Semester 2- Week 16 Reflect On Your Semester And Year In Biology What Were Your Successes? What Were Your Failures? What Did You Learn That You Will Never Forget?

My successes in the class was my projects because I learned how to do each and everyone of them by myself and it is a good thing because that just prove to me that if I try then I'll start to understand the concept of things. I fail to do quizzes online because its a tedious job and I have no time for it plus having to scroll down and click the right answer is kind of annoying. I'll never forget that we planted flowers outside the classroom because we were the one who planted them first and then from generation on the other students will take care of what we started.

Semester 2- Week 14 What Energy Sources Are Technology Limited? Give At Least Two Examples What Energy Resources Are Resource Limited? Give At Least Two Examples

Energy sources that are technology limited are hoover dam and solar panels. Hoover Dam provides a vast supply of renewable energy, which is fed across a significant area of the US.  This type of energy has no associated greenhouse gas emissions, although emissions were created and released during its construction phase.The solar panel make use of renewable energy from the sun, and are a clean and environmentally sound means of collecting solar energy.

Wind energy generators are resource limited, also called as wind turbines. Wind turbines are used to generate electricity from the kinetic power of the wind. They were more frequently used as a mechanical device to turn machinery. There are two main kinds of wind generators, those with a vertical axis, and those with a horizontal axis. Wind turbines can be used to generate large amounts of electricity in wind farms both onshore and offshore. The articles on this page are about wind turbines.

So are landfills, a secure landfill is a carefully engineered depression in the ground or built on top of the ground, resembling a football stadium into which wastes are put. The aim is to avoid any hydraulic water related connection between the wastes and the surrounding environment, particularly groundwater. Basically, a landfill is a bathtub in the ground a double lined landfill is one bathtub inside another. Bathtubs leak two ways: out the bottom or over the top.

Semester 2-Week 15 Write A Letter To Senator Feinstein Describing What Alternative Energy Source You Think We Should Be Pursuing. Give At Least Three Reasons Why.

Dear Senator Feinatein,
       I had a couple things in mind and one of which is potential for delivering adequate power for electricity and vehicles.  I choose this one because the things that comes out of cars and trucks is what causes the environmental damage.  Which is the smog.  If we think about it we can use a lot of natural energy sources.  But of course it will take time to build resources to use but it is worth a try. Something I also was thinking about was solar panels.  People do not realize how much energy we use throughout the day.  And no one does anything when it comes to being in danger.

       Fossil fuels have become a huge environmental issue and we are beginning to run out of them. There are many different forms of energy that we could be using to help save the environment and will not run out, or will last longer than fossil fuels. One alternative energy source that we could use is wind energy. It's natural and will give jobs to people since the machines need to be cared for very much. Another energy source we can use is solar energy which is also all natural. The last energy source that would be great to use is  Hydro energy. All of these are great and do not add any danger to the environment. However, on their own they don't provide much energy so it would be smart to use these alternative energy sources all together. 

 Sincerely,

Ying Yi Zhang

Semester 2-Week 13 Explain What Closing The Loop Means In Terms Of Waste Management

"closing the loop" means to purchase products made from recycled materials. Recycling is a cycle. It is not enough simply to collect recyclables for manufacture into new products. So when you purchase recycle good it could help the recycling make up and expand. If you buy a recycle made item the money should most likely go to the people who made the recycle made good and with that money they should probably have people recycle more bottles, can , plastic, and etc.

Semester 2-Week 12 Should We Be Using Pesticides? Why Or Why Not? What Are The Possible Consequences?

        Pesticides are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. A pesticide may be a chemical substance, biological agent (such as a virus or bacterium), antimicrobial, disinfectant or device used against any pest. Pests include insects, plant pathogens, weeds, molluscs, birds, mammal, fish, nematodes (roundworms), and microbes that destroy property, spread disease or are a vector for disease or cause a nuisance. Although there are benefits to the use of pesticides, there are also drawbacks, such as potential toxicity to humans and other animals. According to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 10 of the 12 most dangerous and persistent organic chemical are pesticides. 

        I don't think we should use it because it is not safe and its a chemical. We should use only things that are naturally made for a safe and better way of living. The consequences of using it is really bad and why would you want to use something that would hurt your body. 

       Pesticides may cause acute and delayed health effects in those who are exposed. Pesticide exposure can cause a variety of adverse health effects. These effects can range from simple irritation of the skin and eyes to more severe effects such as affecting the nervous system, mimicking hormones causing reproductive problems, and also causing cancer.

 

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Semester 2- Week 11 Is What Happened To Farmer Barry Fair? What Would Have Been A Better Outcome?

     To my knowledge of what happened to Barry the farmer is not fair. Monsanto was harsh and rude to him. They want to take over people crops so they could plant some bacteria in them and endangering the crops because crop should be naturally planted. The jury decided to side with them fearing that Monsanto might do something.They have complete over the crops because people let them and the authorities won't do anything to help stop them. Barry's farm was a pure one until they decided to take over it.

