...harshly on the earth and consuming and degrading too much of the planet” (p.181). People have destroyed the state’s beautiful Everglades, and obliterated our natural land forms with new developments, and we have done nothing to stop it. Brown (2009) stated “Today we need a realistic view between the economy and the environment.” (p. 17). The relationship between people and the environment in “A Land Remembered” is destruction, exploitation of the land far beyond human needs, and the natural resource being non-existent. People began to develop new technologies that required natural resources, which we eventually abused. People developed new technology without being environmentally conscious and had no sense of awareness. As human beings, we selfishly chose long-term benefits of destroying Mother Nature while our environment suffers the consequences of our careless actions....
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...Exploring the everglades through an air boat ride Living in the city can sometimes be quite frustrating with a day to day job with many responsibilities. One should always try to take some time off with their loved ones to breath in a natural environment which is surrounded by wildlife and other animals. There is no place better to visit for an adventure than visiting Everglades in Florida. The everglades is an astonishing land covered with grass, water, mud and animals spreading across an area of 1,509,000 acres. It is the only place in the world where you can find alligators and American crocodile living side by side in harmony. Most of the people think that the area is a swamp, covered with dirt and grass, however everglades consist of a slow moving river, making it possible for boats to roam about. Why An Air boat ride is the best way to explore Everglades? The Everglades area has many mangroves tunnels, sawgrass marshes and pine flatwoods. That is why the best way to explore the everglades is through airboat rides in everglades. With most of the area covered with grass and mud, the best way to see hard to reach places is through an airboat, as the boat moves through a fan rather than a...
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...Florida Everglades The Florida Everglades is a wetland. Not only is it a wetland but it is a home to tropical and marshland plant and animal species. Why let dangerous threats invade and destroy it who do not even belong there? The Everglades most recent threat is snakes. There are more and more snakes in the Everglades that the food chain for other animals is all cut up—destroyed. First of all, The snakes are Pythons and Anacondas. Which means these reptiles can reach up to at least 20 feet. 20 feet in us, humans size is like three adult men head-to-toe and a little longer. So what is so important about the Florida Everglades? Well, the answer to that is the value. Us, humans have did a lot for the Everglades. More than we really know! The Everglades have helped us out so now its time for us to help them. Animals right now, are fighting for food in the Everglades or either trying to adapt to another food, which is sad. If the snakes are out of the Everglades or was never even there the animals right now would never had to go and try to adapt to other foods and wouldn’t be on the verge or edge of being extinct. As it states in the first source " Are the Everglades Forever " paragraph 11"….The loss of the area's biodiversity doesn’t just hurt the plants and animals that originally made their homes there. Humans have benefited from the Everglades in many ways, from the creation of park and tourism jobs to the...
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...Have you ever wondered why the water in the Everglades is so low? The Everglades is a beautiful national park in Florida, but it has run into many problems. The water in the Everglades has created a big problem. The water quality, supply, and many discontinued acts to save the Everglades have all been trouble. First of all, the water quality is causing problems for families all over the Everglades in their water. Many families run into Mercury, phosphorous and other hazardous elements, making their water toxic and unsafe to drink. On page 113, it states, “The construction and population increase in the Everglades upset its fragile ecosystem and cut off flow of fresh water to the Everglades.” The construction stopped freshwater flow and...
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...The Burmese Python in the Everglades What is 23 feet long, as wide as a telephone pole and eating up the Everglades? Why, it is the Burmese python. First, the python is different from other snakes. Secondly, it has had a massive effect on the area it has invaded. Thirdly, it has gotten there through many means. And finally, we are helping to stop this invasion. The invasive Burmese pythons are leaving a wake of destruction in the delicate ecosystem of the Everglades. First, we need to understand the structure of the Burmese python. The Burmese python is powerful, and with its massive strength can eat anything to soothe its appetite. Among the largest snakes in the world, the python can be as long as 23 feet and sport a girth as wide as a telephone pole. This carnivorous snake has no venom and instead relies on its strength and back-curving teeth to take down its prey. Even though these snakes have poor eyesight, they have found ways to hunt unlike the average snake. It finds its prey by using...
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...supply within the Everglades impacs millions of organisms, with minor changes having large repercussions. The water supply within the Everglades affects the parks ecosystem, the restoration of the park, and the people who depend on the water supply. First of all, the water supply has a large effects on the millions of organisms living within the park, and the overall balance of the ecosystem. Minute changes to areas in the park, and near the park have the ability to drastically change the delicate balance of the environment. According to Caleb Hughes, “When a fragile ecosystem like the Everglades undergoes a small change like a particularly rainy storm or a short-term lapse in rainfall, the repercussions can be huge.” This statement shows that the pollution of the water supply with certain amounts of phosphorous, mercury, and other hazardous materials can, and already has damaged the Everglades severely. Laters in the passage Caleb Hughes states...
