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This week I will be writing about estuary, an estuary is a body of water where two different of water bodies meet and mix. It also means that estuaries are a mixture of fresh water and salt water. Other interesting features are that it is bordered by marshes, it surrounded by swamps, bays and harbors. Estuaries also have a variety of habitats which is interesting but slightly dangerous because animals depend on the tempeture, salinity and dissolved oxygen which means that all these things have to be at a certain level in order for theses different animal in different habitats to survive. Biotic factors need the temperature for survival, salinity because animals adapt to salt because they could die because it affects their oxygen, and dissolved oxygen for respiration.
ReplyDeleteI found all of these things interesting because before I wasn’t able to define an estuary and I didn’t know anything about estuaries, how it looks, its features, and what it has. It also made me very curious about animals in the different habitats. I learned all the levels in which animal survive in using the PH level, temperature, dissolve oxygen, etc.
It has changes the way I think because it makes me not accept the people who are able to pollute not knowing the consequences, the littering in the streets, and throwing in garbage in rivers, oceans, and estuaries. I want to know, how different animals live together if they need a specific amount of salinity, and different temperatures? How can many animals live all together in a habitat and not run out of oxygen? If I were to read this to my friends and family member they should consider changing because they should bee able to care about the water and how other live, and how we should take care of the environment and the water instead of damaging it.
This week I'll be writing about an article we read in class called Fresh Water, by Barbara Kingsolver. A fact that I learned was that the amount of moisture on Earth has not changed. The water the dinosaurs drank millions of years ago is the same water that falls as rain today. "Water it's the briny broth of our origins, the pounding circulatory system of the world, a precarious molecular edge on which we survive." In other words water is very important to our body and what we need in our everyday life. I also learned that water makes up two-thirds of our bodies. In the article she talks about how Mother Earth is the boss. Appearently I agree with her, because there no way us human can try and control Mother Earth, all we can do is be prepared for what comes.
ReplyDeleteI found this interesting because before I would never take a minute and think about how important water is and about Mother Earth, these are things we should take a minute and think about it because it all has to do with us and the way it can affect us if we dont drink water or something about Mother Earth.
It has changed my way of thinking by knowing the story of Barbara KKingsolver how her and her daughter would see nature. Now when it comes to water,earth , and nature I stop and think on the effect it can have if we dont take care of our environment and if we dont have enough water in our system.
-Katherine Reyes
This week i learned aboot estuary. An estuary are bodies of water along our coasts that are formed when fresh water from rivers flows into and mixes with salt water from the ocean. In estuaries. Another thing is that in an estuary is very important because all the species from the salt water and frsh water come together since they are close from each other. Another thing is that in a estuaries the fresh river water is blocked from streaming into the open ocean by either surrounding mainland, peninsulas, barrier islands, or fringing salt marshes. Another thing is that estuary are very important because it decreases the chaces of water getting polluted, so estuary are very important because species are safer and less chances on getting stinct and better chance of surviving. Another this is that estuaries have been traditionally used as convenient disposal sites for urban storm water runoff and sewage. Because the rivers that feed them are often used for this same purpose, estuaries can become severely impacted by municipal and industrial waste.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion this lesson was very important because i had never knew about estuary but now i have a sense about what are estuary. By learning about estuaries changed by prospected because i learned that in order for fishes and other species that live in river need space and oxygen and if we as human keep throwing garbages into river many species would suffer. In my opinion without estuaries many species would die or suffer.
This week in class, we were leaning about estuaries, marshes, the Bronx River. An estuary is two different body of waters meet like salt and fresh water. Swamps, bays and harbors are surrounded by marshes. We not only learned about characteristics about the Estuaries and marshes, but we also got a look at how they look and the animals that are surrounded by it. The lesson about estuaries and marshes helped me understand different types of body of waters and helped understand the Bronx River more. I didn’t know about estuaries and marshes before the lesson, now I got a clear understanding of how they look and its habitat.
ReplyDeleteWe also learned about the levels animals are able to survive. I did not know a lot about PH, DO, Salinity, and temperature can have a major impact on all animals. The learning about the levels specific animals are able to survive made me clear my understanding. That same day we learned about the levels, my pet beta fish died and it made me think about what we learned. Maybe if I would of known about the levels before, my fish would have lasted longer than 8 months.
We read articles in class about the Bronx River because on Friday we were going to attend a canoeing trip. Although the trip did not happen because of the weather, we learned about the history about the Bronx River. I did not know anything about the Bronx river, not even were exactly in the Bronx were it was located. I read the article about the history about the Bronx River which stated a lot of interesting facts. What got me upset about the history of the Bronx River was that it was once drinkable, but people damaged the water supply and polluted it. There not a lot of fresh water on this Earth, and humans made it go to waste. Polluting the river led to destroying its habitat, so for the past years, people have now decided to protect the river. I think people should have always protected that river and having to restore it habitat never would have needed to happen.
Krystal Acevedo
This week I will be writing about estuary. An estuary is the mix of two different types of body waters.Basically it is fresh water from rivers and salt water from the ocean mixing together. An estuary is also called brackish water. Estuary land has marches, and it is also surrounded by swamps, bays, and harbors. Many types of plants grow in estuaries, and animals also tend to thrive there. For example diamondback, killifish and among others. In class, after we finish learned about the different factors in a estuary, we look at data on the extreme condition in which the animals need to survive in an estuary base on the pH, temperature,salinity, and dissolved oxygen. Base on the data, I learned there is a limit of environmental factors that each organism need to survive. For example, biotic factors requires temperature for survival. Most importantly, salinity because if salinity is how salty the water is, that can affect their respiration and their needs for oxygen.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting because I knew there were salt and fresh water separately, but I didn't think two bodies water could come together and create an estuary. This is very important because it shows why things are created differently and has a main purpose for it being there.
After learning about an estuary, it changes how I think because it relates to us. Biotic factors are living things, and I am a living person and the fact that biotic factors needs temperature to survive shows how I react when the climate changes. When the temperature is really hot, I tend to go inside and get some air by opening the air conditionair. However, when it gets cold, I put on a coat in order to keep me warm. The fact that humans affecting nature by causing pollution gets me furious because they are not only hurting the animals that lives in the water,but they are destroying the environment that we live in. If I were to talked to my family about what I learned, they would think that organisms are just as important as us.
This week I would be talking about Estuary. Estuary is a partially enclosed body of water where two different bodies of water meet or mix. Which is Fresh water and Salt water. Estuary have marshes,swamps,lagoons that forms behind barrier islands. Features of landforms are bays and harbors. The salt marshes is protected from high energy waves. There are three different kinds of estuaries. Fresh water meets with ocean water and rivers meet with sea. In class we learned that theres abiotic factor in which makes the animals survive,that are temperature,salitary and dissolve energy.
ReplyDeleteThis topic was interesting because we learned the factors the animal need in order to survive in the estuary. That are salitary,dissolve energy,temperature and PH. Also learned the meaning of estuary and what is for.
This have changed the way I think about the world, because people dont think about the damages they are making to our surrounding. They just pollute and throw things in the rivers and oceans and not thinking the creatures they are killing by doing that.
