The water on a healthy coral reef is clear because there are very few nutrients, so plankton that would cloud the water are few. ... As phytoplankton increases, so does the turbidity of the water. ... Poor water quality affects other parts of the coastal ecosystem. ... Water flows through this system, and the health of each system determines the health of the next. ... These nutrient-rich ground waters can seep into the reef's water columns with each change of the tide. ...

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It is also known that meteorites carry water, in the form of ice, and many carbon containing compounds. ... They heated amino acids without water and formed long protein chains. As water was added and the mixture cooled down, small microspheres were formed. ... He filled his notebooks with records of height, weight, color, claw size, tail length, and other characteristics among members of the same species. ... It is a lot harder for birds to see, catch, and eat moths that blend in with the color of the tree bark than it is for them to spot moths whose color makes a strong contrast with the tre...

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With abstract expressionism, Steinberg said, one could "fly" into the swirls and splatters of paint, between the lines, into the airy planes of color and imagine soaring around the one line down the center of the piece or whatever. ... In essence, Steinberg blew Abstract Expressionism out of the water almost overnight. ... In abstract expressionism, the painters have yet to exterminate form and color and line entirely, as will happen later after Pop Art shatters the solidity of its ...

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Herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians, but there is a lot more to Herpetology than just the studying of the reptiles and amphibians. Since reptiles and amphibians are everywhere, it is a worldwide study. It also includes classifying and identifying new species, the making of anti-ven...

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The early Greeks considered "air" to be one of four elementary substances; along with earth, fire, and water, air was viewed as a fundamental component of the universe. ... For example, variations in water vapor in the atmosphere are familiar to us as relative humidity. Water vapor, CO2, CH4, N2O, and SO2 all have an important property: They absorb heat emitted by Earth and thus warm the atmosphere, creating what we call the "greenhouse effect." ... Some scientists call the tropopause a "thermal layer" or "cold trap" because this is a point where rising water vapour cannot go higher because it...

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1. A. Environmental factors affecting McDonald's today are competition and eating habits. Competitors are entering the fast food chain more and more everyday and growing faster and faster. It's not all about hamburgers and fries anymore. There are chicken, salads, ...

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Throughout history, fashion has been a great and inspirational aspect in life that many people have been able to relate to. Over the years, we have watched thousands of trends run the down runway and back into the closets. The fashion industry is rapidly changing daily with new trends and recurring ones. The minds of designers is frantically racing to create a new trend and bring back new ones. The fashion industry is influenced by our own personalities and how we want to present ourselves to others. ...

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Those streaks of color appear because we have so many trees. ... Why do trees need water? ... Additional water transpires through the pores in their leaves. ... That suction must be strong enough to suck water out of the soil. The amount of force needed depends on the amount of water in the soil (a drier soil holds water more tightly), as well as the height to which the water must be lifted (a greater height requires more force, while a lesser height requires less force). ...

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Computer Graphics made a water like creature which would mimic the faces and actions of the actors. ... The spot features a 1950's style mom in her kitchen all in black and white, with two hip youngsters in the same frame in full color. BEFORE MATTE AFTER All of the footage was shot in color and transferred into both black and white and color. For the first half of the commercial where the foreground is in black and white and two teen actors are in color, mattes were cut using Commotion to isolate the two c...

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They are known to be primary because the senses consistently find them to be the same, in other words they are perceptions that cannot be altered by factors such as heat or light, which might, for example, affect the color which the object or stimulus could be perceived. ... Consequently effects such as color, odor, sound, warmth, and smell are all secondary qualities. ... For example water, which may appear warm to someone who is cold, might be perceived as cold to someone who is hot. ... Secondary qualities are those things that are concrete (sense oriented), such as color, smell, sound, and...

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History The first European explorer to encounter Costa Rica was the Great Navigator himself, Christopher Columbus. The day was September 18, 1502, and Columbus was making his fourth and final voyage to the New World. As he was setting anchor off shore, a crowd of local Carib Indians paddled out in canoes and greeted his crew warmly. Later, the golden bands that the region's inhabitants wore in their noses and ears would inspire the Spaniard Gil Gonzalez Davila to name the country Costa Rica, or Rich Coast. Many people give the credit of naming Costa Rica to Christopher Columbus because ...

