Grade 9 Science Journal Q1

The main concern is the transportation of Phosphorus from soils, streams, rivers, lakes, and eventually oceans will increase algal growth and decrease dissolved oxygen. Phosphorus is found in every living plant cell and is a part of every plant function including energy transfer and photosynthesis, Transformation of sugars and starches and more.   most pesticides…

Humans have made pesticides decrease by more than 40% since 1992 but the emergence of more chemicals that are far more damaging to animals. Corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton use the most pesticides and receive 80% of the pesticide volume.   The higher the human population the smaller farm sizes, ecological degradation…

Science blog post 3 Some limiting factors may include: -Removal of Essential Predators. This could be an issue because if there are no predators to lower the population of some fish they could keep reproducing and overpopulate causing them to eat too much of their…

Elements of concern   My issue is about the decline in the bee population. I will be listing a couple different elements from the periodic table that could be a part of this issue. As you see below, I have picked oxygen, Iodine and chlorine.  Oxygen- the air has a bunch of…

Ralph Ferguson – 1929-2020   Ralph was a Canadian farmer   Not only was ralph a farmer he was also a politician   In the late 1950s, Ralph was chairman of the Lambton County egg producers    He was first chosen to the house of commons of Canada in the 1980 federal election as the liberal…