Corn

Corn

Corn is a part of our daily lives and you may not realize it. Corn is used in most foods like soda, cake mixes, snack foods, Gum, sweetners, and cereals. Also it is used in other things like cosmetics, fuel, lotion, alcahol, rugs, and pharmaceuticals. Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Minnesota account for more than 50 percent of U.S. corn production. Corn is grown in more countries than any other crop. China, Brazil, European Union, Mexico, Argentinia, and India also are major producers of corn. Corn also helps out the economy. Framers who grow corn pay taxes on the land that they grow the corn. The Framers sell the corn to store which also pay taxes on the corn. Then the consumer who buys the corn also pays tax to buy the corn.

Coal

Coal

Coal has been around for along time. The first uses for coal was to heat homes. The use of coal within 40 years starting in 1940; the use of coal has doubled every decade. The Electerical Companys are the biggest consumers in coal. It is not used very often now days to heat home;however, its used to manufacture paper, cement, steel, iron and chemical manufacture for heating and stem generation. The five largest consumers of coal are China, USA, India, Japan, and South Africa. These Countries make up to 82% of total global coal use. Other uses for coal or coal ingredants are soaps, shampoos, asprins, Activated Carbon, Carbon Fibre(bikes, tennins rackets), Silicon metal(cosmetics, Lubricants). As you can see coal is widely used throughout the globe.

Insect Pollinated Flower

Insect Pollinated Flower

This insect pollinated flower is being pollintated by the bumble bee. The bee will also trasfer pollen from this flower to other flowers. The bee benefits from the flower by getting nector form the flower to make honey; therefore he also gets nutrients from the flower.