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Biological communities differ in the types and
numbers of species they contain and the
ecological roles those species play.
??Species diversity: the number of different species it
contains (species richness) combined with the
abundance of individuals within each of those species
(species evenness).
Indicator Species:
Biological Smoke Alarms
??Species that serve as early warnings of
damage to a community or an ecosystem.
??Presence or absence of trout species because

Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded in the fifteenth century Punjab on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and ten later Sikh Gurus. The principal belief of Sikhism is faith in Waheguru. The Gurū Granth Sāhib Ji, which, along with the writings of six other Sikh Gurus, has works of many devotees from diverse economic and religious backgrounds. Most of the sikhs live in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan. Sikh teaching emphasizes the principle of equality of all humans and rejects discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, and gender.

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too: William Henry Harrison's successful campaign slogan. Won 80% of the electoral vote.

Webster-Ashburton Treaty: Compromise over the Maine boundary. America received more land but England got the Halifax-Quebec route.Patched up the Carolina Affair of 1837.

John C. Calhoun: Opposed Polk's high-handedness, avid Southern slave-owner. (Right to own property, slaves considered property)

Ch. 12 terms AMSCO

Manifest destiny- is a term that was used in the 19th century to appoint the belief that the US was destined to expand across the North American continent. The term first appeared in print in 1839 and was used by a New York journalist, John L. O'Sullivan. It was used to encourage American settlement in the Great Plains and the west.

Protein Digestion

As I have suggested before, life is a system of cooperating enzyme reactions, and once again, enzymes are the prime movers in protein digestion just as they were in carbohydrate digestion. The enzymes for protein digestion are collectively called proteinases (protein-ACES) or proteases (pro-tea-ACES). Proteins are broken apart by the protein-digesting enzymes in a process called hydrolysis.