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- 431: How Cultures Affect Teenagers
- ... be more concerned about getting to every young Brazilian's teenage fantasy, being a soccer star with fame and fortune. Soccer is very important in Brazil to everyone and mostly to all teenage soccer players. " Sports are important in Brazil, especially soccer." (Turning 16, 1991) This quote was in the video recording of Turning 16 which shows that the geography of Brazil is based on soccer. Most soccer players will not ...
- 432: The Sociolect of Teenage Jocks
- ... yet powerful while exhibiting his feelings. Will this sociolect continue to exist throughout high schools? Most definitely. Although the manner and diction will evolve, the jock's socielect will continue, as long as there are sports, as long as there is talent. Jocks are rocks, forever existing, forever changing, forever breaking.
- 433: The Leaf-Cutting Ants
- ... a meter and a half, the forager runs along the trail for a distance of about 15 kilometers at a velocity of 26 kilometers an hour. Each successive mile (to convert to familiar Anglo-American sports distances) is covered in 3 minutes and 45 seconds, about the current human world record. The forager picks up a burden of 300 kilograms or more and speeds back to the nest at 24 kilometers ...
- 434: Are UFOs Real?
- ... alive. One of the more recent media related events that is clearly a money-making attraction, is located in Roswell, N.M. This town has made UFO's a major business. The Roswell area now sports three UFO museums, competing UFO landing sites and a growing UFO summer festival that altogether are expected to draw 90,000 tourist this year. Just to see how much money this UFO based town makes ...
- 435: What Is Physics and What Are Its Uses?
- ... is traditionally defined as the study of matter, energy, and the relation between them. The interaction between matter and energy is found everywhere. In order for matter to move, it requires some form of energy. Sports show many good examples of the relationship between matter and energy. For instance, a pitcher requires energy to throw a baseball at the incredible speed and accuracy that is needed to keep the batter from ...
- 436: Landfills: A Growing Menace
- ... of garbage must be the largest thing ever produced by human hands then. Unhappily, this is not the case. The Fresh Kills Landfill, located on Staten Island, is the largest landfill in the world. It sports an elevation of 155 feet, an estimated mass of 100 million tons, and a volume of 2.9 billion cubic feet. In total acreage, it is equal to 16,000 baseball diamonds [Miller 526]. By ...
- 437: Estuaries
- ... in the estuaries protect marine life and water quality by filtering sediment and pollution. They also provide barriers against damaging storm waves and floods. Estuaries also have economic, recreational, and aesthetic value. People love water sports and visit estuaries to boat, fish, swim, and just enjoy their beauty. As a result, the economy of many coastal areas is based primarily on the natural beauty and bounty of their estuaries. Estuaries often ...
- 438: Deforestation
- ... Press, 1991. Westoby, Jack. Introduction to World Forestry. New York: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1989. Gallant, Roy. Earth's Vanishing Forests. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991. Kerasote, Ted. Canada: The Brazil of the North? Toronto: Sports Afield, 1994.
- 439: Acid Rain
- ... is showing serious effects of acid rain. Many trees are dying, the forest lost masses of needles, leaving them with sparse, scruffing crowns. Their major industries are Lumbering wood, manufacturing toys and cuckoo clocks. Winter sports and mineral springs attract tourists. Acid rain can damage and ruin soils by stripping the soils nutrients. But some soils can neutralize and weaken acid deposits that fall from the sky. These soils are called ...
- 440: Nature vs. Nurture
- ... the opposite sex. From the moment of birth, boys and girls are influenced by gender expectations. Young girls are given dolls and tea sets to play with, while boys are given play guns, swords and sports equipment. Gender roles are influenced by the environment in which we live as opposed to being biological. Society is teaching girls that their place is in the home caring for children or preparing meals. Boys ...
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