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    Erosion Reference

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    AND HEALTH 6‚ INTERNET MATERIALS: SOIL‚ TUPPERWARE‚ WATER‚ GLASS SKILLS: READING‚ SPEAKING‚ WRITING VALUES: STRATEGY: COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE STRATEGY III. PROCEDURE: A. PREPARATORY ACTIVITY 1. PRAYER 2. CHECKING OF ATTENDANCE B. MOTIVATION Good morning class! Now‚ I have brought here some of the materials that we will be using to better understand our lesson for today. So‚ I have here a TUPPERWARE which is half-filled with soil and pebbles. Now‚ I’m going to put

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    Considerations It is generally accepted that phytomining is greener than conventional mining practices. In environments with metal-contaminated soil‚ phytominers can recollect metal pollutants from the soil‚ thereby restoring the soil to health. Still‚ growingmass amounts of plants also takes a toll on the land used for cultivation. Industrial farming practices deplete the soil and overgrowing biocrops has the potential to permanently alter an area’s ecology. Economic Viability If the scale of production

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    Total Organic Carbon

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    EXPERIMENT 3 DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC MATTER BY WALKEY- BLACK WET OXIDATION METHOD OBJECTIVE: This method determines the percentage of organic carbon and organic matter in the soil. INTRODUCTION The soil sample is suspended in standard potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) solution to which concentrated sulphuric acid is then added. The heat generated on adding the sulphuric acid and the presence of chromic acid creates strong oxidizing conditions. The excess chromic

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    Planting a Mango Tree

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    ------------------------------------------------- 4 ------------------------------------------------- Germinate the seed. ------------------------------------------------- * Place the seed about an inch deep‚ and concave side down‚ in a container full of quality potting soil. * Dampen the soil and store the container in a warm‚ shaded area until the seed sprouts. This process usually takes 1 - 3 weeks. 5. ------------------------------------------------- 5 ------------------------------------------------- Transplant the

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    Forms of Substructure

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    capacity will reduce‚ so in this case foundations should keep higher than normal. In this condition a shallow and wide strip foundation can be used‚ and reinforced foundations can also be useful. As the safe bearing capacity of compact gravel sub soil = 100kN/m² (Chudley & Greeno‚ 2010) This safe bearing capacity is for 1 m²‚ for .5 m² it will be 50kN. W = LoadBearing Capacity W = 68kN/m ÷100kN/m²1000mm Required Width = 680mm It can also be chose from table provided‚ according to which

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    Lesson II – Effects of Deforestation Deforestation is the removal or destruction of large areas of forest or rainforest. Deforestation happens for many reasons‚ such as logging‚ agriculture‚ natural disasters‚ urbanization and mining. There are several ways to clear forest -- burning and clear-cutting the land are two methods. Although deforestation occurs worldwide‚ it’s a particularly critical issue in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil. There‚ the tropical forests‚ and the species of plants and

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    Desertification in Africa

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    pastoral nomadism. This is an issue because the cultivation of arid and semi-arid lands in regions like the Sahelian region of Africa is helped by the fact that the soils are usually rich in nutrients since‚ unlike wetter areas‚ the limited rainfall has historically washed only a smaller proportion of nutrients from the top soil to the lower soil levels. There are also long hours of sunshine to provide the raw energy for the growth of plants. However‚ the rainfall is sparse‚ leading to inconsistent crop

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    Sustainable and Unsustainable development Sustainable Development Concept Sustainable development is a pattern of social and structured economic transformations (i.e. development) which optimizes the economic and societal benefits available in the present‚ without jeopardizing the likely potential for similar benefits in the future. A primary goal of sustainable development is to achieve a reasonable and equitably distributed level of economic well-being that can be perpetuated continually for

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    Bio 105 Final Study Guide

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    Bio Biology 105 Final Study Guide QUIZ 1: SCIENCE 1. What is science? a. A way of knowing about the natural world using a process designed to reduce the chance of being misled 2. List the 8 steps for the process of science: b. Observation: c. Question: d. Literature review: e. Multiple hypotheses: f. Deductions: g. Tests: h. Tentative conclusions: i. Peer review: 3. 3 rules of science: j. maximize sample size

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    Ecosystem

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    Ecosystem 1. Biotic Components 1.1 Producers 1.2 Composers 1.2.1 Primary Consumer 1.2.2 Secondary Consumer 1.2.3 Tertiary Consumer 1.3 Decomposers 2. Abiotic Components 2.1 Sunlight 2.2 Water 2.3 Temperature 2.4 Wind 2.5 Atmospheric Gases 2.6 Soil 2.7 Periodic Disturbance III. Conclusion ECOSYSTEM I. Introduction 1. Meaning of Ecosystem Everything in the natural world is connected. An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things that work together. Ecosystems

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