Biodiversity

Use the following link to answer questions on Biodiversity!

http://redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/2.About%20Biodiversity/definition.htm

Here are the questions too if you perfer the cut and paste metod.

Biodiversity

What is biodiversity (BD)?





How does the article describe the two ways of looking at BD?






How many species exist on earth?






What group of organisms makes up for the majority of biodiversity on the planet?





Break down the DB of the planets species





How much of the deep ocean floor has been investigated by scientists




What are the two approaches to discussing the importance of BD? Describe them in your own words. Which do you related most with?

What are the two main classes of arguments for protecting biodiversity? Summerize them in your own words.










Why does this statement fit into one class but not the other?







What is the Noah Principle?




Where does the idea of stewardship come from, and what is it?




What is Anthropocentric value?





What are some general benefits to Humans of BD? Give a few spefic examples for each one..


Name and describe the processes that regulate BD?










Describe the neutral processes that regulate species diversity.

Introduction to Ecology

Using the following link

Answer these questions Environmental Issues
Introduction to Ecology

What is Ecology?

Where does the name Ecology come from? Do you think that it fits?

Who can be given credit for coining the term Ecology?

Ecology is part of an other science, which one?

Ecology is a holistic science, what does that mean?

Right and wrong choices about the enviroment can be defined using ecology? Defend your answer?

Name and describe a few branches of ecology

What level of organization do ecologist study?

What is the biosphere and how large is it?

Define ecosystem

Describe some important parts of an ecosystem.

What are abiotic factors? Give a few examples

Describe biotic factors, and give an example

What is a biome?

Global Warming Film Festival II

The Global Warming Film Festival Write Up Ok, so we have seen four films
After the warming
Inconvenient truth
Water world
The day after tomorrow

Of the four films we have seen two were documentaries, and two were fictional accounts of a future. The films offered visions of the past and future based upon the perspective of today. After reading the article “Negative Predictions” I want you two write a five paragraph essay comparing and contrasting the four films against each other. Thinking about the validity of their predictions. Remember to take into account how their visions of the future are based upon facts, events or opinions, use specific examples.

Blog Check!!!

Time to make sure you have all you need on your blog, its worth 70 points of your grade

1. Blog up and working, links to me and your class mates
2. An answer to the final exam question
3. Scientific method, moon landing movie post
4. Video link to a environmental movie
5. Web quest post
6. Power Articles (brochure and green power)
7. Secret lives of stuff response

Global Warming Film Festival I

Post your notes on your blog:

What vision of the future does this film present?
What brought on these future events?
How old is this film?
Is the film's vision of the future belivable or not?
Notes on the corny, cheezy, hokey aspects of the film... CHEESE FACTOR!!

Re-NEW-Able.. Energy

Pictured Below are several types or methods of producing renewable energy. Identify them and add thumbnails to your own blog.






What is green power? What makes a power source renewable? Us the following


Green Power FAQ from San Miguel Power

http://www.smpa.com/

http://www.tristategt.org/greenpower/locations.cfm

Where is their Green Power from?

What kinds of methods are they using?

How do they work? Where are they located?

What is Tri State Generation and Transmission Association ?

What are green energy certificates? How do they work, where do they come from?

When we buy "green energy" what are we really buying?


What kind of information can I find on the following websites?

National Renewable Energy Research Labs

Department Of Energy
Purchasing Green Energy
Green Energy Certificates

Ok, now its time to repeat the Power production brochure, this time we will make posters to explain various "green" energy methods.

Todays assigment will be in library researching power production techniques. Each topic should be covered by at least one student, but you can work in pairs or groups of three as well

Below are three ways power is produced in the US:

Coal burning, oil burning

Nuclear

Hydroelectric

For each means of power production I want you to create a tri fold pamphlet, you are not allowed to use WIKAPEDIA, and must have at least to physical print sources. Each pamphete should answer the following questions

How does x power production work?
How much of the USA's power is produced like this? Europes? The worlds?
What are the advantages of this form of power production?
What are the disadvantages?

cite your sources at the end of your pamphelet

This assigment will also be posted on my class blog www.mrvoytko.blogspot.com