This week in Environmental Science we learned about where our water comes from. We did an activity guessing where we think our water comes from. The actual results were different from where I thought my water came from. Where our water comes from depends on where you live. If you live in Africa where you get your water from is very different from our water here in New York. We get our water from ground water which is pumped and cleaned and soon arrives in your faucet leaving through your drain into the sewer and eventually ends up in the river. This topic was interesting because it made me feel safe when drinking water because now I know that before it arrives at your faucet it is processed and cleaned.
ReplyDeleteFinding out where my water comes from was very interesting because before I thought that water just came from the rivers but now I know that it is pumped from the ground and it is cleaned for it to be safe for it to drink. I still have questions whether our water is actually cleaned well enough to drink after its pumped from the ground. I also question whether groundwater is a better water source than surface water around the world. Would it be safer to drink surface water that is not cleaned with a lot of chemicals instead of groundwater?
Knowing the facts about where my water comes from makes me not think so much about how dirty it is when I am drinking water or taking a shower. I would still like to know how the water is cleaned after pumped from the ground. Knowing this would allow me to be confident when using water because i know that it is well cleaned and I nor my family would get sick from dirty water.
During this week in environmental science we learned about Estuary. The estuary is a partially enclosed body of water where two different bodies if water meet and mix. The water is formed where fresh water meets and mixes with ocean water. In a estuary th land is filled with marshes, grass, swamps or lagoons formed behind barrier island and beaches. Bayous are formed by channels of slow moving water leading from a river, also salt marshes protect main land from high energy waves. The plants at a estuary are different then other plants because many types of plants grow in estuaries.For example cord grass, eel grass are other common
ReplyDeleteplants that grow in brackish water. Finally, the animals that live in estuary blue crabs, diamond back terrapins, killifish, alewives, and coho salmon. Alewives live in salt water but move through etuare and into rivers to spawn. Coho salmon migrate up rivers to spawn each year, and blue herons feed on fish and amphibians living in estauries. Fresh water is a limited resource because there is only 3% of that in America and most of that is frozen iceberg and glaciers or ground water and lakes. Alewife is a great thing in fresh water because it helps clean river water, they are filter feeders, and are important to the rivers ecosystem. The Bronx river has changed over time because in the 1830s it was a tapping water to drink from then sixty years later it was a sewage dump the ten years later ago the community had starte to complain about it and helped restore it back to life. The on goig efforts to restore the Bronx river was that riverbanks were being rebuilt, floodplains deplaned, water quality rehabilitated, fish populations re stocked, restored alliances created, and local residents helped with restoration.
This week we learned briefly about the Bronx River and estuary. An estuary is a body of water where two different bodies meet, salt and fresh. Estuary depends on the tides, it is found where rivers meet the sea or where river meet distinct lakes. In other words an estuary is a combination on fresh and clean water. I learned about the landforms of an estuary which are bays, harbors, swamps. Different species live in an estuary such as oysters, killfish and mussels. Plants that are found in an estuary are eelgrass and cord-grass (the most common). I also learned that a salt marsh protects the shoreline from storms.
ReplyDeleteLearning about the four abiotic factors that affect aquatic life was very interesting. These abiotic factors are Temperature, pH, Salinity and Dissolve oxygen. Learning this refresh my memory on when we learned about pH in 7th grade. This was very interesting because organism depend on these factors to survive. The Surviving in an Estuary activity was very interesting because I saw how each factor plays a different role in whether or not the species going to survive. For example, I didn’t know the salinity level could affect if a species is able to reproduce or not. Also, I learned that each species have a specific required level of these abiotic factors.
Based on what we learned about the amount of fresh water we have available last week and an estuary this week, I am more concern about what people depose in the water. The fact that Bronx River was once cleaned before, I wonder why humans are so disruptive to species home? Now, I am going to be more cautious because I am a disruptive human at times. But that was before, now I am going to be more aware on my actions and as with the amount of water I use.
The thought about where my drinking water comes form never coursed my mind. My family and I always assumed that the tap water coming form our sink wasn’t clean and couldn’t be drunken with out going though a filter. In reality, New York City's tap water is among of the nation’s freshest water. It's so fresh that anyone can bottle it up and selling it. Moreover, New York City's water supply system is one of the most complex water system in the world. The system is divided into three separate under ground systems and relies on, tunnels, aqueducts and reservoirs to deliver water to 8 million residents and visitors.
ReplyDeleteNew York City water system is so successful because 95% of the total water supply is supplied by gravity. The other 5% needs to be pumped to maintain pressure. I am still unsure about how gravity works for water systems. Although, I do know that is a every important part of New York’s water system.
My family and I use to think that the tap water coming form our sink wasn’t clean and couldn’t be drunken with out going though a filter. This was because we didn’t know that we lived in a city where it water was one of the most fresh water in the world. Similar many other families are unaware of this fact as well and this is because of the lack of information even to people. The topic of water in a topic every important for our world because it’s a common resource everyone deepened on. Unfortunately many people push this topic off because they believe water is something that is always going to be there in the same conduction is has always been. What people don’t think about is that in other parts of the world there are people you don’t have fresh water as in New York and place just like it with clean fresh water. I fell luck for living in New York City and feel that out water needs to be conserved because if mistreat our water then one of the most clean water resources would be destroyed.
This week in class i learned about estuary's.An estuary is a body of water where two different bodies meet, salt and fresh. I also learned about the landforms of an estuary which are bays, harbors, swamps. I learned about the living things that are found in estuary's,and plants. Another interesting thing i learned was that salt marsh protect the shoreline from any storm.
ReplyDeleteI also learned about the Bronx river and its history. This week the grade was suppose to attend a trip to visit the Bronx river but that was canceled due to the weather. Although, the trip did not happen we did learn a lot about the history about the river that i before did not know about. In the past the river was in great condition. Over the years humanity has had a negative impact on the river. The river became more and more polluted over the years as people litter throw out their waste and a lot of other negative things that has harmed the river. In class me alone with my classmates saw a video of a young group of people taking actions toward the repair of the river.
What i learned this week in Enviromental science was about estuarys. An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water where two different bodies of water meet. Such as fresh water and salt water. An estuary is dependent on the tide. When the tide is in it means more water but when the tide is out it means less water. An estuary has many habitat such as marshes, bays and harbors. Different species live there such as oysters and fishes.
ReplyDeleteWe did an activity this week to see if some species can survive in a body of water and i didnt know that there was so many things that could factor in knowing if they can live in one place such as the temperature of the water, the salinity etc. Many of the fishes would survive but if it came to reproducing in the water the species would not be able too.
This week we have reviewed and discuss the importance of water and it's factors. An interesting fact I learned this week was what an Estuary is and its when a body of water contains both salt and fresh water. This means that also not all biotic factors can adapt to this living condition due to the fact many of the water organism have different tolerance in the amounts of salinity they can tolerate or acidity. In the ocean where's it known that it has 20% less oxygen than a fresh body of water can clearly give you an idea of the type of creatures that live under these conditions. This also brings me to the conclusion that if our biggest body of water has such levels than conserving as much possible fresh water is rather more than an obligation to humanity than an option. Maria L
ReplyDeleteThis week in Environmental Science we learned about where our water comes from. We learned where the water goes once it goes down the kitchen drain. We also learned how does the water even get to our kitchen faucet. This was really cool because you could see all of the steps it takes and how hard it is for the water department. The water comes from the ground, for example wells, or from a surface-water source, like a lake, river, or reservoir. In New York the water is recycle. This means that the water goes through a water cleaning treatment. This is important because we are saving water. I heard from a friend that a big way people waste water is when people boil water. We also talked about what a estuary is. A estuary is a body of water where two different water bodies meet and mix together. A estuaries is a mixture of fresh water and salt water.
