Thursday, March 17, 2011

Blog 7 Compare and contrast two biomes describe them in detail include pictures of plants and animals you are likely to see

Grassland biomes are large, rolling terrains of grasses, flowers and herbs. Latitude, soil and local climates for the most part determine what kinds of plants grow in a particular grassland. A grassland is a region where the average annual precipitation is great enough to support grasses, and in some areas a few trees. The precipitation is so eratic that drought and fire prevent large forests from growing. Grasses can survive fires because they grow from the bottom instead of the top. Their stems can grow again after being burned off. The soil of most grasslands is also too thin and dry for trees to survive.  In America, the animals found are: American Bald Eagle, badger, bobcat, bumble bee, coyote, and prairie dog.
A tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50 to 260 inches of rain falls yearly. Animals located in these regions are: Africa forest elephant, Bengal tiger, chimpanzee, common calm civet or musang, dawn bat, golden lion, tamarin, harpy eagle, Jambu fruit dove, king cobra, kinkajou, Linn's sloth, orangutan, proboscis monkey, red-shanked douc, langur, silvery gibbon, Slender Loris, sumatran rhinoceros, toco toucan, vampire bat, and Wagler's Pit Viper.


Rainforest

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Grass Land

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Blog #6 Which level of the food pyramid is the most important? Why?

I believe that the bottom level of the food pyramid is the most important. Without a good base, the rest would fall apart. If the bottom level didn't exist, there would, by the law transitivity,  no food for any other animals. 

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Blog #2 Why is the fossil record hard to interpret?

It is hard to interpret the fossil record because they are very old so it is hard to find the particular shape of an animal

http://www.honeybee-news.com/files/fossil.bmp

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Blog #5 Blog #5 There have been 5 major extinction events throughout history, are humans impacting the 6th? Why or why not?

Yes; The pollution we are pouring into our environment thus resulting in climate change. The environment is changing and will only continue to get worse. Global Warming is only going to increase, drastically changing our temperatures and the amount of UV rays we intake. The ozone layer will soon be depleted which will impact all life on Earth.
http://www.sustainabilityninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/smog.jpg


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