... had to be one of the four elements. He believed that the source of all things is water, for it was water that gave life to the "life germs". While traveling through Egypt, he may have observed how the crops began to grow as soon the Nile flooded and receded, especially the land in the Nile Delta. He also noticed how frogs and worms appeared whenever it had ... just been raining. He also observes the fact that water can turn into vapor and ice ... , as well as being the source of fire, since heat is produced and ... ...

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... "holding them both, house and rock, in a private cloud". The next stanza she describes the rain as "blind drops" and brings our attention to a curious owl that chases frogs, the owl may represent one who is jealous of love because he bothers the frogs while they are in search of the right mates. The next stanza takes the reader back to the house and asks of it to open to ... the surrounding sunrise as well as the "silver fish, mouse, bookworms, big moths". This could be a plea ... to her reader to open up their minds to the scene that is being described. In the last stanza she describe...

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... kill aquatic life. Both low pH and aluminum kills fish. The ecosystem is completely affected. For example, a frog can tolerate high pH levels, but its prey the mayfly cannot. Frogs then cannot find a source of food and starve to death. Biodiversity also decreases. The number of species of fish and aquatic life extremely declines. The ecosystem becomes unbalanced, species die because they are immediately affected ... or their prey is unavailable. The pollution of the years is decreasing though. Fuels are cleaner, pollution is ... ...

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... and 100 times more so than pH 6. Similarly, pH 9 is 1O times more basic than pH 8 and 100 times more basic than pH 7. The acid in acid rain comes from two kinds of air pollutants-- sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). These are emitted primarily from utility and ... the litter are released. Other metal flows into the water from the soils in the surrounding watershed. These toxic metals are bad for human health; high lead levels may harm people who drink such water and people who ingest mercury in tainted fish suffer serious health problems. Most of the frogs and insects also d...

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... soon. So you hurry as you try to make it back to your car before the rain comes, but as you are running you hear the little thumps on the leaves in the trees above you. Then you feel a sharp burning sensation on your arm. You look ... flowing to streams, lakes, and marshes acid rain releases aluminum, which is highly toxic to many species of aquatic organisms, into the water ways. This raises the acidic level of lakes and streams. According to Environmental Issues "Most lakes and streams have a ph between 6 and 8." Which ... in 1994, 33% showed some improvement in acidity while 11% were ...

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... because if she laid eggs they would have unusually thin shells, which would break before the embryo was ready to be born. Naturally this had a devastating effect on their population. Not only are birds affected by the loss of wetlands but dozens of types of animals like frogs, fish, and turtles. Fish are especially dependent on wetlands either for spawning or as a habitat ... . Since most pollutants are dumped first into the water then fish and other aquatic life are the first to feel the effect of contaminants. Another animal that depends on ... recreation. More than half of all U.S. a...

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