ReplyDeleteWe learned that there are a lot of species in a estuary. The survival of any species greatly depends on the species ability to adapt to its environment. For example clams, alewife, blue crabs, would survive in a estuary. Species like a oyster would not survive in a estuary. In a estuary the main survival conditions are the ones stated below. The lowest temperature could be 17.1C, pH of 8.2, salinity 31.3(ppt), and for dissolve oxygen 5.3mg/l. Theses are called abiotic factors. This is important because the people are the ones that affect the water. People pollute the water by throwing trash everywhere. I learned that species have a required level of abiotic factors. I also remember that the most common plants found in an estuary are eel grass and cord-grass.
In conclusion I think that water is so important. Everyday we use water and I think its important to conserve it, after all there is only 3% of fresh water for everyone in the world.
During this week in Environmental Science class, I learned what an estuary is. An estuary forms when two bodies of water meet, meaning when fresh and salt water combines. An estuary is like a transition zone. If you want to see an estuary, you just have to be at a point where rivers meet the sea. Some examples of estuaries are bays, harbors, and inlets. Estuaries can also have salt marshes, and swamps which can protect an estuary from high energy waves.
ReplyDeleteWhat I really found interesting was that it is biologically diverse. Meaning, there are many more plants and a diversity of species. The most common plants that grow in an estuary is eelgrass and cord grass, and the most common species are bivalves, oysters, mussels and crabs. A type of specie that cannot live in a mix of fresh and salt water is diamondback turtles. What is really surprising is that species must live in certain pH levels, the salinity of an estuary must suit their range, just like the amount of dissolved oxygen and the temperature. Most species can live in the estuary if their range suits these abiotic factors. In contrast, when an estuaries’ measure is too high, many species become extinct.
This topic really changed my way of thinking towards species. I always used to think that species wouldn’t die if they were in water. However, there a lot of abiotic factors that species must be in the range of in order to survive. I wonder if we also get water from these estuaries. I remember when in 7th grade I was learning about these abiotic factors and test out the Hudson’s river water for these abiotic factors in order to see if it was safe to drink. I personally think that if we conserve more fresh water, more estuaries will form which is good for many species. Some what I think that the water from an estuary is safe to drink depending on its salinity. However, this is the place where many biotic factors inhabit and we should not destroy it.
This week in Environmental Science we learned about estuaries. An estuary is a body of water in which two different bodies of meet and mix. Many times these estuaries are made of mixtures of fresh water and salt water. Estuaries are bordered by marshes, and surrounded by swamps, bays and harbors. Estuaries also have a various habitats. Many of these animals living in estuaries depend on the temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen in order to survive. This means that these species need to have these things be at a certain level in order for the survival of different animal in different habitats. All of this i found interesting because i did not know how much things species depend on in order for them to survive.
ReplyDeleteAll of these things are extremely important and interesting. It is important and interesting because we learned about the factors animals need in order to survive in estuaries. These factors are Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature and PH. I learned all the levels in which animal survive in using the PH level, temperature, dissolve oxygen, and the salinity levels. It was fascinating to me because i could not believe that an estuaries has a lot interesting features as well as a lot of species that live in it.
This has changed my mind about a lot of things because its important that we keep estuaries from getting destroyed. I view things very differently now i am more aware of the things animals or species need in order to survive. Before i did not really know how important it really was although i kind of learned a little about it in 7th grade. i still forgot how important it really is. if we as humans do not do our best to make sure these things are kept safe than who will ? Learning about estuaries is very important to me it has changed my perspective now.
Where does water come from? Do you know? Because I sure didn't! That was until today! I never before even thought of where the water goes after it is drained. In class today we started by writing on our journals where we thought water come from in a list and where it went after it was drain. Even though I remembered I remembered some word from Living environment, such as reservoir, and water waste plant, I forgot everything else and the steps in followed.
ReplyDeleteWe were then given a bunch of small cards each with a word or place and a picture. We first had to arrange them based on what we thought. After given many clues, we tried to put the cards in order from takes for water to get to your sink, and what happens after it is drained. I then found out that they are more than one way this happens in rural areas things are simpler then compared to an urban area. But for some villages and places around the world it even gets more simplistic! With just a bucket and pipes for a sink connected directly to water reservoirs.
What I found out surprised me a little bit, first I thought water cycled, I never knew that it went to a water waste plant and after into a river. My instant thought was, wow why we are wasting clean water! But after drawing the cycle on my journal I realized, it makes sense since that water probably has tons more chemicals then the water reservoir or lakes. Moreover, it also makes sense to clean the water before it’s dumped in to the river. This guarantees a better environment for those who use the river to swim or to boat or fish. It brings up a big concerned though, are those chemicals that are put in the water to kill waste bacteria, harmful to other species of life such as plants near the rivers or organisms around? What chemicals are actually put in the water?
Throughout the first two weeks of Environmental Science class, we’ve been discussing the topic of water. One of the activities that interested me the most was, learning where water comes from, and where it ends up going. One of the questions we discussed was, about where we think water goes from our tap, and sink down. My results where similar only in the way that everything ended up in the river, other than that my list was not adequate.
ReplyDeleteThe water we get from our faucet can come from two different places. It all depends on where you live. For example, if you live in large cities or towns, you will be getting water from lakes or rivers (surface water). While, if you live in a place like the United States, your water supply is coming from wells (groundwater). The order of the cycle where water flows to our homes begins like this- Groundwater, lake, wells and pumps, water supply main, water pipes to house, your faucet, your drain/sewer pipes, main sewer, waste water treatment plant, and finally to the river. This is an example of one of the ways water flows to families’ homes in the United States. This was very important to me and I enjoyed learning about it, because not only did I learn that wastewater is treated but I also feel safe now that I understand the cycle in which water flows to my home. A question I still have about this activity is that if we were to run out of groundwater, what other source of water supply will we be able to use?
I found this activity to be very interesting, because I didn’t know where water really came from. I always assumed it came from rivers or lakes, but never groundwater. Now that I am aware that the water I drink is pure and cleaned, I don’t have to worry about putting my filter on before filling up a cup of water. I came across many facts, on my own time since I wanted to learn more on where water flows. One important fact I found to be interesting, was how there is 610 wastewater treatment plants in New York State, which treat 3.7 billion gallons a day of wastewater. Another fact I found important was, how groundwater wells pump 14-18 billion gallons everyday. This is a lot of water that is being pumped daily for our homes, so we need to start conserving water right now. It is shocking, and hard to understand but this is true, and its something we as individuals should be aware about.
