Biodiversity

1. If the local biodiversity is preserved, it will prevent the area nearby from losing species, which in turn prevents the nearby area from losing species.
2. If one habitat is destroyed, other species follow suit. Weather they migrate there, or prey on a species that does, or breed there, some animals may be destroyed, causing a chain reaction.
3. Biodiversity is not only a great tourist attraction (look at Hawaii) but many species can provide medicine, food, or other useful items. Were they to die, we may not be able to survive.

Gases and Climate Change

1. Combustion 

 Hypothesis: The rubbing alcohol will explode and catch on fire sending it backward.

  Observation: The bottle rocketed across the room with a tail of fire and a loud whoosh like an angry comet.

Such gases contribute to the climate change as well as laughing gas and methane.

2. CO2 gas 

 Hypothesis: It will explode, fizz and blow out

  Observation: It just puffed out with a whiff of smoke

Co2 put out the fire because there wasn't any O2 for the fire to consume. It also is the leading culprit in global warming. It is created by nearly everything we do- breathing, driving,decaying- but is reversed by plants.
3. Was eaten by gremlins. Will replace later, when I have more time. WHY DID YOU NOT SAVE??!!
4. Air pressure
  Hypothesis: It will explode like the time my chemistry teacher told us to put a frozen mason jar on a hot plate.
   Observation: Nothing happened.
  Hypothesis: It will go KaBOOM!!
  Observation: It imploded, with a pop. Meh.

Children of Chornobyl

The result of my article-reading foray to BBC is that low radiation can cause mutations just like high radiation can. Scientists discovered this when they found out that the children of Chornobyl's cleanup crew concieved after the cleanup had a 7 times higher rate of deformation.

Article questions

1. Shouldn't more have been done to train the people working in a nuclear power plant?
2. Did the public know about the dangers of living where they did?
3. What effects still linger today?
4. Were the fleeing citizens given financial aid? By whom?
5. How long were the officials in jail for?

Love canal questions

1. What if a young child climbed over the fence?
2. How credible was the EPA's declaration that the love canal was cleaned?
3. Have any chemicals been found?
4. What would happen in the case of an earthquake?
5. How thick is the clay covering?
6. Why would someone want to move into a place with such a depressing history?
7. How often are chemical checks?

Catalyst 8/30

1. The snowfall of 77 melted and caused the toxins to come up.
2. Birth defects, cancer, and nervous disorders
3. Other orginisms can be affected by chemicals and destroy the ecosystem.

The Chemical Dispersance

Can you immunize a bird to the effects of the chemical?
Is BP able to do anything about it?
How does it disperse the oil?