ENVR 1301 - Makayla Bass

  Interconnections      There are several connections when it comes to natural resources. This would be anything people take from the natural environment and use (Narrator - Nina Keck, 2017). There are many things that go under the category of natural resources. Some of those would be air, water, living things, materials inside the earth, and many more. We need natural resources to survive because you can not survive without natural resources. Renewable resources can be replaced by nature because they are renewable (Narrator - Nina Keck, 2017). This means that they can be rapidly replaced which is very beneficial to the environment. Some examples of this include wind, solar energy, and a few others. Nonrenewable resources can not be replaced by nature because they are not renewable (Narrator - Nina Keck, 2017). These resources either take a very long time to be replaced or they are gone forever. These include minerals, fossil fuels, and many others. These topics rela...

 South Korea Birth Rate: 5 per 1,000 Death Rate: 6 per 1,000 Population Growth Rate (Rate of Natural Increase): -0.1% Life Expectancy - Female: 86 Life Expectancy - Male: 80 Fertility Rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 1990 - 1.6 / 2020 - 0.8 Gross National Income (GNI): 43,480 Taiwan Birth Rate: 7 per 1,000 Death Rate: 7 per 1,000 Population Growth Rate (Rate of Natural Increase): 0.0% Life Expectancy - Female: 84 Life Expectancy - Male: 78 Fertility Rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 1990 - 1.7 / 2020 - 1.0 Gross National Income (GNI): 57,470 Comparing and Contrasting South Korea and Taiwan There are some similarities and differences between these two countries. According to Sam Mutiti (2018), if the population growth rate is a negative number, then the population is decreasing in size. If the population growth rate is zero, then the population is not changing. In this case, South Korea is decreasing because it has -0.1% a...

Concept Maps This concept map has some of the main points from chapter 4: Units of Energy, Energy Transformations, and Energy in Ecosystems. It talks about how energy is important to the ecosystem and where to find it. (Freedman, 2018) This concept map has some main points from chapter 7: The Value of Biodiversity and Organization of Life. It talks about biodiversity and how it affects the different organisms. (Freedman, 2018) This concept map has some main points from chapter 8: Biomes and Ecoregions and Ecozones. It talks about the different biomes and ecozones. (Freedman, 2018) Connections      All of these ideas and concepts are all connected because everything in nature is connected. Energy is needed to be able to keep the flow of the ecosystem. There are many different kinds of biodiverse populations in the ecosystem. We need energy from the foods we eat, and those foods are derived from biodiversity (Freedman, Ch. 7). This creates a cycle in each biome, and each bi...

  Grinnell Glacier (base of mountain) and Salamander Glacier (right edge of picture) in Montana. (USGS, 2016) Grinnell Glacier (base of mountain) and Salamander Glacier (right edge of picture) in Montana. (Google Maps, 2023) Problem The problem in these pictures is that it looks like the lake in the middle melted and then froze again. It is normal for glaciers to have lakes form underneath them. There does seem to be a continuous problem with glaciers melting. This seems to come from global warming. Since the planet warms up from different factors, it leads to ice caps and glaciers melting. These factors usually come from human forces. These forces can lead to many things such as global warming. In this case, it is very possible that the lake will melt again because of how hot the earth gets. Another part of the problem could be that this seems to be an Alpine Glacier, which can make the area unsafe. This would make the cycle happen over and over until there is not a glacier anymor...