Ecosystem List

I need help with the following topic: I was tasked to create a list of all biotic components of my local ecosystem. I live in South Florida and I have no clue of what this entails. I need about 100 words. Thank you in advance.

Emergency Preparedness

The sharing of lessons learned contained in the above articles has the potential to assist others in their emergency planning efforts. Would there be value in setting up a national database to capture lessons learned and make them more readily available to emergency management managers, advisory committees, other disciplines, as well as planning, response and recovery organizations? Why? Jeannie Thompson, R.N.: "Katrina's aftermath: How our disaster plan was tested" Katrina's Aftermath FEMA - Harris County, Texas Citizen Corps' Response to Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned

Hurricane Katrina

http://ncseonline.org/2007conference/Video/FriSymposiumKatrina1.cfm The link above has two parts to a video. I need to write a summary from that. See additional information below: After reviewing the following, post your review summary. It is the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the National Council for Science and the Environment expresses its continuing concern to all affected by this catastrophe. It is also an appropriate time to look back and to look forward. It also gives you an opportunity to view streaming video of the two hour symposium New Orleans and Katrina: Environment and Health Causes and Consequences, which was held in February 2007 as part of Integrating... click for more

Scentific Case Study

Use the scenario below, and solve the problem using Scientific Method. You notice that the grass around your house is brown, short, and dead. The grass around your neighbor’s house is green, tall, and alive. Use your understanding of the Scientific Method to explain what you have observed. STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD 1. Recognize a question or a problem. 2. Develop a hypothesis. 3. Design and perform an experiment to test the hypothesis. 4. Analyze the data and reach conclusions about your hypothesis.

Summarize/answer questions

Review the following sections and post your review summaries on each of the following web sections by focussing on their respective questions http://epa.gov/climatechange/science/index.html on Science of Climate Change Go to the website and go halfway down the page and you will the following: Past Climate Change: What has caused the Earth's climate to change throughout its history? How has it changed? Recent Climate Change: How has the climate changed in the last 100-150 years? What has caused the changes? Future Climate Change: How might climate change over the next 100 years and why? State of Knowledge: What aspects of climate change do we understand best? What a... click for more