Plants Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

The new sulfur dioxide "Cap and fade" program

Currently, there exists a surplus of allowances at a price of zero. The plants are likely to earn more substantial variable profits and by the time the benefits start to increase the levels of profits start to decrease this is similarly indicated by the supply and demand curves. The demand curve will indicate the level of demand for electricity by consumers while the supply curve will indicate the amount of power that the plants are willing to supply at the prevailing prices. Since the prices of allowances are zero, the producers will tend to supply more to the extent that the ...

Genetically modified foods refer to crop plant-produced human and animal use using the new molecular biology methods. The plants are adapted in the laboratory to enhance them with desired traits such as improved nutrition content and increased resistance to herbicides. The enhancement of the desired traits was traditionally got through breeding. Conventional plant breeding techniques are time consuming and at times may lack accuracy. Genetic engineering produces plants that have the desired traits and are fast and very accurate. For instance, plant geneticists can separate a gene responsible for drought tolerance and insert it in a different plant. The new plant ...

According to Aldo Leopold, the land ethic is a concept that extends the boundaries of communities to include waters, soil, animals, plants, or jointly: the land (Leopold, 1989). Land ethics defines a new relationship between nature and people, and set the stage for the current conservation movement. Leopold (1989) argues that ethics direct people to cooperate with one another for the mutual gain of all. His argument that land is a community is a foundational concept of ecology; however, the argument that it should be respected and loves is an ethical extension. As a result, land ethics reflects the presence of ecological conscience; that ...

The length of day and night are equal twice in a year. This occurs at around March 21 and September 23 when the center of the sun is on the same plane as the earth’s equator. These two days are known as equinox. However, all the other days throughout the year, the day is usually longer than the nights. This allows plants more time to absorb light and photosynthesize. During the equinox, the plant has to undergo rhythmic changes so as to cope with the changes in day and night length.
Plants respond to changes in external stimuli ...

- What is Freud’s concept of human nature? What does he mean by civilization and why does it leave us discontented?
Sigmund Freud made great contribution in the quest to understand what human nature is. His psychoanalytic theory professes that behavior is determined by very many irrational forces ranging from motivations which are both conscious or unconscious, instincts and even psychosexual actions before the lapse of the first six years of human life (Freud 15). He goes further to state that sexual desire is the driving force behind any form of energy in human life.
Freud ...

Abstract

This journal examines in details the Elizabethton strike This was a protest of women textile factory workers in Elizabethton ,Tennessee on March 12 ,1929.This strike has since become a very important part of the of the southern Appalachian labor history ,showing women’s distinctive forms of the collective action ,using both gesture and language a points of a culture. Through exceptional description of the sophisticated cultural identity expressed by these striking female workers as depicted in the case of Texas Bill and Trixie Perry ;Association between sexual misbehavior and women’s labor militancy ;Impact the event on other people’s lives. These strikes ...

Human population growth over the last few centuries has skyrocketed to a level previously unseen in human history. Although a wealth of new technologies now exist to make life easier and the overall standard of living higher, scientists and consumers alike are facing ever-increasing ethical questions regarding the intersection of consumable items and technology.
Food production changed forever during the Industrial Revolution, a western social, technological, and philosophical movement that spanned the late eighteenth and entirety of the nineteenth century (Underhill). Technological innovations like the cotton gin and the steam engine allowed for more effective food harvesting, while agricultural practices improved ...

Introduction

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a group of technologies that received recognition in 21 century. CCS process consists of collection and concentration of CO2 emitted from combustion of fossil fuels with further transportation to special storage locations. The reason for storing carbon dioxide away is related Greenhouse effect and its influence on global warming process. The main goal of carbon capture technologies is to stabilize the levels of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. It is expected that implementation of CCS technologies will make it possible to reduce the total emission of CO2 up to 54% (to 450 ppmv). ( ...

A case study of Nucor Steel Corporation

Nucor Steel Corporation was founded in 1897 by Ransom Eli, an auto manufacturer who formed the REO Motor as noted in Nucor-WOW.com. The corporation is headquartered Charlotte, North Carolina and it is the largest steel producer in the United States. Particularly, the corporation operates in three segments namely the Steel Mills, Steel Products as well as the Raw Materials. It manufactures many products ranging from the steer bars and decks as well as the cold rolled bars among other products for industrial uses. Given that the company requires a lot of project management due to the coordination of the ...