The way I thought about water that came from my faucet was changed when I learned where it came from, and how well it was treated before I ended up drinking from it. I was the first one in my house to spread the good news that we didn’t have to worry about drinking water straight from the faucet. I hope that the rest of my family, and friends do the same. We need to start appreciating nature the way it is. We should begin to consider drinking water from the faucet, and stop fearing that it is not clean enough.
Estefania Garcia, 12B
This week in our Enviromental Science class we learned about estuaries. There are a few things that estuaries depend some factors n order for homosapiens to know if organisms can live in the estuaries or any body of water. These things are the amount of pH in a body of water, the temperature, salinity, conductivity, and the dissolved oxygen. i studied the salinity and conductivity in more depth and salinity and conductivity measures the amount of dissolved salt in tha water. When some one measures salinity they use the measurement of parts per thousand(ppt). It is important to know the amount of salinity in the water because the organisms that live in bodies of water have a range of salinity in which they can live in, if the amount of salinity increases beyond the range tha organisms can not reproduce or function right amd eventually start to die.
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This week in Environmental Science we discussed the importance of water. Specially in the Bronx River. We learned about estuaries, marshes, the Bronx River. An estuary is two different body of waters meeting like salt and fresh water. Estuaries bordered by marshes, it surrounded by swamps, bays and harbors and it mixes with ocean water. Estuaries have a variety of habitats interesting but dangerous because animals depend on the temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen which means that all these things have to be at a certain level in order to survive. The biotic factors need the temperature for survival and salinity because animals adapt to salt because they could die because it affects their oxygen, and dissolved oxygen for respiration.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found interesting about this topic was that it connects to Bronx river and its history. Learning about pH reminds me of all the activities and investigations we did in 7th grade. This was very interesting because organism depend on these factors in order to survive.
This has changed my mind in many things because I never really thought about the importance of rivers being mixed with salt water. After all, this made me witness the importance of water and how it could affect the environment. If we dont gather together and make it safe then who will? Estuaries made me be more aware of the importance of water in planet earth. Us as humans should try and make a difference and try to help out the community by saving water and helping. GO GREEN!
This week we did an activity in order to find out where our water comes from and where does it go once it’s used. At first we had to make guesses, but of course, after the activity was done we found out that our guesses were wrong. My guess was that the water was taken from the ground and then cleaned out in some sort of water cleaning facility. Then the water would go through pipes that connect to the pipes that are under our houses and finally it would come out through the faucet. After that, it goes down the drain, into the pipes and in a sewer. I thought my guess was pretty close. Although, it wasn’t necessarily correct.
ReplyDeleteIn the activity, we worked in pairs and we were given an envelope that had pieces of paper with the steps of where water comes from and where it goes after it is used. Our job was to try to put the steps in order. Once we arranged them, Mr. Fox gave us a sheet with hints. After reading all the hints we had to arrange them again so that the order would make sense. Mr. Fox gave us another hint by telling us that we should get rid of the steps that didn’t go with urban areas, like for instance the use of a bucket. After getting rid of some steps and rearranging the order, Mr. Fox finally told us the correct order. I didn’t get to write it on my notes because I wrote it in my journal, so if I remember correctly the order was: groundwater, water conditioning treatment, main pipes, our pipes, faucet, drain, pipes, sewer pipes, sewer, water treatment plant and finally, the river.
When I saw that our waste water ends up in rivers, I was surprised. I guess it’s not entirely bad because before it goes to the rivers it is cleaned out enough for it to not be harmful to the environment. This system has been working for a long time so hopefully it doesn’t mess up in the future. That would mean finding out another way to get clean water and other places to dump our waste water.
So today afternoon i decided to go to River side. I live very close to the hudson river and went down there to do my art homework. And looking at the water i realized wow this is an Estuary. I was amazed wired because i see this river everyday. But i was amazed that i know about this river and i can have a clear conversation with anyone about what an estuary is. The hudson river meets the Atlantic ocean, thats one of the reason why it an Estuary. Some one was fishing and i really wanted to ask what type of fishes he had fished Maybe some killifish or looking at some clams, muscles witch are very common to an Estuary. I love when i learn thing in class that will help me understand my surrouding more. being able to have a clear understanding on my enviornment makes me want to take more care of it.
ReplyDeleteThis week in class we also learned about how water gets to my facett and what happens after i am done with it. I use to think my water was nasty but clearly its not, last week during the trip to the United Nations i found out most of my tap water comes from Westchester and its more than save to drink. but this week i found out how it get hear. I was so happy to know that its just not a big tube under the water that brings it over hear. It goes throw many different process. and its well handed. And the way that it is taken care after im done with it also suprised me. wow the water is the processed and thrown in to the river. It great to know what happens around you!!
This week in environmental science we learned about where our water comes from and where does it go? We first had to guess the process, and then we were toe the actual process of water. It was surprising how many places water passes to get to our faucet. Basically water is pumped from the ground, clean in a water treatment center, then sent into a reservoir from there it goes to our main water supply and finally to our faucet. When we use water it goes down our drain pipes to the waste water treatment center, then to the river. We also learned that your water process depends on where you live, so a village in Africa may get their water a different way.
ReplyDeleteThis activity surprised me because I thought that our water just came from the river and went to a recycling center and then to us. I wasn't aware that it was such a complicated process. There is a lot of engineering and infrastructure that is needed in order for everyone to be provided with water. It really made me understand why poor cities and villages don't have access to water. Not every city or village's economy can support the energy it takes to process water. I wonder; how much does the United States spend on processing water?
This activity also made me feel safer about using my water. Before I thought New York City's water was dirtier but now I know that our water is treated. Now every time I open my faucet will be reminded of where it is coming from and where it’s going.
In class this week just like any other was full of great information, we were leaning about estuaries,the Bronx River, and marshes. An estuary is an area with water in which it contains two different bodies of water such as salt and fresh water.We also learned about characteristics of the Estuaries and marshes and also how some animals would fair living in certain areas. This information we got based on estuaries and all really helped me analyze and get a picture of the bronx river and get me into the idea of finding out the different bodies of water around the world.more. What we also learned about was how PH, DO, Salinity, and temperature can have a major impact on all animals and their living conditions based on all these factors. Learning made me realize a lot of things i started thinking for about an hour of different animals that would die or survive I even googled some.The articles we read in class about the Bronx River was to learn the history of it and that was at the point where i knew absolutely nothing about the river those articles helped me understand everything about that river and why it is in the shape it is in today , due to ignorant people by the way. Although its never too late i am appalled at the amount of harm brought upon to bodies of water around the earth i started to realize after hearing what the river has gone through.These past 2 weeks have honestly have been life changers for me i can honestly say i have changed various things about my life and how i treat the water we all use.
ReplyDeleteThis week I will be focusing on Estuary which I didn't know about until this past week in Environmental science. An estuary is a body of water where two different type of water bodies meet and mix. An estuary is mixed with two different type of water fresh and salt water. There are also a lot of habitats in these estuaries and the animals that lives in those estuaries depends on certain type of things such pH, salinity, temperature and these things have to be at a certain level in able for these animals to survive. Biotic factors which are living things need these things to be able to adapt to a certain level of temperature, salinity, pH, and dissolved oxygen to survive.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting because I didn't Know what an estuary was until this past week in Environmental science. This made me want to learn about other animals and the level of temperature, pH, Salinity, Dissolved oxygen they need in able to survive.I learned that these things have to be at a certain level in able for a living thing to survive.
