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    What is biodiversity and what are the impacts do invasive species have on biodiversity? Biodiversity is the variety of animal and plant life in a particular habitat; it also means all of the different natural processes on the earth. There is estimated to be more than 11000 tree species in the amazon rainforest‚ that a huge amount of different species and that’s only for one part of the world. It is important to have biodiversity‚ Biodiversity boost ecosystems productivity. What is productivity?

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    Unit 1 Task 2 How have the external environmental factors affected the ability of Nando’s to achieve its aims and objectives? Economic Factors Businesses are affected by the economy and sometimes the economy can have a dramatic drop in countries causing issues for some business mainly due to 4 factors. These factors are inflation‚ Economic growth‚ Exchange rates and unemployment. Firstly Inflation is an upward movement in the average level of prices. Its opposite is deflation‚ a downward movement

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    Endangered Species

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    Endangered Species Endangered species are living things whose population is so reduced that they are threatened with extinction. Thousands of species are included in this category. The International Union for the Conservation of nature and Natural Resources publishes a list of threatened mammals‚ birds‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ and (many people do not consider them) plants .CAUSES OF EXTINCTION Millions of years before humans‚ extinction of living things was linked to geological and climate‚ the

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    Endangered species

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    Endangered species are those considered to be at risk of extinction‚ meaning that there are so few left of their kind that they could disappear from the planet altogether. Endangered species are threatened by factors such as habitat loss‚ hunting‚ disease and climate change‚ and usually‚ endangered specieshave a declining population or a very limited range. The current rate of extinction is thought to be far greater than the expected natural rate‚ with many species going extinct before they have even

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    self aware human with the help and guidance of Michael Valentine Smith AKA “The Man From Mars”. They do this by learning the Martian language that shows them how to use one hundred percent of their brainpower and truly become self-aware human beings‚ to fully control their bodies and emotions. All The characters in the novel all started out as basically ordinary people put in extraordinary situation‚ which is another criteria for a good science fiction. Although the characters were for the most part

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    Homeostasis Lab Report

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    Homeostasis Lab: The Effects of Exercise on Homeostasis Purpose: To discover the effect that various levels of exercise have on specific body parameters. Hypothesis: If a subject walks up and down a flight of stairs for eight minutes‚ then they start to sweat more‚ their heart rate‚ body temperature‚ and breathing rate will increase‚ and there will be a change in their skin color on their arms and face‚ because the body will be trying to maintain homeostasis. Materials: You will

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    Homeostasis is the process within mammals where the body systems work together to maintain a stable response to a fluctuating environment within the body due to changes in the external environment and input into the body. The homeostasis process is used during blood sugar regulation within the body. This is the process whereby the body uses hormones to keeps the glucose levels in the blood at a stable level to ensure the body’s optimum function. Blood sugar levels are determined by the amount of

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    Cell Transport And Homeostasis The roles of different types of cell-membrane proteins in the preservation of body organs donated for transplant is very vast. Certain cell-membrane proteins carry several different types of nutrients that are beneficial and are sometimes very important to keep organs that are to be transplanted healthy and fresh. Organic nutrients are some very good preservers. One of the most transplanted organs is the kidney. It is important that this organ has nutrients

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    Human Traits

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    Concepts- Species‚ DNA‚ Phylogenies‚ 4. Personal Agenda- Yes‚ the author does have a personal agenda. Linguists method can revive languages from no more than 10‚000 years ago. There are some reasons for the historical study of languages that people appear. Languages distinguish systematically‚ and they change in their nature of over time. We also can trace individual words and how sound develop from other languages. Furthermore‚ we also can describe that languages also reflect a change in how people

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    Invasive Species

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    Over the decades‚ Invasive species have shown a significant negative impact upon the fabric of the ecosystem. Whether they are endangered or not‚ in-habitat species are making their presence known throughout the ecosystem‚ and such‚ throughout the United States. In fact‚ Invasive species have posed as a problem within society as around the early colonies of the 1800’s. The uncommon native-species are able to enter through different routes. Some are transported intentionally and others are able

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