The document describes the Lam Watah Historic Trail (Rabe Meadows) in Stateline, Nevada. It notes that the trail has a bridge over two small streams and is well-maintained with paved sections. Facts about the trail include that it is 2-3 miles long depending on the route taken, located in South Tahoe, and has a highest point of 6,275 feet. The trail condition is described as packed sand and paved surfaces.
BiologyYou will respond to your classmates posts and add sometChantellPantoja184
Biology:
You will respond to your classmates' posts and add something new. The response is broad this week, but I encourage you to discuss your opinions and thoughts. Science isn't set in stone. The 'helpers in the nest' theory is controversial, even among evolutionary biologists, as are many topics in this category. BUT DON’T FORGET TO CITE THEM. (Respond with a 100 Words for Each)
First Post:
Invasive species can be any kind of living organism not native to an ecosystem that causes harm. This can be to the environment, human health, or the economy. These species typically grow and reproduce quickly and tend to spread aggressively. Now, when I think of an invasive species the first thing that comes to my mind is the iguana. Not entirely sure why, maybe its because they are all over nsu's campus, but it was interesting to google other invasive species and learn more about them.
I researched the European Green Crab. The European green crabs are considered one of the most widespread invasive marine species on the planet! They began invading Washington state in 1996. The crabs themselves are native to Europe and North Africa. They were first brought to North America in 1817 by being carried in the holds of wooden ships. It is thought that they were spread during their long larval stage which lasts up to 90 days. They would spread via shipping on boats or by drifting on ocean currents. They also frequently move from one area to another by "hitchhiking" on boats, in gear, or in packaged shellfish.
When the green crab population grows too large, they cause various issues. They compete with other shellfish, destroy eelgrass that is an important habitat for Dungeness crabs and salmon, and disturb sediment. They are able to out- compete native species because they live 4-7 years, the eat a wide variety of plants and animals, and the females release 185,000 eggs up to twice a year. It is said that once the European Green Grab establishes a population in a particular area, it is practically impossible to get rid of them. Groups and organizations are working towards limiting their spread and limiting the ensuing damage.
References:
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatic/invertebrates/european-green-crab (Links to an external site.)
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/europeangreencrab-crabevert-eng.html (Links to an external site.)
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Invasive-Species
Second Post:
Reading about different types of invasive species is interesting especially considering the major changes they cause within an ecosystem. Information regarding the Burmese Python was quite striking. The python originates from southeast Asia and has made a significant impact on the ecosystem of the Everglades in South Florida. There are two speculations about how the burmese python reached the Everglades. Similarly to Professor Kiene's mention of the pleco and tiger oscar, ...
Running head A VISIT TO NATURE HISTORY MUSEUM OF LA10.docxSUBHI7
Running head: A VISIT TO NATURE HISTORY MUSEUM OF LA 10
Abdulaziz Alrassi
California State University, San Bernardino
Date
A Visit to Nature History Museum of LA
Introduction
After visiting the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, I learned so many things concerning the animals that were there in the early days and how they looked like, as well as, how they lived . The Museum has a large paleontological collection that helped me develop a better understanding of the Earth’s biota. The Museum’s collection ranges from fossils to the modern organisms which are collected from the entire world, and it is therefore a good place to begin with when exploring on the paleontological exhibits and other historical items. During the visit at the Museum I learned of a few things that I never knew existed and other facts too that are new. In this article there are a lot of areas and information that are presented showing all the paleontological exhibits and other historical items.
Exhibit 1. The Gray Fox
The gray fox (Botanical name Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is one of the interesting exhibits I found at the museum. The exhibit on Fray Fox features 4 photographs indicating how the small American mammal survives in the wild. The photograph below (Image 1) shows a Gray Fox family in their burrow. It reflects the legacy of life by clear illustrations of how the Gray Fox adapts to the environment. From what I gathered, the animals are largely monogamous. The photograph shows an ideal family in their broken terrain habitat. Gray foxes opt to live in broken terrain and rocky areas in order to ease the process of making new homes.
