Good Day Scholars!
Last week we reflected on the Earth's Natural Cycles of Nutrients such as: Phosphorus, Nitrogen, Carbon, Water, and Sulfur. Now that we have reviewed these in class, I would like you to post Your Biggest (individually/family) Impact on each of these cycles. Have a great week!
Mr. D
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Burning fossil fuels gives off Sulfur in the atmosphere.My parents and I drive so everyday we are using a large amount of Sulfur.Water pollution is due to excessive amounts of phosphorus which I'm sure I've been a cause of.Disposing waste is a big cause of this.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest impact (and my family's) on the sulfur cycle is probably driving, like Bridgett said. The emissions from cars release sulfur into the atmosphere as fossil fuels are burned. This connects with the water cycle as well, because sulfur from cars can form acid rain, which is dangerous and unhealthy. My family is pretty bad about wasting water, so that's our impact there... As for the carbon cycle, my family eats a lot of meat, and so we are absorbing some carbon in the meat that can be traced all the way back to the photosynthesizing of producers the consumers ate. We also breathe out carbon dioxide, and we all breathe, so that's quite an impact. My dad is a builder, and occasionally he has to cut down a tree or two to get a lot ready for a new house. That's one less tree using carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as well. As for the nitrogen cycle, my mom always makes a huge garden beside our house in the summer, and we grow most of the vegetables and herbs we eat in the warmer months. While this is good, because we are eating locally grown produce, she doesn't always use organic fertilizer and sometimes uses pesticides if the bugs are bothering the crops. Inorganic fertilizer inputs more nitrates into the soil than can be fixed by bacteria, and this can seep into groundwater if it isn't absorbed. Lastly, my family impacts the phosphorus cycle by gardening as well. The same thing can happen. There is a large pond in front of my yard, and if it rains a lot, the rainwater could wash phosphorus-filled soil down my driveway to the pond, which could cause eutrophication and possibly create an algae bloom in large amounts.
ReplyDeleteFor the phosphorus system, I would have to say that my family's constant use of sinks, toilets, and showers would be the biggest impact we have on aquatic ecosystems from the outflow from sewage treatment facilities.
ReplyDeleteMy family impacts the nitrogen cycle by driving around in our cars. We have four vehicles, and because of this we are increasing the amount of nitrogen released into the air.
I do not really directly affect the carbon cycle, but from purchasing foods that were grown with pesticides, the fertilizers change the chemical composition of the water it leaks into, that can cause excessive growth of algea which can deplete the water of its oxygen. That is really bad for other aquatic life like fish and seaweed.
Humans affect the water cycle for example if people cut down more and more trees it increases runoff, which is more water going into the water from land, this can over pollute the water with soil and when the water evaporates it has moe contents of soil substances.
The burning of coal, natural gas, and fossil fuels increases the amount of sulfur into the atmosphere. One third of all sulfur that reaches the atmosphere comes from human activity.
My family's biggest impact in the nitrogen cycle is that my mom uses fertilizers in her garden which can run into the river that runs through my backyard. In the carbon cycle our biggest impact would be driving our cars to wilimington and back every weekend which affects the sulfur cycle as well. In the water cycle we recently cut down some trees in my backyard after the hurricane to make sure they didn't crush our house so runoff has increased.
ReplyDeleteI think my family's biggest impact on the environment is with the carbon cycle. I think it's like this for most families. We are in a day and age where people aren't that patient. We want to do everything and get everywhere quicker and easier.I'm in the process of learning how to drive, so we are using the car a little bit more than we usually would. Although, my sister and I do things like walk to our friends' houses than drive and carpool sometimes we still use cars a lot. The carbon is being emitted into the air by the cars and then it's absorbed by the sun into clouds and the atmosphere. It later falls as acid rain or smog. I might actually look into buying an environmentally friendly car or buying one that uses gas efficiently so that so much carbon doesn't go into the atmosphere at once.
ReplyDeleteCrissa Allen
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Period 3
Dealing with the phosphorous system, my family and I have a huge problem of leaving the water running during househeld activities. Whether it is washing our hands, brushing our teeth or even washing dishes, it happens daily. That is a huge downfall to the aquatic life.
ReplyDeleteAs for the nitrogen cycle I can honestly say we are not huge primary factors. We do not grow any vegetables in my family and rarely eat salads, other than eating at a restraunt before a meal. In addition with the water, we are not main contributors to run-offs from deforestations and things of that nature.
I personally eat steak and other meats maybe 5 times out of the week. That ties in with the carbon cycle becuase of the consumers that are traced behind it. Which are brought to us through factories and then later processed.
My family travels very often so we would fall under the category of affecting the sulfur cycle.
Water pollution- I've bought gas from BP therefore i have helped to contribute in their killing in dolphins. The supporting of offshore drilling through purchase of gasoline at the pump contributes to their disturbance to the environment and allowance for negligence to their harmful effects and lack of responsibility to as to how much pollution they cause.
