Larissa Ware by https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3 BIOL 1020 en-us 2020-01-21 01:00:05 UTC 2025-11-19 11:06:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Unit 1 ljohnso9 https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/435206597 Plants are a critical resource because of the many ways that they support life.They release oxygen into the atmosphere , absorb carbon dioxide, and provide food and shelter. While plants are a great resource they also provide beauty to the world. Plants are important because of the many ways that they help the environment. ]]> 2020-01-23 16:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/435206597 Unit 2 ljohnso9 https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/438188716 I chose this video because it details the intricate connection between humans and plants.  Photosynthesis and respiration are the two essential processes that allow life to sustain on earth. In a way, they are a cycle of  plants helping humans breathe by providing us with oxygen, and humans help plants breathe by providing them with carbon dioxide. We need each other.  ]]> 2020-01-30 14:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/438188716 Unit 3 ljohnso9 https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/445963339 The vidalia onion, an angiosperm, is known for its sweetness and versatility, is much sought after among cooks worldwide. This mild flavored, light-pink onion variety is grown as a specialty crop in the US state of Georgia.The vidalia onion is the official state vegetable.The vidalia onion story takes root in Toombs County, Georgia over 80 years ago. Taxonomy of the Onion (Allium cepa L., 1753)
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A severe threat to tundra is global warming, which causes permafrost to melt. When the permafrost melts, it releases carbon in the form of carbon dioxide and methane, both of which are greenhouse gases. The effect has been observed in Alaska.


]]> 2020-02-27 14:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/451354753 Unit 5 ljohnso9 https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/457686300 The agricultural revolution had a variety of consequences for humans. It has been linked to everything from societal inequality—a result of humans' increased dependence on the land and fears of scarcity—to a decline in nutrition and a rise in infectious diseases contracted from domesticated animals. When populations around the globe started turning to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, regardless of their locations and type of crops, a similar trend occurred: The height and health of the people declined.]]> 2020-03-10 15:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/457686300 Unit 6 ljohnso9 https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/503958533
 Tractor: a 4-wheeled or track laying automotive vehicle used especially for drawing farm equipment.

The tractor changed not only the way the land was worked, but also the crops farmers grew. Before, farmers had to devote a section of their land to growing oats for feeding their horses and mules. Gasoline tractors freed farmers from this need and allowed them to devote that space to more lucrative cash crops.
]]> 2020-04-13 02:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/503958533 Unit 7 ljohnso9 https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/505452263 Penicillin was the very first class of antibiotics ever discovered. It’s made from a mould known as Penicillium chrysogenum. It was known for years that this mould was able to kill off bacteria, including Streptococcus and Staphylococcus strains that were responsible for substantial loss of human life around that time. A Scottish scientist named Alexander Fleming finally isolated the active constituent in 1928.]]> 2020-04-14 00:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/505452263 Unit 8 ljohnso9 https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/534925164 When we clear forests, we’re not only knocking out our best ally in capturing the staggering amount of greenhouse gases  we humans create (which we do primarily by burning fossil fuels at energy facilities, and of course, in cars, planes, and trains). We’re also creating emissions by cutting down trees: when trees are felled, they release into the atmosphere all the carbon they’ve been storing. What the deforesters do with the felled trees either leaving them to rot on the forest floor or burning them creates further emissions. All told, deforestation on its own causes about 10 percent of worldwide emissions.]]> 2020-04-27 23:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnso9/vhcnc3hf76i3/wish/534925164