The author is trying to convey that in recent years, the
extinction rate for many animal species has significantly increased. He began
his point in the first sentence of the excerpt: “Species are disappearing at an
accelerating rate through human action, primarily habitat destruction but also
pollution and the introduction of exotic species into residual natural
environments.” Then, he further emphasizes his point in the sentence: “As the
last forests are felled in forest strongholds like the Philippines and Ecuador,
the decline of species will accelerate even more.” Which is immediately followed
by another sentence that supports his argument: “In the world as a whole,
extinction rates are already hundreds or thousands of times higher than before
the coming of man.
Answer:
Nick will be more likely to have a <em><u>hyper</u></em><u> </u>cortisol response and show <u><em>higher </em></u>levels of physical aggression.
Explanation:
Cortisol is often referred to as a "stress hormone". New studies have shown that in summer higher level of cortisol hormones circulate in blood. Hence Nick or any other person living in hot climate is more likely to be affected by higher cortisol hormones in case of stress or conflict. The higher the cortisol level in the blood the higher will be the physical aggression.
<u><em>The Rosetta stone is the code that revealed the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics allowing to the archeologist and to the scholars to read and interpreting inscriptions and reliefs like texts and tombs in a modern understanding. Thomas Young has shown first, then the French scholar Jean-François Champollion that provide the foundations of many information on the ancient Egyptian culture.
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<u><em>Finally in 1799, soldiers of Napoleon’s army found the Rosetta stone near the town of el-Rashid (Rosetta). Later, the stone became British property after the Treaty of Alexandria (1801) and has been presented in the British Museum since 1802.
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Answer:
<em>In Titus Andronicus , he uses words like "ruthless" , "vast" , and 'gloomy" to describe forest. </em>
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The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "to provide information about how the characters should move or speak onstage." Based on how the stage directions are used in this excerpt from act I, scene I of Richard III, the main purpose of providing stage directions in a drama is to provide information about how the characters should move or speak onstage