     What should have been done is that the jury should had convict Monsanto of stealing Barry's farm to plant bacteria in them so they could grow scientifically. They should had prevent him from destroying the naturally planted crops. It just show that Monsanto is greedy by sewing Barry's farm and stealing his farm by shoving him money. 

Smester 2- Week 10 What surprised you most from your food analysis? Are there any categories you should be concerned about?

Something that surprised me was that I don't have enough Vitamin A in my body system and that I need more of that so I could improve my eye sight. It said that I need more of that and that I have too much Vitamin C. I should lower down on my Vitamin C because having too much of something is a bad thing because it could be poisonous and you'll never know what will happen. You should always have a fair amount of food to eat that is what I learn so don't eat too much of something or too little of something. If you eat too much of something you could get poison from it and too little of something you are lacking the nutrition of it. 

Semester 2- Week 9 Research A Culturally Different Food That You Have Never Eaten (i.e. Rattlesnake, Dog, Raw Monkey Brains, Grasshoppers) What Are Its Nutritional Benefits? Find A Recipe For This Food Post Both The Nutritional Benefits And The Recipe In Your Blog. If Possible Include A Picture.

        In China and Korea people eat dog meat. Dog meat refers to edible parts and the flesh derived from (predominantly domestic) dogs. Human consumption of dog meat has been recorded in many parts of the world, including ancient China, ancient Mexico, and ancient Rome. According to contemporary reports, dog meat is consumed in a variety of countries such as Switzerland, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Korea. In addition, dog meat has also been used as survival food in times of war and/or other hardships. In contemporary times, some cultures view the consumption of dog meat to be a part of their traditional cuisine, while others consider consumption of dog to be inappropriate and offensive. In response to criticisms, proponents of dog meat have argued that distinctions between livestock and pets is subjective while countering that those critical of dog meat consumption are guilty of cultural supremacy, if not racism. Eating dog is forbidden under Muslim and Jewish Dietary law.  

          ^{People in China loves to eat dog meat because it tastes good that is why a lot of people criticize us for being cruel on eating dog meat. They say is animal abuse in which I agree because I wouldn't eat DOG meat ever!}

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy	1,096 kJ (262 kcal)
Carbohydrates	0.1 g
- Dietary fiber	0 g
Fat	20.2 g
Protein	19 g
Water	60.1 g
Vitamin A equiv.	3.6 μg (0%)
Thiamine (Vit. B1)	0.12 mg (9%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)	0.18 mg (12%)
Niacin (Vit. B3)	1.9 mg (13%)
Vitamin C	3 mg (5%)
Calcium	8 mg (1%)
Iron	2.8 mg (22%)
Phosphorus	168 mg (24%)
Potassium	270 mg (6%)
Sodium	72 mg (3%)
Ash	0.8 g

 
  
  

Semester 2- Week 8 Your Choice Talk Aout Something You Learned Or Ask A Question About Something That Is Confusing You

Throughout the year in the Enviro class I learn about ecosystem, over population, population growth, biomes, food web, food chain, and pyramid population. The subject I come to like is overpopulation because I agree with the book on how they said the earth is being over populated by humans and they are destroying animals home to make more houses for humans to live in. My opinion is that we don't need that many humans because we have too much. I also learn about obesity in America and how we are the top listed for having obese people, and that we should start eating healthier and stop eating so many fast food places. There are more things that I learned in Enviro class but I'll just talk about these.

Semester 2- Week 7 Letter To The Government What Should The US Reproductive Policy Be Write A Letter To Your Senator Or Representative About What The US Policy Should Be And Why? If There Are Penalties What Are They?

Dear Barbara Boxer,

     I would like to inform of a political issue. Throughout the years more and more people have been coming to the US. Some are natually born on the soil but others are immigrants who trespass to the US for a better life. To be the reason isn't because we have too much immigrants but its because the US don't have a law saying how many babies we Americans could have. There are alreay a lot of people here in America and with the birth rate increasing by a hundred in each year would cause a great deal of over population. In order to that from happening we should only allow immigrants here if only they really need to, and emlinate the growth of babies to the minimum of only 2 babies per house hold that way there won't be a mass change in the gender if the rule is only to have one baby. These are the issues that I am informing you to please fix because we need to get rid of the overpopulation problem in order make the earth a better place and to expand the earth's life of global warming a little longer.

     Thank you for your time and consideration in my letter. I am really grateful to have you as my senator.
Sincerely,

Ying Yi Zhang

Semester 2- Week 6 What Are Two Ways A Population Can Grow Even If The Birth Rate Declines?

