Humanities Homework Help
Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge and Chelmsford Response to Hailey
Please respond to hailey with 250 words. Please use the reference and citations provided in the discussion and provide and assessment of Haileys response .
3-Why is fire beneficial to plant communities and which species in particular are reliant upon it for their survival.
According to Tropical Savannas CRC & Bush fire CRC fires can be very beneficial to the plant communities because it removes low growing bushes, cleans the forest from debris, opens up new sunlight, and can nourish the soil for new growth. Fire can act as a herbivore removing unnecessary plants for new plants to grow, although fire can kill many trees it allows more to grow from the nourishing soil. There are many fires that are controlled so dead trees can burn and new trees can grow. There are many positives to wildfires but also many negative effects, some of the negative effects are the fires affecting the weather with the intense amounts of carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide. Fire can benefit many different species because these animals depend on newer wildlife. Some of the species that depend on fires are reptiles, insects, elk, deer, and bears.These animals can thrive and increase in numbers from a fire. Fires can also have a negative and devastating effect on animals, over 3 billion species can be killed in wildfires.
http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/env207/ecology/individual.html (Links to an external site.)
CRC, T. S. (n.d.). Effects of fire on plants and animals: Individual level. Retrieved from http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/env207/ecology/i…
7-Describe the history of water rights in California’s early settlement.
About 200 million acres of water falls on California each year from rainfall, 326,000 gallons is used for households all over California. More than 80 percent of California’s water goes to some form of irrigation. According to William Shelby he states “ Today’s water issues and future water policies must include consideration of appropriate and equitable distribution, consumption, pricing, and quality of water. This is especially important considering some officials’ projections that water use may top 50 million” (Shelby pg. 214). This means per capita use of water has tripled with more droughts and has been encouraged to conserve water throughout California. In 1839 John August Sutter was granted a large rancho where the American River joins the Sacramento River. Sutter had water needs and only needed a drop compared to the millions of gallons that could be used. In California’s water history people needed to work together when disputing because it is such a large start, working together would resolve many major problems that included water.
William A Selby Rediscovering the Golden State California Geography 4th edition
9-Describe the unique nature of California’s freshwater environments.
California has many freshwater environments, some are underground water sources and some are on the surface. Keeping these freshwater sources healthy is the biodiversity that is often hidden underground. According to Science for Conservation “The San Joaquin River contains some of the highest concentrations of endemic freshwater species, as do the Sacramento, Salinas, upper Klamath, Pit, and Amargosa rivers. While watersheds of the south do not have large numbers of freshwater species compared to the rest of the state” These freshwater environments have many unique features such as the plants and species located there. California’s freshwater plants and animals purify the water we drink and use to grow crops. Some of the unique species are Clear Lake Hitch which is a fish which lives along the Pacific Coast, this fish migrates throughout many freshwater sources in California. The next fish is the California Golden Trout, this fish was designated the official fish for California and mostly lives throughout the Sierra Nevada. The next species is a Scale Lanx, it is commonly found in Archimedes Pyrg and the Klamath Rams-Horn. The last unique species is Californians Red Logged Frog, this is the celebrated jumping frog and is commonly known for its unique red color.
10-What factors are causing the increasing pollution of California’s water?
There are many factors that play a part in the increasing pollution in California’s water, some of the main things that contribute to this is factories, sewage, and runoff from farms.As stated by Conserve Energy Future “ Eighty percent (Links to an external site.) of ocean pollution (Links to an external site.) or marine pollution originates on land along the coast or far inland. Streams and rivers carry contaminants such as chemicals, nutrients, and heavy metals that are carried from farms, factories, and cities into our bays and estuaries, and from there, they reach the ocean.” With these factors polluting California’s water may contaminate drinking water. Water pollution has affected many organisms and vegetation that live in water. Water pollution can be caused by natural effects also such as Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis these also affect the water but not as much as human made activities. Human made activities dissolve faster in the water causing devastating effects for the organisms.
CRC, T. S. (n.d.). Effects of fire on plants and animals: Individual level. Retrieved from http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/env207/ecology/i…