This changed the way that I think because I feel bad to hear that animals die if the temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved Oxygen is not at a certain level. I also dislike the fact that humans throw their garbage in certain place which causes pollution in the animals habitat which can kill the animals. This tells me not to pollute an area because this can endanger the animals that is living in that area. Now that I know what an estuary is, i want learn about other animals and what level of temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen they can take. I am also looking forward to going to the Bronx River because it is considered to be an estuary.
This week we learned about water in our Environment. Such as the Bronx River being an estuary & how exactly does our water make it to our faucets and sinks. So basically this week was all about water.
ReplyDeleteSo let's begin with the Bronx river once a river that was known for its purity it was so pure that it was considered as a possible water source. Unfortunately human interactions after a few years caused the once pure river to be considered an open sewer can you imagine how bad human abused that river. As I saw in one of the reading this was due to the booming business that took over the area with little care for the environment. Then we saw what the community has done to restore the Bronx river first they began to clean up the river and restore the environment around the river, when the river are clean enough they began to put species back in the river such as Alewife and others. This in turn caused the return of species such as Herons due to the fact that there was now food(we were supposed to go to the river but mother nature decided to let it pour a whole lot.)
We also learned about how out water is transported to us. Let me tell you its amazing how it works it goes through so many places and it gets to us. Though New York has it easy since our water is transported to us by gravity not only that but it one of the cleanest best tasting water and here I thought our water was crap boy was I wrong.
In all I learned a lot of new information this week and I its all useful info. I hope to learn more next week.
This week my classmates & I learned about esuary. There were many topics but i found this to be the most interesting because , its a mix of two different bodies of water , i found this interesting because it reminded me of new york how streets intersect and thats kind of how estuarys are because its bodies of water the intersect.
ReplyDeleteI also learned of how river for example the bronx river in the 1800's how it was green , clean and so full of live. And overtime the human race destroyed this beautiful habitat by throwing garbabe , cutting down trees , and harmful chemicals in the river . Today the bronx river is being restored and has been seeing real good progress.
This week I was awakened by reality, the concept of the obtainment of water was challenged. I learned things about water that I used to be so ignorant of until we preformed an activity in class that led to the explanation of other things. The activity mentioned involved the use of cut out papers that had pictures upon them. There were many pictures dealing with water, I remember there was a picture of a river, lake, main sewer, bucket, pipes, and so forth. This activity required no more than than one partner. In doing so this was very effective because that way both of us were much more involved in the activity for a greater impact, and I was in for a surprise. At first when I took out all the cut out papers we were asked to arrange them from start to end. My first thought was “the process of obtaining water from my faucet requires a whole lot of essential processes than I thought.” It amused me because when I want water, all I need to do is turn the faucet and it comes out real fast almost like magic.
ReplyDeleteWhen me and my partner arranged the pieces together we had a lot of difference in thought, we kept switching it several times we often wondered which piece matches with which. I had a lot of difficulties figuring how some pieces even related to what I thought was the “cycle of water.” Further into the activity we were told to have a silent walk around other rearrangements of other partners. Looking at other arrangements I was curious to know who was right. I found some of the rearrangements much more logical than others but I still insisted that mine was right. When all observations were noted we were told that the cut out pieces weren't meant to be a cycle just a arrangement flow of water from beginning to end. This was much more complex than I thought. I switched out a lot of pieces when we were told this, and I tried to relate the process of water the way I saw it. There was one point where I started backtracking: I clean my hands, it goes down the drain, to the pipes, to the main sewer. Sadly at best it was what I could relate to. My arrangement of the pieces were far off than I expected and in the end I realized that getting water is far more complex then I thought.
All the machinery, and systems is what makes this water come to us healthy, and fast. I thought that since it was so easy to get to me that it didn't require much work to get. I was dumfounded because I then knew why many people don’t have as much access to water as I do. Surely getting water to follow such procedures require a whole lot of time and money. Then is when I thought about Sabiha, and Joseph. Getting water for them requires a whole lot of time and work because they don’t have machines to do it for them. I noticed how fortunate I because unlike them I can go to school because what I need in order to survive is right there. That’s when I thought about how water is very essential to everyone because it relieves and prevents us from sickness and death. I found out how different things can be in reality. Its funny how things are set out to be in your mind.
Throughout the second week of Environmental Studies I studied how the Bronx River has changed over time and how it is gradually being restored. The River's state was extremely horrid. There was a variety of waste and the river was intensely polluted. There was a time when the river was so disgusting, it had been declared to be an open sewer. The once beautiful river was now a grotesque wasteland. New York City had felt that it was a duty to restore the River back to its natural beauty.In order to restore the river to its original state, one has to understand what the river was like and the type of wildlife that reside within it.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the study I learned that the Bronx River is an estuary with an diversity of wildlife. An estuary is a body of water with mixed chemicals. The Bronx River is an estuary because it was a mix of fresh water and salt water. Because the river had mixed components, its wildlife consisted of both fresh and salt water animals. Some of the animals that used to inhabit the Bronx River were oysters, clams, Great Blue Heron, Egrets, diamond back turtles, blue crab, and alewife. The most important animal in the Bronx River was the alewife. The alewife was food to many of the animals in the Bronx River. In order to restore the wildlife in the river, the water must be inhabitable once again so that the alewife can live in the water. Once the alewife inhabit the river again, the other animals will gradually be restored. If there is wildlife in the river, then it would mean that the Bronx River is on its way to being in its natural state.
It is important that we humans preserve the naturalistic state of rivers. Rivers are one of the waters that we have access to. In the world, there is less than 1% of water that we are able to consume. If we keep destroying our rivers, then that percentage will deplete and endanger humanity. Without clean water, mankind will be faced to wrestle one another until there is absolutely no water left for us.
This week during Environmental Science I learned about what an estuary is and many other learnings. An estuary is defined as an enclosed body of water where at least two different types of body of waters are formed. The two types of body of water is the fresh water and salt water. Estuaries form in various locations in the planet including bayous, tidal flats, mangrove forest, and some are located near mountainous areas. I did not expect any sort of life form within these estuaries but there are several organisms located in each estuary. The most common fish that are found in estuaries is the alewives. Other organisme that are found are the coho salmon, oysters, clams and killifish. The Diamondback terrapin, also known as a turtle is another living organism found in estuaries but they're found in south marshes. If a tide comes into an estuary, then the estuary expands and gets full. Once the tides leave then the estuaries go back to normal.
ReplyDeleteAlthough estuaries are pretty rare to find in various places of the planet, the water condition of the estuary is what's more important. There are four abiotic factors that decides the fate for certain living organisms whether or not the organism would live or not. The four factors are Temperature, PH, Salinity, and Dissolved oxgen(D.O). Temperature measures the kinetic energy, PH measures 1-14 whether the liquid is basic, neutral, or acidic, Salinity meassures what is dissolved in H2O and how salty it is, and D.O measures the level in H2O. If one of these conditions are not met with ant of the species living underwater in certain estuaries, then the living organism will not have a chance to survive. For example: most of the life lives in a range between 5-9 for PH, if the conditions change or the number goes above 9 and below 5 then a n organism will end up in a state of death.
