Thursday, May 15, 2008
Article
A.) Toyota says Prius hybrid sales hit 1 million worldwide
B.) 5-14-08
C.) Yahoo
D.) 1 Page
E.) The car company Toyota has announced that sales of their hybrd car have reached over one million world wide. They sell cars in mostly America and Asian Countries.
F.) Climate change, hybrd, Toyota Motor Corp, Japan, automaker, carbon dioxide emissions
G.) There are several connections i have in dealing with Hybrid Cars. I do want oneof my next cars to be a hybird. This means that more people are buying the hybrids and the cost will come down. Also if Hybrids didn't take off, then CO2 emmisions would have gone up which would have destoryed my environment. And some of these cars might have had special machine parts made by my father.
H.) How much CO2 emisions does this model give off? how much does it cost? What country buys the most Hybrids? Is the number of Hybrids sold going up or down?
I.) The Toyota Car company has declared its one millionth Hybrid car sold worldwide. This comes after the Hybrid cars being out for the consumers for 10 years. Toyota, being the largest car maker in the world, announced that it has produced and sold 1,028,000 Prius cars as of the end of April. They say that the cars will produce 4.5 millions tones less carbon dioxide emissions than gasoline powered cars.
B.) 5-14-08
C.) Yahoo
D.) 1 Page
E.) The car company Toyota has announced that sales of their hybrd car have reached over one million world wide. They sell cars in mostly America and Asian Countries.
F.) Climate change, hybrd, Toyota Motor Corp, Japan, automaker, carbon dioxide emissions
G.) There are several connections i have in dealing with Hybrid Cars. I do want oneof my next cars to be a hybird. This means that more people are buying the hybrids and the cost will come down. Also if Hybrids didn't take off, then CO2 emmisions would have gone up which would have destoryed my environment. And some of these cars might have had special machine parts made by my father.
H.) How much CO2 emisions does this model give off? how much does it cost? What country buys the most Hybrids? Is the number of Hybrids sold going up or down?
I.) The Toyota Car company has declared its one millionth Hybrid car sold worldwide. This comes after the Hybrid cars being out for the consumers for 10 years. Toyota, being the largest car maker in the world, announced that it has produced and sold 1,028,000 Prius cars as of the end of April. They say that the cars will produce 4.5 millions tones less carbon dioxide emissions than gasoline powered cars.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Article
A.) Australia's Koalas at risk from climate change
B.) 5-7-08
C.) Yahoo
D.) 1 Page
E.) Koalas located in the area of Australia are in great danger due to climate changes in the region. They are experiencing a high level of Carbon Dioxide which is cutting the number of Koalas down.
F.) Climate change, temperature, CO2, Global warming, biology
G.) There are several connections to me in this article. One is that if i ever become a zoologist, i will have to deal with these climate changes that are affecting the animals. Two, i like kola bears. And three, if i ever become rich and want a coat made out of Koalas, it will caost a lot more then now because of the population size. Also if i ever visit Australia, i might not get to see a Koala Bear
H.) Why did they study the numbers of Koala bears in Australia in this test?
What tests did they do to prove that CO2 was the factor?
How many are left?
I.) The Koala bears in Australia are lowering in numbers due to the climate change in that part of the owrld. Australia is experiencing higher levels of heat which produce a higher level of CO2. This CO2 kills off the eucalyptus leaves which the Koala bears eat.
B.) 5-7-08
C.) Yahoo
D.) 1 Page
E.) Koalas located in the area of Australia are in great danger due to climate changes in the region. They are experiencing a high level of Carbon Dioxide which is cutting the number of Koalas down.
F.) Climate change, temperature, CO2, Global warming, biology
G.) There are several connections to me in this article. One is that if i ever become a zoologist, i will have to deal with these climate changes that are affecting the animals. Two, i like kola bears. And three, if i ever become rich and want a coat made out of Koalas, it will caost a lot more then now because of the population size. Also if i ever visit Australia, i might not get to see a Koala Bear
H.) Why did they study the numbers of Koala bears in Australia in this test?
What tests did they do to prove that CO2 was the factor?
How many are left?
