Glass is a favored building material for modern architecture, yet it is also very dangerous for wild birds. Because they often cannot distinguish between glass and open air, millions of birds are harmed every year when they try to fly through glass windows. There are, however, several solutions that responsible businesses can use to prevent injuries to birds. One-Way Glass One solution is to replace the regular, clear glass with one-way glass that is transparent in only one direction. The occupants of the building can see out, but birds and others cannot see in. If birds cannot see through a window, they will understand that the glass forms a solid barrier and will not try to fly through it. Colorful Designs A second solution is to paint colorful lines or other designs on regular window glass. For example, a window could have a design of thin stripes painted over the glass. People would still be able to see through the openings in the design where there is no paint, while birds would see the stripes and thus avoid trying to fly through the glass. Architects can be encouraged to include colorful painted patterns on glass as part of the general design of buildings. Magnetic Field The third solution is to create an artificial magnetic field to guide birds away from buildings. Humans use an instrument called a magnetic compass to determine directions - either north, south, east, or west. Bird research has shown that birds have a natural ability to sense Earth’s magnetic fields; this ability works just like a compass, and it helps birds navigate in the right direction when they fly. A building in a bird flight path can be equipped with powerful electromagnets that emit magnetic signals that steer birds in a direction away from the building.
The reading and the lecture are both about the effect of glass windows on birds that they collide with glass windows and hurt themselves. The author of the reading believes there are three possible solutions for this problem. The lecturer challenges the statements made by the author. he is of the opinion that none of the solutions work.
First of all, the author suggests that one way glass, which is transparent in on side and not in other side. it is mentioned that because birds won't see window, they would avoid thinking it is a barrier. The argument is refuted by the lecturer. he says the surface of non-transparent glass reflects like a mirror. Furthermore, he argues that birds don't distinguish mirror. As a result, birds would see reflection of sky or trees on the mirror and straight up colliding with it.
Secondly, the article posits that painting colorful lines on window glass would solve the problem. The author notes people inside the building see through in between lines, while birds see stripes and avoid them. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by asserting that birds would think the opening as holes and would try to fly through. he elaborates on this by mentioning that in order to avoid this circumstance, the openings must be small, but extremely small holes would be too dark for people inside.
Finally, it is stated that usage of a powerful magnetic field would help. The article establishes that birds can sense Earth's magnetic field, and thus, building a powerful magnetic field would steer birds away. The lecturer, on the other hand, opposes that birds only use Earth's magnetic field for long distance travel. he puts forth the idea that birds don't use magnetic sense for short distance, and instead, they use their eyes.
- Animal fossils usually provide very little opportunity to study the actual animal tissues, because in fossils the animals' living tissues have been largely replaced by minerals. Thus, scientists were very excited recently when it appeared that a 70-m 3
- TPO 16 The United Kingdom sometimes referred to as Britain has a long and rich history of human settlement Traces of buildings tools and art can be found from periods going back many thousands of years from the Stone Age through the Bronze Age the Iron Ag 80
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- Professor In class today we are going to talk about grading students Before you come to class I want you to think about whether grades are beneficial On one hand they provide a way to measure students progress On the other hand some argue that grades are 70
- TPO 31 A fossil skeleton of a dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx, preserved in volcanic ash, was discovered in Liaoning, China, in 1996. Interestingly, the fossil included a pattern of fine lines surrounding the skeletal bones. Some paleontologists interpret 71
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, second, secondly, so, thus, while, as a result, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1464.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 298.0 270.72406181 110% => OK
Chars per words: 4.91275167785 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43222856197 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 145.348785872 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.536912751678 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 426.6 419.366225166 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 3.25607064018 276% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 32.6839051265 49.2860985944 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.3333333333 110.228320801 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.5555555556 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.77777777778 7.06452816374 96% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 4.19205298013 191% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.223446124191 0.272083759551 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0665174633713 0.0996497079465 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0575332925006 0.0662205650399 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.135654941295 0.162205337803 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0316394382726 0.0443174109184 71% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.0 13.3589403974 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 72.16 53.8541721854 134% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.2 11.0289183223 65% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.9 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.72 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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