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=toc= = __About Me:__ = //I'm Paige. I am an only child. In my spare time I like to hang out with my friends and my Boyfriend. I love Karissa. I have a cat named Zoey and a dog named Adriane, she is a boxer. My favorite colors are blue, black, and purple. Ok bye :) //

= __Uses of the Allegheny Forest:__ = -Heavy mining and logging caused wildfires, floods, and erosion. -Oil, gas, coal and wood are the 4 resources. -Using to much of the resources, such as cutting down trees.

= __Recreation Activities:__ = TOTAL POPULATION: Nature base land activities- Day hiking (35.4%), Visit a wilderness(34.2%), visit a farm(32.3%) Viewing/learning activities- photograph natural scenery(66.7%), visit nature centers(60.0%), sightseeing(57.8%) Developed-setting land activities- walk for pleasure(87.2%), family gathering(77.4%), picnicking(65.5%) Water based activities- swimming outdoors(50.0%), swimming in lakes/streams(49.2%), visit a beach(47.0%) Snow/ice based activities- snow/ice(38.0%), downhill skiing(9.8%), snowmobiling(8.9%)

HISPANIC MALES: Nature land based activities- day hiking(47.1%), visit a wilderness(30.6%), visit a farm(22.9%)

= __Water shortages:__ = People recycle waste water at water plants, and Conserve irrigation water

= __Types of pollution:__ =

__Activity A-__
1. //What places did you look at and what were the pollution problems there?// -Pennsylvania- Failed to keep the water clean. sewage problems North Carolina- Sewage problems, Iowa- Sewage Vermont- sewage Virginia- Plastics Material and Synthetic Resins, and Non-vulcanizable Elastomers Idaho- Sewerage Systems

//2. Discuss in your group the various places you chose. What common pollutants/industries/problems exist among the area? You may need to discuss them as rural vs. city issues.// -Sewage problems are common within our group.

//3. Are these pollutants or problems point source or non-point source pollution problems?// -Point source

__Activity B:__
//1//. Why is this a problem? How did it happen? -It's a problem because birds are dying. There is allot of trash from people littering.

2. How is human health, aquatic organisms, and other organisms affected? Give an example of organisms affected and the problems it is causing. -If the bird had diseases then bugs would go and eat it and then the diseas would move around quicker and get people sick and other living things sick too. Birds could die faster by that.

3. What steps do you think need to happen in order to stop this from becoming a larger problem? - Litter control

4. Our households are a major problem of pollution. What should people do to reduce water pollution that affects all of our water? -Use household products without harsh chemicals in it and keep it away from water and other things that you use. dispose trash properly.

= **__Climate Change__** = __Noun__- Carbon dioxide __Question__- Why does temperature rise with more Carbon Dioxide? -Most of the light energy is emmitted in wavelengths shorter than 4,000 nanometers, but the heat energy released from the earth is releasing longer then 4,000 wavelengths. Carbon dioxide lets the light energy in, but doesn't let all of the heat energy out. __Source__- http://www.pa.msu.edu/sciencet/ask_st/083194.html

__Question-__ What is Carbon Dioxide made out of? - coal, oil and natural gas __Source__- http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/globalchange/global_warming/03.html 

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= OIL IS MORE THEN ENERGY = = =

How is oil production/distribution as well as political and economic issues related? -Oil production/distribution cause political/economic issues because the cost rise and we have less everyday. The oil is bad for the environment when it is burned.

5 concerns: -United States pay 1 billion a day for oil -Our reliance on [|Algeria], Chad, Colombia, the [|Democratic Republic of the Congo], Iraq, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, [|Saudi Arabia], and Syria could have serious implications for our national security, economy, and environment. -Oil spills in the water -climate change - diseases

= Products from petroleum =



= Essay Topics = 1.Lights Incandescent lighting is much more expensive to operate than fluorescent lighting. Keep fixtures and reflectors clean. De-lamp in areas which do not require lighting. Use timers where possible. Illuminate your spaces efficiently. -We don't need all the lights on all the time. -Automatic lights in bathroom, motion censored. lights in the bathroom are left on through out the day, if you get motion censored lights then they wont be. -Lights in the hallway can be turned off when we are in classes. There are skylights so if anyone is walking they can still see -We can use natural light since we have big windows. Using natural light will save allot of energy if we turned off the class room lights. since we use our computers. if lights are needed then we could use led lights. -A school in Texas in learning new ideas about saving energy in there building. they are using "green power" to light there building and other things like heating and water. 2.Heater 3.dripping facets