ReplyDeletePhosphorus Cycle- I buy fertilizer for my gardens(mostly my rose garden :) ) and i avidly take care of them. My purchase of such fertilizers involves the mining of phosphorus for my use, this kills habitats in which the companies must clear out to mine the phosphorus, and also helps to create the rich blooming plants behind my fence where runoff, after rainstorms, washes away amounts of phosphorus making the environment suitable for large plant growth.
Carbon- I literally just chopped down a tree after the hurricane, during the winter we burn logs. about 90% of the time we cut down the tree or by the logs pre-cut and burn them in our fireplace. We take away the trees that would otherwise produce oxygen and reduce CO2 in the environment.
Sulphur- By purchasing most forms of metal (metal based products) and gasoline i am supporting human interruption of the cycle. It is a key factor in the oxidizing of most metals and is found in sinks with most metals. It is also a key component of fossil fuel production. Buy fossil fuels you help with sulphur cycle interference.
Nitrogen- Once again, it's used in the fertilizer for my gardens (:
For the Phosphorus cycle I would have to say mother has the biggest impact throughout the family on it,because she loves to plant and garden, she does it as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteFor the Nitrogen cycle my family has an equal impact on it. we are constantly driving cars through out the day whether it's going to or leaving school, going to work or leaving work, dropping off at soccer practices or even grocery shopping.
And as Summer said, my family also wastes a great amount of water, from washing your hands to cleaning dishes, we impact the sulfur, carbon and water cycle tremendously.
Gabriel Aquino
4th APES
The phosphorus system my family and I constantly use our waterbased household appliences which our sewage system disposes of in various man-made lakes.
ReplyDeleteI affect the nitrogen system by our family's use of cars'.
I'm a secondary effect on the carbon cycle because as sarah said we buy produce that is grown using fertilizer that leaks into water.
I affect the water cycle by polluting the water with our waste.
I affect the sulfur cycle by burning the fossil fuels in our cars.
Alyssa Wade
4th APES
For our family, we impact the sulfur cycle the most by driving. Being in several sports and having to work, my mom is always driving. The combustion coming from our car engines produce sulfur dioxide, directly effecting the sulfur cycle.
ReplyDeleteAs for the carbon cycle, I would have to say that with my grandparents maintaining a farm, the manure coming from the many animals will be used as fertilizer. If it happens to rain, the fertilizer, or manure will cause run off and erosion leading to excess phosphate dissolving in the pond they have for the animals to drink out of.
With our family driving a lot, emission from our cars are emitting NOx into the environment which increases air pollution in the atmosphere. Our driving is also impacting the nitrogen cycle.
After cutting down a couple of our trees due to Hurricane Irene, our family caused depletion of phosphorus because most of the phosphate can be found in the ground under the trees. When the trees were removed, the rain washed phosphates away, causing the ground to become unproductive.
As for the carbon cycle, our family doesn't directly impact it. But, humans burn fossil fuels which does impact this cycle. Because humans have been burning fossil fuels extensively over the past decades fossil fuel supplies are in danger of being exhausted.
As a family, we use a lot of water. Also, any possible pollution caused from our family will impact the water cycle.
For the Water cycle, I feel I'm pretty bad about wasting water, so there's that impact. For the Carbon cycle and Sulfur cycle, there's the exhaust from driving. My mom tries to garden, so any fertilizer she uses would have an impact on both the Phosphorus and Nitrogen cycles.
ReplyDeleteI would say that the cycles that my family has the biggest impacts on would be the carbon, sulfur, and water cycles. My entire family has cars that they drive everyday (including me when I turn sixteen in less than two months.) Us all driving cars around town each day causes a lot of carbon dioxide and sulfur to be released into the atmosphere. This affects not only the carbon and sulfur cycles but also the water cycle, because sulfur can mix with the water vapor in the atmosphere and create acid rain. Acid rain, in turn, affects the water, such as rivers and ponds, on land. However, we also affect the water cycle just like every other family today with how we wash clothes and dishes and take showers every single day.
ReplyDeletenitrogen,carbon, sulfur, and water cycle- my family is driving all the time. whether it be for shopping or going to and from sports practices/games. driving all the time emits carbon dioxide and sulfur into the atmosphere. from that, it would produce acid rain which would lead to runoff water, also affecting the trees and such that take in the carbon dioxide we breathe in and make, then the runoff would go into bodies of water therefore polluting it.
ReplyDeleteLike Justin Davis my family also has a great impact on the carbon, sulfur and water cycles.My family travels A LOT, my dad drives 3 hours to work everyday and we always take trips. All the driving arounf we do everyday puts alot of carbon dioxide and sulfer into the atmosphere, which can and usualy does have an effect on the water cycle because it can cause acid rain. My family LOVES to take showers, wash clothes, do dishes, and wash our cars. We use up so much water in a month that it could probably fill up a pool.
ReplyDeleteWater- I personally overuse water because of my constant cooking and it being one of the five things I drink ever. I also do nothing to stop water pllution, however, I don't contribute to it either.
ReplyDeletePhosphorus Cycle- For obvious reasons, my family effects the phosphorus cycle because we are so large, my mother also runs an in home daycare that has anywhere from 5-10 extra kids to my already family of 6 people including me and the 3 dogs. The extremity cycle of course playing its natural course.