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With its constant flow, by the time you put your foot in take it out and put it back in again, the water you first touched will already be traveling down the river. ... The four elements of fire, water, earth, and air are in a constant war mutilating the purity of the one, being the solitary structure of reality itself. ... The river is constantly flowing, it is not standing still so by the time you step down into that river with each passing second upon second the water that your foot is in, is different. ... You can mentally represent a color, but if a person has never seen that color could...

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Materials needed: Table or a flat surface, nontoxic paint, q-Ups, and lots of color paper. ... I will be writing down the children's name and then I will assist them on writing them on their own cot slip, they will color then al by themselves they will choose there own colors. ...

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Slime molds, which are members of class Acrasiomycota, are multicellular heterotrophs that may live in fresh water, damp soil, and rotting vegetation; they are considered to be asexual; if sexuality is present, it is quite rare. ...

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In Search for Independence and Self-Fulfillment In the last half of the nineteenth century, Victorian ideals still held sway in American society, at least among members of the middle and upper classes. Thus the cult of True Womanhood was still promoted which preached four cardinal virtues for women: piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. Women were considered far more religious than men and, therefore, they had to be pure in heart, mind, and, of course, body. Not engaging in sex until marriage, and even then not finding any pleasure in it. They were also supposed to be passive r...

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According to the text book "Introduction to Sociology" Culture is defined as all that humans learn to do, to use, to produce, to know, and to believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives in the social groups to which they belong. Every group has its own specific culture, its own way o...

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Another practice used by fast food chains was to apply specific color schemes to their establishments and logos to play a psychological role in consumerism. It has been speculated that there is a correlation between color and emotional states or feelings. ... "In a recent study by Odbert, Karwoski, and Eckerson, regarding the associations of color and mood, it was found that some colors were often chosen to go with certain groups of words describing moods.... The color red has been associated with exciting, stimulating, and powerful, and yellow has been associated with feelings such as jo...

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The physical characteristics such as height, hair color, facial features, and weight are all characteristics that we naturally have no control over. ... After he wandered into an abandoned, ruined, stone city his natural instincts to survive became the only thing that he knew, "I drank water- and I understood that my needs as an animal were met. ... (Genesis 3:8) As Sinbad realizes the difference he does everything in his power to regain innocence; "I watched the foulness run away from me with the water. And I drank and drank water as much as I could hold, hoping that its cleanliness would...

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"Pastured poultry" field pens Poultry housing design will depend on the type of production system used. For example, ATTRA's Sustainable Chicken Production describes the "pastured poultry " system developed by Joel Salatin (1). In this system, birds are housed in a field pen that is moved daily to...

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Over the history of the world, yoga has evolved from a religious practiced by holy men in India and Asia, to become part of mainstream fitness all over the world. While exploring the evolution of yoga, it is important to keep in mind the true sense of it. Yoga is a form of meditation, with or without movement. Sitting in lotus pose with focus on the breath and quieting of the mind is the essence of yoga. A practice focused on unblocking the chakras can facilitate relief from a long list of physical and emotional ailments, including, but not limited to, stress, hypertension and depression. ...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great siz...

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Preface Marriage and families founded through marriage constitute the basic cells of the society. It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. Wedding ceremony is the ritual conducted when the couple decides to establish a marital relationship and through which they can win over the approval, recognition and protection of the community. The procedure of the wedding ceremony actually reflects the various social and cultural notions. The wedding customs in anci...

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Once upon a time, in a thick enchanting evergreen forest, lived a young man. He was tall but scrawny and his skin was a deep chestnut from spending his life with nature. His hair was assumed brown, but it was soaked in so much filth that it could be a red or even a blonde color. It was summertime an...

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Introduction The American Dream is for many people much more than just a dream. For them the American Dream means getting a new shot at life, or the possibility of become rich. This is what the movie Scarface is all about. Tony Montana builds his entire drug empire from scratch and we follow him thr...

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Socio-Cultural: The Water Quality Act of 1998 and other similar constituencies have expectations of companies like Perdue to ensure proper storage of their waste products. ... Perdue Farms chicken are known for their broad breast and their golden color. ...

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