Introduction

Karen Warren coined the term “Ecofeminism” in explaining the logic of domination where the notion of people’s control over nature as a whole is wrong and for the same reason that the subordination of women to the will of men is also wrong. According to argument, feminists should object to the idea domination because subordination of women and domination over nature both represents the logic of domination. On the other hand, the asserted claim of twin domination encompasses several issues. In this discussion, Warren’s logic of domination and the concept of ecofeminism will be examined by explaining ...

Introduction

The tire is primarily the only part of a car that is in touch with the road. A balance must strike among traction, durability, overall, energy efficiency and comfort by the tire in cars. Due to all these factors, the designing and manufacturing of a tire is a complex process as compared to what is generally perceived .
Headquartered in the region of Clermont-Ferrand, France, the Michelin Tire Manufacturer is available in around 170 countries. It has more than 112,000 employees who work in various departments of the company. The company has a total of 68 production plants in ...

Genetic engineering has made significant strides in the treatment of different diseases. Technologies that are employed in genetics have been growing in efficacy in the recent years, and they hold promise in the treatment of diseases proved difficult to treat in the past few decades (Bess 56). In addition, these technologies have opened new avenues in which people can make advancements to their bodies and minds. However, in the wake of genetic engineering, there are a number of problems that are cropping up. One of the most significant challenges is perfection. Because of the great promise that genetic engineering ...

Interpretation

Geothermal energy refers to the sustainable heat generated from beneath the earth, which composes of hot rock, hollow ground, and hot water. The extraction of this type of energy links to environmental hazards that threaten its widespread exploitation.

Analysis

Geothermal power plants cause atmospheric pollution. The extraction process in geothermal fluids relates to the emission of gases, water, and steam. It primarily entails the generation of power, which leads to the emission of non-condensable gases. A larger percentage of Carbon dioxide produced by external; sources come from geothermal activities. The power plants produce 1000-5000 times a lesser amount of Carbon ...

Recently, a team led by Andy Challinor from the University of Leeds in the UK stated that after two years, world climate change will affect the harvest of maize in Africa, and a decade later, global warming will impact many varieties of cereals all over the world. This will lead to starvation in Africa and food shortages in the rest of the world, as climatologists fear.
One of the reasons of this cataclysm is the greenhouse effect which is the warming of the planet's surface and atmosphere due to capturing the heat of solar radiation by atmospheric gases. In ...

Human beings tend to always want to take the Bible as it is, in that they tend to always want to take whatever that has been written to be the gospel truth. However, when one logically takes the writings and wordings of the Bible, it will be impossible for one to say that every statement and verse in the Bible is the true word for word. The Bible is said to be God’s revelation to human beings and it is meant to stipulate how we are supposed to carry out ourselves. However, taking each and everything as it ...

Windmills have been widely used since thousands of years to pump water for agricultural purposes, propel ships and grind grains. As civilizations advanced, other convenient sources of energy replaced wind energy. Currently, fossil fuels that include coal, oil and natural gas fulfill the energy needs of nations across the world. These fuel sources are responsible for polluting the environment through the emission of hydrocarbons that cause global warming and various other environmental hazards. Also, these non-renewable energy sources are much limited and continue to deplete from the face of the earth. Therefore, wind energy that can be tapped conveniently ...

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Tropical rainforests are along the earth’s equatorial zone. In Central America they occur on the Yucatan Peninsula, Costa Rica has one of the most famous. South America holds the largest rainforest in the world, The Amazon. The rainforests of central Africa stretch from the Congo to the island of Madagascar on the eastern side. The monsoon area of Southeast Asia has rainforests from India to Myanmar (Burma) to the islands such as the Philippines and reaches down into northern Australia. (Learning, n.d., www.srl.caltech)
The tropical rainforests are characterized by high humidity and torrential rains ...

