Bethany+B.

=About Me= My name is Beth and I'm seventeen years old [my birthday is September 12th]. I'm in eleventh grade. I am also a part of the Punsxy Varsity Girls' Cross Country team, so I love to run. I'm also very into art I think it helps me relax and be care-free. I also love to swim and be active. I work at the Middle School as a lifeguard; I teach swim lessons and i really enjoy working with the little kids. I am the oldest of three children. I have a sister who is a freshmen and a brother in sixth grade. My favorite color is teal and I can't pick a favorite song or type of music because I like it all.toc

=Uses of the Allegheny Forest=
 * forests were used for timber
 * Native Americans burned small areas of the forests for easier travel and reproduction of berries, etc.
 * European settlers used the area for housing and living arrangements.
 * hunting
 * national forest and park

Main Types of Recreation

 * TOTAL POPULATION: nature-based land activities 35.4%, nature-based water activities 49.2% , snow/ice-based activities 38%
 * MALE POPULATION: hiking, viewing/taking scenic photos, visiting a wilderness/primitive area
 * FEMALE POPULATION: hiking, visiting a nature center, visiting a farm/agricultural setting, taking photographs of scenery

=Types of Pollution=

Activity A
1.1) Punxsutawney Boro Mun. Auth. 1.2) Jersey Shore Steel Co. 1.3) Portville (New York) 1.4) Paul's Pride Seafood (Maryland) 1.5) Wekiva Hunt Club (Florida) 1.6) Radisson Hotel (California)
 * 2 violations
 * 2 effluent, 1 other violation
 * 5 effluent violations
 * 4 other violations
 * 1 effluent violation
 * 23 reported; 2 effluent; 15 pollutant violations

2) STP, effluent, other problems/violations

3) non-point source pollution

Activity B
1)Why is this a problem and how did it happen? 2)How is human health, aquatic organisms, and other organisms affected? Give an example of the organisms affected and the problems it is causing. 3)What steps do you think need to happen in order to stop this from becoming a bigger problem? 4)What should people do to reduce water pollution that affects all of our water?
 * This is a problem because people are leaving their garbage everywhere and animals are eating it and its killing them. It was caused by people just throwing their trash onto the ground and not putting it into recycling bins or trash cans.
 * For example, birds are being affected because they swallow the plastic and can't digest it; so after it goes through most of their digestive system and cannot be digested anymore, they die.
 * I think that there should be informational meetings about people polluting and that the public should attend them. Then, they should clean their surrounding areas.
 * People should correctly dispose of hazardous products, use non-toxic household cleaning products, recycle, conserve water, and in your yard; use natural fertilizers, avoid over-watering, maintain septic systems properly, and for your car; reuse motor oil, be "green" when washing your car, and in your community; help identify, stop, and inform polluters, and be an activist.

=Global Warming=

At what stage is Global Warming in other countries and what are those countries doing about it? =Individual Project=
 * China is very over populated and they have laws on how many children you can have, India is very polluted and has in place new pollution laws, the ice caps are melting, and in Sweeden they are making environmentally-friendly cars. (http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html)

2010 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 vs. 1996 Ford Probe GT
- Front wheel drive - Low to the ground; shapely - V6 engine - Smaller tires - Uses unleaded fuel
 * 1996 Probe GT**
 * -** Standard transmission

- Automatic transmission - 4-wheel drive - Higher up, crew cab - V8 engine - Big tires - Uses unleaded fuel
 * 2010 Silverado 3500**

The ’96 Ford Probe GT is more fuel efficient out of the two because of its features. Having a standard transmission makes the small car more fuel “friendly” because you’re not constantly pressing and using the gas. The front wheel drive pulls the car. Being low to the ground and having more of an aerodynamic shape to it helps the car to move faster and easily on the road so that helps it get a better gas mileage. Its V6 engine however, isn’t very fuel-efficient but everything else that factors into it makes it a more fuel-efficient car. The probe has smaller tires therefore it takes less energy to rotate them and that in turn, uses less gas. Unleaded fuel is the standard or most used fuel/gasoline among vehicle drivers. The ’10 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 is not very “good on gas” at all. Its 4-wheel drive means that all four tires are rotating constantly using up more gas. The higher, heavier, and its crew cap make it less aerodynamic so the engine is pushed more into making the truck go. Its V8 engine burns up a lot of fuel and the bigger tires are needed for the size of the truck, but the bigger the tires, the less gas mileage.
 * Comparing the two:**

=Oil is More Than Energy=

1. Oil production/distribution is related to political and economic issues because major politics decide where we can get our oil and who is producing it, how it should or can be distributed, and the best ways of doing that; and our economy runs on the production and distribution of oil basically because it is one of our major and most important resources that everyone needs and uses on a daily basis. 2. *The United States is way too dependent on foreign oil and needs to invest their funds at home because it is sorely needed for the economy. 3. I agree that the United States is very over-dependent on foreign oil and because we put our funds into the countries that are very unstable with their governments and economy themselves, I also agree that that’s what makes our economy very low and unstable as well. We also put too many our funds towards foreign oil.
 * The United States invested their funds into 10 countries, which are on the State Department’s Travel Warning List, for oil.
 * The United States’ oil dependency will become increasingly harder/more dangerous to satisfy.
 * Because of the overdependence on foreign oil, it makes the U.S. spread its military across the world.
 * Clean energy can help bring our economy back to being stable/back to life.

