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    Ansel Li BIOL 196 LAB - 1002 Josh Greenwood 2 July 2015 Writing Assignment #2 Meiosis I & II Cell division involves in events of cells dividing and replicating that results in two daughter cells or more. Mitosis is a type of cell division where chromosomes in the nucleus are divided into two identical sets of chromosomes in its individual nucleus. Nevertheless, meiosis is a type of cell division that decreases the cell’s chromosome numbers by half, and that is for the purpose of sexual reproduction

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    Throughout time, stories of heroes have been told. Ranging from stories from Ancient Greece to Modern-day films. Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp in 1928 published Morphology of the Folktale detailing how all heroic stories can be divided into functions that must be followed. These 31 functions broke all heroic stories down into pieces that the hero must overcome. Starting from the abstention of a member close to the hero and ending in being wedded. I will be applying these units to the popular

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    MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS), A RATHER dangerous and painful disease, is the apple of many medical researchers’ eyes today due to its many fascinating, yet strange, properties. Dankidoodle News held an exclusive conference with many of the leading experts in MS, including Dr. David Krafterion, Dr. Nicole Montelego, Clarissa Moreyes M.D., and Dr. Alex Kneece. As Dr. Krafterion, a leading expert in biology and what he calls ‘cheese-brains’ says, “Multiple Sclerosis is a neurological disease affecting

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    Ever since the Earth was formed, animals and humans co-existed. Animals were the first fellow friends to humans helping them over decades of centuries. Be it closer to the equator or towards the poles, they helped each other to live in cordial relationship. They share similar qualities despite the fact that they belong to different species. This friendly relationship has helped Earth a better place to live. Goodall and Turner believe that animals and humans share many qualities like loyalty

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    The jet stream is, in the English Oxford Dictionaries “A narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.”. By altering this jet, the Arctic warms up before the equator does, which causes extreme weather. This extreme weather is warming the planet for a lengthy period: this means that heat waves, droughts, etc. will last longer. This warming will especially affect the Northern Hemisphere in its parallel, consequently

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    affected badly. Many things can be destroyed and harmed. One unfortunate hurricane was Katrina. When a hurricane occurs it mainly starts because of a tropical storm. For a hurricane to occur you there is going to be warm water from somewhere near the equator or the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. Then when the water evaporates there should be strong winds. The wind starts to go in a circle clockwise. It should depend where the hurricane will start to see where it is going. If it is in the Atlantic ocean it

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    Triassic Era Timeline

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    The Mesozoic Era spanned over 252 to 66 million years ago. This era is also known as the Age of Reptiles. The Mesozoic Era consisted of three geological periods, the Triassic, Jurassic, and the Cretaceous periods. The first period of the Mesozoic Era is the Triassic. The Triassic Period spanned over roughly 252 million years to 201 million years ago. The first portion of the Triassic Period a.k.a. the Early Triassic Period was before the continents had even broke apart from the large mass called

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    to 93℉. The temperature varies little in change. The yearly rainfall here is around 80- 400 inches. The yearly rainfall is distributed evenly. The latitude of the tropical rainforest is 15 ° to 25° North and South. This biome is located near the equator. This biome is found all around the world. The soil in this biome is poor in nutrients and acidic. It is also wet and damp. Decomposition in the soil occurs rapidly in this

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    Palm Oil Crisis

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    The increasing demand for palm oil on the markets, has begun an economic competition between large companies to gain access to these resources. Palm oil can only can only grow in climate conditions around the equator. Companies are racing for this profitable land before it has already been claimed. The Indonesian government began to issue permits to big companies for the production of palm oil, and the results are catastrophic. Indonesia is now under a widespread burning of tropical rainforests and

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    bigger company. Go talk to one of our subsidiary’s for more info. Homesteader:(noun) settlers that got land through the homestead act. There is a Homesteader meeting in 5 minutes. Latitude:(noun) the measurement of distances north to south of the equator. They live 45 degrees south latitude. Longitude:(noun) the measurement of distances east and west of the Prime Meridian. It is 32 degrees east longitude. Prime meridian:() is the longitudinal reference line. We are east of the prime meridian. Sow:(verb)

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