Abstract

Kinship refers to human relationships by blood or marriage to another or others. It can also be defined as relatedness through having characteristics in common, or through coming from the same origin. This study focuses on how the Yanamamo, which is a foraging and horticultural society, practices kinship ties, and how these ties provide support in all the stages of their lives. By definition, horticulture, in this concept refers to a simple form of agriculture based on working on small plots of land without using draught animals, ploughs or irrigation, while foraging is the search or processes of searching for something, ...

Fostering Successful Emergency Planning

Fostering a successful emergency plan ensures that the plan focuses on intensive training and exercises. In doing so, the plan reinforces emergency preparedness for a number of potential emergencies. The exercises that emergency planners can create to test their plans include trial or testing through prototypes and operations, rehearsing the plan and explaining the plan to others and memorizing it (‎Perry, 2016). The best way to access emergencies is through trials. I believe this is true because when accessing emergency systems using trial, one bases the trial on socialist systems. The use of socialist systems in responding to emergencies ...

Introduction

A dam is a structure specifically constructed to obstruct the flow of moving water, and by extension raising the water level. Dams are built for various purposes, such as a means of flood control, water storage, and a source of hydroelectric power, specifically hydroelectric ones. Some dams are also used in transportation and inland navigation by acting as bridges that connect one side of a body of water to the next. In other words, dams can have many benefits for a developing society. Because of their perceived benefits, many dams have been built all over the world—at least ...

Modern agricultural practices and technological advances have led to tremendous success in food production. Despite the success, efforts to increase the production of food have had negative and far-reaching effects on the ecosystem. The persistent decline in biodiversity is affecting food production as well as other food related services (GRiD par 8).
Biodiversity can be defined as the various forms of life on earth regarding the number, distribution and composition (species, alleles, groups, etc.) of the biota (Nair par 9). Agricultural activities have a direct and significant effect on biodiversity while the decline in biodiversity is negatively affecting food ...

Breaking the Law For the Sake of Justice details an incident where 2,500 protested illegally trespassed onto the property of a Washington D.C. coal-burning plant to protest that fact that these types of plants contribute to 40% of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. Feeling that a significant amount of environmental damage was being caused by the plants, the demonstrators felt a social need to break the law. It was their belief that breaking the law in this instance would benefit society and be for the greater good by discouraging the use of coal by power plants which contributes significantly ...

The Columbian Exchange, coined by Alfred Crosby in 1986, refers to the massive movement from the Old World to the New World and back, of crops, animals, and diseases after the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492 (Grennes 2007, p. 91). The meeting of the Old and the New World drastically changed the fortunes not only of the natives inhabiting the newly discovered continents, but also of the European settlers and Europe as a whole. New species of animals were introduced to the Americas that helped in farming and transportation. On the other hand, new species ...

At the time he wrote the article Why You Should Fear Your Toaster More Than Nuclear Power, Taylor Pearson was a sophomore student at the University of Texas, Austin. He prepared this article as a public argument for an academic assignment, developing an informal argument on nuclear power, as he indicates on his LinkedIn profile (Taylor Pearson). Although the writing is an informal argument, the author of this text is nevertheless credible and trustworthy due to his academic record, to his interest for world affair or political issues and his transparent, clear and accurate writing style. In the analyzed article, Pearson ...

In an age of scientific advancement, it is easy to take for granted a number of widely-held facts and theories that have been largely substantiated by scientific inquiry. One of these fundamental theories is the theory of evolution-- much of science and medicine is built upon the foundation of evolutionary theory. Without an understanding of evolutionary theory, modern medicine would not have advanced to the point that it has; humanity's ability to produce vaccines and do work on genetic diseases and stem cells would be severely curtailed, if not impaired entirely. Indeed, without Darwin's introduction of evolutionary theory, humanity's understanding ...

William Ekastern is a nuclear engineer at the thermal-hydraulic department of nuclear reactor firm. He is a member of the Administrative Law Judge-Technical on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Also he sits at the National Academy of Nuclear Engineers and the American Association for Advancement of Science and America Nuclear Society.
William finds himself in a challenging situation. A memo he wrote to his superiors concerning the potential impacts of operators to terminate High pressure Injection following the initial stage of LOCA at one of the plants receives a negative feedback. The memo was rejected ...

