Cool Campaign

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       I was just reading the newspaper 'The Globe and Mail' where I found a really cool campaign. Basically, it's a recycling project, where the newspaper gives you facts on recycling certain types of material. Today's fact was really interesting, it says:
 "You can make an XL size T-shirt by recycling 5 plastic bottles."

...And another fact:
"If you recycle fibres of plastic material, you can make many items, such as tissue boxes, other bottles, and many more!"

It just goes to show that if your recycle, you are helping the Earth, so recycle, you never know what your creating by doing so!

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Cool Scientific Terms!

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       I just wanted to share with you all some really cool science terms that I learned in school over the past few weeks. There're all related to biology, so if your looking for physics or chemistry terms, sorry! Anyway, here they are:

Salinity: Salt

Oligotrophic: Low in nutrient content (refers to a water body)

Eutrophic: High in species richness, biodiversity and nutrients (refers to a water body)

Primary Succession: A type of ecological succession that starts in a virtually lifeless area, where soil has not formed yet. For example, if a volcano erupts, the lava and smoke would kill off all the eco-systems around it. So if a new eco-system is born out of that kind of situation, it would be called Primary Succession.


Secondary Succession: The second type of ecological succession. Basically, this starts with an event such as a forest fire or hurricane (an event that weakens or damages an eco-system) and a new eco-system emerges out of an already established but weakened eco-system.

Biodiversity: The variety of life in an ecosystem.

Species Richness: The number of species in an area.

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Impact of The Food Chain!

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        Have you ever thought of the food chain before? Basically, the food chain consists of many different food webs that are connected with each other. It has many levels, starting with:

Autotrophic Level: This is the producers section, the starting point of the food chain, excluding the sun. This level is mainly green plants and trees, anything that can carry out photosynthesis* and cellular respiration*.

Photosynthesis is the process in which plants absorb sunlight and use it to make food for itself.
Cellular respiration is, to put it simply, the process where plants take the energy and nutrients from the food it made and use it towards other processes.

Primary Consumer: Then we get to the primary consumers. These types of consumers are herbivorous, meaning they eat only plants. So primary consumers eat organisms from the trophic level to obtain energy.


Secondary Consumer: This type of consumer is called carnivorous, which is basically an organism that eats  primary consumers or other animals to obtain energy. Carnivorous species cannot eat plants for food. For example, a tiger (secondary consumer) eats zebras (primary consumer) for energy.


Tertiary Consumer: Then we finally reach the point where humans are involved. Tertiary consumers are consumers that are omnivorous, which means we can eat both plants and other animals. An example would, of course, be humans.
(If you have a mirror, look at one, and you will see a very cool human :)

The sun is what starts and keeps this cycle going, believe it or not. Without sunlight, photosynthesis couldn't be carried out by the autotrophic level, and if that's not there, then there would be no primary consumer, and if that's not there...well, you get the picture.

That's just a brief description of the food chain, hope you guys enjoyed it!

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How Hurricanes Are Formed!

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      I'm sure most of you following this blog know about hurricane Irene. It wasn't as bad as hurricane Katrina, but it certainly did do a lot of  damage, tearing up trees, even causing a few deaths. A lot of you might be wondering, how are hurricane formed?

      Basically, hurricanes are formed when warm moist air from the ocean start rising up from the water to the sky, leaving less air near the water, thus creating a low air pressure gradient near the water surface. The air cools as it rises, and it can't hold all the moisture it contains. The water then condenses out of the air, which is a natural way for water to produce heat. That heat fuels the winds that start to pick up to faster and faster speeds, feeding of more warm moist air to go even faster. That is what triggers and starts hurricanes, but as soon as it comes to a point where it reaches cold water areas or land, the hurricane starts losing the wind speed because of the lack of the warm air.

Fun Fact: For a hurricane to be official, it needs to have the wind speed of 119 km/h (74 miles an hour)

Earthquake!

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted here in a while, I just wanted to share some important breaking news.

An earthquake struck Virginia (Washington D.C) with a 5.8 magnitude measured by the Richter scale. The quake was felt across the East coast, as far as places such as New England . Places like the White House and the Pentagon were evacuated because of precautionary measures. What was strange was that earthquakes with that magnitude don't usually happen in places in the East. The last known terror to hit Virginia happened more than a 100 years ago.

The good news is that no damage was reported, atleast on the Canadian side, so that was a relief. Hope you readers out there are in good health, and I will update my blog as soon as I can. Thanks guys!

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Ways To Keep Your Garage Clean!

          Hey guys, I just wanted to share some ways to keep your garage clean. Not only will it help your garage get cleaner if you maybe take time out of your day to read these steps and follow it, it will also help mother nature!

1) Tune your vehicle: If your car or SUV is leaking gas or other liquids like anti-freeze, it will make puddles in your garage, polluting the air around it. This makes it unhealthy for people in the long run if you just keep running a car that leaks fluids, so remember to service your car when it's required!

2) Get a push mower: Using a gas powered lawn mower uses precious resources, as against the push mower, which gives you more exercise and it doesn't use any natural resources. Interesting fact, running a 10 year old gas powered lawn mower emits as much pollution as running a new car for 320 kilometres.

3) Maintain your garden without chemicals: Instead of using pesticides, use natural compost. Using garlic or cooking oil is a good compost in itself, and it is bio-degradable, so it's a win win situation for keeping your soil fertile, getting rid of your pests, and helping your plants stay healthy.

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Animal Of The Week (4)

Copper Shark


Fact File:
Known also as bronze whalers. They are found mostly around offshore waters alongside continental margins. Sometimes though, they move to coastal bays where they eat fish within the surf zone. This obviously brings them into contact with humans (we're not very happy to see it when they look hungry!) and attacks have been reported. There were no deaths reported, but this shark is considered to be one of the most aggressive, largest and dangerous to humans.

Length: Over 3M (10 ft)
Weight: Up to 300 kg (66olb)
Where it's located: Mostly found in warmer waters in the Indo-Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean.



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