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Friday 27 June 2014

2014 Elections.

Recent history is anything to go by, the 2014 general election result has already been decided. As the chart to the right shows, since 1998 the party leading the opinion polls in July of the year preceding the election has gone on to win the highest proportion of the party vote, enabling them to form a government.



Cape Seahorses.

We had to choose what sea Creatures and write about it.


Cape  Seahorse.Why is the Cape Seahorse becoming  endangered?What is some enemies/ Predators?What does Cape Seahorses eat?


Why is the cape Seahorse becoming Endangered? Cape Seahorses  are becoming endangered because of its Limited range and habitat vulnerability. It is restricted to four estuaries on Northern Coast of America.





What is some enemies/ Predators?The Cape Seahorses enemies are Humans and Larger Fish Species.



What does Cape Seahorses eat?Shrimp, plankton and also little tiny sea animals.They also eat Small crustaceans and invertebrates


Friday 13 June 2014

Information Report

I had to write about a sea creature and mine was a Cushion Sea Star.


The Cushion Star.    


The cushion star is from the Oreasteridae.
A Cushion sea star’s Common name is Cushion sea star and slime stars.
They have a scientific name and it is Pteraster Tesselatus. Their size is up to 25 cm which is 10 inches in a diameter.Their colour is olive green and it goes to pale orange.
These sea stars can be found in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, ranging from upper- Canada to central America. But they mostly like being around rocky pools and the rocky shore.Cushion stars eats diatoms and algae.They have predators too.  The Sea stars predators is other sea creatures.  The predators come near their Habitats. The predators can be Manta Rays and all kinds of Sharks. They are a threat to the cushion star.
A Cushion star can not do anything but, did you know that a Cushion sea star can grow up 10 centimetres in a Diameter.


Here is some Pictures