Thursday, September 30, 2010

Ecosystems:everything is connected

Generate 3 essay questions and answers

in your eyes explain what it mean to you how everything connected?

in my eyes it mean that everything is connected because even though orginisms are in there own ecosystem as the reading says" there are no bounders organisms are free to move." not only that but ecosystems need five components they are energy, minerals nutrients, water, oxegen,and living orgnisms. this is a huge part that connects everything because its a basic thing that we all share.

go in dept about the natural selection procces and give an example of what this means?

natural selection is when an organism is best suited for an environment
and what happens is the one who is more fit for the area passes on there traits to there offspring's and then that organism after generations starts to change the characteristics of the population. as it continues it becomes evolution. This is when a specie evolves like if its in a cold area the organism might start getting more hairy to keep them warm and so on.

what are your views on the Darwin theory?

I have spent a lot of time looking in to his ideas on evolution. My only thing is it conflicts with the beliefs that I have grown up with and have been told for the majority of my life. That is that god has created humans and other organisms. I feel like I get faith and science mixed up. I can totally see where Darwin is going with this adaption/evolution and even though I totally agree and believe in what he is saying because it makes sense and god creating us doesn't make sense to me because there is no proof or logic behind it other then faith. To really answer this question i would have to say I believe in both in away i cant choose one way of thinking.



Research and summarize a specific type of planting you would like to see created in our garden this semester.

Tropical Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Hawaiian Sunset'

these are known to grow well in san diego. they will make the garden really pretty. sun exposure is full which is prefect. spacing is 6 to 8 ft to grow. water regularly and do not over water for these plants to grow. soil ph requirements are neutral 6.6 to 7.5/acidic. grow rate is fast which is perfect for are class. good seasons is winter and we are going in to winter which is perfect. soil type loam,sand. i think this will be good to have in garden.