I.) The Koala bears in Australia are lowering in numbers due to the climate change in that part of the owrld. Australia is experiencing higher levels of heat which produce a higher level of CO2. This CO2 kills off the eucalyptus leaves which the Koala bears eat.
5/7 (Absent)
Today I went to the Envirathon and placed 4th as a team. It was very interesting and educational. I am rewording what Eric wrote on his blog since I did not get back in time and did not know went on.
Today its very hot out. The stream has not gotten any lower and the water flow is the same. A few of our class mates got lost walking down to the creek so we lost some time because we almost had to go back up. dan and i started by searching under some of the larger rocks in our area, we found some smaller bugs but before we could get a cameria they either got away or jumped back into the water.( hard to hold onto) I can describe that they were about one half inch long. with legs on both sides. 2 tenicles and small eyes. It was black. We saw some more of the chubs that are living in our area aswell. We feel that our area is the best environment for these fish because it is one of the deeper spots in the stream. We have large rocks that can hid the fish from predators, and deeper water which will keep them in the hot summer months. The deeper the water, the colder it is. We took rocks and Slowed down the water and in return it got much deeper, 14 inches deep in on spot. We noticed that the larger chub stayed around that area, and we think that there is more water flow so the larger fish would perfer that area. There seems to be lots of food for fish in this stream, Crayfish, bugs, helgermites, mayflies are perfect food for fish. Chubs will eat these creatures and stay healthy. We expect to get lots of rain tonight, if that happens its going to change our area and the fish may get sweeped out. The water flow may get to powerful for the small fish and push them down steam. Rocks may have the tendancy to move due to high water pressure and logs or sticks may get pushed down and move things from what they were the day before. It is possible to have new organisms if they get moved from the groups up stream. A few additional crayfish would be nice to observe in our area. After we did all this, we went back inside.
Today its very hot out. The stream has not gotten any lower and the water flow is the same. A few of our class mates got lost walking down to the creek so we lost some time because we almost had to go back up. dan and i started by searching under some of the larger rocks in our area, we found some smaller bugs but before we could get a cameria they either got away or jumped back into the water.( hard to hold onto) I can describe that they were about one half inch long. with legs on both sides. 2 tenicles and small eyes. It was black. We saw some more of the chubs that are living in our area aswell. We feel that our area is the best environment for these fish because it is one of the deeper spots in the stream. We have large rocks that can hid the fish from predators, and deeper water which will keep them in the hot summer months. The deeper the water, the colder it is. We took rocks and Slowed down the water and in return it got much deeper, 14 inches deep in on spot. We noticed that the larger chub stayed around that area, and we think that there is more water flow so the larger fish would perfer that area. There seems to be lots of food for fish in this stream, Crayfish, bugs, helgermites, mayflies are perfect food for fish. Chubs will eat these creatures and stay healthy. We expect to get lots of rain tonight, if that happens its going to change our area and the fish may get sweeped out. The water flow may get to powerful for the small fish and push them down steam. Rocks may have the tendancy to move due to high water pressure and logs or sticks may get pushed down and move things from what they were the day before. It is possible to have new organisms if they get moved from the groups up stream. A few additional crayfish would be nice to observe in our area. After we did all this, we went back inside.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
5/6/08
Today we went outside again. We went down as soon as we got into the classroom.
The firs thin that we did when we got down there was look for more crayfish. The water felt to be the same temperature as the previous day. we looked for a good bit of the class period for crayfish, but only found one. he was pretty small too, only about 1.5 inches long. I can't catch crayfish that good, so I did not catch him.
The next thing that my group and I did was check the temperature of the water and air. We think that the temperature of the Air will be much warmer than the temperature of the water due to the fact it takes more heat to heat up water. So we got out our GLX and placed one censor in the air and one in the water. The one in the water read 15.7 degrees Celsius. The temperature of the air was 21.5 degrees Celsius. This proved our theory correct.
I thought that our group needed to start some tests so that we can see the different levels of different minerals and such in our plot. So I told Dan to go get a field test out of the Backpack. He brought back a CaCo3 test. The tester told us to place water in a beaker and add one type of chemical in and then another until the water turned purple and then blue. The syringe read .3. The directions told us to take that number and multiply that times 300. So that means there is 90 Units of CaCO3 in our water. I wonder if other groups will find the water to have the same amount of CaCO3 in their environment.
