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    Lipids and Carbohydrates Lipids are a group of substances, which include fats, oils and waxes. Carbohydrates include sugars, starches, glycogen and cellulose. They are stored in plants as starches and in animals as glycogen. There are many differences between carbohydrates and lipids. For example lipids are insoluble in water whereas carbohydrates are soluble in water. This is because lipids contain non - polar hydrocarbon units whereas water contains polar hydrocarbon

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    become extinct. Dinosaurs may have also killed themselves. It is possible that they consumed poison from plants. The emergence of flowering plants could have poisoned them. These plants contained alkaloids. Smaller animals with lesser appetites could have survived the doses, but perhaps the dinosaur could not. Most mammals are smart enough to avoid these poison ness plants because of the bitter taste. The dinosaurs, however, may have not had the sense or the liver. They could not taste

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    Introduction: Imagine living in a country where you would have to wear a respirator mask to breathe at all. This is what you will have to live with if we let our wilderness get trampled out or let our animals go extinct. There are several repercussions resulting from the decimation of a species. Overpopulating animals that were repressed by the decimated species. The now overpopulated species over eats their food supply, killing it off or very nearly. The natural habitat has now been ruined. Transition:

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    Did you know that there are over one thousand endangered species of animals in the world as of today? Wildlife Conservation is the proceeding of saving animal and plant species from becoming endangered. If they are already endangered, people set up ways to save the species from becoming extinct. Extinction is when a species is no longer on Earth and the species will no longer be reproduced. In this essay we will discuss the issue of Wildlife Endangerment caused by human activities, natural causes

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    Almost all living things have a cycle or a system which they are part of. Most species depend upon each other. “The U.S. for service like parts of the human body, to make functioning hole.” That basically means like a human body to work together with all of its organs humans need animals to work together that way we can all survive. Should we prevent excessive hunting and poaching to help our environment and the fate of the human existence. I think the answer is yes! Saving most of these endangered

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    Animals play key roles in the environment. They help keep natural process running smoothly. Insects help in pollinating diverse plants around the world. Scavengers clean up the carcasses of dead animals everywhere. There are also many different animals that help the environment by recycling various human and animal products. Carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores also keep each other with in the proper population limit. Many of these animals are part of each other’s food supplies as well. Since all

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    growth and survival of a plant depends on the reactions that occur internally called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is a reaction that captures the sun’s energy and converts it, water, and carbon dioxide into glucose, with a byproduct of oxygen. Glucose is a sugar that provides energy to allow for a plant to grow and live. This experiment is to test how photosynthesis can be sped up with a home solution. The variable being changed in this experiment is the solution that the plant is being given. In this

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    2.3.3. Extinction of Animals and Plant Species Violence against nature appears in various forms affecting different sectors of life. All kinds of hunting methods for recreation, food, fur, musk or any other reason have been the big threat to ecology. It is also known as exploitation of the rare species for commercialization purpose. The land of Nagas were once counted as the meeting place of wild animals and the riches forest but these days wild animals are no more, the dark green foliage is deceptive

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    their environment. Stimuli include chemicals, heat, light, touch, and gravity. For example, plants respond with growth behavior when light strikes their leaves. Behavior can be categorized as either instinctive (present in a living thing from birth) or learned (resulting from experience). The distinction between the two is often unclear, however, since learned behavior often includes instinctive elements. Plants and animals that lack a well-developed nervous system rely on instinctive behavior. Higher

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    and plant behaviors has begun to smudge and fade due to new evidence provided by recent studies on plant behaviors. These experiments shed light on the overwhelming similarities between the behaviors of plant and animals. Before, it would never have been thought that plant organisms could be as complex as animal organisms. Plants carry out many of the same functions as animal organisms just in a much different way. Plants and animals both share many of the same basic needs for survival. Plants and

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