An adult male is seen overlooking his family that is resting outside their den, probably to show gender roles in the social life of the gray fox. The female (much smaller than the male) lies next to their kit. The fresh soil dug in their burrow shows that their home may be new, indicating that the species may have moved in more than once. Gray foxes diet is comprised of vegetation, small mammals such as mice, and insects. The photograph captures an environment (San Gabriel Mountains, California) capable of meeting the species food needs. Green vegetation provides gray foxes with vegetation foods. Insects feeding on the vegetation are most likely part of the gray fox’s diets. Gray foxes are spread across central USA, Southern Eastern Canada, and Western Venezuela (Reid, 2016).
Information obtained from (Reid, 2016) indicates that one of the most peculiar traits of the gray fox is their ability to climb trees in order to evade predators. The strong claws used to dig and remove earth are used to climb trees. This makes them the only species of the dog family with the ability to climb trees.
Image 1: Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
2. Exhibit 2: Costume won by David. E. Llewelyn
Image 2 shows the costume worn by David. E. Llewellyn, an important figure in the 20th century America.Llewellyn (1874-1963) was ...
PartV- What Dld You Leam-Partill- Unlucky Clover very tast atiling por.docxJulianQpDRossb
PartV. What Dld You Leam? Partill. Unlucky Clover very tast atiling poresn that hitills enaymes in the mlochondi ATP quldety leads to death. Smat organlema that neterenches prodvaing clower eithor dis, or leveve the plant alone in favor of other plarta. Twe oone products are roquired lo prodvice active cyenite. One menterenes and organdes of the colst that make up the loes. Part 1. "Pm Looking Over.." White clover (Tiriolium repens), a small perennial plant, is found throughout the world, and has two forms. One variant has entirely green leaves (plain) and the other has green leaves with a prominent white stripe (striped). Do an intemet search for clover to see If you can readily identify each type. Both varlants of white clover (plain and striped) are found along the coast of Long Island, New York Most of Long Island is only a few feet above sea level. A series of low grass-covered hills separated by shallow depressions covers the area behind the oceanfront dunes. The shallow depressions reach to the water table, so they tend to be permanently molst year round and do not freeze in winter. Water drains away quickly from the low hills, which tend to dry out many times over the year and freeze in the winter. The hablitat in the shallow depressions is more holkitable to mollusca (snalls and slugs) that feed on clover. One type of clover is more common in shallow depressions while the other type is more likely to be found on low hills. When organisms of the same group or species have different phenotypes, they are referred to as polymorphisms. At the end of the case, we will come back to Now York and ask you to predict which type of white clover is most abundant in each microhabitat. 1. Propose a reason why one type of clover might be found in the depressions and another type on the hills. (2 pts.) 2. Provide another example of a polymorphlsm you have observed in an animal group. (2 pts.) 3. Sketch the coast of Long island as it is described in the paragraph above, showing the types of organism and landscape and where they can be found. (5 pts.) Pattill-Finses le Wumber Part 1. "Pm Looking Over.." White clover (Tiriolium repens), a small perennial plant, is found throughout the world, and has two forms. One variant has entirely green leaves (plain) and the other has green leaves with a prominent white stripe (striped). Do an intemet search for clover to see If you can readily identify each type. Both varlants of white clover (plain and striped) are found along the coast of Long Island, New York Most of Long Island is only a few feet above sea level. A series of low grass-covered hills separated by shallow depressions covers the area behind the oceanfront dunes. The shallow depressions reach to the water table, so they tend to be permanently molst year round and do not freeze in winter. Water drains away quickly from the low hills, which tend to dry out many times over the year and freeze in the winter. The hablitat in the shallow depressions is m.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Systems Neuroscience for Functional Atlasing a...Ana Luísa Pinho
