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Hey,

I have a Bio test tomorrow, it’s a re-take. I remember something the teacher added on the last test, I don’t remember though. He drew 3 or 4 maps of the Galapagos with a tortoise of each and asked a question. I don’t remember the question, but I think it had to do with food. Does anyone know about this question?

Thanks!

Some of the many animals of the Galapagos Islands

Part 2 of 3 – SCUBA Diving (and some brief time on land tour) with the Colombo SCUBA Adventures gang, June 2010. This is a compilation video and *I* did NOT choose the music for it!

Does anyone know if you can get pet tortoises? I went to the Melbourne Zoo the other day and they had the Galapagos Tortoises there, i’m pretty sure you can’t have them as a pet but can you have something similiar?

These are amazing. Gotta see it to believe it. 500lbs and 150 years old.

How did Noah round up the animals from Australia and the Galapagos Islands and all over the world onto the ark? Did he collect all the insects too? It seems that would take decades to do with no airplanes…..

To elaborate, let’s bring up the Galapagos tortoise as an example. There is one subspecies that currently consists of one male specimen. One. Now, as we all should know, males of a species have both X and Y chromosomes whereas females have two X chromosomes. Therefor, it would be a relatively simple task to clone a female of the species and get the two to breed, saving the species from extinction. However, despite the positive ending, I’ve heard some people tell me that this is unethical. Can someone please tell me why it is unethical to use advanced genetic technology to save an entire species?

It is self evident that mankind is blatantly abusing and wreaking havoc on Mother Nature, when they should rightfully be grateful for her kindness and return the favor back to her. Their misuse is now reaching its climax, and it is unbearably hard to overlook what they are doing. One example of the effect of their maltreatment is the endangered Galapagos Penguin. Galapagos Penguins live just north of the equator, on the Galapagos and Isabella islands. Less than 1,000 breeding pairs remain nowadays, and they are put to the brink of extinction due to the misconducts of humanity. Specifically, oil spills and introduced animals caused by man kind are the two major threats to these blameless penguins.
First off, oil spill is one of the causes engendered by humanity that put the Galapagos Penguins into such a situation. Animal rights activists say 40,000 penguins are estimated to be killed by oil pollution along the coast of Argentina every year. According to MarineBio, a nonprofit volunteer marine conservation and science education group since 1998, not only does oiling cause penguin’s eggs from either dying or deforming, but it also contributes to the reduction of the penguin’s preys. A repulsive fact of oil pollution is that most of them come from deliberately operational discharges, which oil tankers discharge oily water into the sea before loading up with fresh oil, simply because it’s time consuming.
Additionally, animals introduced by human poses threat to many lives of the rare Galapagos Penguins. Such animals are feral cats, dogs and rats. According to the International Penguin Conservation Work Group, an organization which aims on promoting penguin conservation world-wide, Galapagos Penguins are slow breeders, the birth rate only 1.3 chicks per year. Thus, because of introduced animals attacking the vulnerable chicks and eggs, the entire population could fail to breed at all.
However, not all of us are inflicting harm on the Galapagos Penguins. In fact, some people group and organizations are striving to preserve the lives of these penguins. Conservationists and ecologists say it is yet late to regret our deeds and making amends for the brutality some of us struck on these innocent, guiltless penguins. To settle this problem, there are two practical solutions that will turn out effective if we act promptly with enthusiasm.
First, training officers must ensure that formal training is provided to key personnel who maintain and operate pollution control equipment. This will preclude oil spills from happening by reducing the chance of oily water getting discharged into the sea. A key point to keep in mind is that employers must make sure to hire trustworthy workers so that oil spills won’t occur due to one’s laziness.
Another solution is we could establish eradication and control programs for introduced animals. According to the Charles Darwin Foundation, an association which has the world’s largest eradication/restoration program, these programs will help restore the ecosystems of the Galapagos Penguins. Such programs will improve the survival of Galapagos Penguins, since it will balance the population of introduced animals.
We humans are obliged to help the endangered Galapagos Penguins from becoming extinct. It is unfair that these creatures suffer from our selfishness and ruthlessness. Some of us are doing a marvelous job in attempt to preserve the Galapagos Penguins, but many of us can do more. All of us must try to be more heedful and altruistic, so oil spills will not occur by accident or by our laziness. The least we can do is become aware of this problem and support those who struggle to resolve this difficulty. If ecologists, conservationists, and all of us follow the steps aforementioned, we will be able to inhibit Galapagos Penguins from becoming extinct. Nevertheless, we don’t have time to even hesitate for a fraction of a second. Every minute passing by is another minute fraught with danger to the Galapagos Penguins. We must act to rescue these penguins, and we must act now!

