Honors Blog #4

Book Name: As in the Heart, So in the Earth by Pierre Rabhi

The book is organized by beginning with Rabhi going to a place where culture and the village's unity is most important. This helps the auhor employ how important the Earth's soil since what the people grow in their highly depends on what they can grow and having the patience to survive in a village when they can go to the "new world" where technology is nowhere near unavailable. The author uses first person point of view in his fictional tale in which he addresses the importance of soil and the community to emphasize what the modern world has done. What the modern world has done is split the communication with the people and earth.

Honors Blog #3

Book Name: As in the Heart, So in the Earth by Pierre Rabhi

The tone of this writer (to me) is a tone that makes you sense its sincerity about the topic that he is speaking of. This tone suits those who search for a convincing concept and even those who just want to learn something new about the earth we live in. This book is organized by speaking about the author's journey to a society in which technology is rarely seen. I think the book eventually speaks of what the author has learned from these people and the place they live in causing an impact on his life the way he thinks about certain issues. The author manipulates the book by explaining what he goes through and what he feels; causing an impact in how you may think about the situation and be concerned.

Honors Blog #2

Book Name: As in the Heart, So in the Earth by Pierre Rabhi

I think this author's argument is to protect the earth's nature by speaking of when people lived in harmony with the planet and discoursed with the land. When I first analyzed what the author was trying to convey, I was amazed at how well he was able to make me feel how most of the "new world" in which are all a part of, is very ignorant when it comes to seeing how special earth and its components really are what it can to for us and the planet. When reading the story, I felt as if I was being taken back in time where there wasn't any new technology to interfere with communicating well and confidently with one another. As I read what the Rabhi was experiencing, I felt ass if this place he was describing was nonexistent since I have never seen or experienced this myself.

Honors Blog #1

Book Name: As in the Heart, So in the Earth by Pierre Rabhi

Pierre Rabhi has the potential and experience to gain the reader's credibility because this author is not only a very unique writer, but an environmentalist as well and most importantly, a farmer himself. I think that what may bias the author's argument is the fact that there is many views when it comes to speaking about agriculture. Many believe that it is perfectly fine to genetically modify fruits and vegetables (etc.), just as long as they taste good and are not poisonous. Others know better and are against this. They know that these crops are more pesticide rather than the crop itself. This is what Rahbi is trying to convey. Also, that this is not only ruining the crops' origins, but the culture behind the growing crops.

scientific name: Lumbricus terrestris
common name: Earthworm, Megadrile, or Lob Worm
physical description:The basic body plan of an earthworm is a tube, the digestive system, within a tube, the muscular slimy, moist outer body. They have a distinguishing pink segment on their body which is located closer to the head and their color varies from pink to brown. This worm can reach 20-25 cm in length.
description of life cycle: Cocoon -> Hatching -> Earthworm. (Quite basic)
predator/prey information:While they generally feed on plant material, they have been observed feeding on dead insects and feces.

any other interesting facts:

1. earthworms have the ability to convert large pieces of organic matter into rich humus, and therefore improving soil fertility.
2. the earthworm also ingests any other soil particles to make casts that are highly rich. They are deposited on the surface or deeper in the soil.
3. By its burrowing actions, the earthworm is of great value in keeping the soil structure open, creating channels that allow the processes of both aeration and drainage to occur.

5 Agriculture Questions

1.How long has agriculture been around?

2. Where did agriculture begin?

3. How did they know what to do?

(ex: How much water to add? How deep to plant it?, What was good for it?)

4.How did agriculture expand throughout the entire world?

5. What is the most popular vegetable/fruit that is grown in agriculture?

Photosynthesis Review Questions

1) After Thanksgiving break you return to the HTHMA garden to find that your crops have not been watered in over two weeks. Most of your plants are dead and those that are alive are barely hanging on. In relation to the process of photosynthesis, describe what has happened to your plants.

The plant will eventually run out of H2O therefore it will not be able to produce ATP, NADPH, nor glucose, which are the plant's main components for growth. The plants who are "barely hanging on" either stored glucose, or were able to retain more water keeping them alive much longer.

2) Upon microscopic inspection of the underside of your plant’s leaves, you notice that in an attempt to conserve water the stomata (aka stomates) are closed. Explain in detail how this impacts the light independent reactions of photosynthesis.

CO₂ used during photosynthesis first must pass through stomata into internal spaces within the leaf. It then diffuses into mesophyll cells where it becomes available for photosynthesis.When the stomata close, CO₂ levels drop rapidly within the leaf, inhibiting the light-independent reactions. This then causes photosynthesis to stop.