Threatened Habitats A habitat is the physical environment in which a community of plants and animals live. There are many different habitats around the world. Threatened habitats are those that are in danger of being destroyed for reasons such as deforestation‚ pollution‚ urbanisation‚ natural disasters‚ increasing temperatures and erosion. Habitat destruction is happening all over the world. Tropical rainforests in Central and South America and in Southeast Asia and parts of Australia are being
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Habitat for Humanity originated at Koinonia Farm‚ which is a small Christian farming community located outside of Americus‚ Georgia. Clarence Jordan brought the idea to Millard Fuller‚ who is the founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International. They developed the idea of “partnership housing‚” calling for families in need of a home to partner with volunteers to build affordable homes. In 1975 Fuller and his wife Linda established Habitat for Humanity with one clear vision in mind “a world
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Differences: Strategies for Resistant Clients Unlike narrative therapy‚ solution-focused therapy presumes that some clients will be resistant to counselling and to change. While some clients are described as ’customers’ who voluntarily want to make changes in their lives‚ not every client will present in this way (Corcoran‚ 2008). Solution-focused therapy strategizes for ’complainants’‚ people who attend voluntarily but are convinced someone else or something outside of themselves needs to change
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Marine Organism Introduction( By Elaine) Good morning‚ everyone. We are very honored to stand here to make this presentation. Firstly‚ I’d like to introduce our partners to you. This is our group leader Diao‚ and this is A‚ B‚ C‚ D‚ E. Today we are going to talk about the marine organism. Firstly let`s guess what it is ‚ok ‚let me tell you ‚it`s a kind of jellyfish‚and its name is Bougainvillia superciliaris. You may know that 71% of the earth is ocean‚ but you may not know how many
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drug-resistant TB (Dash‚ 2013). Drug resistant tuberculosis is referred to as either multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)‚ or extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB)‚ both of which create obstacles for successful treatment (Lehne‚ 2013). Lehne (2013) defines MDR-TB as a TB that does not respond to either isoniazide or rifampin. XDR-TB is defined as being resistant to isoniazide and rifampin‚ as well as fluoroquinolones and at least one second-line TB treatment drug (Lehne‚ 2013). Drug resistant TB is
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Beasley‚ James C.‚ et al. "A Hierarchical Analysis of Habitat Selection by Raccoons in Northern Indiana." Journal of Wildlife Management‚ vol. 71‚ no. 4‚ 2007.‚ pp. 1125-1133http://search.proquest.com/docview/234228409?accountid=45149. I believe that Raccoons will choose corn over fish because of the time of the time of year. The corn I am using is already shucked. I did my experiment during the time the of harvest season so there will be a vast amount of corn to eat. “We concluded that home range
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Adaptation Definition: Adaptation is the process of how organisms develop special structures and internal processes to enable them to live in their environment. Definition: Adaptation is the process of how organisms develop special structures and internal processes to enable them to live in their environment. Organisms can be adapted in two ways: 1. Body structure (e.g. Small ears to reduce heat loss) 2. Body processes (e.g. Osmoregulation in salmon) There are several factors which
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pollinated by agents like hummingbirds (Skousen‚ 1992). Seed development occurs immediately after successful pollination when a small green pod that looks like a fat cucumber is formed. However‚ due to excess heat‚ the pod dries and through explosive mechanism‚ it releases the seeds to the soil. The seeds can remain dormant if there are no suitable conditions for germination. Depending on the growing conditions‚ Aloe vera can live for up to 25 years before it dies (Reid‚ 2007). Structure and Function Just
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Sloths urinate only once a week and go at the same place every time. Sloths may be slow‚ but they are very excellent swimmers. A sloths habitat can affect the life of the sloth tremendously. Most sloths live in South African Rainforests‚ but while most live there‚ most sloths die in Costa Rica. More obviously‚ they spent most of their time sleeping in trees. Foods that sloths digest are very important and interesting for many important reasons. Sloths normally digest leaves‚ which is mainly their
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because gold is very resistant to bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms. Bacteria are prokaryotes‚ meaning the entire organism consists of a single cell with a simple internal structure. The DNA of a prokaryote is neatly packed in the nucleus. The bacterial DNA floats freely in a twisted threadlike mass called the nucleoid. Gold is unaffected by almost everything. The only materials that can affect gold are man-made. Since bacteria are a natural organism‚ it cannot react with
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