 KINGDOM ANIMALIA Phylum Porifera (GK: Porous = Pores + Ferro = form) Main characters: 1. They are commonly called as sponges. 2. They are sessile animals. 3. Sponges range in height from about 1cm to 2cm. 4. More than 5000 species of sponges are found. 5. All are marine‚ while some are fresh water. 6. The central body cavity is called spongocoel. 7. A single large opening is called as osculum. 8. They are filter feeders. 9. Body lining is formed by flagellated cells
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Fracking for Natural Gas—Legal‚ Political‚ Environmental and Ethical Issues Daniela Vega‚ Ebony Daughtry‚ Ericka Koussi‚ Frederick Gibbs & Paul Payway This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Business Ethics BUS 5933 49 Texas Woman’s University School of Management Professor H. Guy Smith December 9‚ 2012 Table of Contents |Introduction....................................................................................................
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information about dopamine agonists‚ I’ll first introduce some basic information about dopamine and dopamine agonists before I go into the various natural agonists that you can try. header of recap of dopamine and restless legs syndrome This is a picture of dopamine and the brain. Dopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter that occurs in a wide variety of animals‚ including both vertebrates and
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There are 1‚920 cases of animal cruelty reported each year in the media. Sixty percent of abuse is directed at dogs‚ eighteen percent towards cats‚ and twenty-two percent is directed at other animals; it’s a big problem. Animal cruelty is any mistreatment of animals‚ including not responsibly caring for them‚ or refusing them food and water‚ and is illegal. There are many types of animal cruelty‚ but a large percent of it is neglect. Animal neglect is when an animal’s owner fails to provide anything
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CLASSIFICATION Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Acinonyx Species: jubatus Cheetahs: Physical Characteristics Cheetahs are the fastest animals in the world they are able to reach speeds of 112kmph but only for short distances.The average cheetah weighs around 50 to 60kg. Also has a height of 70-90 cm and a length of 112-135cm. The cheetah is light brown and its covered with round black
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test on animals According to PETA‚ Each year‚ more than 100 million animals...are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons‚ medical training‚ curiosity-driven experimentation‚ and chemical‚ drug‚ food‚ and cosmetics testing. scientists do animal testing so they can make sure that it works so that way they will not harm the person that they are using the product on or what ever they are going to do on the patient. Even though i think that it is not right to do that to the animals they should
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How Natural Selection has Shaped the Modern Mind Abstract Mental and emotional faculties have been widely accepted as complex‚ useful‚ and non-arbitrary pieces of the human mind. If these faculties are actually nonrandom parts of our development they must have come from either divine design or natural selection. While there are those that believe that people are created in some divine being’s image‚ many recognize that Darwin’s theory of natural selection has shaped many aspects of the
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Animal Adaptation Hypothesis Before my partner and I began our research about animal adaptation we began to think and use common sense. Animal adaptation is very self explanatory.my partner and I came up with the theory that animal adaptation is animals making changes to live better in there environment. What is Animal Adaptation? What is animal adaptation? you might ask An adaptation is a genetic change‚ that helps an organism‚ such as a plant or animal‚ survive in its environment
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Animal Extinction - the greatest threat to mankind In the final stages of dehydration the body shrinks‚ robbing youth from the young as the skin puckers‚ eyes recede into orbits‚ and the tongue swells and cracks. Brain cells shrivel and muscles seize. The kidneys shut down. Blood volume drops‚ triggering hypovolemic shock‚ with its attendant respiratory and cardiac failures. These combined assaults disrupt the chemical and electrical pathways of the body until all systems cascade toward death.
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Overview The United States experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Because of hurricanes on the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Gulf of Mexico coasts‚ earthquakes near the San Andreas and other fault lines‚ volcanic eruptions‚ tornadoes in the plains‚ and floods throughout the Midwest‚ the United States suffers approximately $1 billion in losses each week. From 1990-93‚ losses surpassed those during the previous decade‚ mainly due to Hurricane Andrew‚ the Midwest and Northwest floods
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