What is a disaster? Disaster‚ in this article‚ a sudden‚ accidental event that causes many deaths and injuries. Most disasters also result in significant property damage. Common natural causes of disasters include earthquakes‚ floods‚ hurricanes and typhoons‚ and tornadoes. Tsunamis (popularly‚ but incorrectly‚ known as tidal waves)‚ volcanic eruptions‚ wildfires‚ and landslides and avalanches rank among the other natural forces that sometimes create disasters. Man made Not all disasters are
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L185 Block 4 Session 4 Text 4.2 Market failures [Paragraph 1] Deforestation and forest degradation are ultimately the result of decisions by agents such as private entrepreneurs‚ corporations‚ shifted cultivators and communities. Generally‚ the main agents in the process of deforestation and forest degradation belong to the private sector. An underlying cause of deforestation is the discrepancy between the values of these private agents and those of society. Because of this‚ the satisfaction
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Name: Quynh Vy Q: Should there be a law of preventing people from living in or near a forest area? Nowadays‚ because of the highly polluted and crowed urban areas‚ there are a lot of people decided to find some new places with fresh air to go for their weekends and vacation. One of the most ideal places for this is the forested area whereas the air is fresh and the landscape is beautiful‚ which fit the demand of people beautifully. However‚ there should be a law to prevent and limit the amount
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problem T F Most of the Western United States was once covered by large areas of temperate forests. T F Nails or suction cups would be an adaptation for animals in the Tropical Rainforests. T F Epiphytes are animals that fight with other animals. T F Rainfall must be at least 80 inches a year in a Rainforest. T F Three major forest biomes are the coniferous forest‚ oak forest and
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Energy Paper The rainforest is Earth’s oldest living ecosystem. Although they only span 6% of the surface of the Earth‚ rainforests contain more than half of the world’s plant and animal species. The amount of species that live in the rainforest is greater than 30 million plants and animals. In addition to plants and animals‚ nearly 50‚000‚000 tribal people live in the world’s rainforests. They depend on the rainforests to provide them with food and shelter. The rainforest has an extremely unique
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Science biomes presentation Tropical forest - ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator -betweeen tropic of Capricorn and tropic of cancer -characterized in two words: warm and wet. -monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C -Average annual rainfall is no less than 168 cm (66 in) and can exceed 1‚000 cm (390 in) although it typically lies between 175 cm (69 in) and 200 cm (79 in) -poor soils due to leaching -high levels of biodiversity -Around
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cold at night hot in the day. Tropical Rain Forest- Very green full of life and vegetation. Nice temperature at around 28 degrees. Cold Climate Forest- Very cold and hangs around for long periods of time. Grassland- Very grassy and outgrows most vegetation. Savannah- Like grasslands very grassy but more vegetation around therefore more animals. The different types of biomes are: *Taiga *grassland *chaparral *deciduous forest *tundra *tropical rainforest *desert *alpine *Savannah
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biggest impact on tropical rainforest. Stangler Figs is an important plant species that is in the rainforest ecosystem. There are thousands of different types or species of these figs. Strangler Figs and their species are considered to be called a keystone in tropical rainforest. Keystone species are species that play critical roles in maintaining structure of an ecological community (Klappenbach (n.d.)). Strangler Figs can be found can be found in every major island and tropical rainforest around the
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IN ORDER TO STOP THE deforestation OF trees FROM THE rainforest ECOSYSTEM‚ PEOPLE NEED TO STOP using as much paper products in their household. IN ORDER TO STOP THE deforestation OF trees FROM THE rainforest ECOSYSTEM‚ PEOPLE NEED TO STOP using as much paper products in their household. The first part the campaign has to make people feel ashamed and guilty for deforestation of tropical rainforest. The people cutting the trees make it seem like it is good for animals and plants‚ but really it’s
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beautiful Oahu waterfalls with a hike along the shimmering Manoa Falls. The adventure begins along a gorgeous rainforest path. While the sounds of tropical birds serenade you‚ bamboo forests and banyan trees will spring up on all sides. Towering vines cover the trees as the the trail snakes along to one of the tallest waterfalls on Oahu. Among the trees‚ you can catch sight of tropical birds munching on delectable mango‚ apple and guava trees that grow wild within the jungle. The two-mile hike
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