As the world is progressing and pollution becoming a major determent to a green world, recycling has chipped in to help better the situation. By coincidence, most of the waste products in industries and household chores are recyclable. This means by increasing the rates or recycling we reduce overall rate of resource exploitation and extinction. We also help conserve the environment and ease the process of making the world green. In most cases, governments have come up with acts or laws in their constitutions that help govern the process of recycling. Such acts of parliament or sections of the constitutions usually ...

List the three nutrient cycles present in an ecosystem.

Nutrient cycles are also called as biogeochemical cycles as they help convert the elemental form of essential minerals into biochemical form for utilization by living organisms. The three important nutrient cycles of the ecosystem are the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle and the phosphorous cycle.
Nitrogen has a vast atmospheric abundance but is not present in a useable form for many organisms. Nitrogen fixers convert nitrogen into ammonium and nitrates to be taken up by plants and passed onto animals.
Phosphorous is the integral part of the building blocks of nucleic acids, ATP and lipids that make up the ...

Thinking critically

Global stratification is the phenomenon that explains the social structures inherent in a society. These structures emerge due to the differences in wealth, opportunities, power and unequal distribution of resources in a society (Henslin, 2010).
Considering the case of maquiladoras assembly export plants situated at the US-Mexican border, individuals in this region are very poor, earning wages of just about $100 for a 48 hour week (Henslin, 2010). Individuals in affluent American cities and other localities contribute to the affliction of these people either directly or indirectly. By buying the commodities produced by these plants, I encourage the owners of these ...

Restoring democracy in the United States will require major reforms that reduce the power of corporations, elites and special interests in the whole political process. Right now, there is a radical disconnect between the political and economic elites and the needs and interests of the ordinary voters. Most people today realize that the country is in its worse crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but government and the political system seem dysfunctional and incapable of dealing with it. Removing the power and control of big money from the political process forever would be the most important step in ...

Organizational Change

The corporation of Enron was an American commodities, energy and services company that is located in Houston, Texas. The CEO of Enron was Rebecca Mark until she moved to be the leader of water business that had been acquired by Enron. Rebecca Mark assumed a crucial role in developing the largest international endeavor of Enron which is the Dabhol project which is located in India. Before its demise in December 2, 2001, the corporation had an approximate of 20,000 employees and was one of the leading natural gas, electricity, communications, paper and pulp companies with revenues of about $101 ...

According to the World Food Programme (2012), almost 870 million people do not have the capacity to eat enough, majority of them living in developing countries. At least 564 million of the world’s hungry people currently reside in Asia or Oceania. In terms of gender, women comprise 60% of the entire number of the world’s hungry. Children have also been a victim of hunger around the globe as it fostered malnutrition and under nutrition, killing five million kids under the age of five from developing nations (World Food Programme, 2012). There have been proposals that most of the ...

The article “Pico Della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man” if a passage that is tailored to help explain why a man may be considered to be a very important creation of god, higher than all the other creations. However, the author of this piece goes ahead to try and show that there are those times and situations, where this kind of reason given seems not to help vividly explain the reason for a man to be considered to be the greatest creation that needs to be admired by all the other creations be it the stars or ...

“The land ethic,” which is found in the work of Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, is a theoretical philosophical framework. In it, Leopold tries to confront the weaknesses which he say encompass common environmental conservation. Leopold, a trained forester, and hunter, cherished and recognized the benefits of nature (Leopold, 2014). Having lived through the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, he witnessed fertile top soil in southwestern Wisconsin blown away by the wind and eventually sip into the sea. These he observed were as a result of human activities and wondered how, despite the profit motives of man ...

Christopher Columbus was quite sure that it was possible to sail to East Asia and India by heading to the west from Europe. His convictions were based not on obscure and legendary news of the discovery of Finland by the Normans, but on the considerations of Columbus' genius. The warm voyage from the Gulf of Mexico to the western shore of Europe evidenced of the existence of a great land in the west. Vincent, the Portuguese skipper, caught a piece of wood in the sea near the Azores (Eckhart 88-89). which depicted figures carved on it. The carving was ...

