Awaking from a soothing slumber‚ Mariota slowly opened her eyes. As her eyes slowly adjusted to the sparkling blue hue that was above her‚ she was immediately hit with fear and confusion when she looked down at herself and saw that her long legs were replaced with a long blue mermaid tail. Mariota instantly sat up from the rock she had been laying on to check out her surroundings. All she saw was colorful coral reefs surrounding her‚ until she saw the top of a woman’s head who appeared to be peering
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Hero’s Journey in Sponge Bob: The Movie Throughout history people have shared stories. A very popular story that is shared by almost all cultures around the world today is The Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is present in many books and movies we see today. We see it in adult and children’s movies alike. One famous children’s movie where The Hero’s Journey is seen in is SpongeBob: The Movie. SpongeBob is the obvious example of a hero throughout Sponge Bob: The Movie. SpongeBob’s Hero Journey
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The earth’s oceans provide an enormous range of resources and affect the quality of life as we know it. The oceans cover approximately 70 percent of the surface of the earth and have a cyclical effect on weather‚ e.g. temperature‚ precipitation and air quality. Regardless of your views on global warming‚ the fact remains that humans have an impact on the marine ecosystems through waste from chemicals and debris polluting this vast renewable resource. Based upon current scientific evidence‚ emissions
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They usually consume plankton when filter feeding. Barnacles do this by opening up their plates which they then extend their legs and form them into a basket shape that scoops inwards where their mouthparts scrape the edible particles of the plankton and transfer these particles inside the mouth and consume them as food. This makes the brown barnacle’s legs and mouthparts useful structural
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jellyfish are only found in the deepest depths of the ocean and are very difficult to see without a magnifying glass‚ hand lens or‚ microscope. There is still one remaning question‚ what are jellyfish and what do they eat? “Jellyfish are a type of plankton‚ meaning they are not strong swimmers and at the mercy of currents. When two currents meet‚ large concentrations of jellyfish‚ known as blooms‚ can form. When jellyfish blooms form‚ they can eat almost everything in the water. This can cause problems
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Arthropods are part of the largest and most diverse phylum in the animal kingdom. The phylum which I am speaking of is called Arthropoda‚ which is Latin for "jointed feet." Arthropods are arranged of more than one million invertebrate species within four subphyla. The four subphyla consist of five classes of Uniramia including insects‚ three classes of Chelicerata including horseshoe crabs and arachnids‚ Trilobita (which are extinct)‚ and Crustacea. When you break down an arthropod you will find
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marine ecosystem collapse‚ an increase of 1/3 accumulation of CO2‚ and oxygen drop up to 50 percent in the atmosphere‚ which will lead to human extinction. Sounds dramatic‚ but it is true. I seriously think that we need to care more about these planktons‚ since they are not unlimited in the ocean‚ and even worst‚ they are decreasing in population. Fortunately‚ there are new waves of phytoplankton studies and research that will help us understand more about them. Phytoplankton is mostly microscopic
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major aquatic life zones are saltwater (marine) and freshwater life zones. 3. Phytoplankton (plank plankton) are multiple types of algae; Zooplankton (animal plankton) are primary and secondary consumers which feed off phytoplankton (primary consumers) or other zooplankton (secondary consumers); these range from protozoa to large invertebrates such as jellyfish. Ultraplankton are much smaller plankton that may be responsible for 70% of the primary productivity near the ocean surface. Nektons are strongly
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Ryan Yates Oceanography 11-12-11 Homework #5 Lesson 17 1) Dredging is digging up mud/sand and transporting it out of the channel. Dredging needs to be done in Ventura Marina because of the shoaling problem. With this problem there is sediment rising under water where the ships are parked. If the sediment gets too high‚ the boats will get stuck and not be able to get in and out of the marina. 2) The problem with Devil’s Slide in San Mateo County is that it has a lock of landslides
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Introduction to Environmental Science 12:008/159:008 Spring 2002 Water Pollution July 22‚ 2005 Water Pollution Pollutant Any substance that does not belong in the natural system and disrupts the natural balance Water Pollution Degradation of water quality in a manner that disrupts/prevents its intended or original use. Surface Water Groundwater MCL and secondary MCL MCL=Maximum Contaminant Level The highest concentration of a pollutant allowed in drinking water by law
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