           If we decline the birth rate the other two things that could increase population is by reducing the death rate of humans and letting more immigrants in. By doing that we could increase the population without fearing it would decrease. We could decrease death rate by having people go to the doctors for a check up every month to see how there conditions are, that way if they do get sick we would know within  month and we could stop it by spreading out. If we let more immigrants in that would help because they could help increase population by just being there and if the law say we could only have one kid we could let them in so they could help us by at least producing one kid. So even if grow rate do decrease there is always a backup plan.

Semester 2- Week 5 Habitat Destruction Has Been Linked To The Loss Of Many Species. Which Of The Biomes Or Ecosystems Do You Feel Is Most Fragile And Endanger? Why?

        If I have to choose which biome is the most endanger one I would pick the Rain Forest Biome because many rude people like to go into there habitat and snatch special species so they could earn a great amount of profit out of it. They don't realize that the animals are there for a reason and that the rain forests are their homes. Many people are always trying to take the rain forest down so they could build more homes for us humans to live in but I say that we should leave the rain forest alone and build houses somewhere else because that is the home for the animals.
        This is why I think Rain Forest is the most endanger biome. People try to take over the rain forest by building more homes and taking away the habitat of it. If we stop doing what we do then we could help save it from being endanger.

Smester 2- Week 4 Give An Example Of How A Species Affects A Biome And A Biome Affects A Species

            I believe there is a strong relationship between biomes and species. Although biome provide species its habitat but they interact with each other that makes biome more active and interesting. Species need to live in the biome to attract more sea creatures so they would want to move in to it and it will help make the biome grow, without them biomes wouldn't stay alive for a long time. 

             For example the coral reef biome provide a habitat for the sea anemone when its habitat stays there for its entire life and decorate the coral reef biome. It will attract more fishes to move there and start a new life. It will make the biome more acrtive and alive, like when you buy a house you need people to live in it so when they move it would attract people to want to move there because of who lived there. 

Semester 2- Week 3 Describe The Common Parts Of A River (Riparian) Habitat

     The two common parts in river habitat are abiotic components and biotic components. Abiotic components are consist of non-living components . Biotic components are consist of living organisms such as plants or animals.
     Abiotic components that are found in river habitat include air, water, rock, and sunlight. Air supplies oxygen to living organisms in river habitat, making a relation. Water help make them stay alive. These organisms such as lotuses and fishes need water to live. Rock works as a habitat too. Some organisms could be crabs, shrimps, and mayflies. Sunlight gives  significant result in photosynthesis process, make a relation with autotroph organisms.
     Biotic components that found in river habitat are fishes, crabs, eels, mayflies, frogs, and shrimps. There are plants and autotroph organisms as well such as lotuses, moss, lilies, and algae. There are some protists as well such as dinoflagellates, ciliated protozoa, and diatoms. Many organisms are out there, each organisms make a relation with others and it make an ecosystem.

 

Semester 2- Week 2 Which Biome Would You Most Like To Visit? Why?

          I think I would most likely to visit the Tropical Rain Forest because I always wonder what it is like to go inside a forest and look around. Although the atmosphere of the Tropical Rain Forest may not feel good because you'll probably feel all sticky and a lot of mosquito might come to bite you and make you feel all itchy but I think it is worth a try to go and take a look inside the Tropical Rain Forest. 
          I want to go in and find some weird species that I haven't seen before and it is a fun adventure to explore mother earth. You could take a lot of beautiful pictures while touring inside the forest. It would just be a really fun experience to have and you could just do an one in a life time thing. For me I like to go and have fun adventure so a forest would seem like a most likely biome place to visit for me because I never been to one before. :OOO

Semester 2: Week 1-Describe Some Of The Relationships Between Organisms You Believe Are Happening On Campus. (i.e. predator/prey) Give At Least Three Examples

You may know that there are a lot of organism on school campus. Those organism are mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, predation, & competition.

Mutualism means that both organisms gets the benefit. Example :

1. Birds to Flowers. Birds feed on the flower and the flower gets the pollen

2. Bees to Flowers. Same as above 

3. Butterflies to Flowers. Same as above

Commensalism means one organism get benefit, another one is neither harmed nor helped. Example :

1. Bird and trees, birds make a home from the tree which shows no harm

2. Moss and trees, some moss live and grow on trees, that shows no harm

3. Beetles and trees, some beetles make a home out of tree which shows no harm

Parasitism means one get benefit and the other is adversely affected. Example :

1. Tracheal mites with honeybees

2. Weeds and vegetables, weeds destroy the vegetables

3. Weeds and flowers, weeds destroy the flowers

Predation means consumption of one species by another. Example :

1. Birds and worms, birds eat worms

2. Worm and vegetables, worm eat vegetables

3. Snail and vegetables, snail eats the leaves

Competition means two or more individuals compete in collecting resources :

1. Worm and snail fight for plant's leaves

2. Butterflies and bees both fight for flower cause they provide the nectar for them

3. Skunk and cat both fight for food by the food that are left during the daytime by students