Here's the video links if it doesn't work:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxmlzed4lTo0RUZBbFlzUnJkejA/edit
Thursday, December 19, 2013
The Polymerization of Raven Manalo
Here's the video links if it doesn't work:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxmlzed4lTo0RUZBbFlzUnJkejA/edit
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
monomer and polymer
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7G-bLwhlmvDOUVXazhqd1RoaXM/edit?usp=sharing
this link is for the defining of monomer and polymer
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7G-bLwhlmvDN1VISmZLbUdsOFU/edit?usp=sharing
this link is for the example of three monomers coming together to make a polymer
this link is for the defining of monomer and polymer
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7G-bLwhlmvDN1VISmZLbUdsOFU/edit?usp=sharing
this link is for the example of three monomers coming together to make a polymer
Monday, December 2, 2013
The plight of the bees persuasive essay- Taylor LeTourneau
Bees have lived on this planet thousands of years before humans ever existed. Also they play an important role in pollinating our plants which gives us food. I believe that it will take a shortage of food that comes from plants, the shortage of honey, and the non use of synthetic materials in plants for people to start realizing that bees are going extinct.
First of all, people need to realize that bees are becoming a threatened species. A shortage of crops being produced that humans eat like vegetables and fruit. Unless anything negatively happens to people then the humans won’t care about the honey bees going away because most of the human population is afraid of bees and doesn’t like them. The reason, I say that is because since most of the human population doesn’t like bees in general and they don’t focus much of their attention on them there has to be a loss in a major product that people need and is made possible by bees. This has to happen for people to realize that honey bees are in danger. If people don’t realize this problem of the honey bees disappearing until its too late people may lose the normal supply of fruits and vegetables that people eat every day.
Secondly, people may wake up to their precious honey raising in price because of the decrease in production of honey. Honey may not be sold anymore because of that there aren’t enough honey bees to produce honey for the mass amounts of people that love it. If people rise up soon enough they can save honey bees from becoming extinct. T he honey bees won’t ever be close to extinction again because people will start beekeeping more and they will pass the hobbie down for generations. However, if we don’t realize that the bees are becoming extinct soon enough then eventually the honey bee will go extinct and people would have hard time living life without them because of all the good things bees have brought us for hundreds of years.
Lastly, the other side may say that a major resource doesn’t have to be taken away for people to realize that honey bees are going extinct. They may say that people will just realize the population of honey bees is going down, but that’s wrong because most of the human population doesn’t like honey bees for multiple reasons. Some of the reasons that people don’t like bees is because they occasionally sting people and they make new hives in peoples backyards which freaks them out. So for people to start trying to save bees some major resources have to be taken away like food and honey which people have in their everyday home because in reality people will do a lot more to keep bees around if their food is coming in smaller proportions. Therefore, if companies start making food with synthetic materials then nobody will notice that bees are becoming extinct and they eventually will go extinct. People don’t realize how much bees do until some negatively changes. So, if big industries make synthetic foods the average person will not notice the bees population decreasing until their extinct and all the food is synthetic.
In conclusion, humans will not notice the decrease in the bees population until there is a shortage of food, a shortage of honey, and until big industries don’t use synthetic materials in their food. Bees are a sacred animal but humans have grown away from them and don’t realize how important they are to the everyday life of humans.
First of all, people need to realize that bees are becoming a threatened species. A shortage of crops being produced that humans eat like vegetables and fruit. Unless anything negatively happens to people then the humans won’t care about the honey bees going away because most of the human population is afraid of bees and doesn’t like them. The reason, I say that is because since most of the human population doesn’t like bees in general and they don’t focus much of their attention on them there has to be a loss in a major product that people need and is made possible by bees. This has to happen for people to realize that honey bees are in danger. If people don’t realize this problem of the honey bees disappearing until its too late people may lose the normal supply of fruits and vegetables that people eat every day.
