Ap Biology Chapter 7 Analysis
Reflection: SS Chapters 6 & 7
I believe that there is much that we take for granted in our world today. One of these things we take for granted in the instant “treatment” for plants. We do so without even a second thought or consideration and continue to let it happen year after year. We also take for granted our everyday dependencies that stem from nature. I then question what it would take for us to realize our dependency on nature and to respect it as such. On page 73 of the reading, it discusses the importance of insects. Without insects, plants would not flourish the way they do and we would not be able to use them. Insect life is just as important as plant life and it could even be argued that it is just as important as human life since they allow for things that we need to be sustained. If we see killing of animals and humans as such a wrong doing, why don’t we see killing of insects this way? …show more content…
I remember being little and constantly being active outdoors and exploring the world around me. One of the places I would play every single day was on the wooden swing set. Since we live in Michigan, bees are no stranger to us and the fact that the swing set was wooden attracted bees even more. It got to the point where bees would build multiple nests within the structure and I would go running inside screaming, “you have to get rid of the bees, you have to get rid of them!” I knew that bees were important for plants but at such a young age, I never realized the magnitude to which it is amplified. When my dad got home from work, I would tell him about the “super scary” bees and that we needed to get rid of them. I guess that my parents were not consciously aware (at the moment) of the importance of bees. Without even a second though, the bee spray/killer was grabbed off the shelf in the garage and used on the
I believe that there is much that we take for granted in our world today. One of these things we take for granted in the instant “treatment” for plants. We do so without even a second thought or consideration and continue to let it happen year after year. We also take for granted our everyday dependencies that stem from nature. I then question what it would take for us to realize our dependency on nature and to respect it as such. On page 73 of the reading, it discusses the importance of insects. Without insects, plants would not flourish the way they do and we would not be able to use them. Insect life is just as important as plant life and it could even be argued that it is just as important as human life since they allow for things that we need to be sustained. If we see killing of animals and humans as such a wrong doing, why don’t we see killing of insects this way? …show more content…
I remember being little and constantly being active outdoors and exploring the world around me. One of the places I would play every single day was on the wooden swing set. Since we live in Michigan, bees are no stranger to us and the fact that the swing set was wooden attracted bees even more. It got to the point where bees would build multiple nests within the structure and I would go running inside screaming, “you have to get rid of the bees, you have to get rid of them!” I knew that bees were important for plants but at such a young age, I never realized the magnitude to which it is amplified. When my dad got home from work, I would tell him about the “super scary” bees and that we needed to get rid of them. I guess that my parents were not consciously aware (at the moment) of the importance of bees. Without even a second though, the bee spray/killer was grabbed off the shelf in the garage and used on the