Cale Billheimer
Journal Entries
Sustainable living
Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resources and personal resources.
Use less processed materials.
I could not reach this
Fossils Fuels and Renewable
Renewable energy sources can be used and reused.
Recycling
People should recycle so the Earth doesn't go to waste in the relatively near future
Tin Can- 100 years
Glass Bottle- 500 years
Disposable Diaper- 75 years
Wood- 1-3 years
Paper- 2 to 4 weeks
Plastic Grocery Bag- 10-20 years
Styrofoam Cup- never
Aluminum Can- 80 years
Cotton T-shirt
Apple Core- 2 months
I was muchas surprisedGreat garbage patch
The Great Pacific garbage patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex, is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N.
Here in Iowa we could volunteer to help or stop littering in general
Biomes
Tundra- Desert. Shrubs and Algae
Rainforest- River. Fish and Sea animals
Seawater biome
Shrimp
Sea urchins
Crabs
Shrimp-Herbivore
Bullshark- carnviore
Omnivore- Whale
Scavenger- Seagulls
Dead Zones
We can stop them by helping clean up and quit littering
Keystone species
A wolf would be a top predator.
There absence would create a misbalance in our ecosystems
Competitive exclusion
A shark and Alligator can't coexist
Definitons
2 or more species living peacefully with each other
Lions and Tigers
Parasites- an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
Mosquitos and Maggots
Mimicry- mimicry is a similarity of one species to another which protects one or both
Mutualism- Mutualism is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other
Commensalism- an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
Carbon Cycle
We affect it by use of fossil fuels and constant deforestation
Global Dimming
It is affected in Antarctica. It is a problem because it could eventually spread to other places.
Greenhouse effect
Endangered Species
Invasive Species
Yellow Bass and Sharks. Yellow Bass kill other fish in lakes and Sharks don't belong in rivers but they sometimes get in them
Rainforests
Human population
Pesticides
Pesticides are substances meant for attracting, seducing, and then destroying, or mitigating any pest. Famers need them but they overall have a bad effect on the environment.