Tenstmuir: Discussion On Non-Invasive Species

During this unit of human geography, I have learned so much about religions, ethnicities, and even culture. For example, I learned about the religion Islam and how it is a religion of peace just like the Hindu religion and as well as the Buddhist religion and much more others. These religions and some others have much in common whether they accept it , these religions and some more are all peaceful religions and all teach good morals and principles to the followers, everyone following footsteps of good people and their good actions and/or deeds. When I was reading chapter 7 ( ethnicity) I learned that ethnicity also has to do with culture and that the chapter before that one, we were reading about ( folk culture) and how it much ties in with

Scale- relationship between a specific place in the world, and the Earth as a whole.

When going to the sand dunes of the Illinois Beach State Park, we wanted to test the effects of different environment on succession, ecosystem development. The problem was to find out if there is a succession (ecosystem development) of plant communities taking place. If the sand dune’s closer to the lake are newer than those further inland, then, I believe succession will take place because the newest dunes do not have rich enough soil to support more complex plants like trees and shrubs growing in the areas that have already gone through later stage succession. The data supported our hypothesis.

At Wanda Beach, the tall trees and scrubs act as a windbreaker which further protects the sand formation. According to the field work results collected using the anemometer (see figure 3), the Aeolian processes at the front and the top of the primary dune is where the wind speed is highest. So it is important to plant plants such as the hairy spinifex to stabilise the sand due to its expansive root system and its ability to survive low water conditions.

Geology- It is the study of the Earth, which materials compose it, and how they work together, their processes (earthquakes, floods, erosion) and changes that they have gone through (mountains emerging, valleys, etc.). It also studies the organisms that had been on earth (fossils). It is a wide subject that can be subdivided into fields such as minerology, petrology and so on.

categories. Downtown became the common term used to define the area of the city where the

“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future”. This is a quote by one of the most successful and innovative men to ever live, Walt Disney. He was successful because he constantly kept looking to make a better future for himself and others. He did this through interactions with the world and everything around him. Interactions such as these can push mankind forward. They lead to innovations that revolutionize the world we live in. It only takes one great idea to change the world and make it a better place for everyone. Human geography deals with how human actions influence and impact other humans and the world’s environment.

In the text they used ‘pretty bloody extraordinary’ to describe the project the Paterson is undertaking, the words give off an air of passion to the project. The writer gives off the impression that the whole project is extraordinary with words ‘grand, epic and phrases like ‘not a single soul’.

The aim is to identify and associate landforms, rock types and soils to the natural environment and its plants and animals and also to investigate the history of the local environment, comprising human impacts over the last 50 years. The impact of human alterations to the environment includes increased soil erosion and changes in river flows.

For my theme, I chose the word change because I feel that throughout this chapter, each civilization has gone through changes as time went on. Western Asia went through changes when it was split into Babylonia and Assyria. The two zones became different and accomplished things on their own after. But in the Mediterranean, after many people settles and migrated from many place of the world, the Mediterranean became more successful because of its goods and success in trading. Also in Israel, when the Bible became more popular and there were more followers of Yahweh, many customs were changed. For example, monotheism was one of the changes the Israelites went through, because before, polytheism, the worship of more than one god, was more popular and well-known.

Sand dunes are mounds of windblown sand, which vary greatly in size, from less than one meter to tens of meters high. The size depends upon the supply of sand. Many of the more recognizable dune forms are ridges or complexes of mounds or crescents. The shape of individual dunes is equally variable. Shape relates to the direction and strength of the wind forming it, as well as to the amount of sand available. The impressive sand dunes along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan were created by the prevailing westerly winds blowing the sand deposited along the beaches into the dune

This semester I learned that there are four different branches of human geography. First to define the different geographies: social, has to do with society and what that regions society values. An example of this would be school systems. Cultural geographies has to do with symbolic practices and shared sets of meaning, a simple example of this could be in Italy, most people are Roman Catholic, and share those values. Political, is the type of government that county has, for example North Korea is communist. Lastly, economic, is that countries economy, for example Greece, currently is in an economic crisis.

1. Four problem passages in Chapter 14 are firstly the "Two Accounts of Creation" which people believe there are contradictions in creation in regards to vegetation. Issue being that it states in Chapter 1 of Genesis that vegetation was created on the third day but in Genesis 2 it states that vegetation did not appear until the creation of Adam. The solution to this is that Chapter 2 is supporting Chapter 1 in giving more detail to vegetation in regards to the types and that their actual physical growth that can be seen was not until Adam was created but that plantation occurred as it states in Chapter 1 of Genesis. Thus man was created first and then vegetation followed. Second, "Cains Wife", the issue presents if Cain and Abel murdered one

Thesis statement- Coastal erosion in the Gulf South region has and continues to be an environmental

Along Nutgrove Beach vegetation management has been implemented to prevent and reduce future erosion. This has been done by planting plants in the dunes in the hope of the plants trapping the sand and preventing further erosion. As well as vegetation management to protect the dunes, a fence has also been assembled in front of the dunes to prevent people from accessing the dunes and causing further erosion to the dunes and damaging the vegetation. This has been successful and has significantly reduced the extent of the erosion of the sand dunes at Nutgrove Beach.