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    would most likely not last. According to a study by NASA’s Earth Observatory, “If the current rate of deforestation continues, the world’s forests will vanish within 100 years-causing unknown effects on global climate and eliminating the majority of plant and animal species on the

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    Introduction: Photosynthesis is a process that plants use to create glucose by utilizing sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. The pigments in a plant absorb light by way of photosynthesis and each pigment can absorb different colors but will reflect green light because it does not really absorb it. Therefore, plants always appear to have a green color. Plants have four pigments that were tested in this exercise called carotenoids such as carotenes/xanthophyll, also pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll

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    to explore and connect how and why things happen, and help them to build awareness towards the environment in which they live in. There are three different gardening experiences in this report, which were observed and documented weekly. The three plants in this report include; a black bean, which was planted from seeds, a celery offcut and radish, which was planted from seeds. Each had different stages of development, which were investigated,

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    Avoiding to plant junipers, some pines, and evergreens is a good idea because the chemical content in these plants is extremely flammable. New Mexico Association of Counties implies, “Deciduous trees and shrubs are the best for firewise plants. Many needled trees contain a highly flammable chemical content. Sedums are among the good groundcover plants due to the fact that they keep flames low to the ground and from spreading because of the high water content.” Planting things in shaded areas around

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    elements that plants need to grow and reproduce. These required nutrients are often placed in four categories. The first group are the carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) that plants obtain primarily from water and air. The remaining three categories contain the 14 essential nutrients generally taken up by plant roots from soil (Table 1). The primary macronutrients are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). These three elements are required in large amounts by the plant and are the most

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    gardening and the life cycle of a plant. When looking at all the Common Core Standards there were many standards that could be incorporated into a lesson about gardening, so many that we chose six of them. The first one we chose was CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1. In this standard, students would ask and answer questions demonstrating that they understand the text. A way to incorporate this into a classroom would be to ask students questions, about gardening and plants,before you read aloud a book about

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    and fast. Extinction of these species can be prevented and our future generations can enjoy this wonderful planet as it once was. The "National Wildlife” history goes back 12 years and consists of problems dealing with endangered species of plant and

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    Endophytic fungus morphology and molecularly identification This study aimed to isolate prospective beneficial endophytic fungi from its host extreme hot desert plant and investigate their potential roles in heat stress tolerance under field conditions. A thermophilic fungus was isolated from the roots of an extreme hot desert-plant delile cullen pilicata, Aswan governorate, Egypt. The climatic environments in this region ranged between moderately cold dry winter to very hot dry summer (Abdelrahman

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    Dan Pham Pro. James Jesson HON 111–04 01 December 2017 Essay 2 Shakespeare’s impressive use of metaphor, simile, or image in Richard II makes it become one of the greatest English work in the world literature. Among these rhetorical effects, the metaphor is all over the place in the work. However, the type of metaphor considered to be one of the most significant during Richard II is the gardening metaphor. The garden scene, which is from Act 3, scene 4 of the play, has successfully provided the

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    Imagine taking a look outside and not see anymore trees. The once thick and abundant forests completely gone. The beauty of nature completely wiped out. Imagine all the animals we know today not being around anymore. The animals that we take for granted and don't think twice about.This is all because of deforestation. Deforestation is the the act of clearing a wide area of trees. Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable

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