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...estimated to be living in the Everglades. Burmese Pythons are infamous in the Everglades by making an incredulous amount of changes. Pythons are changing the way local animals survive, they way people keep Pythons as pets, and it’s changing the ecosystem because they are not native on the Everglades. Pythons are changing the Everglades tremendously everyday. To lead off, pythons are changing the way local animals survive in the Everglades. Pythons are the largest snake in the world! They have a chemical receptors on their tongue to kill there prey. Pythons eat almost anything in reach since they are about 23 feet long. Python's have no natural predators, and are sweeping out numbers of species in the Everglades. For instance, in Source 1 it states,”With no natural predators, these eating machines appear to be wiping out numbers of possums, raccoons , and bobcats, as...
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...United States of America is a place we like to call Flordia and down in the state there is a place called the Everglades, a big place that is divided bybodies of water known as watersheds. A good start point by the Kissimmee River. Man control has been trying to tame this range of grass rivers. All this for the greater good of H2O aka water. which is good for saving preserving while using it for plants and willdlife that are effected as they also need freshwater. My essay will focus on history f the Everglades and how locals realized how important it was to save the Everglades. Background The first written record of the Everlades was on Spanish maps made by cartographers who had not seen the land. They named the unknown area between the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts of Flordia Laguna Del Spirito (Lake of the Holy Spirit) The area appered in maps for decades without being explored. Writer John Grant Forbes stated in 1811 "The Indians represent (the south points) as impenetiable and the (British) as surveyors,wreckers and coasters had not means of exploring beyond the boarders of the sea coast and the mouths of rivers."1 Naturally the southern Flordia Southern waterflow is from Lake Okeechokee with Freshwater aka Everglades which estimated twenty thousant miles supporting many factors including farming,wilflife, and substaining many ecosystems that live there.The Everglades are the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the lower forty eight states. They contain fresh water...
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...The Value and Importance of the Everglades "Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh my!" Just kidding! There aren't any Lions, Tigers, or Bears in the Florida Everglades. The Florida Everglades is home to many fascinating creatures and plants such as pythons, alligators, fish, insects, and mangrove trees. The Everglades is a really important ecosystem and habitat for these plants and animals. They all work together and help each other out. For one example, the mangroves provide housing for fish, and the fish keep poisonous plants off the mangroves. There are many more reasons why the Everglades is so important and read on to see. Biodiversity plays a huge role in the ecosystems of wetlands such as the Florida Everglades. From the article, "Are the Everglades Forever," it says that "Biodiversity is a good thing. Having many different kinds of plants and animals means that species have different choices for survival....
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...Andreas Balasis 4/25/15 Mark Zeigler Persuasive Essay 1 “According to news reporters, every year it’s getting warmer, these violent weather patterns, some say it’s just nature’s karma.” These lyrics from Tallahassee’s own, Dead Prez, go to show the immutable fact that “global warming” is applicable terminology for our current state of existence. I believe it is beyond our intellectual capacity to examine whether or not the weather is changing, because any rational person could do the research and understand that it is quite apparent. If Dead Prez isn’t credible enough, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal”. The only thing I can conceivable try to persuade people of, is that we are living within system a being ran by incomprehensibly short sighted and perceivably destructive people. This essay will examine the idiocracy of Republican leaders in Florida, the economic manipulation behind environmental destruction, and simple solutions to a simple problem. “I’m not scientist, man”. These are the words of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) He is also quoted saying, “I do not believe that human activity is causing the dramatic changes to our climate the way scientists are portraying it”. I think that’s pretty hysterical, given the fact that this man, who is not a scientist, was appointed a chair on the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard. Any study of the...
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...Zora Neale Hurston – Naturalism Naturalism is defined as the view that whatever man encounters in any area of human experience is natural. In can be described in detail as factual or realistic representation, especially the practice of describing precisely the actual circumstances of human life in literature and the practice of reproducing subjects as precisely as possible in the visual arts (Yahoo! Education - Dictionary). Zora Neale Hurston, an African American writer, anthropologist, and folklorist, was a naturalist. She was born in the town of Eatonville, Florida, which is five miles from Orlando. Eatonville was the first all black community to be incorporated. Ms. Hurston grew up uneducated and poor, but she was immersed with black folk life. She had little experience with racism early on in life which caused her to have unconventional attitudes later in life. After graduating from the Morgan Academy, Ms. Hurston attended Howard University and received her associates’ degree in 1920. Ms. Hurston worked several jobs during her college years but was still often in debt. She struggled with poverty throughout most of her life despite her hard work. From 1925 on, Ms. Hurston lived in New York and eventually joined the Harlem Renaissance. She was one of the shapers of the black literary and cultural movement of the twenties. Ms. Hurston was the first black scholar to research folklore on the level that she did. From 1930s to the 1960s, Zora Neale Hurston was the...
