...WATER IS LIFE AND IS A LIVING by Remelyn D. Eborda Water is life and is a living. Nobody will argue with me when I say water is extremely important to everybody. If one will, I might say, he doesn’t brush his teeth or take a shower. He doesn’t wash his clothes, the plates, the spoon and fork and glasses after he eats and he might not be drinking water. In almost every action we take as human beings, water is involved. From the time we wake up until we drink the last drop of milk before sleeping, there is water taking part. It is impossible for human to survive without water. We can stand about a month without eating but we can only have 5 to 7 days without water. This is because we, ourselves in average, 60% water. If we do not consume enough of it which our body needs to sustain its operations, we will be dehydrated and it can cause our death. Like humans, animals and plants cannot be sustained without water. The ecosystem will no longer work the same way with just a slight variation in water cycle. There will be an imbalance that will affect the life of each living organisms within it. With all these, we can certainly say that water is life. But it is not just life. It is actually a living. According to Dutch WaterSector.com, 1.5 Billion people work in water related sectors. This is about half of the total workers in the world. And nearly all jobs depend on water. Plumbers, pipe men, engineers, construction workers, and many more individuals work in water related...
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...psychological well-being of an individual. The mental deterioration of the people in Africa is a deplorable. They are forced to view their living conditions as less than. The ability to cope with these living conditions can make an individual less distant from reality. When this happens, one may become anxious, depressed, or any other mental disorder from not only their living conditions but also, their health. The unsanitary conditions leave them with contaminated waters which is used for bathing, drinking, and watering crops. All these lead to a host of physical mishaps that lie in wake. Physical health is the overall condition of a living organism at a given time, the soundness of the body, freedom from disease or abnormality, and the condition of optimal well-being. The physical health of the people in Africa is a dire one. They are under nourished from the contamination of their water supply that have a galore of harmful bacteria breeding like E. Coli from polluted water is used to take care of small children and infants. They are going to become afflicted from drinking contaminated water. In the same since, this same water is also used to water the crops that are being grown which is polluting the food that is then being consumed by animals and humans living in Africa. Finally, cattle and other livestock are also drinking the water. When they produce milk or they are butchered for meat, they are producing contaminated food that Africans are consuming. This is one vicious...
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...microorganisms, investigated the living organism in a drop of water, their manifestation of the different attributes in life. During the run of the experiment, paramecium and specie 1 were observed and were tested to determine the impact of different stimulus to microorganisms in three setups. At the end of the experiment, the variety of setups has been shown to affect the number and kinds of species seen, such as placing hay infusion in dark and the other one, exposed to sunlight, adding brine and sugar solution on the setups. The third section of this paper will deal with relative number of species observed and seen. This paper tackles how microorganism thrive and exemplify mechanisms for survival in the different setups for comparison Moreover, this proves that even in a small drop of water, still, life can exist and microorganisms prosper. I. INTRODUCTION Life on Earth was said to have begun 3.5 billions of years ago. Until now it is still dominating, counting and adding years to life’s age. For an organism to be considered living or possesses life, they must portray different attributes of life. This include mainly by movement, irritability, contractility, perpetuation of life, adaptation, nutrition and growth and development. Living organisms come across our vision because of their relative size. We easily see living organisms that are huge in size like gorillas and for some cases, even small organisms like ants. However, not all living organisms are of size that...
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...People living in Africa are usually living in the Saharan Region. Sometimes, this region could be very hot, dry, and unforgiving. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world, and it is still growing due to poor farming techniques and little water and rain. This essay will be about how people have managed to adapt and thrive in conditions such as these, focusing on the Sahel, Oasis, and Desert environments of the Sahara. Many adaptations have been made from the people living in the environments previously stated and they will be discussed further in the essay. The Sahara being the world's biggest desert, the Sahel slowly succumbing to desertification and deforestation, these are all challenges that people have overcome and adapted to. One of the environments this essay will be consulting is the Desert environment. The Sahara stated before, is the largest in the world, this means that life here will be very difficult due to the lack of water, shade, and grazing land. The Sahara is quickly getting larger and larger and people like the Tuareg nomads have adapted to this environment in many ways. They have adapted to the raging sandstorms by wearing masks or hooded clothing to protect their faces. They move from one place to another and do not remain still for a extended amount of time. Another way they have adapted to the Sahara is by trading goods....
