Why are Senet boards found among other funerary objects? Though enjoyed by almost everyone‚ why have no written rules ever been found? The exact role of Senet will most likely remain unknown‚ but most experts agree that the game was laden with metaphors of the journey to and existence in the afterlife. Senet table Like backgammon‚ contestants aimed at getting their seven pieces off the board completely. Players threw sticks or bones — precursors to dice — to determine the
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Hydrothermal Vents and its Organisms! A hydrothermal vent is a fissure in a planet’s surface from which geothermally heated water issues. Hydrothermal vents are commonly found near volcanically active places‚ areas where tectonic plates are moving apart‚ ocean basins‚ an hotspots Hydrothermal vents exist because the earth is both geologically active and has large amounts of water on its surface and within its crust. Common land types include hot springs‚ fumaroles and geysers. Under the sea
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For many decades‚ the US military has‚ engaged with Hollywood’s movies by giving permission to their production crews to use their military machines and techniques. Black Hawk Down was about the US military‚ Top Gun was about the Navy‚ and Iron Man was about the Air Force (McMillen). These kinds of movies are regarded as joint-military force movies‚ and one of the largest joint-military movies is Transformers‚ which was released in 2007. The third series was recently released‚ which is now being
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The range of an organism and its dispersal is limited or affected by many things in its surroundings. These things can be slightly different in their specifics from organism to organism but generally‚ for all organisms‚ these are the main restrictions to their range and dispersal (either natal or breeding). The first limiting factor to the distance they can travel from their population or parent is the resources available. One artificial barrier is habitat fragmentation by humans and their use of
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THE SEARCH FOR BETTER HEALTH 1.What is a healthy organism? Discuss the difficulties in defining the terms ‘health’ and ‘disease’ * Health – state of physical‚ mental and social wellbeing. It is not just absence of disease * disease – any condition which effects the functioning of any part of a living organism * difficulties in defining health and disease; * health 1) the definition of health varies with age eg stiffness in the joints is probably more common in a 90yo
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of micro-organisms that are in the human digestive system. Article of choice‚ (Adnan‚ 2010) Benefits of Microorganisms to Humans‚ Retrieved February 8‚ 2013. This article was of interest because there are many bacteria that we encounter in our daily lives and it was informative to know that all bacteria is not bad. In fact‚ there needs to be a balance between the two and by educating yourself with the smallest amount of new information is very helpful. Humans rely on micro-organisms for a variety
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A Genetically Modified Organism is an organism whose inherited matter has been altered using heritable engineering techniques. It is basically a special set of technologies that alter the genetic makeups in organisms that vary‚ such as plants‚ animals‚ or bacteria. Combining genes from different species is known as recombinant DNA technology‚ and the outcome organism is known as genetically modified. Now the question lies‚ is genetically modified organisms needed to suppress hunger? In my opinion
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synthesizing the DNA‚ and then inserting this construct into the host organism. Genes may be removed‚ or "knocked out"‚ using a nuclease. Gene targeting is a different technique that uses homologous recombination to change an endogenous gene‚ and can be used to delete a gene‚ remove exons‚ add a gene‚ or introduce point mutations. An organism that is generated through genetic engineering is considered to be a genetically modified organism (GMO). The first GMOs were bacteria in 1973; GM mice were generated
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It feels great‚ helping out little children in their day to day activities. Anything from teaching them numbers and colors to taking them outside to play feels wonderful. It fills me with joy to interact with the little balls of joy. That is why I look forward to every Wednesday when I get to help out at COTS. I love walking through those doors and encountering no response. Then Mrs. B tells them to say hello and a smile graces my face. I would rather not equate my work to that of a mother‚ but
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Diversity in Living Organisms Q 1 Name the branch of the biology that deals with the classification. Q 2 Who was the first to propose the two-kingdom system of classification? Q 3 Who proposed three-kingdom classification? Q 4 What is meant by triploblastic? Q 5 What is haemocoel ? Q 6 Name the person who has given the five-kingdom classification. Q 7 Which is the largest phylum of animal kingdom? Q 8 What is the function of canal system in sponges? Q 9 What are Gymnosperms
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