I have chosen Buddhism as the worldview to analyze. As there are two schools of Buddhism, rather than focusing on one school, I tried to incorporate the concepts that both schools follow.

Origin

In Buddhism, life has no beginning or end. There could not have been a beginning out of nothing. Instead, there is a cycle of life called Samsara. The cycle is continuous and consists of births and deaths. There is a story told by Buddha that to a man who asked him about the origin of life. Buddha explained in parable that a man was shot by a ...

The two authors bring out the effect of drugs on the society; the authors describe a society which was very positive at the initial introduction of the different drugs. At this time little was known about the aftermath drugs.
Iain Gately in his work tells a narrative of a plant that holds a special place in the history of humanity. The plant is presented to the world as a gift, this is evident on the cover page of his book “ a culture history of how an exotic plant seduced civilization.” the crop is the main driving force behind colonization ...

1). In the articles “Population Growth Sentencing Millions to Hydrological Poverty”, and “20th Century Power System Incompatible with Digital Economy” authors have described some ethical issues. In the article Population Growth Sentencing Millions to Hydrological Poverty, the author has described that there is a shortage of water in most of the countries, the demand of water is more than the supply, it is not even available for drinking. The scarcity of water is because of the increase in the growth of population, industrialization, and urbanization, and also because of over pumping (Brown, 2000). The article provides the solution ...

The concept of human beings going to live on mars permanently can be termed as the colonization of mars (Zubrin, 2011, p.233). The idea was taken lightly in the past. Recently, however, the matter has been taken more seriously with more studies of life survival in mars being done. The Martian environment differs slightly with that of earth and any living organism set to live on mars will encounter these changes which will definitely affect them.
Typically, a solar day in mars is a little bit longer on mars than that of earth. In mars, a solar day lasts for 20 ...

In his book, Martel is trying to express his views on truth and reason. Through the two different accounts of the survival journey of Pi, Martel tries to explore the nature of truth. In his views truth is greater than reason and sensory capabilities, and sometimes to understand the truth better, one has to go beyond reason and empirical devices. He presents his readers with two stories in order to establish that truth is not all about objective rationality; it is closely linked to how one interprets reality. He unequivocally believes that truth is not always determined by the ...

Within the PharmaCARE scenario outlined in this situation, several different stakeholders can be found. The key characteristics of a stakeholder primarily involve having some sort of vested interest in the company’s success and future; their financial success and/or livelihood must depend on the company doing well and succeeding. Stakeholders are typically very aware of the actual actions of an organization, and so organizations must work hard to ensure that they are happy in order to maintain their own success and legitimacy. In order to understand the full consequences of an organizational change or scenario, the stakeholders must be identified.
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Introduction

During the early 1980s, the US auto industry was dominated by three domestic players, Ford, GM, and Chrysler. The import of cars into the US market was relatively less. The market penetration was relatively high in the car market. However, things started changing when the Japanese companies started exporting cars to the US market. In the first half of the 1980s, the market share of Japanese cars in the US market increased manifold. The market share from 17% in 1980 grew to 25% within a few years. Due to the increase in demand for Japanese cars, the demand for the ...

2-1. Food Foragers, Hunting and Gathering, and ‘Insulting the Meat’ and Egalitarianism

Food Foragers
Food foragers are essentially ‘in tune’ with their environment such that they have developed the senses and the skills to forage for food. Foragers survive by fishing, hunting, and gathering edible plants in their surroundings. Since foraging not only requires skill but also shared efforts among people in the community. For this reason, foragers were the ones that put together the fabric of ‘community’. “It was as foragers that we became truly human, acquiring the basic habits of dealing with one another and with the world around us that still guide the behaviour of individuals, communities, ...

Tropical Deforestation

The tropical forests are an ecosystem located in the inter-tropical zone, between 23°S and 23°N. The tropical forests contain the most important biodiversity in plants and animal species. The tropical forests are very important to the planet as a source of oxygen for the planet.
The deforestation is a phenomenon that exists since the human is on earth. From eighteen century the deforestation in all the regions of the world and especially in the tropical forest increases its rate due too many factors as: agriculture, wood, mineral extraction and cities expansion. The deforestation is conducted both by economic ...