This week in class we learned about estuaries and the kinds of things that are in and around them. An estuary is a place where fresh water and salt water come together creating a new body of water which is called brackish water. Meaning that it is inhabited by all sorts of creatures that come from fresh water and from salt water which creates a very interesting community especially when they begin to crossbreed. Some of the animals that live there are oysters, clams, alewife, blue crab and Coho salmon these are only some of the animals that reside in estuaries. What I also learned about these estuaries is the land that surrounds them such as marshes, swamps, bays and harbors. I also learned that most of the marshes that surround certain cities have been destroyed which caused many changes to the environment.
ReplyDeleteThese estuaries also have a very specific water environment which depends on these abioitc factors which are the temperature, PH, salinity and dissolved oxygen. These factors play a major role in the estuary community because based on these factors it determines what animals can live in the estuary. Learning about all of the things that are in estuaries has affected my thinking about human pollution and all the changes that we do to our environments. Such as the destruction of marshes that are really beneficial to our society since they protect us against storms. This makes me think that humans are doing more bad then good I think that people should just not involve themselves in other environments. That don’t concern humans since they can jeopardize the lives of all sea creatures.
This week we were learning about estuaries. An estuary is where freshwater and salt water mix or any two different bodies of water collide. An estuary has land forms like swamps and harbors. Estuaries contain organisms like alewives, clams, and blue crabs. These animals make the ecosystem better for the water. However, some of these animals that move from bodies of water like the alewife which spawns in freshwater and then goes back to salt water are blocked by dams and are not allowed to travel from place to place decreasing the population of alewives in freshwater.
ReplyDeleteWe also learned about the water system and how water gets to our homes. It seems to be as if it was a cycle from pumping groundwater to receiving clean water to your faucet in an instant. These past two weeks have made realize how valuable water really is and especially the habitats in which our water comes from. The other day i read a poster saying that gas drilling affects our freshwater and it made me think about the percentage of freshwater and how would it affect it.
This second week of Environmental Science we have continued on talking about water. We have focused closely on estuaries. An estuary is a body of water that contains a mix of fresh water and salt water. It consists of biotic factors such as alewife, oysters, clams, etc. Depending on the levels of temperature, pH, salinity or dissolved oxygen is how anybody would know the tolerance of an organism in that estuary.
ReplyDeleteWe also studied the process water takes to get to our faucet and the after process when it is used already. Water is first pumped from the ground, where it is sent to a water treatment center, later into a reservoir and finally that leads to our main water supply ending up at our faucet. We use it and it goes down the drain into a waste water treatment center arriving lastly at the river. This can be thought to be a cycle but is not. Depending on where a person may live they get their water differently. When I used to live in the Dominican Republic sometimes my family wouldn't have access to water and soon the whole neighborhood wouldn't either. I was too young to understand where the water came from and that it can be a limited amount provided to certain areas. All i knew was that at points i might have it like i might not. Coming to the United States and having lived here for 7 years already it is very different. I don't have to worry about not having water or ever running out of it. I have also learned that in New York City people don't pay for their water use whereas in New Jersey another state they do. Is very eye opening how living in different places can change simple things like the way individuals get their water.
Last week we learned about estuaries. Estuaries are not just any other regular body of water. This body of water is mixed with fresh and salt water. It has three different kind of estuaries. First one is fresh water mixed with ocean. The second one is river meets the seas. The last one is river meets different kind of lakes. If you take a look at estuaries. You will see the borders covered with marshes,sandy areas, and salt marshes protected from high energy waves. There are some creatures that live in estuaries. Some of them are crabs, shellfish, salmon,alewife,and the only turtle that lives in estuaries called diamondback terrapins. The Abiotic factors needed in are Temperature ,salinity and dissolved oxygen, h20,pH. This factors have an specific amount of range that estuaries need and that some organism can and cannot survive in estuaries. For example the temperature of an estuary is 18.0 , if an organism needs a range or 4.0 temperature or below , that organism will die. Only some organism can survive in estuaries.
ReplyDeleteOverall I leaned that estuaries, rivers,and ocean mostly have like 3% of fresh water and 99% is salt water. We human are not drinking or using totally fresh water at all. Human actions are destroying the lives of organism and our lives too. Some people dont contribute to keep our environment and water clean. Everyday there is less amount of water for us to drink and use. if we human do not do nothing about this. Everything is just going to get worse and we are responsible for our actions.
I never truly put any thought on where my tap water came from and the process it takes for it to come out of my sink. This may sound strange since I drink mostly ice tea which is made with the tap water from my kitchen sink. I never thought how long and complex the process the tap water goes through just to come out of my sink. I only knew that the tap water came from a reservoir, I didn't even think what happen to the water when it enters the drain.
ReplyDeleteIn class on Friday we were asked to write the pathway of tap water from where it comes from to when it reaches the faucet and the path it takes when it goes through the drain. I only knew that the tap water came from a reservoir. I also thought that the water that went down the drain was re-used again. In class we were given the task which included small card with a picture and words on them telling us what each picture meant. We 1st had to arrange the cards in order from where the water came from to where it ended up based on our prior knowledge. Afterwards we were given more clues to help us figure out the path. It was later found out that there are many ways for tap water to travel. This is mostly based on the type of area you live in, rural, suburban or urban.
Thanks to this activity in class I was able to learn exactly what happens to our tap water before and after its used. I learned that when the tap water goes down the drain it goes straight to a water waste plant, where it gets cleaned up and sent to the river. This disproves my previous theory of it being re-used again. When I learned that our waste water went straight to the river I felt disgusted, this was before I learned about the water waste plant. My reaction at first was that we were doing extreme harm to the environment, but when I learned about the waste plant I felt more relieved. I appreciate the fact that the water gets cleaned up before reaching the river because it shows that people care for the environment and the natural habitats of the wildlife that lives within it. It also provides the river to be more clean for human activities as well.
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ReplyDeleteThe Bronx River has always been something I had ignored, something I would past by and never believed it was capable to drink from. This week I have learned the complete opposite. I learned that the Bronx River had been once full of life even in times of civilizations. The water had once been so pure that during the 1800s New York City actually thought about it becoming as our water system. But what happened to our River? Human activities. Some Human activities can include deforestation, highways and the construction of the New York Central Rail road in the 1840s as well. These actions have been a result of a major turning point of the river that was once so “pure”. The effects of these actions caused the Bronx River open for open sewer. Eventually many species became endangered due to these factors such as oysters. The conditions of the river are so horrid that when ships/boats used to go through this river it used to kill all the living things that were attached to the ship.
I have learned also that the Bronx River is also an estuary; an estuary is when two different large bodies of water met and create some sort of mixture in water. Some animals that could have been affected would have been diamond backs, salmons, and oysters. This indicates that not only fresh waters species die but also species that lived in these mixed waters. Restoration plans have been made in order to restore the Bronx River has much as we can; though some things have been altered so much that it seems nearly impossible to fix. This restoration has helped increase life in this body of water. People are now taking action in planting more plants near the Bronx River, eliminating evasive plants that endanger other plants and animals. The reason for this elimination of evasive plants are because there are no species to eat these evasive plants causing these plants to dominate the plants that were once there and took part in cleansing the Bronx river.