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides means to characterize brain activations in response to behavior. However, cognitive neuroscience has been limited to group-level effects referring to the performance of specific tasks. To obtain the functional profile of elementary cognitive mechanisms, the combination of brain responses to many tasks is required. Yet, to date, both structural atlases and parcellation-based activations do not fully account for cognitive function and still present several limitations. Further, they do not adapt overall to individual characteristics. In this talk, I will give an account of deep-behavioral phenotyping strategies, namely data-driven methods in large task-fMRI datasets, to optimize functional brain-data collection and improve inference of effects-of-interest related to mental processes. Key to this approach is the employment of fast multi-functional paradigms rich on features that can be well parametrized and, consequently, facilitate the creation of psycho-physiological constructs to be modelled with imaging data. Particular emphasis will be given to music stimuli when studying high-order cognitive mechanisms, due to their ecological nature and quality to enable complex behavior compounded by discrete entities. I will also discuss how deep-behavioral phenotyping and individualized models applied to neuroimaging data can better account for the subject-specific organization of domain-general cognitive systems in the human brain. Finally, the accumulation of functional brain signatures brings the possibility to clarify relationships among tasks and create a univocal link between brain systems and mental functions through: (1) the development of ontologies proposing an organization of cognitive processes; and (2) brain-network taxonomies describing functional specialization. To this end, tools to improve commensurability in cognitive science are necessary, such as public repositories, ontology-based platforms and automated meta-analysis tools. I will thus discuss some brain-atlasing resources currently under development, and their applicability in cognitive as well as clinical neuroscience.
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First Post:
Invasive species can be any kind of living organism not native to an ecosystem that causes harm. This can be to the environment, human health, or the economy. These species typically grow and reproduce quickly and tend to spread aggressively. Now, when I think of an invasive species the first thing that comes to my mind is the iguana. Not entirely sure why, maybe its because they are all over nsu's campus, but it was interesting to google other invasive species and learn more about them.
I researched the European Green Crab. The European green crabs are considered one of the most widespread invasive marine species on the planet! They began invading Washington state in 1996. The crabs themselves are native to Europe and North Africa. They were first brought to North America in 1817 by being carried in the holds of wooden ships. It is thought that they were spread during their long larval stage which lasts up to 90 days. They would spread via shipping on boats or by drifting on ocean currents. They also frequently move from one area to another by "hitchhiking" on boats, in gear, or in packaged shellfish.
When the green crab population grows too large, they cause various issues. They compete with other shellfish, destroy eelgrass that is an important habitat for Dungeness crabs and salmon, and disturb sediment. They are able to out- compete native species because they live 4-7 years, the eat a wide variety of plants and animals, and the females release 185,000 eggs up to twice a year. It is said that once the European Green Grab establishes a population in a particular area, it is practically impossible to get rid of them. Groups and organizations are working towards limiting their spread and limiting the ensuing damage.
References:
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatic/invertebrates/european-green-crab (Links to an external site.)
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/europeangreencrab-crabevert-eng.html (Links to an external site.)
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Invasive-Species
Second Post:
Reading about different types of invasive species is interesting especially considering the major changes they cause within an ecosystem. Information regarding the Burmese Python was quite striking. The python originates from southeast Asia and has made a significant impact on the ecosystem of the Everglades in South Florida. There are two speculations about how the burmese python reached the Everglades. Similarly to Professor Kiene's mention of the pleco and tiger oscar, ...
Running head A VISIT TO NATURE HISTORY MUSEUM OF LA10.docxSUBHI7
Running head: A VISIT TO NATURE HISTORY MUSEUM OF LA 10
Abdulaziz Alrassi
California State University, San Bernardino
Date
A Visit to Nature History Museum of LA
Introduction
After visiting the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, I learned so many things concerning the animals that were there in the early days and how they looked like, as well as, how they lived . The Museum has a large paleontological collection that helped me develop a better understanding of the Earth’s biota. The Museum’s collection ranges from fossils to the modern organisms which are collected from the entire world, and it is therefore a good place to begin with when exploring on the paleontological exhibits and other historical items. During the visit at the Museum I learned of a few things that I never knew existed and other facts too that are new. In this article there are a lot of areas and information that are presented showing all the paleontological exhibits and other historical items.
