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rocky

1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.

2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.

3. Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

(Science: zoology) Rocky mountain locust See bighorn.


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Need help preping for exam

... I think almost all algal plants live in the water. There are a large variety of single-celled, single layered membraned algae. If you look at the rocky intertidal you will notice most seaweeds (algae) are flimsy in comparison to trees, etc. The water provides support. They don't have roots because ...

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Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:17 am
 
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Innovating a research

... sizes anywhere from 10-20, mostly because it can get a little tricky trying to grab enough samples. My project required me to get samples from the rocky intertidal and I had a time span of around 3-5 hours to collect them all. Your berries project sounds good, and it also sounds like there will ...

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by HilaryD
Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:52 am
 
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Soil Science

... be different from a burnt desert soil. So the question should be qualified. A dead body in a desert, a swamp, on forest floor, on ricefields, on rocky soil, on taiga, will definitely have different decomposition rates based on current environmental conditions. But of course, where microorganisms ...

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by mkwaje
Mon May 19, 2008 1:29 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
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Zebra Stripes

... of course, their behavioural adaptatations. So, Zebras as I said, prefer open plains ( E. burchelli and E. grevyi ), arid zones and mountain or rocky biomes ( E. zebra ). So, in this habitat, their coat has to make a difference to their predators. Some theories explain that a striped object ...

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by Mascarell
Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:06 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
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cricket breeding....

... hot rocks. You can change the substrate - they prefer sand for reproduction, but will they use other surfaces? What would a salty, or peaty, or rocky surface do for/to them?

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by Darby
Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:18 am
 
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