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Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...work on this image bank material, read through the study comment below and look at what is asked in Question 1. Then, as you look at the images and read the captions, make notes of any aspects of the measurement platforms that might be relevant to the entries you will make in Table 1. Study comment Two of the questions in this OpenLearn free course give you the...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...work. Activity 3 (Listening, Exploratory) Listen to the audio tracks associated with Activity 1 again, as many times as you like, and then consider the descriptions I produced in Activity 1. Examining the words used in my descriptions, can you think of any similarities between them, perhaps more general threads that may bring two or more descriptions together as one...
АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ
Languages

АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ

...work in some situations, but what about ...». «I understand what you’re saying. What would you do if ...». «I realise that you’ve given it a lot of thought, but there is another way of looking at it». «I’m sorry, but I don’t agree with that». Ви помітите, що в наведених вище прикладах демонструється...
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...working environments hot water for washing cooking food safe chilled food storage adequate lighting for homes and offices the ability to use electronic equipment for communication and entertainment (and producing and studying material such as this course). The fourth bar of Figure 1 shows that over 2000 PJ of delivered energy were used for space heating (i.e. warming the...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...Work out what effect each will have on the demand curve. Then see if you can complete Table 1 below. Table 1: Shifts in the market demand curve for electronic personal organisers CHANGE IN VARIABLE EFFECT ON DEMAND CURVE Decrease in income Decrease in quantity demanded at all prices. Demand curve shifts to the left Increase in income Rise in price of a substitute Fall in...
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...work out why different animals adopt their own strategies. Elephant shrews (Elephantulus myurus), which live in the relatively moderate climate of southern Africa for example, reduce their T b to one of the lowest levels seen in mammals in which frequent torpor bouts are observed. Torpor occurs with complete recovery about five times a day over the winter months, with the...
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...works that is very different (or also similar!) to languages you already speak, or if you have holidays booked, it is nice to demonstrate an interest in the local culture by speaking in the local language where possible. If you would like to become fluent enough to hold a conversation, it’s important that you manage your expectations. Studying alone can only get you so...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...work of Humboldt because they rely on the geographic linkage between biology, in this case species richness, and data on the physical properties of the world. However, the lack of scientific consensus on the exact cause of the LDG is problematic because it means that we do not fully understand the mechanisms responsible for the geographic variation in species richness. It...