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...life without and ending, every day should be lived like it is your last. The Tucks, who cannot die, all know that living forever is a bad thing because you have to live in the shadows and never meet any “lifelong friends.” The Tucks all were very thirsty and found a spring beside a big tree, so they all took a sip, later they realized that they weren't aging and knew that the water was special. It was eternal water. Death made Winnie live life like everyday is your last because it might be. Angus loathes living forever and wants a normal life. As well as Angus, Mae Tuck also dislikes living forever and really wants Winnie to do what her heart tells her...
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...Science 11/21/2010 Michael Cochrane Too many people, not enough water: As the human population increases, so does our demand for water, around the world this demand has increased and so has the issues of conserving water and preserving it. Public awareness is a growing issue that local government needs to get more involved with. Constant change and every day needs along with the increase in pollution and our standard of living has contributed to this crisis. Human existence relies heavily on the availability of water, we cannot exist without water. We often take advantage of this resource, we seem to think it's in great abundance, we only need to do is turn on a faucet and there it is, clean, clear and waiting for us. It is also the existence for no-living existence. Non-living and Living Factors: A major factor affecting our water supply is constant need for new construction and factories. The runoffs from these facilities are having a devastating effect on the world's drinking water by contaminating and polluting with disease causing contaminants. They enter our water systems from untreated sewer, septic, ships and storm drain to mention a few and their untreated and poorly cleaned. Numerous water borne ailments are caused by untreated water such as intestinal parasites, hookworms’ amoebiasis diarrhea, typhoid fever and numerous other bacterial and viral diseases. Other ailments from polluted water and cause conjunctivitis, skin rashes, upper respiratory infections...
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...as plants, water, food, etc. The health and sustainability of our ecosystem have been negatively impacted due to everyday poor decision making. Therefore, groups, such as Virginia Conservation Network, represents more than 100 non-profits and community organizations working together to preserve the ecosystem to prolong a quality life. Every living and non-living things are connected in some way. An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things working together. The functioning of an ecosystem is often described by the flow of energy, via food chains and the cycling of elements biogeochemical (Chambers, 2000). The major component of an ecosystem includes soil, atmosphere, heat, and light from the sun, water and living organisms. Soil provides nutrients for plants, which provide oxygen. The atmosphere consists of oxygen and carbon dioxide for plants and living organism to survive. The sun’s heat helps water evaporate and return to the atmosphere where it turns into water. Light from the sun provides photosynthesis for plants to make food. Water is a large percentage of the cells that make up all living organisms. Without the existence of water, all and any form of life would be non-existent. Furthermore, without water, there would not be sufficient nutrients for any living organism, and for plants, that means they would die and would not be able to photosynthesize. If plants become extinct, all animals will extinct as well. The process of living organisms...