Due to these involvements of not only congress man Jose Serrano we gave 30 million dollars to the Bronx river but also of our fellow community members who are involved and care for our river. They have tried to restore the amounts of oysters that were once there by providing them with habitats (shells). They have tried to also prevent erosion by guarding the Hudson River with tires, and also removing garbage that are really harmful to animals and our water. I learned that we have to stop hurting Mother Nature because it will back fire on us. Once we pollute our waters, we endanger animals that will eventually hurt us as well.
Last week we learned about estuaries. Estuaries can be considered as transition zones, an estuary is a body of water where salt and fresh water meet. There are different types of estuaries, some where rivers meet seas, others where rivers meet lakes. Many estuaries are bordered by marshes, estuaries have many features like lagoons, man grown forests and mountainous regions which form barriers for islands. Bays harbors and swamps are also estuaries; sea grass is commonly found in estuaries, shellfish and diamond back turtles are organisms that can be found in mixed water.
ReplyDeleteWe learned that there are three a biotic factors that impact the lives and survivals of the aquatic life. Temperature, is an important factor of survival. Salinity and conductivity are both needed in between different ranges depending on the organism. Dissolved oxygen helps the aquatic life survive, it is used as a respiratory source by the organisms. PH, DO, temperature and salinity as well as conductivity are all needed in different amounts for different aquatic lives. For example in a reading read in class we learned that although both clams and blue crabs are able to survive in estuaries their need of dissolved oxygen, PH, etc. are all in different ranges.
As I take the bus every morning and I pass by The Bronx River I realized how much has it changed over the years. In class we were learning about the Bronx River in general. I found this lesson very interesting because I see this river about the 10 a week and I always wonder about it. The Bronx River in 1830s used to be so pure and clean that the government officials considered it for tap water, Also the fact that the Bronx river was declared and open sewer. the Bronx river now a days has many restoration programs.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found the most interesting was the fact that there are many restoration projects. A restoration projects purpose is to restore the initial habitat of the river. Reason why I found this so interesting is because it shows how they want wildlife and people to enjoy the clean and healthy river. I also wondered how can I or my classmates start a project to help clean the river.
This has changed the way I see the river now every time I look at it I try to see if I notice any changes, whether it seems cleaner or not, whether the plants are growing. I would like to know who was the first person that discovered the river and why he named it the Bronx River.
This week in class we learned about many things for the purpose of our upcoming trip to the Bronx River. We learned about Estuaries, the kind of biotic organisms that live there, abotic factors that are in an estuary the kind of geography that is around an estuary and also the way water gets to our house.
ReplyDeleteAn estuary is here a body of water for example one or more river or a stream of water get together. There are also different kinds of animals that live in estuaries like turtles, shell fish, fish in general like a delwife, and salmon. These are animals that are only adapted to brackish estuarine waters. Some animal’s don’t live in brackish waters because of the different abotic factors that are around the water. For example Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Turbidity, temperature, and salinity.
Dissolved oxygen is the amount of oxygen or gas that is dissolved in water. Plants and animals need a good amount of dissolved oxygen in the water to be able to survive. Temperature is the measure of kinetic energy of motion in the water, meaning how fast the particles in the water move. This is important for animals because different animals maintain themselves if different temperatures of water. Salinity is the measure of dissolved salt in the water. Or how salty the water is. This is very important for all animals because they must have to be able to survive changes in salinity. Ph stands for percent hydrogen to measure weather the water is acidic or basic the water is. This is very important for animals because the numbers range from 1 to 10. Water that is measured at 7 is considered neutral. Water that is more than 7 is very acidic. Water that is less than 7 is not acidic. Animals need a good amount of ph to survive and some need to be able to adapt to changes in ph.
We also talked about water, and how our water gets transferred to our house. Little did I know that our drinking water comes from a river also? Here is the way in which water gets into our homes in order.
Groundwater> dams & reservoirs> wells and pumps> water conditioning treatment> water supply main> water pipes to house> your faucet> your drain> main sewer> water treatment plant> the river.
Previously before knowing the order, Mr. Fox made us think about how the water gets to our homes. I had no idea it was like this. This made my thinking change. I never really though that our water gets dumped back into the river. For example the Hudson river. There were many lingering questions that I still have in mind like why does the water from NYC taste great but when I go to another state for example New Jersey the water tastes horrible? Do you filter and clean it the same way that they do in NYC? Is bottled water better than tap water?
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=728070&page=1
This is an article that I found online that was the answer to one of my questions. Tap water is the considered and is better tan tap water. People just assume that bottled water is better than tap water because they see it so much and other people consider it "healthy" a bunch of studies and tests say they aren’t. Tap water is better than buying bottled water because it isn’t as clean. People are just buying the hype. I now learned not to buy bottled water as much. I actually thought tap water was safe and my family thought I was being crazy. Buying a filter in NYC is nonsense because tap water is already filtered, although it is not safe to drink foreign water like the waters from Mexico because it is highly toxic. This makes me want to think about why it is so toxic and why it isn’t clean... We all deserve good clean water... don't we?
this week we learn were the water comes from, how it travel. I was wondering like is that water that we drink the same from the toilet because im scared of drinking water now beacuse im always thinking about that. WELL that what i learn.
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In Environmental Science this week we talked about many topic but for this week I'm going to talk about estuaries. An estuary is a body of water that contains a mix of fresh water and salt water. We focused on PH,temperature,Salinity,and dissolved oxygen and how each can affect the biotic factors living in the estuary.
ReplyDeleteFor the beginning of the week Mr Fox gave us a ready with different sections including PH,temperature,dissolved oxygen, and salinity. I found this very interesting because before doing this lesson I did not realize how many things species living in an estuary depend on.I learned that for an order for a species to survive it has to be in a certain temperature or be around certain salinity to be able to adapt to the environment and survive.The activity was very interesting and help me learn how an animal can adapt to the environment.
Looking at pictures of how these biotic factors are being affected made me realize many things.Many questions have came up in my head. I noticed how those biotic factors get affected by the temperature and how it has to be a certain way for them to survive. It made me think if we can get affected , and if global warning can really mess up the way biotic things live. This was a great lesson to learn because it helps us human protect our world and realize how we are messing it up.
This week in environmental science I learned much about estuaries. Estuaries are a bodies of water where two different of water bodies meet and mix. It also means that estuaries are a mixture of fresh water and salt water. We read articles in class about the Bronx River because on Friday we were going to attend a canoeing trip. Although the trip did not happen because of the weather, we learned about the history about the Bronx River. Knowing the facts about where my water comes from makes me not think so much about how dirty it is when I am drinking water or taking a shower. I would still like to know how the water is cleaned after pumped from the ground. In conclusion I feel that society needs to be more aware of our water system to know what water is drinkable and what water may cause us harm.
