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    the whole book. This shows control over the story and that McNeill knows what he wants people to hear, and what they should do with it. McNeill really gets the reader to think about plagues as a whole and their role in humanities evolution and adaptation. It gives people a broader understanding and opens up new doors to which they can learn from. This shows his claim of authority, or Ethos, of the

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    relationships. Light intensity: This can influence where the plant grows because if the Kiekie has sufficient sunlight on the forest floor due to a lack of shading by the canopy it will not have to climb up the tree and therefore would have different adaptations due to this. But if Kiekie did not have sufficient sunlight it would have to climb up the canopy trees to enable it to receive enough sunlight for photosynthesis.Varying temperatures can affect the rate of photosynthesis for the plant e.g: If the

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    1. Adaptations- Characteristics that are passed down from parent to child that increases the organism's chance of survival and reproduction in their environment. 2. Archaea- A prokaryotic cell that thrives in extreme environments. 3. Bacteria- Prokaryotic cells that are varied and common. 4. Biology- The study of life through scientific processes. 5. Cell- The basic unit of life. 6. Community- The total amount of organisms in an ecosystem 7. Controlled experiment- An experiment that only tests one

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    Part 1: The Shaw festival and the show itself. History of Shaw festival and Doherty and Rand Shaw’s works were only sporadically performed before 1962. This changed when lawyer Brian Doherty offered up the idea of having a theatre company attributed to Shaw the way Stratford was to Shakespeare. The company was created as “A salute to shaw” to help give the town a financial boost. In the year of 1962 Doherty was named both artistic director and producer bring the shows ‘Don Juan in Hell’ and ‘Candida’

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    Larger populations of organisms with the desired traits will then occur and organisms will evolve. The four principles of Natural Selection are variation, over production, adaptation, and descent with modification. Charles Darwin, an English naturalist and geologist saw two major trends within organisms which were variation and adaptation. Variations are differences in individuals’ physical traits compared to other individuals. In the Galapagos Islands Darwin noticed that finches had different beak sizes

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    There are many different ways that Galápagos Tortoises have adapted to survive. Shells are a very important way they survive in the wild. Their shells are very dangerous to them because if they were to somehow end up on their backs. For example if they are walking through a rocky area and they were to lose their balance they could end up on their back. It's game over and they will die of dehydration and not get enough food. There are two different types of tortoise shells Saddleback and Domed, they

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    In my college career I believe the phrase “I Can Happily Observe Alligators” will help me be successful both inside and outside college. The first term I will use to become successful is commitment. Commitment to me means I am pledging to someone or something for a certain reason. This term is very important to me because I made a commitment to my parent no matter how hard college will be for me in the future I will remain in school and try my best in order to be successful. A commitment in other

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    Millennials are entitled, narcissistic, and are doomed. These assumptions, however, are results of Millennials adapting to the harsh environment older generations have created for them; to adapt means to adjust to new conditions. All mammals use adaptation. When an animal’s environment shifts they are forced to adapt in order to survive. This is exactly what Millennials are doing, it is pertinent for them to be successful, even though the way they execute these things might be off-putting to older

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    Quoting Joseph Conrad’s famous statement as a storyteller “ My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the powers of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel-it is, before all, to make to see. Sixteen years later, D.W Griffith, a filmmaker echoes the same thoughts “The task I’m trying to achieve is above all to make you see”. George Bluestone’s Novels into Film claims that “ between the percepts of the visual image and the concept of the mental image lies the root difference between

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    would otherwise be all but lost. The gradual evolution of these tools over millions of years portray a clear change in the users acclimatisation to new and varied environments, as well as their cultural adaptations. This essay will aim to analyse, through comparison, the varying behavioural adaptations of early Homonins, taking into account the factors of diet, ranging patterns, and the development of social behaviour. Oldowan technology was first discovered at the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, site in

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