Secondly, people may wake up to their precious honey raising in price because of the decrease in production of honey. Honey may not be sold anymore because of that there aren’t enough honey bees to produce honey for the mass amounts of people that love it. If people rise up soon enough they can save honey bees from becoming extinct. T he honey bees won’t ever be close to extinction again because people will start beekeeping more and they will pass the hobbie down for generations. However, if we don’t realize that the bees are becoming extinct soon enough then eventually the honey bee will go extinct and people would have hard time living life without them because of all the good things bees have brought us for hundreds of years.
Lastly, the other side may say that a major resource doesn’t have to be taken away for people to realize that honey bees are going extinct. They may say that people will just realize the population of honey bees is going down, but that’s wrong because most of the human population doesn’t like honey bees for multiple reasons. Some of the reasons that people don’t like bees is because they occasionally sting people and they make new hives in peoples backyards which freaks them out. So for people to start trying to save bees some major resources have to be taken away like food and honey which people have in their everyday home because in reality people will do a lot more to keep bees around if their food is coming in smaller proportions. Therefore, if companies start making food with synthetic materials then nobody will notice that bees are becoming extinct and they eventually will go extinct. People don’t realize how much bees do until some negatively changes. So, if big industries make synthetic foods the average person will not notice the bees population decreasing until their extinct and all the food is synthetic.
In conclusion, humans will not notice the decrease in the bees population until there is a shortage of food, a shortage of honey, and until big industries don’t use synthetic materials in their food. Bees are a sacred animal but humans have grown away from them and don’t realize how important they are to the everyday life of humans.
Plight of the Bees
Desiree Lara Neary
Mr. Bursch
Honors Bio p.5
28 November 2013
Plight
of the Bees
There are not enough people in
the world that have realized that the bee population has decreased tremendously
over the last decade. If people continue to ignore this loss, there will
soon be a world without the existence of bees in the near future. More people need to "wake up" and
start protecting the lives of the furry, yellow and black insect we call bees. The
collapse of the bee population will lead
to the decline of food/crop production and negatively affect our economy.
Bees are recognized for the many
plants they pollinate around the world. Research
states that "nearly one-third of the
world's crops are dependent on honeybees for pollination"
(businessinsider.com). This tells us
that without bees pollinating our crops we would not have as many foods
available today, eventually leading to the decline of food production around
the world. I believe this should have people
realize that helping the bees stay alive will allow the crop production to
continue to flourish. It has been said
that "pesticides, disease, parasites, poor weather, and the stress of being
trucked from orchard-to-orchard to pollinate different crops all play a role in
the decline of managed honeybee populations"
(buisinessinsider.com). All of these
contributors cause the bees to feel beaten up, exhausted, and overworked
resulting in the death of bees. Some say
that plants "can be pollinated by hand after the bees go extinct"
(wikia.com). This process could only
last for so long because there are millions and millions of plants species around
the world, and when they are not pollinated they die.
Our economy could be greatly affected in a way that would not help anyone without bees buzzing around performing their duties daily. It has been calculated that "more than $15 billion a year in U.S. crops are pollinated by bees, including apples, berries, cantaloupes, cucumbers, alfalfa, and almonds" (nrdc.org). Knowing how much revenue that can be produced by the simple act of bees collecting pollen just fascinates me. "U.S. honey bees also produce about $150 million in honey annually" (nrdc.org). I think that it is amazing that so much wealth can be made from a product that is naturally made by bees. If these figures do not capture the attention of people and the economic world, then maybe if bees discontinue to make this money people will see the difference. Researchers calculated that "the global economic cost of bee decline, including lower crop yields and increased production costs, has been estimated at as high as $5.7 billion per year" (nrdc.org). This money lost could be put towards other economic activities if bee population starts being secured with the people's effort, but until then this money will continue to be drawn every year. People should not wait until the world is desperate because by then it will be increasingly difficult.
