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&rom one of the final essay topics' write a paragraph using comparison or contrast
Freshwater Ecosystems and Marine Ecosystems Even though Freshwater ecosystems and Marine ecosystems are both A quatic ecosystems, they differ in at least three ways. The first difference between Freshwater ecosystem and Marine ecosystem is the space they cover on the Earth's surface. Freshwater ecosystems cover 0. 0! of the Earth's surface and inhabit 0.00"! of its total water. Marine ecosystems cover appro#imately $%! of the Earth's surface and contain appro#imately "$! of the planet's water. The second difference between freshwater and marine ecosystems is salinity. &n freshwater ecosystems, their usually is dissolved salts less than '00 parts per million (ppm). &n marine ecosystems actual salinity varies, seawater has an average salinity of *' parts per thousand (ppt) of water. The third and last difference is the net primary production. Freshwater ecosystems can generate nearly *! of its net primary production. Marine ecosystems generate *+! of the world's net primary production. Furthermore, Freshwater ecosystems contains less species of organisms than marine ecosystems. The difference in number of species is due to the si,e of the ecosystems and the variation available in the environments of those ecosystems.

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ACADEMIC WRITIN ! RAMMAR E"ERCI#E# WEE$ % ". 2dentify the eight parts of speech. noun pronoun .er) ad.er) ad3ecti.e con3unction inter3ection preposition 0. 4i.e a )rief definition of each part. 5oun - names a person place thing or idea. #ronoun 6 ta(es the place of a noun .er) 6 shows action or a state of )eing ad.er) 6 descri)es a .er)' ad3ecti.e or another ad.er). ad3ecti.e - descri)es a noun or pronoun con3unction 6 connects a word or phrase preposition 6 connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence inter3ection 6 shows strong emotion -. 7a)el the parts of speech in the following paragraph 8as many of the words as you can9: When 2 loo( )ac( o.er my life and the li.es of my friends' 2 also see that in.ol.ement in school and community acti.ities helped us :when we felt; the negati.e pull of our peers. 2 3oined the Sha(espeare clu) in elementary school and the #olice <thletic 7eague in 3unior high school' and 2 played )ase)all in high school. Sam too( (arate lessons from grade school through his early years in high school and also played on our high-school )ase)all team. <nd Ramrec( too( drama lessons in 3unior high school' and in high school he 3oined the drama clu). http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fragments-and-run-ons/ !. *+plain' with e+amples' fragment and run on sentences. 4i.e an e+ample of each. . *+plain independent and dependent clauses. 4i.e an e+ample of each. $. =ow do you correct a fragment> 4i.e an e+ample.

Some fragments are incomplete )ecause they lac( either a su)3ect or a .er)' or )oth. ?. 2dentify ! ways to correct a run on sentence. 1. =ow do you correct errors in parallel structure> /. #roofread the following paragraph and re.ise it to correct errors in parallel structure: @arry <. 5ation was an <merican woman who li.ed from "1!$ to the year "/"". She is most famous for two things: her name' which helped to inspire her to )e an acti.ist' and the ha)it that she had of wrec(ing a saloon in sight. @arry 5ation hated alcohol as well as any place that sold it. She was a powerful woman who was almost si+ feet tall. Auring her adult life' she went on a mission to destroy saloons across the country one at a time. =er crusade )egan in Wichita. She used a hatchet to smash saloon windows' chop up saloon furniture' she crac(ed saloon mirrors' and made especially sure to )rea( as many of a saloonBs liCuor )ottles as possi)le. @arry <. 5ation repeated this offense from the east coast to @aliforniaBs coast. Whene.er she landed in 3ail' this enterprising <merican sold toy replicas of her hatchet and speeches were gi.en )y her to raise money for her )ail. @arry 5ation too( action )ased on her )eliefs. She caused a lot of trou)le for some people' )ut people were also helped )y her. She donated funds to the poor and drun(ardBs wi.es were gi.en shelter in a home that she founded. @arry <. 5ation was an <merican woman who li.ed from " 1!$ to "/"". She is most famous for two things: her name' which helped inspire her to )e an acti.ist' and her ha)it of wrec(ing any saloon or )ar in sight. @arry 5ation hated alcohol and any place that sold it. She was a powerful woman who was almost si+ feet tall. Auring her adult life' she went on a mission to destroy saloons across the country one at a time. =er crusade )egan in Wichita. She used a hatchet to smash windows' chop up furniture' crac( mirrors' and )rea( as many liCuor )ottles in a saloon as possi)le. @arry <. 5ation repeated this offense from east to west. Whene.er she landed in 3ail' this enterprising <merican sold toy replicas of her hatchet and ga.e speeches to raise money for her )ail. @arry 5ation too( action )ased on her )eliefs. She caused trou)le for some people )ut helped other

people. She donated funds to the poor and founded a shelter for the wi.es of alcoholics.