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I learned a lot from this group!! I think that it is terrible how we are polluting our air and our water. __//** VOCABULARY: **//__ 1.Smog- A mixture of fog and smoke. 2. Carbon Monoxide- A colorless gas that is deadly to living things and doesn't have a smell to it. **//__ ﻿ __//**
 * //__ ﻿Air and Water Pollution: __//**


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- In China air pollution kills 50,000 newborns every year!! That is so sad!! We need to stop this issue

and save our environment and save ourselves.

- In Asia smog is so thick that sometimes you can't see the stars at night. Wow!! Imagine looking up

at the sky at night and only seeing a mixture of smoke and fog!! __//** QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: **//__ 1. What kind of air and water pollution do we have in the United States? ANSWER: The Unites States doesn't have an abundance of factories but, the ones that we do have cause some of our air pollution. Our country isn't known for having as much air pollution as China, Asia, or other countries, but our world has so much air pollution that every country has some air pollution. That is the sad part of it all!! Our water pollution is mainly chemical runoffs or chemical spills. An example of this is how we have oil spills in our oceans and it is affecting the creatures in our oceans and everything else in them, so that is polluting it. 2.How many people in China die per year due to air and water pollution? ANSWER: An estimated 656,000 Chinese citizens die per year due to indoor and outdoor air pollution. Also, polluted drinking water kills 95,600 people every year in China. I feel sooo bad for the poor creatures affected by this environmental issue!! I believe that we need to do everything we can to clean up our oceans!!
 * //__ STOP THE OIL SPILL: __//**

//**__ Facts: __**// - The bp oil spill spill spilled 210,000 gallons of oil per day. Whoa!! If you think about that it's insane to image how much oil has been spilled since this happened way back in April. - The Exon Valdez oil spill traveled 37 miles in four days!! Wow!! Imagine how far it traveled by the time it was cleaned up.

1.What caused the bp oil spill? ANSWER: An explosion on one of the bp oil rigs exploded and caused a fire.It poured oil into the ocean so that is what caused the oil spill. 2.How does oil travel through water? ANSWER: Oil has chemicals that travel through the water while the actual oil stays in one place because oil stays on the surface
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of the water.

__//** HABITAT HEROES: **//__ I can really relate to what this group studied because one of them did normal forest destruction, which is what my group studied. I also learned about tons of other habitats that are being destroyed, so know I have an even bigger understanding about how us humans are affecting our creatures.

-Coral reefs only cover 1% of the ocean floor and, we are destroying them. Do you want that 1% to go down to 0%? I know that I don't and, I hope that you don't!! -Car exhaust melts the Polar Ice Caps. Wow!! There must be a lot of of car exhaust to cause all that ice to melt!! -Rain forests once covered 14% of the worlds surface but now only covers 6%. Wow!! That's a shame!! -An area of forest the size of 20 football fields is lost every minute due to deforestation. That's terrible!! -One sand dune in the dessert can hold up to 40 species at one time. Imagine that!! When we destroy one sand dune we are affecting the habitat of 40 species!!
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__//** QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: **//__ 1.What is a dead zone in the oceans? ANSWER: A dead zone is an area in the ocean where there is no oxygen in a certain area on the ocean floor and, any animals that live there will suffocate. 2. What causes a dead zone in the oceans? ANSWER: All sorts of things cause a dead zone but, the biggest cause of a dead zone is global warming.

I thought that this group did a good job explaining about this topic because, I'm intrigued to expand my knowledge on thus topic and find ways that I can help.
 * //__ ECO TEAM...DESERTIFICATION __//**

__//** FACTS: **//__ - Desertification is when the weather turns the land into dessert land. - In 2025 only 25% of Africa's population will survive if desertification continues at the same pace. - Our planet losses 24 million tons of topsoil every year. Wow!! That is a lot of soil.

__//** QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: **//__ 1. What is the most popular area for desertification? ANSWER: Africa is a main area because they have many droughts there which contributes to desertification. 2. How can you prevent desertification if you live in an area that is in a drought? ANSWER: A simple way would be to conserve water and set aside some water specifically for growing shrubs and trees.