Luis Perez 11/23/10 6th The Tundra Biome Being the coldest and least filled with plant life‚ the tundra biome is noted as frost-molded landscapes with extreme temperatures. The tundra biome has low biotic diversity‚ low precipitation‚ and all around low‚ cold temperatures. The average temperature of the biome varies going from -25’C to 3’C between the months of January to July‚ then reverting from 3’C to -25’C between the months of July to December. Through those temperatures it causes a cycle
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Kennedy Benjamin 2 April 2014 Ms. Peeples 4B Honors Chemistry Biome Shifting Global warming is a mostly natural process that has been going on for as long as Earth has existed. Global warming has many effects on the Earth such as rise in sea level‚ overall increased rise in the temperature of Earth‚ and even bizarre weather. However‚ the topic I will discuss today is how global warming causes climate changes and how this climate change affects our environment and our economic systems. Climate
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The Freshwater Biome By Lauren Finnis The freshwater biome is a complex biome that can be found all over the world. There are two major types of freshwater biomes. The first type is lotic or running which include rivers and streams. Lentic or standing is the second type; those include lakes and ponds. Since this biome is found worldwide‚ the species that reside in it can vary extensively‚ but usually it contains several species of fish‚ plants‚ and insects. Predation is a way of life in the freshwater
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Research Paper The ocean is one of‚ if not‚ the largest biome on earth. There are more than one million species of marine life. Covering over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface‚ the ocean is our planet’s largest habitat‚ containing 99 percent of the living space on the planet. This area holds the life of nearly 50 percent of all species on Earth. Like lakes‚ oceans are subdivided into separate zones: intertidal‚ pelagic‚ abyssal‚ and benthic. All four zones have a great diversity of species. The
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ODONATA FAUNA IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETATION IN OZAMIZ CITY Jonry G. Lim Karen M. Tumala Natural Science Department‚ College of Arts and Sciences‚ Misamis University Corresponding Author: switbbhe91@gmail.com 2014 ABSTRACT The order Odonata ("toothed ones") includes some of the most ancient and beautiful insects that ever roamed Earth‚ as well as some of the largest flying invertebrates ever to have lived. The distribution of various groups and species of Odonata is highly
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Payments for Ecosystem Services Ecosystems purify our air and water‚ help to control our climate and provide goods and services that are often impossible to replace. However‚ many ecosystems are under threat. As the world’s population continues to grow‚ consumption of food‚ water‚ and other materials increases and the ecosystems that provide for these needs are being over-burdened and in some cases destroyed. The concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) - also refered to as Payments for
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A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal‚ plant‚ or other type of organism.[1][2] It is the natural environment in which an organism lives‚ or the physical environment that surrounds a speciespopulation.[3] A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil‚ moisture‚ range of temperature‚ and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a
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The beavers are an extraordinary creature. They are an animal that is mostly nocturnal‚ large‚ semi-aquatic rodent‚ and are of two different species. These two species are Castor Canadensis and Castor Fiber. They ate certain kinds of tree bark such as willows‚ maples‚ poplars‚ beeches‚ birches‚ alders‚ and aspens. Beavers have been known to erect dams eighteen feet high and four thousand feet long-radically altered ecosystems‚ creating ponds and changing stream flows. These were their homes
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Natural Resources and Energy Paper Natural ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants‚ animals‚ and microorganism in an area functioning together with all the non-living physical of the environment which plants and animals are dependent upon one another‚ and their particular surroundings-for survival. Natural ecosystems make up the planet on which we live as well as the entire universe. They are dynamic and interconnected. An ecosystem is a collection of all plants‚ animals‚ microorganisms
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of our vegetation consists of grasses‚ and some grow under very difficult conditions because of the climate in the grasslands. Grasses also developed unique characteristics to survive. The climate in the grassland biome is slightly drier than the climate in the deciduous forest biome. The temprature ranges from 20 c to 30 c. The average rainfall varies in the grassland from 10 to 40 inches year around. Fires in the grassland can cause the grasslands to thrive. The grass that gets burned enriches
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