Giuliana+D'Arcangelo


 * Giuliana D'Arcangelo **

Day 1 **__Part 1: __** Things I like to do while I'm out of school, is play softball and volleyball and hang out with my friends. **__Part 2: __**  I hear about this science topics during my zoology and contemporary issues class.  Many popular topics that I have heard about were global warming, desertification, and etc. The major  one that I hear about is desertification. Information that I hear about this subject are how is it a major  issue in many countries. >  > > > > > > > > > > > > Day 2- What are our options for energy resources? > 1. A renewable resource is one that is able to produce more of itself on its own at an equal rate it is being used, therefore it will never run out. Non-renewable resource is one that is unable to produce itself at the same rate that it is being used. Examples of a renewable resource are wind, hydropower (water), and geothermal (heat). Then an example of non-renewable resources is fossil fuels. 2. Three types of fossil fuels are coal, natural gas, and crude petroleum. Fossil fuels are formed from prehistoric plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. During that millions of years that passed the decomposed animals and plants turned into organic materials and fossil fuels. Natural gas and oil was formed by animals that lived in water and were buried by water. Coal is formed from the dead remains of trees, and other plants that lived millions of years ago. 3. We use fossil fuels to create energy by converting the chemical energy into thermal energy. We transform the energy a process of combustion which. The heated water turns into steam which turns the turbine that allows the generator to run that contains a rooter that has electrons inside cooper wires that produces electricity when powered. 4. There are many renewable resources in the world but the most popular ones that we use are wind, and hydropower (water). 5. We should care about global warming because we are the cause of it for using fossil fuels to power our activities. Fossil fuels release a harmful gas that hurts the earths ozone layer. People need to start to realize they need start to use renewable resources that do not harm to earth because the renewable resources are made by the earth and do not harm it. Day 3- Why should we care about global warming? 2. Define media type="youtube" key="CxUK2TizQ4g " width="336" height="187"
 * What science topics do you see and/or hear most about - where do you see/hear about this?
 * Explain why you think the science topic you mentioned is so popular? This specific topic is mentioned so popular because this issue is becoming extremely at risk in the United States. This is a major issue because people are causing this to happen by improper irrigation, over-cultivation and overgrazing.
 * What is the goal of this science communication/message? . The goal of letting the world know about this issue is to allow them to understand the harm they are causing to the earths land.
 * || Benefit || Consequence ||
 * Wind || A benefit to using wind as a resource to power energy is that it does not cause any harm to the environment because wind is the environment. It is made naturally by the earth, and it does not release any bad gases into the air that can harm the earth. || A consequence of using wind as a resource is there are some days where there is absolutely no wind, there would be no way of powering energy unless on a windy day they save energy that was produce by the wind. ||
 * Water || A benefit to using this resource is that it is always available to us. We cannot run out of it and also we do not have to worry about whether we aren't going to have it one day or not, such as wind. || A consequence of using water is that you also have to use another resource to power the water, such as coal to heat the water, or a type of product that using electricity to keep the water moving if using a water wheel. ||
 * Greenhouse effect- is a result of global warming that greenhouse gases that cause the sun's warmth to be trapped inside the earth.
 * Air Pollution- smoke and harmful gases that are a negative affect on the earth, such as carbon, sulfur and nitrogen.


 * Global Warming- an increase in the earths atmospheric and oceanic temperatures due to greenhouse gases emitted into the air.
 * Climate- a<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #212121; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> region with particular weather conditions


 * Climate Change- a long term change in the earths climates, especially an increase of the earths average atmospheric temperature.

3. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "Scientists believe that it is human activity that is driving the temperatures up." Human activity is the major cause of global warming. In the Industrial Revolution more factories and cars were being built, and the numbers keep increases. Factories, cars, and etc. run by burning fossil fuels such as coal, and oil. The burning of these fossil fuels release carbon dioxide into the earths atmosphere, which cause the earth to trapped more of the suns heat. The result of trapping more heat is climate change, increase in the earths atmospheric and oceanic temperatures. The connection between fossil fuels and global warming is the burning of fossil fuels releases harmful gases into the earths atmosphere which causes the greenhouse effect to increase the amount heat trapped inside the earth, which is also the cause of global warming. One natural cause is a release of methane gas from arctic tundra and wetlands, but it is not one of the major causes of global warming because this cause takes up to 40,000 years to take affect on the climate. Threats that human life are going to have to worry about if global warming strengthens are drought, floods, and fire, they are going to become more frequent and severe because the temperatures are going to increase, and the sea levels are going to rise. 4. Four reasons why we should care about global warming are: - Climate change- many areas of the earth are going be changing such as the arctic is going to have less ice, Greenland's are going to melt, and sea levels are going to increase because of all the ice melting. - animal extinction- animals habitats are going to disappear because of all the different climate changes. - plant extinction- plants are not going to be able to survive in their habitats because of the different climate changes. - more threats to human life- there is going to major climate changes, which will cause more floods and fires. There are many ways to reduce global warming but there is no way for us to be able to completely stop global warming. Humans need to cut down on the amount of fossil fuels that they burn, such as many can start to carpool with people if they are going to the same place, therefore it will save them from burning double the amount of fossil fuels. Also another way that humans can help reduce global warming is by creating new ways to power factories and stuff, therefore they would not be release harmful gases into the atmosphere. Humans need to learn how to use renewable resources to power major things such as water or wind. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Day 4- How is the balance of the carbon cycle affected? 1. Carbon fits into the picture of global warming and the greenhouse effect for many reasons. Carbon is naturally in the air, it is travels from different places, such as from animals, to plants, to the soil. Carbon is not a harmful gas to begin with because it is meant to be in the air, but when the system is changed by humans it affects the cycle. Trees absorb carbon, but humans have been cutting down those trees, and we have been burning fossil fuels, which has carbon inside it. By cutting down the trees the atmosphere is filling up with carbon quicker than the plants can absorb it. It is causing the greenhouse effect to absorb more of the suns heat, and it causes global warming. 2. http://www.fern.org/campaign/carbon-trading/what-are-carbon-sinks Carbon source- is something that release more carbon than it can absorb Carbon sink- is something that can absorb more carbon than it can release. http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/439.html An example of carbon sinks and sources can be the decomposition of an animal. The animal could be the source and the process of decomposition of the animal would be the sink. The animal can only take in a certain amount of carbon while it is alive because animals take in carbon by eating and drinking. Animals only release carbon when they die and break down into the soil. Therefore, this process is an example of carbon source and sinks. 3. Humans impact the carbon cycle negatively in many ways such as, burning fossil fuels in multiple ways. Major ways that humans burn fossil fuels are by burning coal to generate factories, and also by burning gas to allow cars to run. 4.Humans also impact the carbon cycle in positive ways too. Humans impact it by trying to help the environment such as planting new trees and other plants. Also they try and preserve the forests, to stop humans form cutting down the remaining trees. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Day 5- What size is your carbon footprint? 1. A carbon footprint is the certain amount of greenhouse gases and carbon are emitted into the atmosphere by something.

Ecological Footprint- the amount of productive land appropriated on average by each person for food, water, transport, housing, waste management, and other purposes 3. Food= 13% Shelter= 28% Mobility= 10% Goods= 20% Services= 38%

4. Two of my bad habits are wasting paper, and driving way too much. I waste perfectly good paper sometimes, when truly I shouldn't because paper is made from trees and us humans have been cutting down way to many trees. There is not enough trees to absorb the amount of carbon that we release into the atmosphere. Therefore there wasting the paper is like wasting the trees that we should have never cut down in the first place. Then driving too much releases too much carbon into the atmosphere. I can start using both sides of paper to make sure that they do not do to waste and I can also start recycling my used papers, also I can start car pooling with my friends to go places, then we would not be releasing double the amount of carbon into the air.

HOW CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? I believe that with one person speaking out they can persuade people into making a difference, but if no one follows them then that one person can not make a difference. If I was trying to get the word out to help the environment I would tell people how some of activities harm the environment and disrupt the carbon cycle. I would let them know how much danger they are truly causing the environment when they are just going to drive around town because they are bored at home. By spreading the word to help the environment and telling them that there are other ways to go about in life without harming the environment people will begin to listen. I would ask them if they really want their kids to grow up never seeing a polar bear, or any of the other animals that will go extinct if we do not change our ways. I will tell them all the negatives that will happen in the near future if we do not change our ways. media type="youtube" key="BS5Uhk1_K6Q" width="560" height="315"