ReplyDeleteDue to are up coming trip to the Bronx River we have been studying estuaries. In our studies I have learned about the history of the Bronx River and its ecosystem. I learned that the Bronx river is a estuary ,an enclosed body of water were fresh water mixes with salt water. In the past the Bronx river was so clean it could be used as drinking water. After years of human interaction the river had become so polluted that it became a dumping site for trash. Then we learned about current day efforts in restoring the Bronx river estuary. This interested me because we learned this lead us to learn more about estuaries.
ReplyDeleteWe learned what a estuary is made up.Estuaries are boarded by either marshes, and swamps. We learned the plants and organisms that live there.Some of the common plants and organisms that can be found in estuaries are cordgrass and elgrass plants and for common organisms are alewives and coho salmon. This was very interesting to me because it made me wonder about the type of things we would be seeing in the Bronx river.
In learning about estuaries and the restoration of the Bronx river this had made me think about human activity and its influences in nature. One thing this has in encouraged me to do is to go upstate and visit a estuary were there has been little human interaction and compare it to the Bronx river which has had many human interaction.
This week in enviromental science i learned about estuaries. Estuaries are mostly compare to river because rivers come inside the city so the river connects to the ocean and the ocean has salt water and the river has fresh water. We also learn about the Bronx River and the story about it. I live in the Bronx and I be thinking about how can we stop the polluting the water.
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This week in Environmental Studies we learned a lot about estuaries and their features. We also learned about the path that our water takes before it enters our glasses.
ReplyDeleteSo this week in class made me think a lot about where our water comes from. Each and everyday I learn something new about the most important essence to life, water. But thats not all that I learned about this week. I also learned about Estuaries. Estuaries are two different bodies of water that coexist as one. Estauries consist of may different type of wildlife, one of these being the Coho Salmon.
So it is clear that this week gave me something new to learn in Environmental Studies. Before this week, I always thought that the way water got into my household was much simpler and didnt take so many steps to get there. It made me wonder how clean and trustworthy the water we drink we drink really is. I am looking forward to learning more about our environment and our water in future classes. It will definitely answer many of my questions.
As the main theme of this semester is the water, this week one of the topics to be addressed was the origin of the water we use in our homes and what happens to it after use. The two central questions were 1) Where my water comes from? and 2) What happens to water when I use it?
ReplyDeleteTo answer these questions we made an interesting activity with a partner, like a puzzle, with images of the path that makes the water before and after reaching our homes that we had to organize according to our own discretion, but later we read a clue cards that had the concepts of these images to guide us more and make changes if necessary.
The ground water is extracted through wells and pumps that lead it to the Water Conditioning Treatment Plant where is purified for human consumption, then goes to the main water supply of NYC, there to the water pipes to house, our faucets -which is where we use it- toward the drains, drains/sewer pipes, to the Waste Water Treatment Plant where is purified again and finally ends in the river.
I personally had no idea of the actual path of the water, I thought that was extracted from the river and not from the ground, did not know what happened to her when she went down the drain and that returned to the river after a second purification process.
This interesting topic left me with 2 questions 1) The water that returns to the river is the one we drink? and 2) The Waste Water Plant Treatment purify it 100% as to be taken by humans? I hope that these questions can be answered in class because it is very important to know that information.
One topic we discussed in class was estuaries. Estuaries are two different bodies of water that meet, the water mixes, for example, fresh water and ocean water. Estuaries have a variety and abundance amount of life. It's also rich in habitats. The two most common plants found in estuaries are eelgrass and cordgrass, some marine life are oysters, blue crabs, diamond back, mussels, killifish and alewife. Estuaries also have land forms, for example marshes, harbors, inlet, tidal flats and bayous. During the lesson, I found it interesting have alewifes live in saltwater but spawn in rivers. Why do they live and spawn in the same location? What makes one location better than the other? I also found it interesting how the diamond back is the only turtle that lives in salt water. I wonder why salt marshes protect high energy waves, what is it about the salt marsh that prevents it from happening. Estuaries relate to everyone because estuaries are constantly being polluted and destroyed with garbage and waste and we humans are to blame. Without estuaries we lose a lot of the sea food we eat [salmon, oysters, clams etc]. Also, because of all the garbage and waste in estuaries, certain species have gone in extinction in certain locations, for example New York City had a lot of clams and oysters and no longer do because of the way we treat our environment, littering.
ReplyDeleteThis week in class we learned many interesting things, including the Bronx River and Estuaries. An estuary is when two completely different types of water come together. For example fresh water from a river can be met by salt water from an ocean. The Bronx River is an estuary; in which is became polluted during the centuries. There was much life in this river that is trying to be restored by people who are helping and truly care for the river. Alewife's is a special fish we learned about in class. This fish can help keep the water clean and can prey smaller fishes that have grown in number due to the absence of the alewife. The alewife lives in mostly in the oceans but spawn in rivers. This is interesting, how this fish can be in two different types of water and travel to the one they prefer. The Bronx River is getting restored and changes are being made to help it. Hopefully the Bronx River goes back to normal and our human actions that hurt the river are abolished.
ReplyDeletethis week in class, we learned about the way of where water comes from in which we had to figure out where the right picture goes and the right order of it, it took us a while to figure it out, but we learned where water come from, also we learned about estuary, for example like the Bronx river is a estuary in which we saw a video about how the community were cleaning up the river, and putting more alewife in the water and new plants. in class we saw pictures of how the Bronx river was flooded and not in good condition.
ReplyDeleteIn the week between the 24th and 28th I learned many different things in Environmental Science about estuary and how we get our water. The estuary is where the fresh water meets salt water. This applies to where we get our water because of how everything is connected. Since we pollute our estuary it can effect us in the long run because our estuary is how we can get some of your food supplies or where we hunt for some of our seafood. The abiotic and biotic factors that are found in this estuary is vital to our society. The destruction of marine life can cause harm to our ecosystem and our way of life.
ReplyDeleteThis week we learned about estuaries .An estuary is a mix of both salt and fresh water,In estuaries like our Bronx river lots of garbage has been thrown and polluted the marsh. when garbage is thrown into our marsh the ecosystems of the biotic factors are harmed some animals cant even manage when it comes to a certain level of pollution.In those marshes we have oysters,salmon and many more other animals. Thats why takin care of these marshes helps also take care of biotic factors living in the marshes.Before I knew this about how littering can lead to the destruction of rivers and the extinction of animals living in the rivers , I used to throw garbage in the floor but know I just throw it in the trash can instead because when it rains those papers,bottles and all the garbage gets into our rivers and kills many animals.Why litter when you can recycle and make changes even one bottle you throw away in the trash can make a difference.
ReplyDeleteThis week was way more different than last week. Last week we learned about the hurricane Irene and the amount of water that we think we drink during the day and week. This week we learned about estuary, in which is where fresh water and salt water meet. We also learned about the Bronx River which is a river that people are now trying to restore because it has been polluted by people throughout time. Most estuaries are located near oceans, why because oceans have salt water and when oceans get near an area that has fresh water it’s called an estuary. Most estuaries have been polluted by us people. This affects living creatures and the community because the living creatures might die because of polluted water and us because we get most of our food from estuaries which can harm us if we eat the living creatures. The Bronx River relates to this because it also has been polluted throughout time. I think us as a school community should get united and volunteer to clean the Bronx River and most estuaries that are located near us.
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