When Europeans arrived in the "New World," they did not find a barren, uninhabited land, but rather large and complex Amerindian societies. The cultural clash that ensued would radically change both Europeans and natives. Although there was widespread collaboration on the part of native Amerindians, such as opportunistic chiefs using Europeans for their own wealth, overall the collision of cultures created more problems for Amerindians than improvements. This is evidenced by the one-sided power relationship where Europeans often exploited Amerindian populations for economic opportunities and a lust for conquest. The contact between Europeans and Amerindians detrimentally transformed native society in the ...

Introduction.

Since the existence of Homo sapiens around 180,000 years ago, human activities have been on the rise most of them with diverse effects on the environment. Human activities are responsible for almost all the loss in biodiversity throughout the globe (Southeast Asian Affairs 2002, pp 56). Biodiversity is not only unevenly spread across the Earth but also follows complex processes determined by the current changes in environment, global warming, evolutionary history of the planet and geology. Global eco-regions recognize that whilst coral reefs and tropical forests harbor most biodiversity there are manifestations in boreal and temperate regions, mountain ...

Renewable energy resources are those—unlike coal and fossil fuel—that are continuously being replenished over time (BBC). Wind and biomass are some of the many alternative energy resources used today. These alternative resources of energy does not produce greenhouse gases thus, they are environmentally friendly. However, both renewable energy resources also have their downsides.
While wind has a zero net emission of CO2 the biomass fuel cycle emits a negligible amount of CO2 during electricity production since the greenhouse gas is fixed by plants. At optimum conditions a wind turbine has the capacity to produce at least 500kW of electricity ...

- Sticker info
Q. Most plug-in electrical devices in your home or school have a sticker on the bottom or back that describes some of their electrical characteristics. Find one near you and share it. What can you understand about the device from looking at this sticker?
The device in consideration is an HUAWEI travel charger. The charger indicates that it will require an electricity input of 100 – 240 volts. Its output is 5.0 V, and a current of 400mA. This means that if the input and output conditions are not met, the device may be destroyed or not ...

The indigenous people of California consisted of different tribes of Native Americans accounting for about 1/3 of the total Native Americans in the United States. On the eve of European colonization, the indigenous people of California were hunter-gatherers and practiced different forms of fire-stick farming and forest gardening in the land’s diverse ecology (forests, wetlands, grassland and mixed woodlands) to ensure medicine and food plants continued to thrive (Starr, 2007, p. 5-12). These people were clearly blessed with spectacular natural beauty and astonishing human diversity leading to a wide range of similarities and difference. The Native people in the ...

A response to the artworks

A response to the artworks

INTRODUCTION

The contemporary artworks of 21st century have come far ahead of usual pencil, paint brush and charcoal artworks. Now, there are countless instances of digital artworks as well as mixed media art incorporating innovative ideas and state-of-the-art technologies. This short essay analysis aims at illuminating the similar array of artworks- by artists Beth Grabowski and Jina Valentine. The response for their artworks in term of artistic quotient has been given here.

BETH GRABOWSKI’S ARTWORKS

Beth Grabowski is the Assistant Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Studio Art who takes classes including undergraduate courses in printmaking, 2-D ...

In the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, the author chronicles the attempts by her and her family to spend an entire year eating nothing but locally grown food. Toward this end, Kingsolver concludes that it is entirely possible, though difficult in the process of adjusting and acclimating oneself to these new conditions, to eat only natural food, adjusting one's diet to the local growth available in the season. The author clearly links the wholesomeness, freshness and healthiness of these organic and local foods to the ubiquity and assembly-line perfection of the supermarket in one particular passage, which ...

Significant environmental/geographic factors that contributed to the development or expansion of the United States

The two environment/geographic factors that I consider most significant to the development and expansion of the United States include the vast fertile plains of the Mid-West Region and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The Mid-West Region, which is also referred to as the ‘land of farms’ is considered as one of the most important farming areas in the United States. This region is endowed with conducive climate and natural resources, which are important for the economy of the region. Along with farming, the area harbors a prosperous manufacturing industry. The Mississippi and Ohio rivers are a home to several towns and ...