Abiotic Limiting Factors

Above is a picture of the afternoon sky which represents the atmosphere that shields the Earth. The atmosphere is an abiotic limiting factor because it limits the amount of sunlight brought to Earth. This as a result, makes sure each organism on Earth receives the proper amount of sunlight to grow and develop. Additionally, this abiotic limiting factor makes sure that no organism on Earth dies of intense heat.


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Lit Poems

Light to Darkness

Hope

Bright, optimistic

Shining, guiding, enlivening

Encouraging, light, obscurity, melancholy

Grieving, depriving, losing,

Gloomy, absent

Death

By brownies97

Black

My eyes are brown,

Red is how I feel about my mother;

Black is the color

Of the loss of my brother.

Yellow is the color of a comrade,

White is the color of a new daughter;

Black is Hitler taking

Away my father.

Tan is the empty ground,

Gray is the loss of love;

Black is having all

Your loved ones sent above.

By Liesel

What's that smell?

This is a picture of the corpse flower.

Phew! What's that rotten smell? Well if you are near a 44.5-inch plant in the Western Illinois University Botany Greenhouse, you are probably near a corpse flower. The corpse flower was first founded in 1878 by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari who collected the seeds and offered the seeds to England's Botanic Gardens in Kew. As a result, the corpse flower planted in these gardens marked the first successful cultivation in history.The corpse flower has a foul-smelling flower that smells like rotten meat. Its stench becomes more ghastly during blooming process because that it when the plant heats up. Secondly, the corpse flower's bloom is not made up of one flower, but is actually made up of thousands of flowers.

The corpse flower just bloomed last week in the Western Illinois University Botany Greenhouse, releasing a powerful wretched odor. In addition, it was tended by greenhouse gardener Jeff Hillyer. He says this Titan never bloomed in the past 8 years, but only grew a leaf that looks like an umbrella.

To sum it up, although the corpse flowers is foul-smelling and takes years to grow, with a little patience, Jeff made it bloom. This can teach us a lesson that if we want to achieve a goal, we should put in time and have a little patience to make it bloom.

Information taken from http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/corpse-flower-blooms-100503.html.
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Young Sun Paradox

Even though there are many hypothesises about the why the Earth's oceans did not melt in the prehistoric times. I think Dr. Rosing's hypothesis is true. Rosing's hypothesis says that the Earth's oceans did not freeze due to thin clouds. This is thought to be true because at that time, clouds lacked condensation nuclei. As might be expected, this made the clouds more transparent to the sun. Thus, allowing more sunlight, keeping the Earth warm. Another factor, is that there was less continental area at that time. This meant less sunlight was absorbed.

Hence, Rosing's hypothesis is true due to huge factors. One factor is the thin clouds at that time. Another factor, is the less continental area in the prehistoric times.

Information taken from http://www.livescience.com/space/young-sun-paradox-solved-100331.html.

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Popcorn Lab

The kernels in the bag contain thermal energy. So, when it was heated, the atoms moved faster and faster. This created the popping noise from the bag. When radiation from the microwave occurred, the heat energy transferred to the empty space of the bag. Thus, filling the bag with air and making it look bigger. When a minute and thirty seconds are up, the bag gradually deflated.

Babies Are Born to Dance

Studies shows babies respond better to music than speech.

Did you know your little baby brother or sister is born to dance? Well when I first read this article, I was shocked! They are actually born to dance! Research shows that infants move to the tempo and beat of the music because they are drawn to it more than speaking. A researcher at the University of York in England states, ""We also found that the better the children were able to synchronize their movements with the music, the more they smiled." Researchers tested the baby's tendency to dance by playing music such as rhythmic beats. They also used speech to see how the infants responded and videotaped both results.The baby had to sit on the parent's lap during the experiment. Also, the parents were given headphones to not listen to the music and were told not to move because this may not provide valid results. Secondly, the researchers hired real ballet dancers to see if the baby's movement matched the ballet dancer's. As a result, the researchers found that the baby responded to the music (by moving their body) much better than speech. Analysts see that the ability to dance is inborn in humans, they are not sure why it evolved. One sensible explanation is that it has evolved into another function used for processing music. Hence, the next your baby brother or sister dances, cheer them on! Who knows they could be the next Micheal Jackson!

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