dead organic matter‚decomposers release carbon back to the atmosphere and facilitate nutrient cycling by converting nutrients stored in dead biomass back to a form that can be readily used by plants and other microbes.[7] Ecosystems are controlled both by external and internal factors. External factors such as climate‚ the parent material which forms the soil and topography‚ control the overall structure of an ecosystem and the way things work within it‚ but are not themselves influenced by the ecosystem
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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Immigrants are more successful than you! There is a copious amount of immigrants that are very successful. People might be questioning how can that be? Immigrants come to America with nothing in their pockets‚ and they don’t know english. Dig deeper and it will make sense! Many people today will argue that success should be measured by the amount of wealth or fame a person can have. The richer a person is‚ the more successful he/she will becomes to our eyes. An immigrant’s success is measure by
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Do you believe in ghosts? Ghosts‚ a hypothetical subject widely opened to the skepticism of us humans. In reference to Wikipedia‚ the definition of ghosts is “a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear‚ in visible form or other manifestation‚ to the living.” In my opinion‚ ghosts do exist. Of course they do. The existence of ghosts can be proved by unexplainable paranormal activities. Nevertheless‚ they have a strong connection with religions‚ explaining the
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head: Ethnic Group Conflict: North and South Korea Anne Solomon Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology/PSY450 Professor Iman Turner July 31‚ 2011 Ethnic Group Conflict: North and South Korea North Korea and South Korea have been at odds with each other for generations now. This has affected how each culture has developed from the other. North Korea is a strict communist regime‚ whereas South Korea is a republic. Conformity is different for each individual culture as well
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Do you believe that Capitalism is moral? Justify you answer. Capitalism can be defined ideally as an economic system in which the major portion of production and distribution is in private hands‚ operating under what is termed a profit or market system. No central governing body involves to these private owners what or how much of anything will be produced. There are four key features of capitalism: companies‚ profit motive‚ competition and private property. Capitalism allows the creation of a
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Racial groups describes a group that is set apart from the others because of physical differences that have taken on social significance. (Schaefer‚229) An ethnic group is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.(Schaefer‚229) Race refers to a person physical differences. For example; skin‚ bone structure‚ hair‚and eye color. Ethnicity refers to cultural factors. Examples of ethnicity are‚nationality‚ ancestry‚ and language. The comparison
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You are what you say The essay‚ " you are what you say " is written by Robin Lakoff‚ a Professor of Linguistics at University of California. She has explicated her view on how English language has functioned to revile and debase women‚ why women are thought to be juvenile‚ dependent and frivolous species. Certain views which makes fair sex less thriving than men. The subject is of great interest as it illustrates that women only say what they mean‚ but what they say is inferred by men in a pejorative
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com/file/d/0BwZcrcUhLTUNb28ycmc2UnpfbDA/view Even today‚ Florida is a fragmented block of land‚ not by water or mountains as some states‚ instead by values and history. The old saying of “the more South you go in Florida the more North you are” has never been more true than in today’s world. But‚ it was not always like this‚ during Florida’s early years and beginner start of statehood the concentration of its people was far more North. The central areas were nothing but country‚ and the south was untamed swamp and marsh. The old
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Cultures are made up of beliefs‚ norms‚ customs‚ and so much more. The diffusion of cultures allows for subcultures and countercultures. Diffusion allows cultures to share with each other and see much more of what there is outside of the circle they are in. The United States is a combination of different cultures. It is basically a thousand subcultures combined into a larger one. Subcultures are smaller cultural groups within a larger culture (Keirns‚ et al.‚ 2015). There are so many ethnicities
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