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...Critical Thinking: How to Read and Analyze Arguments Jim Wohlpart Spring 2007 Critical Thinking: A Definition Critical thinking is a mode of thinking where the thinker consciously analyzes an issue or problem, while at the same time assessing the thinking process. Critical thinking presupposes rigorous standards and mindfulness in their use. It depends upon effective communication and problem-solving abilities, as well as a commitment to overcome our inherent egocentricism and sociocentrism. Finally, it improves with practice. (Adapted from CriticalThinking.org) Critical Thinking: Not! I believe I have omitted mentioning that in my first voyage from Boston, being becalmed off Block Island, our people set about catching cod and hauled up a great many. Hitherto I had stuck to my resolution of not eating animal food, and on this occasion, I considered with my master Tryon the taking of every fish as a kind of unprovoked murder, since none of them had or ever could do us any injury that might justify the slaughter. All this seemed very reasonable. But I had formerly been a great lover of fish, and when this came hot out of the frying pan, it smelt admirably well. I balanced some time between principle and inclination, till I recollected that when the fish were opened I saw smaller fish taken out of their stomachs. Then thought I, if you eat one another, I don’t see why we mayn’t eat you. So I dined upon cod very heartily and continued to eat with other people, returning only now...
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...1. Which sentence uses verbs correctly? Choose 1 answer - ANSWER D – A. Angry cats are wanting to be let outside. –WRONG TENSE should be “want” B. The hungry dogs have ate their breakfast. - WRONG TENSE should be “eaten” C. Yesterday, the teacher prepares the assignment. - WRONG TENSE should be “prepared” D. The children are ready to go to school. 2. Which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement? Choose 1 answer ANSWER A – ignore the stuff between the commas A. The children, hushed by their teacher, try to keep quiet. B. The books, read by the student, is returned to their shelf. INCORRECT – plural “books” doesn’t match singular “is returned” C. The librarian, anxious to find the books, browse the stacks. Singular “librarian” does not match plural “browse” D. The student, bothered by the uproar, request less noise. Singular “student” does not match plural “request” 3. Which sentence has the underlined word spelled correctly? Choose 1 answer ANSWER A – B is spelled correctly but it’s the wrong use. A. The principal sent the student a letter of congratulations. B. The principle ate lunch with the students. INCORRECT – wrong version of word for sentence C. The prinsipal signs the final grade reports. INCORRECT – no ‘s’ D. The princepal earned minimal interest. INCORRECT – no ‘e’ 4. Classify each sentence according to whether it exhibits or does not exhibit parallelism. Select your...
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...Question 1 Most insects use external sources of heat to achieve their operative temperature range. Heinrich's research on the sphinx moth (Manduca sexta) indicates that some insects can thermoregulate by using their flight muscles and: A. using their blood as a coolant. B. decreasing their metabolic rate. C. possessing an internal respiratory system. D. using a countercurrent heat exchange mechanism. Question 2 The thermal stability of aquatic environments is a result of the: A. high specific heat of water. B. low latent heat of vaporization of water. C. low latent heat of fusion of water. D. All of the choices are correct. Question 3 Animals that rely mainly on external sources of energy for regulating body temperature are called: A. epitherms. B. endotherms. C. ectotherms. D. peritherms. Question 4 In general, reptiles are considered to be a/an: A. poikilotherm. B. homeotherm. C. endotherm. D. heterotherm. Question 5 Mammalian and avian aquatic endotherms use all of the following mechanisms to thermoregulate EXCEPT: A. fat. B. internal respiratory systems. C. fur or feathers. D. concurrent heat exchange. Question 6 The water availability for organisms is determined by: A. internal dissolved ion concentrations. B. external dissolved ion concentrations. C. movement of water down its concentration gradient. D. movement of water...
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...DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PACKET!Write your name, period number, and the correct answer for each question on your answer sheet. Take your time and choose your answers carefully! | | | Tone, Style, and Mood | 1. | The footsteps were coming closer. I knew I had to get out of there fast. Looking desperately around, I finally spotted a small window at the end of the room, a beacon of light in the dark, rancid basement. I sprinted and leapt up to grab a ceiling pipe. Thankfully, the pipe was close enough to the window to allow me to swing my body through. My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time. What is the mood of the passage? | | | | A. | timid | | B. | cheerful | | C. | sorrowful | | D. | daring | Write your response here: | I was having a crazy dream. For some reason, my face was covered in sticky honey, and a bear was charging toward me! It pounced on me and started licking my face! Yuck. I quickly jerked awake to escape, but for some reason the licking didn't stop! I also realized that something small was running back and forth across my chest. I opened my eyes, and there staring back at me was a puppy! "Awesome!" I yelled. I've wanted a puppy for so long, and here was this adorable brown creature looking up at me. I suddenly realized that today was my birthday! I looked at the doorway and saw my mother smirking...
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