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...space ! Living room Feature Gleaming Hardwood Floors ! 2nd Unit has 4 bedrooms 2 baths ! Large eat- in kitchen with great cabinets and counter space ! Spacious living and dining rooms ! Complete with an office ! The basement is completely finish features 2 finish rooms a full bath and I a family room all with ceramic tile a beautiful drop ceiling with recess lights both furnace are 6 years old . Conveniently located near public transportation, Parks and more ! Don't wait ! Schedule your showing today . Property Information Approx. Living Area: 2392 sq. ft. Approx. Acres: 0.17 (7405.00 sq. ft.) Garage Spaces: 3 Living Area Includes: Heat/Cool Zones: / Parking Spaces: 4 Paved Driveway Living Area Source: Public Record Heat/Cool Units: / Approx. Street Frontage: Living Area Disclosures: Disclosures: Annual Expenses Heating: $ Repair & Maintenance: $ Management: $ Gross Income: $13200 Gas: $ Trash Removal: $ Miscellaneous: $ Gross Expenses: $ Electricity: $ Sewer: $ Ann. Prop. Oper. Data: No Net Income: $13200 Water: $ Insurance: $ Annual Expense Source: -- Unit Descriptions Unit #1 Rooms: 4 Bedrooms: 2 Full/Half Baths: 1f 0h Fireplaces: 0 Levels: 1 Floor: 1 Rent: 1100 Lease: Yes Rooms: Living Room, Kitchen, Other (See Remarks) Appliances: Refrigerator Interior Features: Cable TV Available, Hardwood Floors, Bathroom With Tub & Shower Heating: Hot Water Baseboard, Hot Water Radiators, Gas Cooling: None Rent Includes: Water Unit...
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...The reason why humans first look for water when they travel to other new planets due to the fact that in order for living organisms to survive in those planets, there needs to be sources of water to sustain life on those planets. If humans can find water on a different planet, then they could make the claim that life could already be on these planets, or that life can be sustained on these planets. My evidence is that in order for life to be sustained on a planet, this planet must contain the six most common elements needed for life, known as SPONCH. SPONCH stands for Sulfur, Phospherous, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon, and Hydrogen. Hydrogen as well as Oxygen are both required in order for water molecules to be formed, which means that these six elements should be found and attainable on these planets in order for them to be very sustainable for any forms of life to be able to actually live on...
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...Watersheds, Watersheds Water is essential to have for any living thing, any given day. Most humans use, consume, or waste the most amount of water. Humans have the mindset that water will never run out, when in fact that is just the case. Our water is slowly vanishing, being contaminated, or wasted. There are key factors to take into consideration when determining how our water is doing not only internationally, but globally. When it comes to water, the World Health Organization (WHO) is one of the main corporations responsible for passing along the information on how the water security is doing. There are more ways to infect water than to help it. The WHO clearly states on the front page of the water section of their website, “The amount of fresh water on earth is limited, and its quality is under constant pressure. Preserving the quality of fresh water is important for the drinking-water supply, food production, and recreational water use. Water quality can be compromised by the presence of infectious agents, toxic chemicals, and radiological hazards” (WHO). This is just an emphasis on the importance of being aware of the preservation of water and how it easily it can affect anything when infected. The WHO does everything in order to ensure the safety of the water and creates opportunities to become informed about the water one drinks. Water has a huge affect on anything living. Water has the same impact on the United States as it does globally. If water is contaminated, then...
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...Water management schemes and how it helps to improve people’s quality of life Water management schemes are all the schemes in general that provides water to people, for example; water transfer schemes are one of the many water management schemes, water transfer schemes are projects that collect water from areas that have a higher rainfall and divert it to areas that have a greater need and a higher demand for water. Water is collected and stored in reservoirs for further use. Another example of water management schemes is sanitation systems which are in order for those who do not have access to appropriate sanitation. Overall, the water management scheme is a scheme that ensures that everybody has access to clean water and sanitation. Water is one of the most important natural resources which are essential for ALL living things. Water is used for drinking, washing, cooking and irrigation. There is only 3% of pure water in the world, that we can drink, 2% of that water is stored in icebergs, if the demand for water continues to increase at rapid rates; the access to water will become more difficult. Figure 1 In figure 1, the more successful countries which are MEDC’s and the more urbanised areas such as the USA, Canada Australia, Italy and France show that the more water they use per capita. They have the access to clean water, so they tend to take advantage of it and waste more, whereas the countries that have little access to clean water tend to manage...