Carbon- Of course my family drives a car, actually we have 4 cars to drive in and we use them constantly. I personally walk or catch a ride from friends simply because it is most convenient (living 5 minutes from the school and stores around the area). We also enjoy bonfires and we have cut down some trees and hedges due to the storm.
Sulphur- The oil needed for a car affects the system and also the fuels released from the car, which is explained in the carbon cycle portion as well.
Nitrogen- I don't use fertilizer nor does the remainder of my family, however, we do have a garden in the spring that uses nitrates in the soil and we also have cut down trees leaving more nitrates in the soil.
alicia garcia. For my family, i think we impact the sulfur cycle the most because we tend to drive a bit too much, whenever my parents are stressed or my sister they always go driving to clear their heads which effects the environment alot considering they are stressed the majority of the time.since my family drives for a long period of time and constantly it causes emission from vehicles releasing NOx in the environment and causes the growth of air pollution in the atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteFor the sulfur cycle, like so many families,we are guilty of driving our 3 cars around. Now my father drove a prius... untill he used it to rip a deer in half (hahaha its true) so now his car isn't quite as tree huggable. Unfortunately his whole job is based on car travel, driving hundreds of miles all over the state of NC, not just in little Jacksonville.
ReplyDeleteWater cycle... we are normally pretty good about not leaving water running unecessarily, however, we have an in-ground pool, which I can see going through the water cycle as it gets hot in the summer and its level drops like crazy all on its own..
We do not keep a garden! So impacts on nitrogen and phosphorous cycles are at a bare minimum. What plants we do have are not given fertilizer because it would be pointless, the squirrels normally kill our plants or seeds.
On the subject of squirrels.... I would say that having a pool partially impacts the carbon circle in a relatively positive manner. Turns out not all squirrels are intelligent enough to differentiate between cholorinated water and drinking water.... they die, and stop producing carbon dioxide! --Tori Stiles
I use mainly the sulfur cycle because i drive every day and the car releases the bad gases into the air that make it occur in the cycle.
ReplyDeleteAlso, everyone is involved in the water cycle because we all use it every day which helps us alot.
Sarah Huber
My family for instance impacts the cycle in different ways. For instance when we fertilize our yard we add nitrogen, phosphorous and other compounds into the soil which will eventually end back up into the cycle. Another factor that contributes to the carbon cycle is when we grill outside and drive our cars from one destination to another. These factors add to the emission of carbon dioxide which goes through the carbon cycle along with water and sulfur.
ReplyDelete-Anthony Dudley
My family's biggest impact on the Carbon Cycle occurs most during the summer. We have tons of summer fires, cutting down to trees for logs to burn them. In this process we are interfering with the production of Oxygen. My biggest impact on the Nitrogen Cycle is the amount of fertilizers I use on my grandma's garden. My family's biggest impact on the sulfur cycle is relative to Tori's family except we have 4 vehicles in which we drive around from place to place. My sister and I are involved in a lot of activities which requires transportation and another interference in the Sulfur cycle. ~Joy Freeman <3
ReplyDeleteThe impacts my family and I make on the environment would have to be the water cycle because I do waste a lot. Without knowing it you can waste more than you think by taking showers, doing laundry, and washing dishes. The carbon cycle because we drive around a lot especially long trips to other states. For the other cycles I don’t think we have that big of an impact on them.
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ReplyDeleteTo begin with I affect the water cycle by basically going places because of how the carbon emmisions are released into the atmosphere which can cause acid rain.
The sulfur cycle; considering the fact that I have chickens all the poop that comes from them can run off into our ditch and our dog contributes as well.
Phosphorous Cycle: We use lots of water for our sinks and bathrooms and considering that this goes into treatment plants the runoff affects many aquatic organisms.
Carbon cycle: Me and my dad chop lots of wood, which takes away trees that take in carbon from our air to produce Oxygen.
Nitrogen Cycle: We as a family affect this cycle by the use of our cars and what it produces; harmful emmisions
JT Booker 3rd period
My family's biggest impact is on the carbon cycle. Every weekend we grill on Saturday and Sunday with the neighbors that sends carbon dioxide in the air and if it's cold at night we burn wood and do a bon fire. Now that winter and fall is arriving I'm sure the usage of us burning wood is going to increase. Carbon has to be the biggest impact from everyone though because we all breathe and use cars to transport us. I know we're especially bad with cars since we each have our own (Except my brother).
ReplyDeleteMyranda Fields
For the phosphorous cycle I think my family's biggest impact is the constant running of water. We keep water running all the time, wasting it like its nothing.
ReplyDeleteFor the carbon cycle my family's main impact are burning things and neighborhood bonfires.
For the nitrogen cycle my family's biggest impact is our cars giving off chemicals into the air.
Caroline Faircloth p.4
My family's biggest impact in on the sulfur and carbon cycle by driving so much. Since I don't have my license yet, my mom is constantly driving me around everywhere. The car releases sulfur into the air. We also have a big impact on the water cycle because we all waste a lot of water without even thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteMary Gorry
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