https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl BIOL 1020 en-us 2017-01-13 21:42:48 UTC 2017-05-02 04:15:24 UTC hello@padlet.com vjacobs12 https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/147703090 Keeping plants and the environment healthy directly affects society. The honeybee population (or lack there of) is a good example of this. If the global society continues to deprive honeybees the plants they need to pollenate not only will they die out BUT environments will suffer in that certain plants could also become extinct (apples, broccoli, strawberries, nuts, etc.). Society needs these plants to feed the population.]]> 2017-01-17 23:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/147703090 vjacobs12 https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/149503050 I chose this specific animation because it was most detailed while being easy to understand and cute. It explained the formula, wavelengths, and how chlorophyll reflects green light but absorbs red and blue. It also does a good job describing light dependent and light independent reactions. It's important to understand the detailed concept of Photosynthesis in a fun way and the Amoeba Sisters did just that. ]]> 2017-01-26 03:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/149503050 vjacobs12 https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/152647524 This plant's common name is Hairy Rattleweed (scientific name is Baptisia arachnifera). Based on the description of this perennial herb it's clearly an angiosperm. It is a flowering plant that uses cross pollination to reproduce. The leaf structure and number of flower petals reveal it is a dicot. The Hairy Rattleweed is considered endangered on both a state and federal level. It is only found in two counties in southeast Georgia. http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/plants/baptisia_arachnifera.pdf]]> 2017-02-08 23:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/152647524 vjacobs12 https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/157750794 The Tropical Rainforest is in the most danger of ecological change from human impact. It contains 50% of the worlds biodiversity but is being destroyed at a rate of 2% a year. This could potentially accelerate the affects of global warming because of increased carbon release. We are losing plant and animal species and the chance at world changing medicines.  ]]> 2017-03-03 22:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/157750794 vjacobs12 https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/160671484 Even though this is more than one impact of the First Agricultural Revolution on the human population it is a very good image. Not only does it show many different ways the world changed for humans but it is in the form of an easy to follow/flowing tree. It doesn't just jump from agriculture to armies, trade, technological advances, etc. It helps readers understand that it was specifically more food that led to new human activities. It is truly amazing to see that everything people have know simply comes from having more to eat. ]]> 2017-03-16 22:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/160671484 vjacobs12 https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/165264436 Freezing food for preservation purposes was very important during the third agricultural revolution. It allowed food manufacturers to send their product further away and feed more people. In addition, frozen fruits and veggies typically are more nutritious because they are frozen at the peak of harvest. Fresh fruits and veggies a picked slightly early so that they last long enough to get to the store shelves. ]]> 2017-04-06 20:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/165264436 vjacobs12 https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/169329461 The only feasible way farming may be able to sustain itself in the near to distant future is through vertical farming. This is when crop safe infrastructure is built and sustained in order to successfully grow crops needed for humans to survive. Truthfully, a screenshot from the movie 'Interstellar' was probably the best choice for the future of crop growth but that may have been taken as TOO far fetched.  This site expects that 80% of Earth's population will reside in Urban areas by 2050. This will make it necessary for Earth to grow crops upward. Especially considering Southern California is responsible for 40% for the U.S. crops. ]]> 2017-05-02 04:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vjacobs12/3w6f6pnxlzbl/wish/169329461