Trunk Essays

  • Investigating the Growth of Pleurococcus on Tree Trunks

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    Investigating the Growth of Pleurococcus on Tree Trunks Factors to consider/have an effect « Type of tree « Height « Light intensity « Temperature Observations Preliminary method « On your tree, use a compass to find out which side of the tree is north. « Then place your grind against the tree trunk and count how many squares have growth on them. « Write your results down in a table and repeat for east, south and west. Preliminary results Tree number Site

  • Analysis Of The Turning Road By Andre Derain

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    automatic drawing that looks random and adventurous. I can see that the two-dimensional of the tree trunk and branches which have the outline of a cylinder and rectangle. There are vertical, horizontal, diagonal lines used to emphasize in this drawing like, the curvy tree trunk and the diagonal branches that stick out of the tree. Also the thin short lines are displayed behind the big thick tree trunk to avoid attention and let us in-version that there are many more enormous tree nearby. The lines

  • The Tree Of Life

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    house, and my detached two-car garage. The base of its trunk leaves the ground at a slight angle, giving the impression that it’s leaning forward. The surrounding ground is un-even and bumpy with roots weaving in and out of the earth, as if they are seeking a breath of fresh air. Unlike the rough and deeply grooved surface usually associated with trees; my tree’s bark is smoother, and pimple like with sections scaling off in sheets. The actual trunk is only eight feet tall, and not very wide, but the

  • The Giving Tree Quotes

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    very fun book for them to read. It allows them to burst into their imagination. The Giving Tree can be a fun book for kids to read because it shows things that they like to do also. Like eat the apples or swing on the branches. "He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples." ( Page 1 ).It is one of the best children's books out there and one of the reasons for that is because it is fun for children to read. The giving tree is good to entertain kids or to read to them at night

  • Response Criticism Of Out, Out By Robert Frost

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    the tree next to him watching in horror. The saw wanted the “Supper” and started cutting down the tree AKA as the boy. I feel as though the hand symbolizes a tree. If you hold your hand up, it looks like a tree with your arm and lower hand as the trunk and your fingers as the I took to mean that if it had stopped then the tree could have survived. “The life from spilling. Then the boy saw all-(524). This was the saw still going cutting deeper and deeper into the tree. The boy (tree) now knows that

  • An Interpretation of Frost's Birches

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    shattering of the dome in heaven. I think this creates a vivid image for the reader. He goes on to say that once the branches are bent, they never return completely upright again, but they are so flexible that they never break."You may see their trunks arching in the woods/ Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground." These are some of the natural phenomenons that Frost me... ... middle of paper ... ...s to revisit his childhood days, where his life was peaceful, fun, and carefree

  • A Comparison Of Dante's Inferno And A Christmas Carol

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    How many differences can people see with just their eyes? For example, take a coconut tree and an oak tree and compare them. Anyone can spot the obvious differences between the two trees such as one grows coconuts, and the other does not. Many differences between the trees, however, take more than the eye to find. The age difference between the trees can not be spotted by just looking at a tree. A person would need to cut the tree and the count the rings on the inside of the wood. These hidden similarities

  • War Ground: A Short Story

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    I could hear JP talking in the background telling me something but I didn't hear “Ow,” I screamed as I fell right into a thorn bush and we were about five minutes into the hike then I heard JP say, “I was trying to yell at you that you were about to walk into one of these annoying thorn bushes”. I was pretty happy that no thorns were stuck on me after we checked. I was wondering if I could stay alive for This field group. Soon we got into what I like to call, “war ground” because it looks

  • Analysis Of Alexis Rockman's Kapok Tree

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    Through her masterful usage of color and lighting, painter Alexis Rockman seeks to display the overwhelming beauty of the natural world and its inhabitants in her painting Kapok Tree. With a color scheme of bright colors that pops out and grab the attention of the viewer and an emphasis on lighting that divides the painting into two separate scenes, Rockman’s Kapok Tree delivers its timeless message with ease. Alexis Rockman was born in 1962, in New York and subsequently grew up there his whole life

  • If You Want to View Paradise

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    mountains, closer the peaks at the topmost corner, was a preserve, a deathbed for the last pristine area on the island. Here the rarities mingled in an elite cocktail party for the terminally ill. The Ohia Lehua rooted shallow on the cliffsides, its wood trunk dry like beach wood and its blossoms a blood red exploding out like firecrackers from light green dime shaped leaves. Ala ala wai nui crawled out of holes in boulders. It is called a succulent, its leaves absorb water and are thick and peach fuzzed