Exhibit 1. The Gray Fox
The gray fox (Botanical name Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is one of the interesting exhibits I found at the museum. The exhibit on Fray Fox features 4 photographs indicating how the small American mammal survives in the wild. The photograph below (Image 1) shows a Gray Fox family in their burrow. It reflects the legacy of life by clear illustrations of how the Gray Fox adapts to the environment. From what I gathered, the animals are largely monogamous. The photograph shows an ideal family in their broken terrain habitat. Gray foxes opt to live in broken terrain and rocky areas in order to ease the process of making new homes.
An adult male is seen overlooking his family that is resting outside their den, probably to show gender roles in the social life of the gray fox. The female (much smaller than the male) lies next to their kit. The fresh soil dug in their burrow shows that their home may be new, indicating that the species may have moved in more than once. Gray foxes diet is comprised of vegetation, small mammals such as mice, and insects. The photograph captures an environment (San Gabriel Mountains, California) capable of meeting the species food needs. Green vegetation provides gray foxes with vegetation foods. Insects feeding on the vegetation are most likely part of the gray fox’s diets. Gray foxes are spread across central USA, Southern Eastern Canada, and Western Venezuela (Reid, 2016).
Information obtained from (Reid, 2016) indicates that one of the most peculiar traits of the gray fox is their ability to climb trees in order to evade predators. The strong claws used to dig and remove earth are used to climb trees. This makes them the only species of the dog family with the ability to climb trees.
Image 1: Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
2. Exhibit 2: Costume won by David. E. Llewelyn
Image 2 shows the costume worn by David. E. Llewellyn, an important figure in the 20th century America.Llewellyn (1874-1963) was ...
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Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
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show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
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2. I chose to do my assignment in a local location here in Stateline, Nevada. The Trail
Lam Watah Historic Trail called (Rabe Meadows). Almost at the end of Kahle Drive
on the right hand side the trail has a bridge and under the bridge there is two small
streams. It's noticeable that this trail has many visitors and is well kept because most
of the trail is paved and looks like the bridge was built to be able to pass the streams
Lam Watah Historic Trail (Rabe Meadows). (2018, July 11). Retrieved from https://tahoetrailguide.com/lam-watah-historic-trail-rabe-meadows/
Trail Map of Rabe Meadows
3. Lam Watah Historic Trail (Rabe Meadows) Facts
Trail Data (approximations):
Location: South Tahoe – Stateline
Category of Hike: Family Fun Hike, Day Hike
Total Mileage: 2-3 miles (depending on hiking out-and-back
or a loop)
Total Elevation Gain: n/a
Highest Point: 6,275 feet
Trail Condition: Packed sand and paved trail
Lam Watah Historic Trail (Rabe Meadows). (2018, July 11). Retrieved from https://tahoetrailguide.com/lam-watah-historic-trail-rabe-meadows/
4. Living things
Ants on a logAnts are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with
the related wasps and bees, belong to the orderHymenoptera.
Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period,
about 140 million years ago, and diversifiedafter the rise
of flowering plants.
During the Cretaceous period, a few species of primitive
ants ranged widely on the Laurasian supercontinent. They
were scarce in comparison to the populations of other
insects, representing only about 1% of the entire insect
population. Ants became dominant after adaptive
radiation at the beginning of the Paleogene period. By
the Oligocene and Miocene, ants had come to represent
20–40% of all insects found in major fossil deposits. Of
the species that lived in the Eocene epoch, around one in
10 genera survive to the present.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant
5. CaninesIt was originally believed the first domesticated wolves appeared
around 15,000 years ago in the Middle East. New evidence,
however, suggests it was much earlier than that. Swedish geneticist
Pontus Skoglund published a study last year in the journal Current
Biology, describing his findings of a 35,000-year-old Siberian wolf
bone. He concluded that canine domestication may have first
occurred 27,000 to 40,000 years ago.