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...with the plants, animals and birds. We must preserve the land we live on. A pollutant is any substance which contaminates the air, water and land. Pollution is the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment or harmful changes that occur in the environment due to human actives are pollution. Pollution could be of in air, water and land. As these harmful substances, gases and quality of life of all living beings will affect the humans. Pollution is very dangerous for health, environment, can cause sickness death in living beings, unnatural weather conditions and damage to crops. There are different kinds of pollution; the most common beings are air, water, soil, land and noise pollution. Air to pollution affects the air. Air pollution causes due to all living beings rely on clean air to survive. Air pollution is the addition of substance to survive. Air pollution is the addition of substance to the atmosphere that can cause danger to human health and to the other living other living matter who breathes this polluted air. The burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) to generate heat and power for human consumption is the main source of air pollution. Transportation, burning of industrial wastes and other solid wastes also cause air pollution. Air has no colour or smell except when it is polluted. Air pollution even affects the water and marine life, and land pollution affects the land destroying life and the environment. All kinds of pollution are gradually destroying...
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...the world there are issues with our water resources, with the way we conserve, and preserve the resources. The public needs to be more aware of this situation from their local governments. The increase in human population each year will increase consumption, and increase standards of living and pollution. We as humans need water to live on and is a very essential part of not only our lives, but the lives of all animals, and plant life. Water is also the existence for no-living existence. We would all cease to exist with this clean clear substance that we seem to take advantage of and seem to think with just a turn off a faucet we are getting a large abundance of for free. Non-living and Living Factors: The constant new building that is being done appears to be a major factor that is affecting our water resources. [pic]It also affects it contaminating the run-off, which in turn affects our drinking water. These disease causing contaminants enter our systems that are in our water from[pic] untreated sewers, septic tanks, boats and storm drains that are not properly cleaned. Water borne ailments can cause hookworms, intestinal parasites, typhoid fever, Amoebiasis diarrhea, and numerous other bacterial and viral diseases. Water that has been polluted can cause earaches, conjunctivitis, upper respiratory infections skin rashes, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhea, inflammation of the brain and other ailments. These types of water borne disease are more prevalent in...
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...lithosphere, on time scales that range from a few days to millions of years. These cycles are called biogeochemical cycles, because they include a variety of biological, geological, and chemical processes. * There are a few types of atoms that can be a part of a plant one day, an animal the next day, and then travel downstream as a part of a river’s water the following day. These atoms can be a part of both living things like plants and animals, as well as non-living things like water, air, and even rocks. The same atoms are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth. This type of cycle of atoms between living and non-living things is known as a biogeochemical cycle. * Each of the chemical, biological, and geological processes varies in their rates of cycling. Some molecules may cycle very quickly depending on the pathway * Biogeochemical cycles are subject to disturbance by human activities. Humans accelerate natural biogeochemical cycles when elements are extracted from their reservoirs, or sources, and deposited back into the environment (sinks) * All chemicals, nutrients, or elements used in ecosystem by living organisms such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and hydrogen- operate on a closed system, which means that these chemicals are recycled, instead of lost, as they would be in an open system. * Components of the biogeochemical cycle are not...
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...compared to the quantities we have today, it was comprised of primitive elements and very slowly evolved into the Earth we know today. Had you been on Earth all that time ago, when it was just beginning to evolve, you would have died with just a few deep breaths! Earth’s early atmosphere contained little or no oxygen. It was primarily comprised of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen, with smaller amounts of carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrogen cyanide. Over time a controversial question emerged, could organic molecules assemble under the conditions on early Earth? In 1953, biochemists Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey conducted an experiment to find these answers; they tested for what kind of environment would be needed to allow life to begin. To start they used water, methane, ammonia and hydrogen, component believed to represent major elements in early Earth’s atmosphere. These chemicals were all sealed and circulated inside a sterile array of glass tubes connected together in a loop, with one sterile flask with, and another flask containing electrodes. The liquid water was heated to add water vapor to the chemical mixture...
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