Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Blog #6: Which level of a food pyramid is the most important? Support your answer

                 
                       I think that dairy is the most important level because it gives you your calcium. Calcium makes our bones strong and healthy as well as our teeth.   Milk or other dairy products are the richest sources of calcium which is why you should drink it everyday. They also contain other vitamins and minerals, as well as protein.  Some dairy products can be high in fat, but there are plenty of lower fat options you can choose, or you could have just a small amount of the high-fat varieties.  Other sources of calcium include fortified breakfast cereal, soy beans, tofu, soy drinks with added calcium, dried figs, okra, curly kale, rice pudding and baked beans.

Blog #5:There have been 5 major extinction events throughout history, are humans impacting the 6th? Why or why not?



                           In 1982, there were five major mass extinctions that were identified, they were called the "The Big Five".  These five extinctions are: Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, Triassic–Jurassic extinction, Permian–Triassic extinction, Late Devonian extinction, and Ordovician–Silurian extinction. There can possibly be a 6th extinction and this could be the extinction of human beings.  This all depends on causes like diseases and global warming. There are alot of diseases in the world that can put an end on human life and if we keep hurting the environment this will lead to global warming in which we will all not survive.  Every organism in this world will eventually die.