The next thing that we found in our environment were minnows. These minnows might just be small chubbies, but I think they are minnows. I took the big beaker out of the testing kit and tried to catch a couple of them. they are smarter then what they seem. I could not catch one and am going to make it my goal to catch one just to put it in Dan's face.
The firs thin that we did when we got down there was look for more crayfish. The water felt to be the same temperature as the previous day. we looked for a good bit of the class period for crayfish, but only found one. he was pretty small too, only about 1.5 inches long. I can't catch crayfish that good, so I did not catch him.
The next thing that my group and I did was check the temperature of the water and air. We think that the temperature of the Air will be much warmer than the temperature of the water due to the fact it takes more heat to heat up water. So we got out our GLX and placed one censor in the air and one in the water. The one in the water read 15.7 degrees Celsius. The temperature of the air was 21.5 degrees Celsius. This proved our theory correct.
I thought that our group needed to start some tests so that we can see the different levels of different minerals and such in our plot. So I told Dan to go get a field test out of the Backpack. He brought back a CaCo3 test. The tester told us to place water in a beaker and add one type of chemical in and then another until the water turned purple and then blue. The syringe read .3. The directions told us to take that number and multiply that times 300. So that means there is 90 Units of CaCO3 in our water. I wonder if other groups will find the water to have the same amount of CaCO3 in their environment.
The next thing that we found in our environment were minnows. These minnows might just be small chubbies, but I think they are minnows. I took the big beaker out of the testing kit and tried to catch a couple of them. they are smarter then what they seem. I could not catch one and am going to make it my goal to catch one just to put it in Dan's face.
5/5/08
Today we went outside for the first time to the stream. The stream is located much further down the mountain side than out first plot was. Maybe this will have an affect on the temperature. We plotted out our plot right in front of a dam. There is a lot of life and interesting things in our plot. There are many smooth rocks and already I have almost fallen in several times. On the rocks is a lot of moss. This habitat must be perfect for moss to grow in. I know that moss needs water to reproduce. Much of the moss looks like the moss we had up in our old plot.
The first thing that came to my mind was to look for crayfish. We found several. Our first crayfish was about 2.5 to 3 inches long. He was very big and moved backwards like all of the other crayfish of the world. He was tan and had two big claws. Our next two were about the same size. One was about 2 inches long and the other was about 1.5 inches long. Both were brown and had 2 claws. The next crayfish was a redish color. I have no clue what type of crayfish this one was, but I am sure he is int he same family as the other ones.
We tested the water temperature next and it was 14.5 degrees Celsius.
The next animal we found in our plot was a chubby. There were several chubbies in our plot. They swam very quickly between our plot and blake's plot.
We then found a really crazy Helgermit. Eric found him under a rock. I was very surprised to see one of those animals. he had a black head and pincers. There was no way I was holding that.
The water feels very cold to the hand. I thought it would be much warmer due to the weather and how much sunlight it gets. In the begining of the class you told us how big the stream used to be and the reason that it has changed is because of the logging that the land's owner has done to the area. You can see the plastic and how much was taken out of the area just surrounding the stream. END OF DAY.
The first thing that came to my mind was to look for crayfish. We found several. Our first crayfish was about 2.5 to 3 inches long. He was very big and moved backwards like all of the other crayfish of the world. He was tan and had two big claws. Our next two were about the same size. One was about 2 inches long and the other was about 1.5 inches long. Both were brown and had 2 claws. The next crayfish was a redish color. I have no clue what type of crayfish this one was, but I am sure he is int he same family as the other ones.
We tested the water temperature next and it was 14.5 degrees Celsius.
The next animal we found in our plot was a chubby. There were several chubbies in our plot. They swam very quickly between our plot and blake's plot.
We then found a really crazy Helgermit. Eric found him under a rock. I was very surprised to see one of those animals. he had a black head and pincers. There was no way I was holding that.
The water feels very cold to the hand. I thought it would be much warmer due to the weather and how much sunlight it gets. In the begining of the class you told us how big the stream used to be and the reason that it has changed is because of the logging that the land's owner has done to the area. You can see the plastic and how much was taken out of the area just surrounding the stream. END OF DAY.
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