.... despite government intervention to stop them from spreading(3. Lockley 33). These black ants would spread much further then the second wave of imported ants recognized as Solenopsis Invicta Buren or red fire ants(4. Lockley 33). This second wave of ants arrived in about 1945 and spread much more rapidly and dominated the previous more passive black ant(5. Lockley 34). Homer Collins, a fire ant expert, stated that "The new invader, known as the red imported fire ant, proved more adaptive and rapidly displaced the existing imported black ant. By 1949, Solenopsis Invicta Buren were the do .....

.... symptoms that go along with the virus. This is not always the case though and when symptoms do occur they are often seen as a cluster of blister sores, usually on the vagina, vulva, cervix, penis, or anus. For genital , symptoms may last several weeks, go away but only to return again weeks, months, or even years later. Symptoms may also include pain in the infected area, itching, burning feeling if urine flows over sores, and possibly an inability to urinate if severely swollen from many sores. Very severe outbreaks may have symptoms that include swollen and tender lymph glands in the .....

.... carefully debated and analyzed for the short and long term outcomes. Any industry that capitalizes on earth's resources figuratively signs a pact with the earth. This pact bonds this industry to the earth and requires that any harvesting of resources is not done so with haste and waste. There is a symbiotic relationship between the two. For the industry to exist there must be a constant supply of the resource. Without a constant supply the industry dies. Now, many people believe that the logging industry's objective is to cut down all the trees that are currently standing. As horrif .....

.... such as undersea earthquakes, landslides, cosmic collisions, or volcanic eruptions. There is a common misconception that a tsunami is a tidal wave. Although the impact of a tsunami on a coastline may change depending upon the tidal level at the time when one occurs, tsunami waves are unrelated to tides. Instead, tides are the product of imbalanced gravitational forces coming from the planets, the Sun, and most of all, the Moon. In the open, the water level may rise and fall several feet as a tsunami passes by. However, tsunami frequently go undetected by ships because the water takes app .....

.... it is used to carry oxygen to different parts of the body. These bronchus break into many bronchioles which then branch into many many microscopic tubs that cary the oxygen to every part of the lung till they meet the thin sacs called aveoli. Aveoli are thin sacs in the lungs that carry oxygen in and carbon dioxide out of the blood stream. They diffuse the oxygen into the blood cells that need it and in turn diffuse carbon dixoxide out. Diffusion is an easy method for the transfer of oxygen because it dosent take any energy and since the walls of the aveoli are only 1 cell thick it diffu .....

.... are the plants and animals which live today. The theory that groups of organisms can be transformed into different organisms has been suggested many times since the early 1800s, when scientists began looking for evidence that the evolution process took place. "The most outstanding evolutionists in the nineteenth century was Jean Baptist de Lamarck, who argued that the patterns of resemblance arose through modifications of a common lineage-for example , that lions tigers and others all descendant from a cat like ancestor." (Dickey p.42) It had already been a widely accepted theory that dif .....

.... to smoking. Cigarette smoking is the main cause of (Scientific American, “”). Second-hand smoke, inhaled by non-smokers, increases a person’s chance of acquiring (Beau Halton). Men who smoke increase their chance of dying from about 23 times and women increase their chances 13 times (“ Awareness Campaign,” 3/23/99). However, may also be caused by long term exposure to radon, a naturally present radioactive gas (SIRS, “What is Cancer?”). The residue of burned petroleum and coal can contribute to (Scientific American, “”). The de .....

.... big pack with it’s family. The pack can have as much as 36 wolves. Each pack always has two head leaders, one male and the other female. The pack may hunt and go as far as 130 to 13,000 sq. km.(50 to5,000 sq. miles)—and will defend all that land from intruders. The wolf would have soft fur over it body to cover it like a jacket to keep it warm during the winter. The wolf’s eyes are very keen. It can see and hear very well when hunting for the prey. When you hear a wolf howl it is not to scare you. It can be used for many different reasons such as to show it is happy or to communicate .....

.... in Potter, Nebraska on July 6, 1928. The hailstone had a circumference of 17 inches and weighed 1.51 pounds (Dennis 54). Hail can be extremely dangerous. It can break windows, damage roofs, dent cars, injure and even kill people! Crops are greatly affected. Hail causes around two hundred million dollars in damage a year. That's a lot of money. When the wind is blowing hailstones are at their worst. The most common places to see hail is in Texas, through the Great Plains and up into Alberta, Canada. Areas in the east of the high plains tend to have most of their hail i .....

.... a botanist for it all. Many people, such as myself, would wonder why someone would want to be a botanist. The main reason anyone can name is that plants have intrigued people for thousands of years. Plants are used for decoration, as well as our basic needs, such as: food, shelter, and even the air we breathe. Today, our world requires new needs for plants. Increasing human population is linked to gigantic environmental problems. Among them is the need for more food to feed the world. Pollution of both air and water is becoming increasingly harmful to surrounding plant areas. New and .....