Our economy could be greatly affected in a way that would not help anyone without bees buzzing around performing their duties daily. It has been calculated that "more than $15 billion a year in U.S. crops are pollinated by bees, including apples, berries, cantaloupes, cucumbers, alfalfa, and almonds" (nrdc.org). Knowing how much revenue that can be produced by the simple act of bees collecting pollen just fascinates me. "U.S. honey bees also produce about $150 million in honey annually" (nrdc.org). I think that it is amazing that so much wealth can be made from a product that is naturally made by bees. If these figures do not capture the attention of people and the economic world, then maybe if bees discontinue to make this money people will see the difference. Researchers calculated that "the global economic cost of bee decline, including lower crop yields and increased production costs, has been estimated at as high as $5.7 billion per year" (nrdc.org). This money lost could be put towards other economic activities if bee population starts being secured with the people's effort, but until then this money will continue to be drawn every year. People should not wait until the world is desperate because by then it will be increasingly difficult.
Nevertheless, some people argue that there is no need to
worry about the lives of humans without bees because there are other
pollinators such as butterflies and hummingbirds. In addition, people believe that these
pollinators can replace bees once they are gone and takeover where the bees
left off. However, this is not going to
solve the problem because what makes the opposition think that once the bees
are gone more people will try to protect these other pollinators. This is why I think people must start caring
about the lives of bees and become aware on how they have some control over what
goes on in the world. In conclusion, I strongly believe that it should not take
the extinction of bees to have people realize the depletion of bees that has
been currently taking place the last decade.
People who support the bees should figure out different ways to
effectively spread the word about what is happening to the bees. We all need to understand that bees are one
of the main keys to human existence and without them we would not have access
to a lot of the products we do have access to today.
Works
Cited
Sass Jennifer. "Why
We Need Bees: Natures Tiny Workers Put Food on Our Tables." NRDC.
March 2011. Web. 28 November 2013.
March 2011. Web. 28 November 2013.
Spector,
Dina. "What Our World Would Look Like Without Honeybees." Business
Insider,
Inc. 22 June 2013. Web. 28 November 2013
Inc. 22 June 2013. Web. 28 November 2013
Plight of the Bees
Bees are small, flying insects that are closely related to wasps and ants. They have existed for thousands of years and are known for their role and for producing honey, beeswax and other products. These tiny insects also have a role in our economy and agriculture. However, since 1972, large numbers of honey bees have disappeared in the United States and the term "colony collapse disorder" was created to describe the sudden disappearances. Studies have shown that a new (DNA-based) virus and Nosema ceranae (a fungus) was found in almost every colony that has been killed. Millions of beehives have disappeared or have been killed off every year, yet nobody notices. It will most likely take a drastic change in our lifestyle in order for this problem to be recognized.
Everyone knows that bees supply the world with honey, beeswax, almonds and other materials. What most people don't know is that these materials are used in everyday products such as scented candles, bullets, lipstick, oil spill control, lip balm, bagpipes, crayons, candy and various types of cosmetics. Honey is also used in many dishes and shipped to many supermarkets around the world. In addition to being a delightful snack, honey is sometimes used for medical purposes. Beeswax candles are used for various religous rituals or holidays, such as Hanukkah. Bees also contribute to the pollination of other plants and crops, making them a vital part to our the production of agricultural commodities.
Without bees and their products, our economy and food supply crash and the our country will go into a nation-wide panic. The price of almonds are already slowly rising because of the decline of bees. If the bees were to disappear in even larger quantities or completely, the prices of foods would skyrocket and finally, a majority people will understand the importance of bees and how their disappearance is endangering their world. The Bee Movie, although not very accurate, still accurately displays a future without bees. The world will be a more dark, depressing place without honey bees.
However, that disaster has yet to happen. Some countries, such as France, have already banned pesticides, in an attempt to stop the deaths of bees. Some beekeepers are looking for ways to work with the bees without harming or abusing them. There is still time to preserve the bees if people were to start paying attention to the problem. It would be wise to take the colony collapse disorder as a warning that should not be ignored, because the fate of our world, as we know it, depends on it.
