Essays Tagged: "plants and animals"

Becoming an Ecologist is an Exciting Venture

logists and people trained in ecology. Along with these disasters there are hundreds of animals and plants that are disappearing off the planet everyday. There is also an increasing demand for a perso ... the ecologist is the one that brings together the study of all natural systems- earth, air, water, plants, and animals. Connections between living organisms and effects of their interactions are ecol ...

(5 pages) 77 0 3.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Becoming an Ecologist is an Exciting Venture

logists and people trained in ecology. Along with these disasters there are hundreds of animals and plants that are disappearing off the planet everyday. There is also an increasing demand for a perso ... the ecologist is the one that brings together the study of all natural systems- earth, air, water, plants, and animals. Connections between living organisms and effects of their interactions are ecol ...

(5 pages) 172 2 4.5 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Endangered Species

es it an oasis in space. It is rich in habitats that are living places for an incredible variety of plants and animals. All over the planets, millions of animals from thousands of species are i ...

(11 pages) 326 1 4.3 Apr/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Acid Rain

amaging forests or by lowering the pH of the lakes and making the water too acidic for many aquatic plants and animals to live. The father of acid rain research is an Englishman named Charles A ... id rain are fossil fuel. Fossil fuel has many usage in our society. Such as to power electric power plants, industrial boilers, smelters, businesses, schools, homes and vehicles of all sort. These var ...

(5 pages) 197 0 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Baiame Creation Story - This is about one of the anicent myths of creation, how the Baiames tell it.

Baiame, the god of the Bames walked on the earth he had made, among the plants and animals, and created man and woman to rule over them. He fashioned them from the dust of ... nd woman to rule over them. He fashioned them from the dust of the ridges, and said, 'These are the plants you shall eat, these and these, but not the animals I have created.' Having set them in a goo ... nd men and women praised Baiame for providing for all their needs. Sun and rain brought life to the plants that provided their sustenance.All was well in the world they had received from the bountiful ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Steroids

ral steroids play a key role in the body processes of living things. They are naturally produced by plants and animals, and are used for various reasons. Steroids include sterols, such as cholesterol, ...

(4 pages) 140 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Water Transitions

vailable.Freshwater is not pure in that it contains minerals and other particles. There arenumerous plants and animals that depend on freshwater for their lives. Humans areone of them. Seventy percent ...

(3 pages) 55 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Oedipus the King, by Sophocles

where wonder about the marvelous things in the sky and on the earth.What makes the rain? How do the plants and animals live and grow and die? Why are some people luckyand others unlucky? Some believe ...

(3 pages) 169 0 2.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Egyptian, Babylonian and Hebrew Mythology. Comparison of 3 cultures creation and flood story and associating it with their world views

ght,' and there was light. He then separated the light from the darkness. He also created the land, plants, and animals. He saw everything he created and, behold, it was good. The heavens and earth we ... Then to make the other gods happy he created men from the blood of the battle. He then made rivers, plants, and animals completing creation.With these stories' background one can now analyze the liken ...

(4 pages) 174 1 4.2 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Maya Creation

sed when out of sight. All around her were the spirits of rain and thunder. The deities of the food plants and animals attended her. All nature was alive and it was constantly dying and being reborn ( ...

(5 pages) 149 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The travels of Marco Polo and his influence on the western world

ut about his interest in natural resources, the ways of the people,and many strange and interesting plants and animals. Because he came from a family of traders,everything he learned he related to the ...

(5 pages) 124 0 4.6 Jan/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Comparison of Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization

Lavenda 1995:310). Parts of Mesopotamia were not inhabited at all until approximately 8000 BC when plants and animals were domesticated, bringing about an agricultural revolution. This allowed nomads ...

(11 pages) 218 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Phosphates

osphates tend to be more soluble.Phosphates, which are an important component to metabolism in both plants and animals, help in the first step in oxidation of glucose in the body. Primary calcium phos ... es. These fertilizers do not alter the pH level of the water. Instead, they stimulate the growth of plants. The plants absorb the dissolved nitrates, generating hydroxide ions, which in return neutral ...

(3 pages) 41 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

all about the cloning of sheep and what it means for cloning of human in the future,

possibilities and scientists began extensive experiments on cloning and have since then cloned both plants and animals successfully. The next step was to clone actual human beings but before experimen ...

(2 pages) 251 0 4.2 Jun/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Q: Evaluate the impact of humans on evolution in society and the environment. Compare Darwin/Wallace and Lamarchin theories of evolution. Discuss how society has reacted to these two theories.

run this can cause many problems to the ecosystem, one of the most drastic being the extinction of plants and animals alike. Another downside of the clearing is that it reduces the variation in speci ... mpacts of humans on such things as Biodiversity and a lot more stable evidence on the evolutions of plants and animals of the earth.Bibliography: Watson, C. and Aylmer, W. (2000). Heinemann Interactiv ...

(2 pages) 133 0 4.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin

Fungus

teria decay and decompose organic matter. Some fungi can be parasitic and cause serious diseases in plants and animals. Though considered an individual kingdom today, traditionally fungi were classifi ... abitat for many types of fungus, which live on dead, organic remains. Some fungi will infect living plants and animals if given the chance, while others need a living host to survive. Some fungi which ...

(2 pages) 47 1 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

DNA What is it?

romosomes. It can be found in cell organelles such as plasmids in bacteria, also in chloroplasts in plants, and mitochondria in plants and animals.All DNA molecules contain a set of linked units calle ...

(6 pages) 202 0 2.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Properties of Water

- -Water is essential for life as we know it on earth. It is used by plants and animals for basic biological processes which would be impossible without the use of water ...

(5 pages) 68 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Fungi

teria decay and decompose organic matter. Some fungi can be parasitic and cause serious diseases in plants and animals. Though considered an individual kingdom today, traditionally fungi were classifi ... abitat for many types of fungus, which live on dead, organic remains. Some fungi will infect living plants and animals if given the chance, while others need a living host to survive. Some fungi which ...

(2 pages) 76 1 5.0 Jan/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Phosphates in Water Pollution

phosphates tend to bemore soluble.Phosphates, which are an important component to metabolism inboth plants and animals, help in the first step in oxidation of glucosein the body. Primary calcium phosp ... rces. Thesefertilizers do not alter the pH level of the water. Instead, theystimulate the growth of plants. The plants absorb the dissolvednitrates, generating hydroxide ions, which in return neutrali ...

(3 pages) 64 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry