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  1) Cold - The negative effects of the freezing cold can vary between frostbite and hypothermia. Both are not good and will cause death and other health problems if a human were to end up with either. You know you are in danger when you begin to get body shivers/chills and might not experience piloerection, or may experience vasoconstriction, but not increased thyroxine production. When exposed to extreme cold conditions your body will begin to lose heat and will begin to freeze faster than you can produce essential body heat causing health problems or in some cases death. Eventually, the exposure to the freezing cold will use up all your body's stored energy which leads to it shutting down or struggling to “stay on”. 2a) Short term - A short term adaptation would be your body producing more heat in response to entering a colder climate. If you're from a naturally warmer place and you visit the snow or somewhere else where the climate is different your body will begin to prod...

     1)  The Piltdown hoax was one of if not the biggest scientific hoax to the scientific community to this day, started by an individual who has still not been discovered/solved. The original founder of the bones was in February of 1912 by Charles Dawson, Dawson finding part of what was thought to be a human/ape jawbone. With this finding many believed it was the missing pieces to figuring out how humans and apes went through evolution. Many people with these findings started to believe more and more that humans and apes are related, since the jaw resembled an ape while the teeth were humans.  There was great significance for the British people, since all of the ancestral remains of early humans have been found in mainland Europe.  The Piltdown hoax was seen as the oldest remains, making the origins of humanity date back to England. The findings were b acked by the prestige Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, which led to the scientific community wi...

Species 1: Humans (Homo Sapiens) Description: Humans are primates who happen to be highly intelligent beings known for their advanced abilities and complex social structures. They have various different ethnic groups/types of people who live in different environments. Humans learn to use their different traits from a young age (birth) in order to further evolve/improve their traits such as using their hands for grabbing or their feet for walking (learning how to walk). They are mostly taught or shown examples of how to use them by their parents at a young age. Humans begin to learn new skills as they grow older in age. Homology: Opposable Thumbs: Humans have opposable thumbs, allowing them to do most of their daily functions in life. Some tasks this trait is useful for is tool use, other complex tasks, and has a significant role in human evolution. They are taught to use their trait at a young age from grabbing and pulling and later on used for harder tasks like cooking or driving. The...

Observations and Questions:  Pay attention to the student who constantly falls asleep in class, think about why this may be happening. Create a Hypothesis: A reasonable hypothesis would be that the student lacks getting a full night's sleep caused by a possible condition or by the student and his late-night choices. Develop a Test for Your Hypothesis: The test will consist of (with consent) gathering personal information about the student's day, most importantly their night schedule. Also finding out if the student struggles from a condition like insomnia which would be a big reason for the student falling asleep. Ask the student to see a doctor to find out if a condition can be the cause. Run the Test and Alter Conditions:   Look at the information collected by the student about his/her sleep at night, how many times they wake up and for how long. See what the student was up too at night and see when the student falls asleep. Altered conditions would be seeing if the stu...