Category: Ecosystem

Eight thousand years ago, when humans didnt have an astounding affect on the world ecosystem, trees covered two fifths of the land. Since that time, the human race has burnt and chopped down half of the original forestland. According to Merriam-Websters Dictionary, deforestation is defined as the action or process of clearing of forests (www.m-w.com). …

Sometime this winter, waterfowl experts from across Canada will gather for theirannual “wing bee.” Their task will be to sort through a small mountainof duck wings obtained from a randomly selected group of hunters, and assign thewings to piles by species, age and sex. Together with statistics from similarshindigs held in the United States, this …

Birth by Flames Being our native landscape, the chaparral defines California as a place. It is an extremely rare ecosystem that is only found in few parts of the world. They occur in coastal areas of Mediterranean zones, the west coast and Cape Town area of South Africa, the west coast of Australia, and most …

Conservation and Preservation SCI 275 Conservation and Preservation Conservation and preservation have the same frame work, but different ideas. Conservation is the sustainable use of natural resources; these include wildlife, air, water, and what we get from earth (DiffereenceBetween. net, n. d. ). Preservation is maintaining something in its present state, in this case the …

Kenny hill 4. 6. 11 Period: 2 Partners: Perla Garibay Jorge Rivera Building an energy pyramid activity Purpose: students will gain an understanding of how energy flows through an ecosystem by constructing an energy pyramid and calculating how much energy is transferred between trophic levels Materials:*energy pyramid template, species list, pyramid data sheet, calculator, one …