The Savanna A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. It can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are known as tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. They are located in Africa‚ South America‚ India‚ and Australia .Some animals that habitat here are wildebeest warthog elephants zebras and rhinos
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biodiversity from the earths biomes is proving to be a threat to the sustainability of life on earth. Through a variety of human related issues the world’s biomes are becoming depleted. Over fishing‚ hunting urban and coastal development‚ logging‚ climate change‚ tourism‚ illegal harvesting and trade‚ and introduction of disease and foreign species are among the major reasons the world today is experiencing a loss of species. The rainforests‚ oceans‚ grasslands‚ and fresh water biomes
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● PLACE: UNIQUE LOCATION OF A FEATURE 1. Define toponym: 2. Identify four ways in which places can receive names a) b) c) d) 3. Identify three reasons for which places sometimes change names a) b) c) 4. Define site: 5. List some site characteristics. 6. Complete the following sentence about site: Human actions can ______________ the characteristics of a site. Two examples of this are: 7. Define situation: 8. What role do familiar places have understanding
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Maximum fresh water is used for ______. a. Drinking b. Irrigation of fields c. Washing clothes 3.Contamination of water is a. Health hazard b. Healthy c. None of these 4. Planting new trees is called ________. a. Refforestation b. Deforestation c. Biomes 5. An animal being wiped out from the earth’s surface is called to be _______. a. Extinct b. Carnivore c. Endangered species V Answer these in 20 words 2x5=10 1. Name a few man-made resources 2. Define
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Reservoir defined The word reservoir refers to a place where large amounts of water get stored. The word reservoir comes from the French réservoir‚ which further derives from the Old French reserver‚ meaning "to reserve." Reservoirs are those water bodies formed or modified by human activity for specific purposes‚ in order to provide a reliable and controllable resource. a water body contained by embankments or a dam‚ and subsequently managed in response to specific community needs; or any natural
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Global Atmospheric Circulation This essay will describe patterns of atmospheric heating and circulation. When the surface air reaches the Equator‚ it gets heated and rises to the top of the troposphere‚ where it spreads back toward the poles. When it gets to the poles‚ it descends back to the surface again to complete the cycle. The heat of the Sun causes water to evaporate from lakes‚ rivers and oceans‚ as well as from the leaves of plants called (transpiration). But this water
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surroundings it is always snowy and we are camouflaged with out fur so reax when someone comes by because they may not see you. The regular temperature is 10-20 degrees and really windy. It is harsh let me tell you. It is also the coldest of the coldest biomes. Now you are in the arctic tundra it is in the northern hemisphere. It is in Alaska Canada and Siberia so we are in three different countries. We are in north america
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Deforestation is a serious problem today‚ and has been for a long time. It is one of the greatest threats to nature on Earth‚ if not the single greatest. It is one root cause of soil erosion‚ the root cause of global warming‚ and the greatest contributor to the endangerment and extinction of so many species throughout the world. To understand deforestation though‚ one must know exactly what it is first. Therefore‚ deforestation is defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica Online as "The cutting down
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PESTEL analysis Motivation of method It is of great importance to make an analysis of the environment in which an organisation operates in order to develop and implement a suitable‚ successful strategy for the company. According to Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington (2008) the business environment of a company is an important issue determining its survival and success. There are several layers of this business environment – the macro environment‚ the industry or sector layer‚ the layer with competitors
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marinus. The classification of the cane toadanimalia-chordata-amphibia-anura-bufonidae-bufo-B.marinus. Animal is native to Native to central and north south America but was introduced in north east Australia and Philippines and Caribbean. The biome it lives in live mostly on the equator near rainforest and swamps. Description males an average length of 15–20 cm (3.9–5.9 in).females an average length of 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in).Organisms niche Primary consumer Omnivore. The cane toad is at the
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