REASONING AND INTERPRETATION – Practice questions 1. Understanding the ecological mechanism that causes extinction is fundamental to conservation as not all organisms are threatened by the same factors. A total of 1012 threatened bird species in 95 families were studied to see how they were threatened by different factors: · habitat loss · persecution by humans and introduced predators · other factors (introduced competitors‚ hybridization and disease) and unknown risk factors. Scientists investigated
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Mariana Vasquez April 10‚ 2014 4th Period WE ARE Human. There are more than seven billion humans in this world‚ but not because we have a heart‚ or a pair of eyes does it make us human. It is what comes deeper within our souls and our spirits that entitles us as a human being. We have the knowledge of knowing right from wrong‚ but whether we decide to do the right rather than the wrong is our choice. Therefor we have the power of deciding what kind of person we are‚ what kind of values we have
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Short Essay Isn’t being a dog‚ part of being human? What if that’s the best part‚ the dog part? What if you’re really just a two legged dog? While I am agree with Nicholas Cage’s character’s point of view that being an animal‚ being a creature struggling for survival and occasionally giving freedom to its instincts is the part of being a human‚ I also think that the other part of being human is unique and is not possessed by any creatures other than human beings. The essence of human nature
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Evolution of man Man obviously shares a common ancestry with the modern apes‚ such as the gorilla and chimpanzee. We know this from the many characteristics that are shared between apes and man. Apart from obvious anatomical and behavioral similarities‚ the two groups also have many blood proteins and other biochemical characteristics in common. A comparison of the skulls of a gorilla and a modern man illustrate the main trends that have taken place in human evolution from an ape-like ancestry
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Francine Penny Patterson was born in Chicago‚ Illinois in February 13‚ 1947. She is the second oldest of seven children‚ her parents were C.H. Patterson and Frances Spano Patterson. Since she was little she felt attracted for animals and nature. In 1970 she got her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign‚ two years later‚ she earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Stanford University. Since then she started her long journey along with the
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Warm Bodies Movie Review ‘Warm bodies’ is a zombie movie based on Isaac Marion’s novel. This particular zombie movie that was themed ‘black romance’ is really unique. In the post-apocalyptic universe‚ the surviving humans have isolated themselves in a safe place in the city‚ but outside there are many mumbling and shuffling zombies that are still in the human phase just before they turn into skeletal‚ hideous attackers. Among these undead folks is a handsome man who falls in love with a beautiful
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Homo Floresiensis: A Creature of Controversy Since its discovery in 2004‚ Homo floresiensis has sparked tremendous controversy among archaeologists across the world (Aiello‚ 2010:169). Found on the island of Flores (hence the name)‚ located in the midst of Indonesia‚ the fossil remains present a dilemma that is often compared to that surrounding the Neanderthals (Liberman‚ 2009:41). Simply put‚ the discovery of Homo floresiensis challenges the prevailing record of human history. Homo floresiensis
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Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth What do you know about Pygmy three-toed sloths‚ probably not that much. Sloths are very interesting animals. This is shown by their habits‚ habitats‚ life’s‚ diet‚ and size. Sloths are very interesting in that they are endangered and the pygmy three-toed sloths only live on an island off of the mainland of Panama. There are only about one hundred left. Sloths have a lot of interesting and odd habits. When sloths feed they use their long claws to eat leafs that are found in
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A 240-million-year-old reptile with a skeletal precursor of a shell has been revealed as the grandfather of all turtles. Scientists have given it the moniker Pappochelys‚ meaning ’grandfather turtle‚’ in honor of its newly found position at the forefront of the turtles’ evolutionary lineage. What the shell? Grandfather turtle was actually shell-less Pappochelys‚ the lizard-like reptile found in a quarry in southern Germany‚ is now the oldest turtle fossil to date. Pappochelys is so old‚ the former
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I am doing my paper in Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin was a well known Australian natural life devotee who was in charge of the prominent Crocodile Hunter arrangement. He was conceived in Melbourne‚ Australia‚ on February 22‚ 1962‚ Steve Irwin experienced childhood with a natural life park claimed by his guardians and went ahead to turn into a creature lover and TV character‚ facilitating the well known arrangement Crocodile Hunter and showing up on real syndicated programs. Irwin’s work produced a variety
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