BIO UNIT 1 STUDY NOTES History of Classification Aristotle (384-322 BC) -greek philosopher -classified living things in 2 kingdoms (ANIMALS AND PLANTS) -Plants = herbs‚ shrubs & trees -Animals= those of sea‚ air and land -lasted 2000 years Theophrastus (372-287 BC) - “Father of Botany” - 2 botanical works Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603) - Italian physician - created 1st new system of classifying plants - classified plants on the basis of the structure of their fruits and seeds John Ray
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Week 7 Lab Worksheet: Biological Processes‚ Classification of Invertebrates and Bottom ... Page 1 of 6 Week 7 Lab Worksheet: Biological Processes‚ Classification of Invertebrates and Bottom Communities Part 1 of 1 - 99.90001 Points Question 1 of 15 6.66 Points The three families of algaes are:. A.Green‚ Red‚ Grey B.Green‚ yellow‚ brown C.Green‚ red‚ brown D.Mangroves‚ red‚ brown Answer Key: C Feedback: Green algaes are both microscopic (phytoplankton) and macroscopic like sea lettuce. Red
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CASE STUDY: THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECTS OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL ENEE 501 – POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY HARJOT BHANDAL 10106493 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 3 BACKGROUND 3 ANALYSIS 5 CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION 5 ENVORNMENTAL EFFECTS 6 ECONOMIC EFFECT 7 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 ABSTRACT On the 20th of April 2010‚ a tragic event occurred just off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon
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Endorsement is used everywhere from the recognition of a product to the recognition of a person. Inseparable with endorsement is the science lying behind. Since …‚ science has become the unbiased criteria of being. In a way‚ science has grown into such a fetish that we hardly remember human’s role in creating it. However‚ conducted and interpreted by socially biased human beings‚ science‚ far from liberating people from dominance and hierarchy through “value-free truth‚” reinforces the current power
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How Acid Rain Affects Organisms in Aquatic Biomes Through the advancement of technology‚ the issue of the air surrounding the earth might have been one of the most often matters to be brought up and discussed among scientists and engineers. Acid rain is one of the more serious environmental problems and it is closely related to the air pollution. Nowadays‚ it has affected large part of US‚ Europe and Canada. People start to be concerned about acid rain since it is getting worse in the passed
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a) Describe the physico-chemical qualities of water that are important to aquaculturists. Aquaculture can be defined as the high-density production of fish‚ shellfish and plant forms in a controlled environment. Stocking rates for high-density aquaculture are typically thousand fold greater than wild environments. Modern fish culturists employ both open and close systems to raise fish. Open systems‚ such as‚ the raceways are characterized by rapid turnover of water. Closed systems are commonplace
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Adaptive Radiation Adaptive radiation occurs most often in new environment with a variety of different unfilled niches so that plants and animals that are not adapted to those areas can exploit the resources in the respective niches. Once individuals begin exploiting the new niches‚ mutations that will benefit the species will spread throughout the population via natural selection giving the owners an overwhelming advantage over others without the mutation and throughout evolutionary time
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Effects to the water quality Oils consist of a complex mixture of hydrogen and carbon which is used for fuel‚ lubrication‚ plastics manufacturing‚ and many other purposes. These petroleum products get into water mainly by means of accidental spills from ships‚ tanker trucks‚ pipelines‚ and leaky underground storage tanks Petroleum products affect surface water‚ impairing water quality with hydrocarbons‚ salts‚ nutrients‚ a host of organic compounds‚ and various heavy metals. Immediately after
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Rocky Shore Ecology: Holbeck Beach This study was conducted to deduce whether the height to width ratio of limpets altered across the three main zones on the shore: upper‚ middle and lower. It was carried out on Holbeck Beach‚ North Yorkshire‚ where limpets were measured in all three zones using random sampling. We found a significant difference in the height to width ratio between the upper and lower shore and upper and middle shore. This is due to many factors‚ including the threat of desiccation
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Global Warming and the Effects on Earth Introduction In my investigation I will show the cause of global warming‚ the effects it is having on earth today and what we all can do to help minimize it. I want to learn more about global warming so that I can share with others the understanding of it and what it is really doing to our planet. Global warming is the most serious potential environmental concern today. Global warming is the rising in the average temperature of the world. The temperature
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