{"id":36070,"date":"2024-10-26T18:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-can-we-save-our-land-and-soil-the-outer-skin-of-land-as-per-the-video-and-if-it-is-still-possible-to-do-so\/"},"modified":"2024-10-26T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:53:07","slug":"how-can-we-save-our-land-and-soil-the-outer-skin-of-land-as-per-the-video-and-if-it-is-still-possible-to-do-so","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-can-we-save-our-land-and-soil-the-outer-skin-of-land-as-per-the-video-and-if-it-is-still-possible-to-do-so\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we save our land and soil ( the outer skin of land as per the video)  and if it is still possible to do so?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Answer<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">all<\/u><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>the questions below and develop a clear and coherent research paper as per instructions and the attached rubric. All questions should be answered in the same chronological order as they appear. Please do not include any sub-titles and questions in the body of your final research paper.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">We discussed<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Leopold\u2019s Land Ethic (https:\/\/www.aldoleopold.org\/about\/the-land-ethic)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;in class and watched the video<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Hidden Wonders of Soil?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jane_zelikova_the_hidden_wonders_of_soil?subtitle=en)<\/span><\/a><\/em>&nbsp;<\/span>both of which talked about the importance of land and soil and how rapidly we are losing them&nbsp; because of us humans not understanding the &#8220;ethics&#8221; of land&nbsp; and the soil suffering because of many factors including climate change and technological innovations such as the &#8220;plough.&#8221; This raises the integral<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">question of how can we save our land and soil ( the outer skin of land as per the video)&nbsp; and if it is still possible to do so?&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Leopold\u2019s Land Ethic <\/span><\/a><\/em><em style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(https:\/\/www.aldoleopold.org\/about\/the-land-ethic)&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/em><em style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">and the video<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Hidden Wonders of Soil? (https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jane_zelikova_the_hidden_wonders_of_soil?subtitle=en)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;cannot be used as sources for writing this research paper).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Y<\/span>ou will be conducting research on<\/strong><\/span>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">-P<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">rovide a clear background on the current state of land and soil that has been<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">deteriorating<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>due to several factors including climate change and agricultural technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">-Can<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>land and soil still be saved ( the outer skin of land as per the video)&nbsp; from all the damage that has already been caused?&nbsp; Explain how and why.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">-Clearly specify a minimum of three (3)&nbsp; strategies that can be used to reverse this damage so that land &amp; soil can be healthy again for all living beings, including humans, animals, birds, and plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain your answers clearly by building a firm foundation and a clear thesis.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Yes<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">No<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>answers without any explanation\/foundation will not earn any grade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;Instructions for successful completion of this assignment:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This research paper should be your own ORIGINAL work.<\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include a minimum of four (4)&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">scholarly sources.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/u><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;Out of these minimum 4 (scholarly sources), two sources must be current (2014 &#8211; 2024).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You can only use scholarly sources in your paper. You<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">cannot<\/u><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>use newspapers and magazines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your submission should not exceed FOUR (4) double-spaced typed pages excluding bibliography-<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(works cited per MLA)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your submission should not be less than THREE (3) complete double-spaced typed pages excluding bibliography &#8211;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(works cited per MLA)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your paper should be double-spaced using MLA format on standard 8\/12 X 11 inch white paper only \u2013 12-point font \u2013 Times New Roman.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Only Word document will be accepted. Any other forms of submission will NOT be graded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include a well &#8211; developed introduction, conclusion, clear, coherent, logically and neatly divided body paragraphs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include only standard English language. Do not use any slang or jargon in your writing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Writing should be free from any and all grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use third person voice only.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Do not include any images (pictures, graphs, tables, or images of any kind) in the 4-5 pages allocated for research.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include your scholarly sources in the body of your research paper using MLA format.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The bibliography (<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;works cited&#8221;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>as per MLA format) must consist of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ONLY<\/u><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>those sources which have been included in the body of your research paper.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please consult the attached writing rubric.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Late work will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS WILL LEAD TO A LOWER OR FAILING GRADE<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">*Please remember to be respectful. Any mention of political parties, political leaders (past or present) , religion, race, age, gender and class will lead to an AUTOMATIC failing grade.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Formal Paper Grading Rubric<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Competent\/Credible\/Complete<\/strong><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you meet these first three standards, you are writing competently and you will earn a grade of<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cC.\u201d (70-79)<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Presentation and Design<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Uses appropriate Standard English grammar, punctuation, and usage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Necessary documentation is present and correct.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Meets the assignment\u2019s requirements for length and\/or format.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Follows the directions for the topic of the assignment.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Unity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Contains a center of gravity, a unifying and controlling purpose, a thesis or claim, which is maintained<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; throughout the paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Organizes writing around a thesis or according to the organizational requirements of the particular<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assignment.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evidence\/Development<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Develops appropriate, logical and relevant supporting details and\/or evidence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Includes more specific, concrete evidence (or details) than just opinion or abstract, general<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; commentary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Skillful<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong>If you meet all of the competency standards above, and in addition, achieve coherence and exhibit audience awareness, you are writing&nbsp;<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">skillfully<\/u>&nbsp;and you will earn a grade of \u201cB.\u201d&nbsp; (80-89)<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Coherence<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Uses words and sentences, rhythm and phrasing, variations and transitions, concreteness and<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; specificity to&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">reveal and emphasize the relationship<\/em>&nbsp;between evidence and thesis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Explains how, why, or in what way evidence\/details supports the point\/claim\/thesis\/topic\/ideas.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Audience Awareness<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">_____Demonstrates a sense that the writer knows what s\/he\u2019s doing and is addressing real people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; 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All questions should be answered in the same chronological order as they appear. 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