News, A. (2016, August 26). The History of Dogs as Pets. Retrieved from
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/history-dogs-pets/story?id=41671149
6. Buzzing around
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the
case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey and
beeswax. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Anthophila
Higher classification: Apoidea
Length: Early bumblebee: 1 – 1.4 cm
Lifespan: Western honey bee: 122 – 152 days, Early bumblebee: 28 days
Bee. (2018, August 9). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee
7. Flowers
The dandelion is the only flower that represents the 3 celestial bodies
of the sun, moon and stars. The yellow flower resembles the sun, the
puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the
stars.
The dandelion flower opens to greet the morning and closes in the
evening to go to sleep.
Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be
used for food, medicine and dye for coloring.
Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make
room for dandelions and other useful “weeds” like chickweed, malva,
and chamomile.
The name dandelion is taken from the French word “dent de lion”
meaning lion’s tooth, referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves.
Dandelions have one of the longest flowering seasons of any plant.
Seeds are often carried as many as 5 miles from their origin!
My Dandelion is a Flower. (n.d.). Interesting and Fun Facts About the Dandelion Flower. Retrieved from http://mydandelionisaflower.org/did-you-
know/
8. Trees
Jeffrey pine is a large coniferous evergreen tree
Reaching 25 to 40 m (82 to 131 ft) tall, rarely up to 53 m
(174 ft) tall
Though smaller when growing at or near tree line.
The leaves are needle-like, in bundles of three,
stout, glaucous gray-green, 12 to 23 cm (4.7 to 9.1 in)
long.
The cones are 12 to 24 cm (4.7 to 9.4 in) long, dark
purple when immature, ripening pale brown, with thinly
woody scales bearing a short, sharp inward-pointing
barb.
The seeds are 10 to 12 mm (0.39 to 0.47 in) long, with a
large (15 to 25 mm (0.59 to 0.98 in)) wing.
Jeffrey pine. (2018, February 16). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_pine
9. All about Rocks
Granite: The specimen above is a typical granite.
It is about two inches across. The grain size is
coarse enough to allow recognition of the major
minerals. The pink grains are orthoclase feldspar,
and the clear to smoky grains are quartz or
muscovite. The black grains can be biotite or
hornblende. Numerous other minerals can be
present in granite.
Granite: Igneous Rock - Pictures, Definition & More. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://geology.com/rocks/granite.shtml
10. Granodiorite Rocks & Pebbles
Granodiorite is a
phaneritic-textured
intrusive igneous rock
similar to granite, but
containing more
plagioclase feldspar than
orthoclase feldspar.
Granodiorite. (2018, April 17). Retrieved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granodiorite
A pebble is a clast of rock with a
particle size of 2 to 64 millimeters
based on the Krumbein phi scale of
sedimentology. ... A rock made
predominantly of pebbles is termed
a conglomerate. Pebble tools are
among the earliest known man-
made artifacts, dating from the
Palaeolithic period of human
history
Pebble. (2018, August 1). Retrieved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble
11. Law of Super Position
Geology. a basic law of geochronology, stating that in any undisturbed
sequence of rocks deposited in layers, the youngest layer is on top and
the oldest on bottom, each layer being younger than the one beneath it
and older than the one above it.
the definition of law of superposition. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.dictionary.com/browse/law-of-superposition
Law of Superposition – Evolution (Period 5). (2015, May 18). Retrieved from
http://blogs.universityprep.org/evolutionp5/2015/05/18/law-of-superposition/
12. Angular unconformity
An angular unconformity is an
unconformity where horizontally
parallel strata of sedimentary rock are
deposited on tilted and eroded layers,
producing an angular discordance with the
overlying horizontal layers. The whole
sequence may later be deformed and tilted
by further orogenic activity. A typical case
history is presented by the paleotectonic
evolution of the Briançonnais realm
(Swiss and French Prealps) during the
Jurassic.
Unconformity. (2018, August 5). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconformity
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