sustainability, conservation, stewardship, climate change, endangered species, invasive species, energy sources, human impacts, pollution, recycling, crop organisms, soil food webs, mitigation

This quiz response covers stewardship, human impacts, pollution, recycling, and mitigation.

Stewardship – Protecting environments, organisms, and human cultures. It includes protecting languages and practices too.

One way that I have engaged in stewardship is when I go to the beach, I often will find and pick up trash and throw it away.

The next response talks about endangered species, invasive species, human impacts, food webs, conservation and more.

You are planting a garden to attract a variety of pollinators. What are the characteristics of three different flowers you would select to attract pollinators?

1. Larger flowers with colors of yellow, pink, blue, and purple are the most effective for attracting pollinators!

2. Flowers with strong fragrances are also very good at attracting in some pollinators. Picking a flower with strong scents would be good.

3. Bundles of flowers are sought after by some species of pollinators. So ensuring to have a variety of bundled and individual flowering plants would be good to increase the chances of drawing in pollinators.

In the future, I would love to one day be able to help out with cleaning up oceans and I think it would be cool to volunteer with helping protect whales and dolphins.

Lastly, my media piece talks about sustainability, conservation, stewardship, organisms, energy sources and more.

Organism Care Plan (Succulents)

Food, Water and Housing

• Should be watered only when soil becomes dry
• Soil should contain perlite
• Can feed with low nitrogen fertilizer
• May need repotted if it outgrows its pot

Threats and Diseases

• Succulents are prone to root rot, This can be avoided with careful watering and drying
• Too much sunlight can cause harm
• Having a good indirect light source is best
• High Nitrogen in soil can cause leaf or root disease

Care Stages

• Using a wet and dry technique is good for them
• Water until soil is soaked, and then wait until fully dried out to water again
• Let it acclimate when moving it around or to new locations

Consistency

• Propagation can ensure you have a lasting line of succulents
• Ensure watering and occasional fertilizing
• Underwatering is better than overwatering