Essays Tagged: "carnivores"

Rabies

abies? Who gets Rabies? Rabies is a viral disease of humans and other mammals. It is most common in carnivores. The word rabies comes from the word 'hydrophobia', fear of water. Rabies is a potentiall ...

(3 pages) 29 0 3.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Science research paper on Deforestation.

itat. That could cause the animals in the tropic level below them to die because there are more top carnivores now.Cutting down trees is called "deforestation" and it can have serious effects. If anim ...

(5 pages) 243 1 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

This essay refers to how polar bears live, and where they live. It also refers to many charecteristics of both male and female polar bears.

Polar BearsUrsus maritimusPolar bears are the biggest carnivores that are walking the earth right now. The males can weigh almost one ton, and the females ...

(1 pages) 37 1 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Predatory felines

Charles CutajarMarch 7, 04WpmEssay 2 FDAll carnivores are descendents of animals called miacids that lived during the age of dinosaurs about 60 ...

(7 pages) 40 0 3.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

The Bible said it First

s and photosynthetic microorganisms to 2. heterotrophs (consumers) which comprise herbivores, to 3. carnivores which feed on the herbivores, to 4. decomposers which break down all four groups (includi ...

(7 pages) 66 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

A summary of the following animals: Dolphin, Shark, Whale, and Tiger

anything that gets in their way -- even each other.        Almost all sharks are "carnivores" or meat eaters. They live on a diet of fish and sea mammals (like dolphins and seals) an ...

(3 pages) 35 0 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Cause and effect: The sun is the cause of all life on earth

be no plants. Furthermore, those organisms that only eat plants would have no food. With them dead, carnivores would have less food to eat, if any at all.The sun also provides heat for Earth. This kee ...

(1 pages) 129 1 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Alligators and Crocodiles: Comparison and Contrast

similarities, yet have differences.Alligators and crocodiles have many similarities. They are both carnivores found near water. Most species are about the same size except for the Saltwater Crocodile ...

(1 pages) 96 2 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Ecosystems- This essay covers every major biome in biology, addresses every key term in Enviromental Biology, and gives great illistrations of each biome.

tat.The major parts of an ecosystem are the producers (green plants), the consumers (herbivores and carnivores), the decomposers (fungi and bacteria), and the nonliving, or abiotic, component, consist ... rent places to go during the dry season.These different herbivores provide a wide range of food for carnivores, like lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals and hyenas. Each species has its own preference, ...

(24 pages) 301 0 4.6 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Ecosystems - Preservation vs. Conservation

ic carbon dioxide into limestone; complex food chains; the evolution of thousands of herbivores and carnivores; the recycling of dead organisms; the conversion of toxic chemicals into harmless substan ...

(4 pages) 324 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Seven ways the animals survive and respond to their environment.

feed. Herbivores are animals that eat plants, including roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Carnivores consume other animals. Filter feeders are aquatic animals that strain tiny floating plant ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.2 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Energy Sources: Electricity and its Environmental Effects

all decomposed ancient organisms. The organisms are all a part of the cycle of life, starting with carnivores (which would have eaten other animals, including herbivores), followed by herbivores (whi ...

(6 pages) 117 0 4.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

ECOSYSTEMS: Estuaries, Swamps and Marshes, Tropical rain forests, Temperate Forests, Taiga, Savanna, Continental shelf, Tundra, Desert, Temperate Grassland.

tat.The major parts of an ecosystem are the producers (green plants), the consumers (herbivores and carnivores), the decomposers (fungi and bacteria), and the nonliving, or abiotic, component, consist ... rent places to go during the dry season.These different herbivores provide a wide range of food for carnivores, like lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals and hyenas. Each species has its own preference, ...

(25 pages) 136 0 2.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Migration of the wildebeest in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem

ry herbivores such as zebra Eques burchelli and Thompson gazelle Gazelli thompsoni, and thereby the carnivores that prey on them, but also directly altering the dynamics of the plant community by affe ...

(8 pages) 23 0 1.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Nutrition

sms while living on or in them). Heterotrophic animals may be parasites, herbivores (plant eaters), carnivores (meat eaters), or omnivores (obtaining nutrition from both plants and animals).HUMAN NUTR ...

(5 pages) 338 0 4.3 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

DNA Replication

its energy from carbon dioxide 3.Herbivores "“ organisms who receive their energy from plants Carnivores "“ organisms who receive their energy from other organisms Saphrophytic "“ orga ...

(5 pages) 25 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Jurassic Park

ave recreated a diverse variety of dinosaurs that include omnivores, herbivores, and the well-known carnivores such as the giant T-Rex. These dinosaurs are kept in captivity by large electrical fences ...

(1 pages) 1071 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Life Of Pi Questions

eve that in a zoo you are given everything you need without having to work for it. For example, the carnivores have there meat fed to them they do not have to hunt and are not at risk of starving due ...

(25 pages) 40 0 4.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Thoughts On Meat

ll of our modern existence to eat it? Are our traditional barbecues nothing more than a festival of carnivores, a butchering of the innocent, which is done because, our fathers did it? Indeed, traditi ...

(4 pages) 962 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Vegetarianism

s that carnivorous. Evidence of us being herbivorous is also found in the length of our intestines. Carnivores have short intestinal tracts and colons that allow meat to pass through it relatively qui ... rot and cause illness. Humans, on the other hand, have intestinal tracts that are much longer than carnivores of comparable size. Like other herbivores, longer intestines allow the body more time to ...

(2 pages) 18 1 3.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American