Thursday, December 16, 2010

(blog #10) polly flower.


Some flowers become quite large, and so you must space them some distance apart in your flower bed. Others don't mind being crowded, and can be planted very closely. Flowers also differ in the amount of sunlight they prefer.When you've chosen an appropriate spot for your flowers and have prepared the soil, dig a hole that is 5-6 inches from flat ground. You also cannot over water the plant. Always make sure they get enough water and sunlight.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Should we spend the money we do on water treatment?


In the financial year 2009/10 WaterAid’s total income was 45.6 million. This is actually good, you do not want want dirty water. For example when washing your hand, in the shower, or just drinking tap water. If we don't spend enough money for water treatment most of us would be sick, and always dirty.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

How far should the government go in isolating people with an infectios diseases? Should the army be involved?


I feel that the Government should be doing everything possible to prevent any infections/diseases from spreading. I would say go as far as they need to, as in passing out certain laws that the people with those infections/diseases can't be around others, unless there infection/disease isn't all that serious as others. I really don't think that the army has to do anything.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Dust bowl


Most areas identified as dust bowls were put into agriculture in periods of relatively high rainfall, and failed badly when climate shifted to slightly less rainfall. The original plant live of these areas had very deep root structures and allowed water to penetrate meters into the soil. With a change to mainly annuals the root structures had to be rebuilt each year, and in particular the early part of the year the roots were not deep enough to sustain crops through a drought. These annual grasses, our grain crops, failed to maintain the condition of the soil in several ways. The humus level progressively declined, and with it the ability of the soil to hold water, the ability of clay particles to be bound to humus, and thus prevent solid barriers to water penetration from forming was lost over several years.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Blog #7


The loss of topsoil and nutrients due to erosion reduces productivity, and may also reduce the soil's ability to store water for plants to draw upon between rainfall events. Off-site impacts created by sheet erosion of soil and its deposition away from the erosion site, may include crop and pasture damage, water-quality deterioration and stream, dam, lake and reservoir sedimentation. Damage to aquatic habitats is likely to follow. Sheet erosion may also result in removal of seeds or seedlings.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Why are maps important in the study of environmental science?















I feel like the Weather maps are important to the Enviroment and us. For example, maps show us what the next day of our lifes is going to be sunny, or a rainy day.



I also feel that having a map of the streets/freeways is important for the Enviroment. This will help us on letting us know where to go if were lost and where to get to our destination.

Chaos theory


Chaos theory is a field of study in mathematics, physics, economics and philosophy studying the behavior of dynamical system that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.Small differences in initial conditions (such as those due to rounding errors in numerical computation) yield widely diverging outcomes for chaotic systems, rendering long-term prediction impossible in general.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

GOALS!!!


Goals are accomplishments! This year i am planning to get a C or higher for Enviroment science.
Goals can only be done, by putting in hard work and of course EFFORT. With out any of those two you will not be successful at doing it. For example Andre Ethier got to were he is by working hard and putting a lot of EFFORT on the field and off the field.