  • Factors That Affect How Much You Pay To Have A Tree Removed From Your Yard

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    Five Factors That Affect How Much You'll Pay To Have A Tree Removed From Your Yard Removing a mature tree from your yard is not a DIY option. You need heavy equipment and a crew to do the job properly and safely. Hiring a tree removal service is the best way to make sure a big limb doesn't crash down on your house or a neighbor's car. You may be wondering how much it costs to have a tree removed. The price varies based on a number of factors. Here are some of them. Whether The Tree Is Upright Or

  • Trials of Ajit: Survival in the Teeky Forest

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    Now it would have been easy to find a tree that could get him high enough if it wasn’t pitch black outside. Ajit’s dad had taught him that to measure how tall a tree is you can use the trunk of the tree. If the trunk of the tree is wider than half the spear handle, than the tree is over 100 spear handles tall. Ajit went tree to tree trying to find the perfect one when he heard something moving in the bushes close to him. Nothing is visible, Ajit could

  • Ap Bio Tree Essay

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    In this paper, I argue that for a particular tree T, T is the sum of all parts of the tree and P represents the individual components that make up the sum such as the leaves, branches and roots, where T can exist for a period without P, but P must exist as a part of T. My argument proceeds by, in the fall, trees that lose their leaves are still standing while trees without leaves throughout multiple seasons will die, cutting tree branches off the tree will cause the branches to die but allow the

  • What You Ignore: A Short Story

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    What You Ignore “As I look upon you on this groggy New York morning, I have one question. If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a noise? The answer, unambiguously, is of course it does, but what about a whole forest? What if an entire forest falls down, will anyone hear it, will anyone pay attention?” asked Stephen, the conservationist. “Of course we will it’s an entire forest!” proclaimed the crowd of students. “You’re right, we most certainly would. However, animals all

  • Abel Meeropol's Strange Fruit

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    You’re walking down a beautiful southern country road on a lazy Sunday afternoon. The cool breeze lightly kisses your skin as it combats the heat from the blazing sun. You happen upon a tree that seems to be a perfect spot for an afternoon nap, or for a young couple to carve their initials into to mark their love forever. This tree has an enormous amount of positive potential, but instead of seeing these wondrously human sites you see an example of the darkest side of humanity. Green leaves now

  • Top 3 Surviving Items in an Unknown Planet

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    According to Karen Webb, temporary Prime Minister of Canada, a group of grade sevens will be going to an unknown planet that has never been inhabited by humans before. Their goal is to survive. The only things they know are, the climate is steady and similar to California's climate, the planet has oxygen, and they will travel via space ship. The grade seven's got to take three things of a list of thirty-two things to take with them. This essay will prove to you that taking water, young trees, and

  • Elephant Helping Trunk

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    Based off the trials in each source, “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk,” the passage from “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task,” and the video “Elephants Show Cooperation” it is clear that elephants are among some of the highest socially cognitive animals. In the article, the passage, and the video it states that elephants can recognize when another elephant needs help. The sources also stated that the elephants can agnize what is necessary to thoroughly complete

  • The Chinatown Trunk Mystery Analysis

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    Immigration thrived off the strength and pride demonstrated by their neighborhoods. Notions of race, cultural adaptations and neighborhood represented the ways by which human being were assessed. In a careful interpretation of Mary Lui’s “The Chinatown Trunk Mystery” and Michael Innis-Jimenez’s “Steel Barrio”, I will trace the importance of a neighborhood in the immigrant experience explaining the way in which neighborhoods were created, how these lines were crossed and notions of race factored into separating

  • Fruits On The Trunk ! The Jabuticaba Tree

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    Fruits on the Trunk! The Jabuticaba Tree By Brianne Chan Most people believe that fruits develop from flowers and hang from the branches of trees. While this is the norm, there are several exceptions - one of which is a unique tree whose flowers and fruits grow on the trunk itself! Figure 1: The Jabuticaba, also known as the Brazilian Grape Tree. As an eudicot angiosperm, the jabuticaba is one of the more recent plants that appeared in the history of evolution. It belongs to the Myrtaceae family

  • Urban Life in Hong Kong and Tibet

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    in more urban areas live in houses made of either wood or stones depending on what materials are more easily available in a particular area. The roof is made of tree trunks which is then covered in a thick layer of clay like the house shown below. [IMAGE] There are usually three or four floors with stairs made of tree trunks on the outside. The ground floor is usually for the animals, the second where most of the bedrooms are and the highest floor is for the toilet so it doesn't stink the