Everyone knows that bees supply the world with honey, beeswax, almonds and other materials. What most people don't know is that these materials are used in everyday products such as scented candles, bullets, lipstick, oil spill control, lip balm, bagpipes, crayons, candy and various types of cosmetics. Honey is also used in many dishes and shipped to many supermarkets around the world. In addition to being a delightful snack, honey is sometimes used for medical purposes. Beeswax candles are used for various religous rituals or holidays, such as Hanukkah. Bees also contribute to the pollination of other plants and crops, making them a vital part to our the production of agricultural commodities.
Without bees and their products, our economy and food supply crash and the our country will go into a nation-wide panic. The price of almonds are already slowly rising because of the decline of bees. If the bees were to disappear in even larger quantities or completely, the prices of foods would skyrocket and finally, a majority people will understand the importance of bees and how their disappearance is endangering their world. The Bee Movie, although not very accurate, still accurately displays a future without bees. The world will be a more dark, depressing place without honey bees.
However, that disaster has yet to happen. Some countries, such as France, have already banned pesticides, in an attempt to stop the deaths of bees. Some beekeepers are looking for ways to work with the bees without harming or abusing them. There is still time to preserve the bees if people were to start paying attention to the problem. It would be wise to take the colony collapse disorder as a warning that should not be ignored, because the fate of our world, as we know it, depends on it.
Plight of the Bees Essay
Jacky Guan
Mr.Bursch
Honors Bio p.5
29 November 2013
Bee Persuasive Essay
Bees have been accepted as one of the most sacred organisms throughout many cultures. They have been around when King Tutankhamun (King Tut) was in charge of the ancient Egyptian empire or when Ancient Rome and Greece was around. Since then, it has been a major hobby or occupation around the modern world. However, a large number of bees have been dying in massive numbers. It remains unnoticed by many people. The best way of solving this crisis is getting more people to know about how bees have helped the human race, how it will affect the modern world and the solutions to stop this problem before the population of bees become extinct
Bees have been collecting and making honey since ancient times. Ever since then humans have been collecting the honey for their benefit. The first ever evidence of human interaction with bees were found in 3,000 years ago when it showed humans taking honey from wild bees. Ancient Egyptians have been practicing beekeeping when their civilization was around. They utilized many resources the bee provides, like honey for nutritional uses, medical uses or for rituals or the beeswax used to make candles. Many of these methods are still used today. The Greeks used many examples of bees in Greek Mythology like Honey was the food for the Gods or rewards to the noble. The effects of ancient beekeeping have influenced many modern beekeepers such as using smoke to help calm the bees. Without that much bees, the beekeepers could no longer continue the tradition of harvesting the honey the bee produces.
The decreasing amount of bees causes many problems. Pesticides are used to kill off any insects that try to harm plants. Unfortunately, insects that benefit plants (ie.bees) are also killed in the process. Genetically modified plants also kill bees because the genetically modified pollen gets consumed in their
food stream. Parasites like the bee mite may also harm the colonies of bees. If we do not realize that the amount of bees decrease, then the overall food supply will decrease too. Since this is a density independent limiting factor, every organism will have to try harder to find food, as well as humans. In turn, the impact will affect humans.
Before humans know it, the bee population will decrease dramatically. They will potentially start worrying when the food prices rise because of food shortages. Humans will find out the cause of the crisis. Then they will find out about the colony collapse disorder and what it has done to the worker bees. They will maybe be many movements to stop pesticide spraying and to prevent anymore of the colony collapse disorder. If humans don’t realize the severity of this problem, the bee population will eventually become endangered. Many organisms could become extinct because of this problem. However, critics may argue that some humans don’t like the effect of bees in the environment. They believe humans and other species could survive off of synthetic or man-made food products. Sure, humans may get the occasional sting, but we should realize that they are at the base of all the life. Without the bees, the food supply would have massly decreased. The humans would have been endangered long before synthetically engineered foods ever came to be.
