created tension all the way through the film ‘JAWS’. A great white shark attacks the summer resort Town of Amity Island; on the 4th July‚ Independence Day‚ a declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The police chief tries to close the beach but the town council overrule him and keep the beaches open; who want to keep them open to make money for the town. After several attacks‚ the police chief enlists the help of shark hunter Robert Schneider and marine biologist Richard Dreyfuss
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directed by Steven Spielberg. This film is set in 1970’s in Amity USA and is about a shark which attacks a lot of people. It is set on the 4th of July because that’s when Brody‚ the main characters‚ son was involved in one of the shark attacks. In the music sequence whenever the shark is near or attacking it has its own theme tune which is made to build tension because when you hear that music you know it’s the shark and that something is obviously going to happen although at some parts of the movie
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Robert ‘Ben’ Johnson Engr. 183-EW 10/31/12 North Atlantic Cod Commons: Overfishing and it’s Solution Over fishing has led to an almost complete wipe out of the mature cod population in the area of Northern Europe. With lack of regulations‚ the world could witness an entire species of fish destroyed due to rational behavior of man to want more. This is a classic example of a “commons” which Garrett Hardin discusses in his essay “The Tragedy of the Commons” (Hardin‚ 1968). The North Atlantic
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Should whaling activities be banned completely? Whales are the largest animals on earth. It has existed for over millions of years. They are also the largest mammals on the planet. Although they all look alike‚ there are many species of whales. Each time‚ they will only produce one offspring. According to Whale World‚ female whales only produce a baby whale each year‚ for they need to take care of the baby for the whole year (Whale World‚ n.d). They are gentle animals with graceful movements and
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Cecilia Ramirez Serafini Film-Analysis (2) 11 April‚ 2013 Shark Encounters Steven Spielberg created a film based off the thriller novel‚ Jaws‚ by Peter Benchley. Both the movie and the book tell the story of a giant man-eating great white shark and focus on the terror brought to the people of Amity Island. The movie does follow the novel’s main story line closely‚ however‚ when a producer turns a book into a film‚ it’s practical for one to thicken its plot line‚ and for two‚ tell the original
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For example‚ a marine scientists on a expedition discovers a new marine organism and is able to capture the organism. In doing so the marine scientists notices that the marine organism looks similar to a shark and posses identical characteristics that relate to a shark as well such as fins‚ gills‚ and bones. Additionally‚ the marine scientist proceeds to dissect the marine organism and notices that the organism has a backbone‚ which leads the marine scientist to put the organism under
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Great white sharks located at seal island attack their prey by using their sense to stalk the sea lions and by breaching the waters surface when attacking. Smell plays a major role in locating prey. (smell 1 drop of blood-25 gal. of water) More Importantly the great white shark uses the ampullae of lorenzini to locate prey. Ampullae of lorenzini is the jelly filled canals located in the sharks head. These jelly filled canals sense tiny electrical fields generated by prey. EX: Sea lion
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with a great white shark. In the end‚ they too accomplish their goal of beating nature. Overall‚ The Old Man and the Sea and Jaws show
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The Hawksbill sea turtles are considered one of the most beautiful turtles in the ocean today. Poaching and other threats have led to a decline of the turtle population. Theses beautiful creatures are close to extinction and if there is nothing done to protect them‚ then these turtles will be gone forever. They are considered to be smaller sea turtles compared to other sea turtles. Hawksbill turtles are named for their narrow head and sharp bird-like beak. A hawksbill sea turtle is easily recognizable
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able to play the activity adequately. For example‚ the students needed to be able to trade their shark cards‚ then read the card when the music stopped‚ so we had to explain to the students that they were going to start out with shark cards‚ then they were going to trade the shark cards when the music started‚ and then the music stops and they needed to freeze and then they needed to open up their shark and see what activity they needed to do when the music wasn’t going. It was just too much information
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