INTRODUCTION According to Oxford Dictionary‚ biodiversity means the state of having a large amount of different number of animals and plants which make a balanced environment. Biodiversity is also known as flora and fauna. The meaning of flora is all the plants growing in a particular area while fauna means all the animals of an area or a period of time. Rafflessia for flora while tiger for fauna is a case in point. Crisis on the other hand means a time of great danger or difficulty‚ the moment
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mushroom? A mushroom is the fruit of the mushroom plant‚ like the apple of an apple tree. The body of the mushroom in called mycelium and its individual parts are microscopic. Since the body of the mushroom is usually dispersed over a relatively large area‚ it is rarely noticed. In nature‚ some species of mushrooms may have a body that spreads over hundreds of square miles. Mushrooms are fungi‚ and are usually placed in a kingdom of their own apart from plants and animals. Mushrooms contain no chlorophyll
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is important‚ yet not the reason that I smoke cannabis. The cannabis plant is beautiful‚ from the leaf to the buds you smoke. I love the ‘highs’ from smoking marijuana‚ and last but not least‚ I love how I can function while ‘high’. The summary is that little nuggets of joy have been crucial in making me who I am now‚ and I am grateful for everything marijuana has brought. The cannabis plant leaf is most famous about the plant. Second famous would be first to those who are habitual smokers such
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If you were of the opinion that cultivated plants and domesticated animals is what wildlife consists of‚ you are mistaken. Wildlife‚ in fact‚ comprises of the innumerous varieties of wild plants‚ animals‚ fungi and microorganisms that exist on our planet earth‚ rather than just cultivated plants and domesticated animals. Knowingly or unknowingly‚ we largely depend on this wildlife for every elementary requirement in our life. The food we eat‚ the clothes we wear‚ the medicines we consume‚ a variety
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ever existed since the beginning of time‚ 98% of them are extinct (Facts). There are an estimated 5-10 million species that exist currently and only 1.5 million have been identified (Sherry‚ 2). Scientists classify species into six different groups: plants‚ animals‚ insects‚ algae‚ fungi‚ and microorganisms (Today’s Situation). In the tropical rainforest alone‚ most species are disappearing at the rate of 1% a year (Sherry‚ 6). If the current trend continues‚ at least 50% of all currently existing species
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at a time. But now dyes come in every different colors and type as well. For its long years of usage‚ the primary source of dye has been nature obtained from animal‚ vegetable or mineral origin. But by far‚ the greatest source of dyes has been the plant kingdom‚ notably from their roots‚ bark‚ leaves‚ wood and their berries. Malabar night shade ( basella rubra linn)‚ commonly known as alugbati‚ is a fast-growing‚ soft-stemmed‚ branched‚ twining herbaceous vine with either purplish or green stem
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the DSV and garlic mustard are a danger to the native grasses and plants. DSV disrupts the food webs and breeding patterns of the monarch butterfly and put the species at risk (Mattila and Otis 2003). Other invasive species can introduce disease and parasites which can kill the native plants and fauna‚ and thereby decreasing the biodiversity of the region (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2011). The Rouge River Park has “762 plant species of which six are nationally rare and 92 species which are
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our earth that shares the same species‚ climate‚ animals‚ and plants. There are actually about 150 different classified biomes today. The main biomes are Marine‚ Tundra‚ Desert‚ Savannah‚ Grassland‚ Tropical Rain Forest‚ Deciduous Forest‚ and Coniferous Forest. 4. What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem includes all the abiotic factors in addition to the community of species that exists in a certain area. Human populations depend on plants and animals for much of their food‚ medicines‚ clothing‚ and shelter
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This video “Xapiri” by Bruce Albert observes the xamãs Yamomami or the shamans of the Yamomami tribe in their spiritual ritual involving the use of a plant produced from the resin of the Virola tree. “At the beginning of time‚ Father Sun practiced incest with his daughter‚ who acquired Viho by scratching her father’s penis.”1 This is considered as a “sacred snuff from the sun’s semen‚ and since it is still hallowed‚ it is kept in containers called muhipu-nuri‚ or ‘penis of the sun.’”1 It is a hallucinogen
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Content Page Items Page Introduction 4 Title 5 Problem Statement 6 Purpose of Project 7 Methodology 8 Literature Review 9 - 13 Journal Site-Visits 14 - 33 Laboratory Exercises 34 - 49 The Final Report Presentation of Data Bar Graphs 52 - 54 Line Graphs 55 - 56 Tables 57 – 58 Calculations 59 - 60 Discussion 61 - 63 Conclusion 64 - 65 Recommendations 66 - 67 Bibliography 68 – 70 Introduction This report is based on the study of ‘Species Diversity and Ecosystem Stability’
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