10.oktoober 2011 Art versus Nonsense What is beauty ? Why do we find certain things beautiful ? Beauty is something that everyone is familiar with. It can't just be defined as something that may look good. It can be a feeling, a piece of art, music, or words. Anything can be beautiful depending on the person, beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. The music of songbirds is not generally considered art to us, but to birds it may be. The study of beauty is something not easily perfected because there is no absolute and true single beautiful thing in the world. Ideas of what is beautiful and what isn't change quickly, one day something may be thought of as "in" and the next day "out." I have learned that beauty isn't necessarily a person, place, or thing. Beauty for the most part is a feeling it's internal, something in
They must be able to cope with cold winters and hot summers. Some animals hibernate or migrate during the winter to escape the cold. Animals who do not hibernate or migrate must have special adaptations to deal with higher exposure to predators in the winter. When leaves fall, there is less cover for animals in this biome to hide from predators. Temperate rainforest- The animals use most of the fall to prepare for the merciless winter season. The animals that leave during the winter, including songbirds and some butterflies, migrate south for a warmer and sunnier winter. Some animals that do stay in the temperate forest avoid the winter by hibernating, or sleeping. All of these animals prepare for hibernation by eating large amounts of food during the summer and fall seasons. They gain enough fat so that they can survive hibernating during the winter and not be emaciated when they wake up. Animals, like ground squirrels, marmots, ground hogs, and other small
vigorous (A) hazardous (A) dominant (B) rigid (B) convenient (C) commonplace (C) uniform (D) intolerable (D) strong TEST QUESTIONS Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. 1. Because much collective behavior is dramatic and unpredictable, theories of such behavior are more evaluative than analytic. (A) hazardous (B) unexpected (C) terrifying (D) emotional 2. In contrast to their springtime nuptial plumage, ninny songbirds revert to a drab plumage during the winter. (A) sensitive (B) elaborate (C) different (D) colorless 3. A seed is dormant at the time it is shed by its parent. (A) primed (B) inactive (C) minuscule (D) harvested 4. The newspaper trip and the comic book represent the dominant graphic mythology of the twentieth century. (A) major (B) magical (C) familiar (D) routine 5. The vast majority of animals exhibit a distinct symmetrical form. (A) definite (B) superficial (C) familiar (D) rudimentary
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