Recent Changes

Final Exam Review Packet Key
{Review Packet key.pdf}
Ecology - Top 10 Things to Know
{10EcologyList.pdf}
Ecology - Practice Questions
{10EcologyQs.pdf}
Flashcards - Interdependence
{Theme-Interdependence-v1.pdf}

Plant Nutrition
{Plant nutrition.pdf}
Water Resources and Water Pollution -- special thanks to Ms. Aycart of South Miami Senior HS for these slides!
{Water Resources Intro Notes.pdf}
{Water Pollution Notes.pdf}

Current population is at 7 billion people and by 2050 expected to be 9 billion. Finding resources is getting harder and harder as time goes. For example oil, a drill must dig even deeper to find it which increases the cost. So many resources are being used in the planet. Like water, 50 gallons of water is used to gain one gallon oil. Many forests are being cut down to grow crops for food to food the world.
Personally I think resource depletion is a problem, but there isn’t much that can be done except limiting the use to anyone. The use should be controlled so the planet has time to create more. Natural Resource depletion also seems to be a problem caused by overpopulation which also should be limited. It keeps everyone in line and fair so their isn’t as many issues in the future.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-16391040

People believe America is on the wrong track. The major problems in the United States are economical and political issues. According to Rasmussen Reports 73% of Americans are dissatisfied. The people believe a big cause of these issues is overpopulation. The United States is the 3rd largest populated country. Low Wages and High unemployment rate as well as Student to Teacher ratio increasing. Third World countries are showing high birth rates and extremely low income and high unemployment rate.
I believe overpopulation is a problem. If a country’s birth rate is increasing jobs need to increase as well. Unemployment is very high and the government is trying to fix it but can only do but so much. Teachers in school have up to almost 20 kids in class on average. Overpopulation leads to many other problems such as natural resource depletion. So many people use natural resources their wont be enough for everyone if the use is higher than the development like oil.
http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/overpopulation-is-killing-the-american-dream-15562/

A Pushback on Green Power
Wind turbines that collect renewable energy, set in a pasture in Van Wert County, Ohio, are visible for miles.As renewable energy production has surged in recent years, opponents of government policies that have helped spur its growth have pushed to roll back those incentives and mandates in state after state. For the bill that has passed The Ohio House of the Representatives ,54, to 38 was expected to be signed by law by gov.John.R.Kasich.People argued of the mandates inpart of the solar power.It seems though that the Gov has trouble figuring out the wind mill power and how there going to mandate the situation.
Akiko Berry
5/30/14
block 4
Mr.Hammer
3D printed guns 'of no use to anyone
Police are warning technology enthusiasts not to attempt to use 3D printers to make plastic guns, because each time they have been tested the weapons have exploded.Relatively cheap plastic printed guns have been fired successfully in the United States.
Scientists in the UK say without additional expertise and the right type of ammunition, anyone attempting to fire one would probably maim or even kill themselves.These actions for these weapons is an illegal act and can be arressted for attemtping these accusations will lead to other serious matters that the Gov will have to handle.These 3D printed to make plastic guns are not what people should be using but in the United States gave been used successfully.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27634626#
this is the other link to my other scrape i saved it and forgot to cite it
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/business/energy-environment/a-pushback-on-green-power.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0