Spotted a rare snake while diving at Galapagos islands(too bad battery died)

I just need answer and a simple explanation for each of these problems.

A motorcycle daredevil is attempting to jump across as many buses as possible (see the drawing). The takeoff ramp makes an angle θ = 16.6° above the horizontal, and the landing ramp is identical to the takeoff ramp. The buses are parked side by side, and each bus is 2.74 m wide. The cyclist leaves the ramp with a speed of v = 33.5 m/s. What is the maximum number of buses over which the cyclist can jump?

horizontal rifle is fired at a bull’s-eye. The muzzle speed of the bullet is 615 m/s. The barrel is pointed directly at the center of the bull’s-eye, but the bullet strikes the target 0.042 m below the center. What is the horizontal distance between the end of the rifle and the bull’s-eye?

A soccer player kicks the ball toward a goal that is 28.6 m in front of him. The ball leaves his foot at a speed of 18.5 m/s and an angle of 31.2° above the ground. Find the speed of the ball when the goalie catches it in front of the net. (Note: The answer is not 18.5 m/s.)

An airplane is flying with a velocity of v0 = 252 m/s at an angle of 30.0° with the horizontal, as the drawing shows. When the altitude of the plane is h = 2.0 km, a flare is released from the plane. The flare hits the target on the ground. What is the angle θ?

You are in a hot-air balloon that, relative to the ground, has a velocity of 8.4 m/s in a direction due east. You see a hawk moving directly away from the balloon in a direction due north. The speed of the hawk relative to you is 1.2 m/s. What are the magnitude and direction of the hawk’s velocity relative to the ground? Express the directional angle relative to due east.

A soccer ball is kicked and launched at an angle of 15.0° above the ground. All other factors remaining the same, at what angle should the ball be launched to double the maximum height that it attains?

finch rides on the back of a Galapagos tortoise, which walks at the stately pace of 0.060 m/s. After 2.0 minutes the finch tires of the tortoise’s slow pace, and takes flight in the same direction for another 2.0 minutes at 12 m/s. What was the average speed of the finch for this 4 minute interval?

A rocket blasts off and moves straight upward from the launch pad with constant acceleration. After 3.6 s the rocket is at a height of 75.0 m.
What are the magnitude and direction of the rocket’s acceleration?
What is its speed at this time?

A bicyclist is finishing his repair of a flat tire when a friend rides by with a constant speed of 3.8 m/s. Two seconds later the bicyclist hops on his bike and accelerates at 2.6 m/s2 until he catches his friend.
(a) How much time does it take until he catches his friend?
(b) How far has he traveled in this time?
(c) What is his speed when he catches up?

A hot air balloon is descending at a rate of 2.6 m/s when a passenger drops a camera.
(a) If the camera is 45 m above the ground when it is dropped, how long does it take for the camera to reach the ground?
(b) What is its velocity just before it lands? Let upward be the positive direction for this problem.

A hot air balloon has just lifted off and is rising at the constant rate of 2.0 m/s. Suddenly, one of the passengers realizes she has left her camera on the ground. A friend picks it up and tosses it straight upward with an initial speed of 10.8 m/s. If the passenger is 2.5 m above her friend when the camera is tossed, how high is she when the camera reaches her?

To find the height of an overhead power line, you throw a ball straight upward. The ball passes the line on the way up after 0.75 s, and passes it again on the way down 1.7 s after it was tossed.
(a) What is the height of the power line?
(b) What is the initial speed of the ball?

Sitting in a second-story apartment, a physicist notices a ball moving straight upward just outside her window. The ball is visible 0.25 s as it moves a distance of 1.25 m from the bottom to the top of the window.

(a) How long does it take before the ball reappears?
(b) What is the greatest height of the ball above the top of the window?