https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u BIOL 1020 en-us 2018-08-20 13:10:04 UTC 2023-05-14 15:07:32 UTC hello@padlet.com keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/274673067 As far as my basic knowledge goes, if we didn't have plants, we wouldn't have life. Plants provide the oxygen that both humans and animals need to survive. The process of photosynthesis is how plants are able to convert the carbon dioxide that we breathe out, to oxygen, a continuous cycle.]]> 2018-08-22 18:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/274673067 keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/280096676 I chose this video about photosynthesis because I really like how CrashCourse explains their topics. They incorporate humor and explain the subject so that everyone can understand it. Hank, the host, goes into great detail of the topic and has other videos which go into even more detail for an even deeper understanding, which helps the viewer have a firm grasp of the broad subject. I understood the basics of photosynthesis before I watched the video, but I now have an extensive understanding of where the materials that go into the process come from and exactly how the it happens.]]> 2018-09-11 20:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/280096676 keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/289537448 Polystichum acrostichoides, otherwise known as the Christmas Fern, is a very popular evergreen that grows throughout Georgia. The name Polystichum means “many rows,” referring to the plant’s structure. The plant can reach one to two feet in length and grow in clusters. The common name comes from the plant being used as Christmas greenery by early settlers. ]]> 2018-10-05 10:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/289537448 keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/294672246 I would say that the tropical rain forest would be in most danger of ecological change. Say if the precipitation dramatically declined,  all the vegetation that the tropical rain forests have would be effected. This would eventually cause endangerment to all the different types of wildlife.  Also, if there was a drought in the rain forest, it would be more susceptible to forest fires.]]> 2018-10-19 02:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/294672246 keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/299498075 With anything, the good always comes with some bad, too. The Neolithic Revolution was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to growing and settlement, making an increasingly larger population possible, which meant growing cities. But, a possible larger population also meant the cities were more susceptible to natural disasters, and the people were more susceptible to a variety of social changes, including diseases. The transition to cereal-based diets actually caused a reduction in life expectancy, an increase in infant mortality, the development of chronic, inflammatory or degenerative diseases such as: obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.]]> 2018-11-01 17:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/299498075 keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/305119568 When researching inventions and innovations during the Third Agricultural Revolution, I couldn't help but pick the most obvious invention. The tractor was and still is essential to farming around the world today. Although a tractor in the 1900's was far less advanced than tractors today, they still had the same concept, and make farming much more efficient. They can perform more than one task, such as: plowing,planting, fertilizing, and harvesting which saves time and money for the farmers.]]> 2018-11-16 05:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/305119568 keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/309649119 Morphine is one of the most common severe pain relievers used by doctors to minimize the pain felt from car accidents, heart attacks,  kidney stones, terminal cancer patients, and many other medical problems. I believe it is one of the most important chemicals because it is so common and effective. Without it, patients may feel more pain than they could bear. Morphine is derived from the plant Papaver somniferum which is a poppy.]]> 2018-11-30 06:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/309649119 keubanks4 https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/312712162 I found this simple, yet meaningful picture that I felt was very powerful concerning the various different aspects of our Earth. If  agricultural, economic, social, and political practices go unchecked, our world would go downhill very fast. All these practices come together for the overall goal of food security, creation of medicines, etc. Without regulations or the track of demand and waste, we would have no idea how much to produce or when to produce it.]]> 2018-12-09 20:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/keubanks4/5cu2w1t0h21u/wish/312712162