Water hemlock is considered one of North America’s most toxic plants, water hemlock is highly poisonous to humans. These people of genus went to go check it out. People die from it every day and people have cancer from it.…
sand and soil in place. Wheat farmers plowed the short grass prairie to create wheat farms,…
In the arctic, moss covers the ground and warms it up so other plants can grow…
Nitrogen is the major component of earth's atmosphere. It enters the food chain by means of nitrogen fixing bacteria and algae in the soil. This nitrogen which has been fixed is now available for plants to absorb. These types of bacteria form a symbiotic relationship with legumes. These types of plants are very useful because the nitrogen fixation enriches the soil and acts as a natural…
Soils have been classified according to a system developed by soil scientists and the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Using this classification system of soil orders, pick two locations on Earth, one in your current area and another area, and describe the order and the conditions that define it. (See Figure 4.12 in the textbook.)…
Taiga: a moist subarctic forest dominated by conifers (as spruce and fir) that begins where the tundra ends. The word taiga is of Russian origin, quite appropriate considering that a large part of the world’s taiga forests are located there. Taigas are also commonly called boreal forests and many of North America’s taigas are referred to as such. Taigas are found in Eurasia and in North America. They are characterized by the abundant presence of coniferous trees and poor soil due to the acidic needles that they drop.…
Jellyfish blooms have many negative effects on the ecology of the ocean and the economy of many places in the world. Seaside countries like Japan and Scotland have reported problems with finding jellyfish clogging water filters in their nuclear power plants. Compton's by Britannica states that a jellyfish's body has no skeleton and that more than nine tenths of it is jelly like. With that being said, one can see how these creatures may wind up obstructing seawater-fed pipes. Aside from the power plants, fishermen are affected as well, as the fish that they would normally catch can be devoured at a devastating rate by one of these blooms. These issues are a huge problem with long-lasting effects and can not be solved on their own without…
The soil isn’t a true soilbecause of the Permafrost developed, the freeze-thaw activity, a thin active layer, and solidification. This soil is moist and thin over the permafrost; furthermore the soil has low nutrients and is also slightly acidic. The Permafrost serves as a barrier to keep animals from…
Both Japan and China were exposed to the same force driving westernization affecting them both economically and politically however their responses to western penetration in the 19th century were different.…
strong roots that can outgrow and push out other plants in the area. A single large plant can…
The golden mussel threaten one of the world's unique environmental systems. Up to now, it has reached the waters of five nations in South America. The golden mussel is a tiny animal that it does not grow more than 1 inch, and it releases tiny larvae that drift with the current to new areas. The golden mussels frequently stick to hard surfaces such as rocks, manufactured structures. The Golden mussels have already effected South America negatively, and it harmed innate clam species. In Brazil and Argentina, the Larvae and little mussels went into hydroelectric and water treatment plants, in addition, they are blocking channels, so the officials are forced to spend a lot of money to remove the mussels per year, and sometimes they kill the mussels…
being a deep green color and having a fine to medium texture. It grows fast and strong, it can handle being stepped on and when it is damaged it can heal quickly. Because of this, it is usually planted in places with a…
What does our food have anything to do with soil? Many people ask this question. So I would like to explain what soil has to do with our food we eat each day in our lives.…
This is grassland with scattered individual trees. They cover almost half the surface of Africa*(about % million sq. miles generally central Africa) and large areas of Australia, South America and India.…
The relatively high success of organic farming in some countries are due to the high awareness of the health problems caused by the consumption of contaminated food products, the…