=Products from Petroleum=

=Essay Topics=

1) unplugging appliances/turning off unneeded lights 2) keeping the heat turned down/off when its hot outside 3) putting small wind mills on the roof to generate some energy 4) *4 day school weeks -reduces transportation/transportation costs -reduces and saves on heating/heating bills, as well as water, etc -shows an increase in attendance (teachers and students) because fridays are left open for sports and doctors' appointments, etc -improved morale

=Saving Energy Essay=

I think there is too much energy being wasted around the school. Such as, too many lights being on, too many appliances being plugged in at all times, and sometimes there are heating problems. There are many ways to save energy. The best solution to saving the most energy I think is to go to a four-day school week. A lot of rooms that I saw had about half of their lights on. There are 12 units of lights in each classroom, but in most classrooms, they had all their lights on. If you are just using computers or having a study hall, I don’t think that you would need to have every light on necessarily. I could see in a math class where you would maybe need every light on to work and see properly, but not in every class. I know that a lot of teachers and staff leave their computer carts and other miscellaneous plugs just plugged in after the school day. Not only is this a fire hazard, there is still electricity going through those plugs and laptop carts. Think of how much you could save if everyone unplugged those appliances after school and everyday and every weekend. We could also save as a district if we put in on-demand heating in the water; which I think we have already done. This makes sure that the heat/hot water doesn’t come on until you need it, or in other words, until the hot water is turned on. In my research I found it interesting that many other states have switched to a four-day school week. Some have made the school year longer to get enough hours in and others have made the school day only about an hour or so longer so that the school year was still only 180 days. They have saved energy by doing it. Students don’t seem to mind the shorter week, but the only major concern for this schedule change is that for younger children, being able to find daycare.

=Land=

Region/State Questions
Commodity-an economic good; something that is useful or valid; something produced 1. Appalachia, region 9 2. Textiles*, chemicals, electrical equipment, paper/pulp products, tobacco*, grapes/wine* 3. The Coastal plains, the Appalachian Mountains, and the piedmont. 4. Some of the bigger cities are Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Durham with populations in about the 300,000s. Charlotte’s population is 651,597. North Carolina has a very warm climate and it’s a good thing because they grow cotton and a lot of grapes for wine. A very big tourist attraction would have to be the Outer Banks. Many people go there to vacation and visit the beach. 5. Textiles, such as cotton, tobacco, grapes, for wine, and those are the really big ones. Cotton is grown mainly in the south because of its climate and it wouldn’t really survive in the northern part of our country. 6. Grapes are unique because you could probably grow grapes anywhere but this state grows them in large quantities to make wine and just for sale.

=Land Stand Paragraph=

On the Land Stand Survey that taken, 31/63 people said that urban sprawl is not a problem and should be ignored. On the same survey, 32/63 people also agreed that it is a problem. I believe that urban sprawl is a problem and it’s also a problem that this statistic stands at 50%. If rural areas are becoming fewer, and as the rain forest becomes smaller, this is really cutting our oxygen supply. Too much pollution has caused the greenhouse effect to ‘go off the roof’ on planet Earth and we need more rural areas to help supply fresh, clean oxygen.

=Country Facts/Analysis=

Ugandan Facts: 1. Area: 236,040 km^2 2. Total population: 32,369,558 (estimated in 2009) 3. Largest cities/populations: Kampala-1,420,200 Kira-158,300 Gulu-141,500 4. Per capita: $1,195 5. Percentage of people unnourished: 1 out of every 5 people and death rate for children is 40% dying of undernourishment 6. Natural resources: ample fertile land, regular rainfall, mineral deposits, the coffee bean is the most exported 7. Most exported agricultural thing: coffee bean 8. Soil type: fertile 9. Literacy rate: 60% 10. Description of climate: mostly in the upper 80’s all year round with steady rainfall in evenings

Analysis Section: 1. I think that poverty has caused most of the hunger in this country because people aren’t exactly educated or could be educated better, plus the fact that there are so many tribes still in Uganda that maybe don’t believe in getting help. Also, the environment is another hard factor, it may be hard to grow foods. 2. A lot of people come in from the U.S. and bring in food, money and clothing, and there are various groups of people that try to start better education facilities. 3. AVERTing HIV and AIDS is an organization that helps out Uganda by supplying them with medicines and sufficient health care and most importantly education on AIDS/HIV.

=Uganda=

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