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= Word Document: Essay. = How much energy that we use in Punxsutawney Area High School is becoming a problem. We keep lights on when we don’t need them; we keep the water on to long or faucets leak. We need to find new ways to run this school. Like Motion Bulbs and Motion activated faucets. I think Motion bulbs would be efficient in our school because they only use 20 watts. They turn on automatically when you enter the room and turn off when you leave. We could use them in the bathrooms, hallways, and storage rooms. Or, instead of motion lights, you could get florescent lights. If you replace 25% of your lights in high-use areas with fluorescent, you can save about 50% of your lighting energy bill. Another idea that this school can do is motion-activated faucets. Great Seneca Creek Elementary is using them. This could easily save money. Even automatic flushing for the toilets could save too. On average, green schools use 33 percent less energy and 32 percent less water, according to USGBC. Seneca Creek, for instance, skims about $60,000 off its annual energy bill and conserves about 43 percent or 360,000 gallons of water each year. And Fossil Ridge is 60 percent more energy efficient, saving about $11,500 annually on water alone. The maintenance people in our school should go around fixing leaking facets if we don’t install motion censored facets. You can waste 150 gallons of water a month with a leaky facet. The rooms that I have class in, the facets drip. In conclusion, if we do some of these ideas like motion bulbs, automatic flushing, or fixing leaky facets we could save allot of money. The schools that went green have been using the extra money buying wireless tablet computers, energy efficient flat screen monitors, and other eco friendly technology. At Fossil Ridge High school in Fort Collins the kids can focus better because of the space and the lighting. I think our school should do one of theses ideas, we could save allot more money.

= Region 5: Wisconsin = = =  1.What is the name of your region? 5 2. What are the top commodities of the state you are researching? Industrial Machinery, Electrical Machinery, Instruments, and Vehicles (not Railway)

3.What landforms is part of the state? Peninsulas, Mountains, wetlands 4.Describe the climate, population, largest cities, and any other factors that affect those that live or visit there. -Climate: Humid continental -Population: About 5,536,201 -Largest cities: Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Madison -Other:

5.What are the top 5 commodities in your region? Are any of these the top 5 commodities nationally? If so, which ones? - -Natural gas, Industrial machinery, Gearboxes for motor vehicles, corn, soybean.

6.What unique commodities are found in your region? Why are they unique? -Gearboxes for motor vehicles because we never heard of one state doing that. -Corn because most farms are down south

= Land Stand Survey results paragraph- = I strongly disagree with using our tax money to make more highways. If they are too crowded then people would just have to choose a better day to travel on them. They could also go a different way then on a highway. We need forests and plains for animals. I think if they get taken over by highways then the earth/world would take a drastic turn.

= Using plants as medicine- = 1. How many U.S. prescription medicines come from plants? Between 25% and 50%

2. What disease did the sailors suffer from? Scurvy

3. What did the cedar bark contain that saved the sailors? Vitamin C

4. How long have people been using plants for medicinal purposes? 5,000 years

5. How many species of plants are endangered? 270,000

6. What is causing plants to become endangered? Clearing forests and paving over the land

7. Summarize the reasons why biodiversity is important. It gives us food or shelter. It is a necessity for life.

= Hunger in the World- =

530,000 km2 23 million Sanaa, Taizz, Aden, and Al Hudaydah 35.9 petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west tomatoes, wheat, grapes, bananas, seed cotton, sesame seed, coffee, and cotton, mostly dry and contaminated Adults-35% for females and 73% for males age 15 and older was 54% mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in eastummers are temperate and winters are cool, rain all year long.
 * 1) Area (in square kilometers)
 * 1) Total population
 * 1) Major cities and their populations
 * 1) Per capita income
 * GDP - per capita (PPP):** $2,500
 * 1) Percentage of people undernourished
 * 1) Natural resources
 * 1) Major agricultural products
 * 1) Soil type
 * 1) Literacy rate
 * 1) Description of its climate (include temperature and precipitation patterns)

Analysis Section:
They go hungry because they get so many droughts. People are having more and more children and things in stores are becoming more expensive. Coffee is one of their main exports and it declined as the cultivation of qat increased. there is a program that gives rations of bread to every family that has a child in school. They give vitamin supplements to women that just gave birth. WFP’s country programmed in Yemen tackles hunger early on by providing nutritious food to malnourished pregnant and lactating women and children under five.
 * 1) Summarize why hunger is such a problem in that country. Explore political, environmental, and social issues that are involved in the hunger problem, and describe at least two issues that have caused the hunger problem for that country.
 * 1) Summarize what efforts are being made to reduce the occurrence of hunger.
 * 1) Research an organization that is providing aid to your country, and include a description of its work in your summary.

Keynote facts of Yemen-




= Combating World Hunger- =

1. Heifer International has a campaign revolving around “Passing on the Gift.” What does that mean? -Creates a living cycle of sustainability that develops community and enhances self-esteem by allowing project partners to become donors 2. Browse the following websites. Locate the following information for each project: a. Give a brief description of their work (2-3 sentences) -The Hunger Project seeks to end hunger and poverty by empowering people to lead lives of self-reliance, meet their own basic needs and build better futures for their children. b. What locations do they help? (For example, is it based in the United States or is it a worldwide initiative?) -Africa, Asia and Latin America- global c. Is it funded by the government //or// does it rely on donations and private aid? they are funded by both the government and donations and private aid.