General Purpose: To inform
Specific purpose: The audience will know that the Dead Sea is devoid of all plant and aquatic life, why the sea is so salty and the health benefits.
Thesis or central idea: The Dead Sea has a unique environment
Main Points:
a. The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest bodies of water anywhere
b. The Dead Sea is devoid of all plant and aquatic life
c. The Dead Sea area has become a major center for health research and treatment
Introduction: You know why they call it the dead sea? Because absolutely nothing live in it. It is some of the salties water anywhere in the world. My love for geology grew out of an experience with a friend whos child was doing a earth science project on plate tectonics and needed help. I’ll never forget the name of the book “Earth in Motion” it left a lasting impression on me and led me to study more on this subject. I’ve been reading about this for approximately 10 years and am always amazed at the new material I find . My latest discovery was that the Dead Sea is one of the salties bodies of water anywhere, that it is devoid of all plant and aquatic life and that it has become a major center for health research and treatment.
I. The Dead Sea is one of the salties bodies of water anywhere
A. The Dead Sea is completely landlocked
B. The Dead Sea is continually fed water from the rivers and streams coming down off the mountains that surround it.
1. No river drains out of the Dead Sea
2. The only way water gets out of the sea is through evaporation
II. The Dead Sea is devoid of all plant and aquatic life
A. The water in the Dead Sea is deadly to most living things
B. Even though the Sea is deadly to most living things humans are remarkably adaptable to the seas salty conditions. Humans can swim is the Dead Sea, just like they swim in the ocean
1. Humans don’t really swim in the sea, instead they just “hang out
2. Because of th extremely high concentration of disolved mineral salts in the water its density is way more that that of fresh water, which means are bodies are more buoyant in the Dead Sea.
III. The Dead Sea area has become a major center for health research and treatment
A. The Dead Seas deep black clayey sediment, previously covered with water at times of higher sea level, are being mined for therapeutic purposes and for the preparation of cosmetic products under the name ‘Black Mud’.
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In the salt and sand separation challenge our salt and sand measurements were off because we used to many transitions. We lost 6.79% of our sand and gained 10.97% of our salt. This shows that our procedure had flaws in it and should have been revised before we conducted the experiment.
The sea is typically used in order to express strength, life/ death, and calmness. In The
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The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by complete accident in 1947 by a young shepherd boy who was searching for a lost goat in the Judean Desert. The boy had wandered to the location of the cave where he would find 7 of the Dead Sea Scrolls while looking for his goat. The boy entered a cave, the first found in that region, where jars containing 7 of the Dead Sea Scrolls were located. The boy took some of the scrolls back to his family so that they could examine them. The family tried to sell the scrolls at a local marketplace and were waiting for a potential customer, which piqued the interest of Dr. John Trevor from the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), who declared the finding of the Dead Sea Scrolls and archaeological wonder and published a report on the young shepherd’s findings.
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...er the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground” (Exodus 14:15). Unlike Abraham, who communicated to God solely through prayer, Moses communicated to God in a physical form and a direct way, in addition to prayer.
To further introduce Medical Anthropology, I will reiterate highlights of my previous presentations. Early on in Turkey, I asked each person in our program the following question: "I would like you to tell me about health and what it means to you?" The answers to this question varied widely, making it difficult to define a global conception of health. In analyzing the answers, I established the following five components of health:
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In 1947 between the Dead Sea and Judean Hills a young boy was exploring caves that can be found within the Judean Desert. What he finds changes everything that is known about the history of the Bible as well as the land it is from. The Dead Sea Scrolls are a very important part of the history of not only the Bible, but also the history of the lands surrounding its location. The Dead Sea Scrolls are a very important part of history because it provided several manuscripts to the Bibles’ writings, it provides information about the centuries that preceded Jesus and his followers, and the Dead Sea Scrolls allow historians the ability to piece together stories from this part of history.
Salt is carried into the ocean by rain, rivers, streams, and underwater volcanoes (Office of Naval Research 3). Because of the multiple sources of salt, the levels of salinity within the ocean shoot up rapidly. The Office of Naval Research states, “Salinity is expressed by the amount of salt found in 1,000 grams of water” (3). Marine ecologist created an expression for the amount of salt inside a given area. If there is one gram of salt within 1,000 grams of water, then it is represented as 1 pound per ton (3). The oceans salinity varies between about 32 and 37 ppt (3). Most humans would not be able to live in an ecosystem with salinity levels being this high, however some organisms have adapted to surviving is such an environment.
Providing extremely fertile soil is one, if not the most important, roles the Nile River played in the life of the ancient Egyptians. By providing fertile soil, the Nile made it easy for cities and civilizations to grow alongside the banks of the river. This fertile soil comes from the annual flooding of the Nile. This replenishes the top soil with silt deposits that hold much needed nutrients for crops to grow. Ancient Egyptians developed highly complex irrigation methods to maximize the effect of the Nile waters. When the Nile overflows in mid summer, Egyptians divert the waters through the use of canals and dams. As the water seeped into the farm land, rich deposits of silt ensured a good harvest for the year. This allows the civilizations of Egyptians to grow enough food to feed the community. Without the annual flooding of the Nile, Egyptians would have a very difficult time growing necessary amount food to sustain life. Most of the land in the Egyptian nation is dry desert. Very little rain falls year round here. The river provides the needed water to grow the crops as well as provide drinking water for the people. Th...
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