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Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago The History of Students' Own State or Region The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures who Contributed to its Cultural, Economic, an..

Social pressure People drink for the sake of company of their friends, bosses, and juniors and then it becomes a habit. Intoxication Alcohol can cause intoxication of central nervous system. Escapism Those who would like to escape from the problems of life or escape from disappointments..

In spite of many evidences, studies and theories, we are still not aware of how the evolution actually occurs. If we go backwards at some point in the history of the earth it would have consisted of only the basic elements, the non-living materials like the air, water, sunlight etc. It i..

>The largest herbarium in our country is the central National Herbarium at Calcutta. It has about 1,000,000 plant specimens. A botanical garden is mainly a place for growing plants, which produce, colorful varieties of flowers. A botanical garden has a collection of ornamental, medicinal and other ..

>Plants unique to the locality and interesting plants. Ideally, the botanical garden will have different sections for different fields of interest. It will have a section for showing morphological variations in plants, a section for exhibiting modes of fruit and seed dispersal, a breeding garden fo..

The Linnaean system of classification consists of a hierarchy of graded taxonomic (named) ranks that are called as taxa . Any given taxon (singular) may contain several lower taxa, which can be usually distinguished based on certain common characteristics. Such lower ranks may in turn be divided in..

A herbarium represents a collection of plant material from a given locality. The specimen is dried, and pressed between paper and cardboard sheets. The herbaria are then arranged in accordance with any accepted system of classification, for further reference and research. fig. 11.1 - Herbaria The p..

Herbaria - A herbarium represents a collection of plant material from a given locality. The specimen is dried, and pressed between paper and cardboard sheets. The herbaria are then arranged in accordance with any accepted system of classification, for further reference and research. fig. 11.1 - Her..

. They are the true giants of humanity; the others are insignificant. It is said that a famous boxer once refused to tie his seat belt aboard a plane. " Superman doesn't need a belt," he resisted. Tying his belt for him, the airhostess replied: " Superman doesn't need a plane either" . The truly gr..