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    Beach

    Nothing is as exciting as being told to write a beach essay for academic writing. It becomes a walk in the park especially for those who spend most of their leisure time, vacation, holiday, or afternoon siesta at the ocean. In order to start writing a beach essay one must have a clear conscious. High imagination for those who have never been to the beach will help to write the beach essay. The moments you start writing a beach essay always remember to put all the aspects and features found at the

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    Salinity

    concentration that can be found in the ocean water. It affects characteristics of water quality and has a tremendous impact where plant and animal life can flourish. The degree of salinity directly relates with surface temperatures in the ocean. In areas where there are higher temperatures, there will be a large amount of evaporation. As a result, the salinity of the ocean water will be higher. Additionally, rainfall is another factor which will affect ocean salinity (Lutgens, Tarbuck, & Tasa, 2011)

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    Marine

    Marine Science Notes: Water and Ocean Structure Ms. Guerrant-The King’s Academy I. Structure of the Water Molecule A. Formed when . . . B. Polar- C. Polar molecules act like a __________ D. Hydrogen bond E. How the ___________________ influences the properties of water 1. Cohesion 2. Adhesion 3. Keeps water in its __________ form over a wide range of temperatures II. Water and heat: water has many physical

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    Environmental Risk Perception

    Environmental Risk Perception John D. Neil PSY/460 June 9, 2014 Stephen Brown Environmental Risk Perception Environmental risk is something that is perceived differently by many people the world over. With so many different environmental areas under investigation, it is difficult to assess with 100% accuracy. Global warning has been one of the more commonly discussed environmental issues in recent memory. The following is a risk perception paper utilizing two articles. One article rates global

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    Sea Level Rise

    Researchers were astounded when, in the fall of 2007, they discovered that the year-round ice pack in the Arctic Ocean had lost some 20 percent of its mass in just two years, setting a new record low since satellite imagery began documenting the terrain in 1978. Without action to stave off climate change, some scientists believe that, at that rate, all of the year-round ice in the Arctic could be gone by as early as 2030. This massive reduction has allowed an ice-free shipping lane to open through

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    1. A synapsid was a group of “mammal-like reptiles” and were Earth’s first great dynasty of land vertebrates. Since they were once Earth’s dominant land vertebrates, their fossils are the most visible today, embedded in the rocks, and provide us with the best evidence as to what caused their extinction and how the Earth evolved. 2. The fungal spike was a moment in time when there was an elevated level of fungi all over the world (now seen in Permo-Triassic rocks), to decompose the vast amount

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    The Beautiful Ocean

    The Beautiful Ocean The above-sea world has many wonderful and beautiful sights. As air-breathing, land dwellers, we can look up during the day and see the enormous bright blue sky with puffs of clouds that look like cotton candy, stars that flicker like little candles at night, and strong, tall oaks that look like skyscrapers. Being above water has many beautiful sights to offer but just where those beauties end another world with its own beauties begins. Scuba diving at a spot near my uncle’s

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    Comparision Essay

    onto your hook and you can reel it in. The main differences in freshwater and saltwater fishing is the type of tackle that is used. Lakes and ponds are usually the main spots for freshwater fishing, whereas saltwater fishing is done in the massive ocean. These size differences in the water holes has a drastic affect on the size of your catch. Freshwater fish are typically smaller, usually around 10 pounds, while saltwater fish can be as big as a car. In order to pull in a massive animal such as a

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    Essay On Pollution In Water

    of the key problems with living in southeast Georgia is the amount of pollution in our waters. The ocean waters we swim in have toxins dumped into it daily, increasing bacteria levels, making the waters unfit to swim in or eat fish from. There are several factors that affect our waters, such as the pulp paper mill industry. Paper mill companies are partially to blame for the pollution in our oceans, streams, rivers, and lakes. Fifty-three percent of the rivers and streams in the U.S assessed by the

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    Sesarma Catenata Case Study

    Salinity Species like fish and prawns migrate and thus avoid stressful salinities when conditions are unfavourable The less mobile organisms such as Cyclograpsus punctatus can’t tolerate salinities below 20% migrating into certain suitable sections of the estuary. Sesarma catenata moves further into the estuaries as it tolerates 7% but S. eulimene occur near the head of the estuaries where salinities reaches 2. 7% Floods influences the salinity levels and result in very low salinity which

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