Blog 8 Your choice talk about something you learned or ask a question about something that is confusing you

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

One biome is the freshwater biome. Freshwater is defined as having a low salt concentration — usually less than 1%. Plants and animals in freshwater regions are adjusted to the low salt content and would not be able to survive in areas of high salt concentration (i.e., ocean). These ponds and lakes range in size from just a few square meters to thousands of square kilometers.

 Another biome is the desert biome. Deserts cover about one fifth of the Earth's surface and occur where rainfall is less than 50 cm/year. Although most deserts, such as the Sahara of North Africa and the deserts of the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Australia, occur at low latitudes, another kind of desert, cold deserts, occur in the basin and range area of Utah and Nevada and in parts of western Asia. Most deserts have a considerable amount of specialized vegetation, as well as specialized vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Soils often have abundant nutrients because they need only water to become very productive and have little or no organic matter. Disturbances are common in the form of occasional fires or cold weather, and sudden, infrequent, but intense rains that cause flooding. There are relatively few large mammals in deserts because most are not capable of storing sufficient water and withstanding the heat. Deserts often provide little shelter from the sun for large animals. The dominant animals of warm deserts are nonmammalian vertebrates, such as reptiles. Mammals are usually small, like the kangaroo mice of North American deserts. The difference between freshwater and desert biome is that the desert hardly has any water while the freshwater biome is covered with water. 

Blog #6 Which level of a food pyramid is the most important? Support your answer

I think the most important level of the food pyramid is the fruit and vegetable group. Vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals; however, different vegetables contain different spreads, so it is important to eat a wide variety of types. Fruits are low in calories and fat and are a source of natural sugars, fiber and vitamins. The fruit food group is sometimes combined with the vegetable food group. I think these are the most important because even if u eat more than what you need to eat it is still fine. Unlike some of the other groups eating more fruits and vegetable is good for you.

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

I think humans are imacting the 6th. Humans have been hunting animals, polluting the air, and causing other harmful things to our planet. For the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve, one of the world's experts on biodiversity has warned. Conservation experts have already signalled that the world is in the grip of the "sixth great extinction" of species, driven by the destruction of natural habitats, hunting, the spread of alien predators and disease, and climate change. Speaking in advance of two reports next week on the state of wildlife in Britain and Europe, Simon Stuart, chair of the Species Survival Commission for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature – the body which officially declares species threatened and extinct – said that point had now "almost certainly" been crossed.