Environmental Biology
By: Claire
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. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption, and diet.
Somebody can achieve stainable living by riding bikes to work or even walking and change what they use to cook. I do not think that we will ever get to sustainable living because they keep making cars and they keep making things with plastic.Energy
Fossil fuels- a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Renewable energy- is energy that can be uses again. such as fresh water, oxygen, solar energy, timber, and biomass these two thing are way different. we will eventually run out of fossil fuels
fossil fuels are currently at about 85% of all all the energy. Renewable energy are much lower environmental impact then fossil fuels. Technologies that utilize the, are often called "green" you should us renewable energy so we can use the fossil fuels when we really need them. Would you want to be the reason we run out?Recycling
Recycling means to convert waste into reusable material. Why should people recycle? because it will help the world and we wont end sooner. lol.
Tin can- do not decompose they just rust.
Glass bottles- approximately one million years.
Disposable diapers- about 500 years.
Wood- 10 years to fully decompose.
Paper- News papers take about six weeks to decompose.
Plastic grocery bag- 1,000 years
Styrofoam cup- about 100 years
Aluminum can- takes up to 500 years.
Cotton T-shirt- 2.5 years.
Apple Core- 2 months.
Did any of these surprise me? Yes they all did . I thought once you throw it out it'd be gone in a week or so.. but guess not.Biomes
Some Biomes are Arctic Tundra and Coniferous Forest.
Arctic Tundra- is extremely cold climate, low precipitation, surface drainage only, small number of wildlife and plant species, short growing season and reproduction, limited supply of nutrients, and large variation in populations. Arctic Tundra is found in Alaska, Greenland, Canada, Europe and Siberia. No deep-rooted vegetation exists because of permafrost (permanently frozen ground). There is as much as two months of darkness and even in the summer the sun is close to the horizon that there is a low intensity of sunlight. Some Abiotic factor are strong winds, little rainfall, short summer days, long cold winters, poor soil. Some Biotic factors are plants like heaths and mosses have to adapt to very long and cold winter because the sun does not come up in the winter. Wildlife like arctic tundra animals include snowy owls, reindeer, polar bears, white foxes, lemming, arctic hares, wolverines, caribou, migrating birds, mosquitoes and black flies.
Coniferous Forest- stretches in great belt around the Northern Hemisphere and from Alaska, Canada, the USA, Scandinavia and Siberian Russia. A few tree species exist which are mainly conifers such as Pine, Spruce, Fir and larch. Some abiotic factors are mild, moist air from the pacific oceans. durning the summer, it is cool and dry and during the winter, it is extremely cold. this biome receives abundant rainfall during the fall, winter, and spring. the soil is very rocky and acidic. The soil also is generally thin and it is poorly drained. Rain about 20 inches per year. Some biotic factor are white tailed deer, reeves muntjac, fox, mice, owls and squirrels. There are many plants in this biome, but three are more dominate than others. These are pine, fur, cedar, and spruce tress. Mosses are also found almost anywhere here.Food Chain
Food chain of the desert- First you start with your primary producers.- are organisms in an ecosystem that produce biomass from inorganic compounds. {Autotrophs} cacti, sage brush, ocotillo, rabbit brush and much more. Then you move up to your primary consumers {plant eaters} - organisms that eat the autotrophs; these organisms are called herbivores. insects, lizards, rodents. Then you move up to your carnivores {Small predators, Insectivores} - an animal that feeds on flesh. Tarantulas, scorpions, larger lizards, snakes. Then you got your larger predators. - {These eat everything} Hawk, fox.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- is garbage in the north pacific ocean. We can help in Iowa by having more people throw there things away and not just throwing it on the ground.
The name "Pacific Garbage Patch" has led many to believe that this area is a large and continuous patch of easily visible marine debris items such as bottles and other litter—akin to a literal island of trash that should be visible with satellite or aerial photographs. This is not the case. While higher concentrations of litter items can be found in this area, much of the debris is actually small pieces of floating plastic that are not immediately evident to the naked eye.
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Dead Zones in the Gulf of Mexico the hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico is an area along the Louisiana-Texas coast, where water near the bottom of the gulf contains less than 2 parts per million of dissolved oxygen, causing a condition referred to A HYPOXIA. The only way to stopping it is be safe of what you drink. and watch what water holes you are using out of.
Keystone Species
Competitive Exclusion
The inevitable elimination from a habitat of one of two different species with identical needs for resources. The red squirrel and the grey squirrel.
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Terms- Coexistence- the awareness that individuals and groups differ in numerous ways including class, ethnicity, religion, gender, and political inclination. These group identities may be the causes of conflicts, contribute to the cause of conflicts, or may be solidified as conflicts develop and escalate.
Parasites- an organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the hosts expense.
Mimicry- The action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.
Mutualism- the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.
Commensalism- an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
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Invasive Species
Invasive species is an invasive species is defined as an organism that is not native and has negative effects on our economy, our environment, or our health. Not all introduced species are invasive. Invasive plants and animals are the second greatest threat to biodiversity after habitat loss. Red deer and wild pigs. Also known as wild or feral hogs , pigs, or boars once roamed European and Asian hillsides. The purebred pigs have now gone extinct in much of their native range, but they have spread to other parts of the world including New Zealand, Australia, Latin America and North America prized for its "medicinal'' properties in parts of Asia and as a trophy species by South American hunter, the red deer has spread from its native Eurasia to the Americas, New Zealand and Australia, These deer’s aren't picky when it comes to choosing a home. These animals have spread from their Native homes because human population.