Wednesday, December 11, 2013

11 A – 4 Inquiry Questions

1. How is water/air quality affected by human activities?
2. How do glasses help people see better, and how does laser surgery work to improve vision?
3. How is stopping distance related to the slope of a surface?
4.  What makes sound change?
I chose to answer question 1. Pollution is a large problem on earth today. There are many different opinions on it.  The question is: How is water/air quality affected by human activities?  Human activities effect water and air qualities every day.  Some of the things that affect air quality are pollution, littering, noise pollution, thermal pollution.   We pollute the air by the cars we drive, and the airplanes that fly in the sky every day.  We also pollute the oceans with the boats that use the oceans for transportation.  We dump a lot of trash into the ocean. The worst case of pollution lately was the BP oil spill in the gulf coast.  Two hundred six million gallons of oil poured in the waters of the gulf coast.  It took them over eight-seven days before they were able to stop the oil from leaking into the ocean.  Over four thousand birds died, and over five hundred sea turtles died. Sixteen thousand miles of coast line were affected by this disaster.  This included Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.  This also affected people because they were not able to fish any more in this area, which in turn also affected tourism.  Tourism is a big source of revenue for these states.  The people who live there and who own local businesses depend on tourism for their livelihood.  If the beaches are polluted and there is not fish for the local restaurants.  The residents of the states then suffer due to the water quality being polluted by human activities and human error.


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