In conclusion, a majority of humans will not notice the decline of bees until when they start learning the how the bees have helped humans, problems it might cause, and the solutions to the problem. Since bees are precious to all life on Earth, we should realize how important they are to us. Humans should take advantage of the time before the population of bees and all other organisms become endangered or even extinct.
Bibliography
“Honey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder” Agricultural Research Service. United States Department
of Agriculture, September 2013. Web. 29 November 2013
“The Honeybee in the Ancient World.” Roxana Illuminated Perfume. Blue Terracotta. 2013. Web. 29 November 2013
“Why are Honeybees Disappearing?” Earthtalk Magazine. About Environmental Issues. Web. 29
November 2013
Plight of the Bees Essay
Plight of the Bees
Bees and their honey have been revered by many human cultures for centuries. Unfortunately, honey bees, organisms with significant roles in today’s agriculture, have been randomly disappearing from their hives and dying in massive numbers because of what is being called colony collapse disorder. However, many people remain oblivious and unnoticed to the threat of the disappearing honey bees. In order for the generations of today to wake up and realize the honey bees’ crucial situation, it might take an event as drastic as major nationwide shortages of the almond crop, which play a much larger role in the modern world than many believe.
As most commonly known, almonds have culinary and cosmetic benefits. In the culinary world, almonds are popular in desserts and sweets, pastries, salads, trail mix, and much more. Almond products such as sweet almond oil, almond extract, almond flour, and almond milk are commonly used and found in the modern day. Unsurprisingly, almond and almond products are often used in cosmetic products such as creams and lotions. Almond oil and milk can be used in moisturizing or cleansing creams, scrubs, or oils.
Although some may argue that a nationwide shortage of a different honey bee related item, like honey, might be a wake up call of a larger scale, I believe that almonds are a product with much greater value in today’s society. Almonds have held significance in many human societies and religions all throughout history, symbolic of important qualities and rewards. In the Bible, almonds were used as a symbol of God’s divine approval. In the Roman times, such nuts were treated as delicacies, as they were not common, and newlyweds would be showered with almonds to bring fertility. In addition, almond products are also used in medicine. Most commonly, almond oil is often used as a flavoring and in medicine. In certain folk remedies, almonds and their products are used as solutions to cancer, asthma, colds, coughs, and as part of certain diets.
Especially in California, the almond tree is a highly commercially valued nut plant. Almonds provide great economical support in the USA, being the largest national specialty crop export and the top agricultural export in California, two of the main imports being Spain and Italy. As well as large commercial export, almonds have been dubbed one of the world’s healthiest foods, eaten and desired by health-conscious people all over the world. Almonds have been scientifically proven to reduce cholesterol, risk of heart and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and more. The crop is a reliable source of antioxidants, omega-3 acids, protein, vitamin E, magnesium, and calcium. Heavily dependent on honey bees for pollination, California almond orchards require more than a million honey bee colonies to pollinate the crops at the beginning of the blooming period. This means that many bees must be supplied from beekeepers outside of California, as the honey bee populations of California beekeepers have been slowly decreasing.
Although extremely evident, most people remain unaware of the fact that honey bees are disappearing and perishing in massive numbers because of colony collapse disorder. In order for people to feel the need to make an effort to help this issue, I believe that a large nation-wide shortage of the almond crop, which is largely pollinated by the honey bee, must occur. Without the honey bee, the almond crop is doomed.
Works Cited
“Almond (Prunus dulcis).” Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages. Gernot Katzer, 11 Sept. 2005. Web.
“History of Almonds.” Almond Board of California. Almond Board of California, n.d. Web. 1
“Pollination.” Almond Board of California. Almond Board of California, n.d. Web. 1 Dec.
“Prunus dulcis.” NewCROP. Purdue University, n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2013.
Wangmann, Suzanne. “What almonds can do for your skin.” Body +Soul, n.d. Web. 1 Dec.
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