ice age 2 summary

Summary - Growth is an irreversible increase in size and weight of an organism. The cells of the body do not grow uniformly but differentially. The main types of growth are auxetic, multiplicative and accretionary. The human growth curve is sigmoid and is controlled by hormones. Regenerat..

Water is a compound containing the elements of hydrogen and oxygen combined chemically in the ratio of 2:1. The 3 states of water i.e., ice, water and water vapour are interconvertible by heating or cooling. Water contains dissolved air and minerals which are responsible..

Smallest unit of ecological hierarchy is the organism, while smallest and basic unit of taxonomic hierarchy is species. A group of individuals, having similar structural and functional characters, capable of potential interbreeding is termed as species. In nature all apecies exhibit cooperative and..

In this poem, the mirror is the speaker. It is an autobiographical poem. The mirror talks about itself, its surroundings and the woman who uses it. In this way, it gives its observations in an objective way without any personal bias. The mirror say that its appearance is silver and exact. It do..

Endocrine system consists of many endocrine or ductless glands, which secrete hormones into the blood. Hormones are information molecules, which regulate specific physiological processes in the target cell, tissues or organs. Hormones co-ordinate the activities of different organs and tissu..

Thyroid secretes thyroxine, triiodothyronine and calcitonin, which enhance the metabolic rate, promote body growth and tissue differentiation. Failure of thyroid secretion produces cretinism in young age and myxoedema in adults. Excess secretion of thyroid hormone causes Graves dise..

Carbon shows valencies 2 and 4, and forms two oxides - carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 )..

If two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite to them are equal. If two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite to these angles are equal..

A solution of a linear equation is the value of the variable which makes LHS = RHS. It is also called the "root" of the equation. To solve a linear equation , we transpose all the terms containing the variable to one side and the constant terms to the other. The equation then reduces to th..

If two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite to them are equa..