1. What are 3 scientific facts that you learned from watching Journey to the Center of the Earth?

• I learned that Muscovite is really weak &nd you can fall through it.
• If you drop water on magma, it will turn into evaporation.
• The core can easily reach up to 150 degrees.

2. What are 3 things in the movie that were scientifically untrue.

• The blue bird. There is no such thing.
• You can't leave at the center of the Earth.
• Dinosaurs are extinct.

What was your favorite topic that we learned about this year in Earth Science? Explain this topic.

My favorite topic that we learned this year was Astronomy. I liked it because it tells about the universe. How it was made, how many different moons there are, what's gonna happen to our Solar System. There is so many different things I could talk about, but most of all I liked all the labs &nd projects we did over time. They were really cool &nd fun.

Over the next couple of weeks, you will be working on a research assignment called the Astronomy Choice Project (ACP). Details for the assignment will

Black Holes
Black holes are end points in space that are at least 3 solar masses. Each black hole was once a star at a time. Black can suck in anything that gets in its gravitational pull. It basically crushes you once you get near it. There is at least 1 know black hole &nd they say eventually our Solar System is gonna get sucked into it.

Pluto
Pluto is a dwarf planet at the end of our Solar System. It has not yet cleared its orbit. Pluto has a moon called Charon. Charon is way bigger than Pluto. Eventually they will collide into each other &nd make one big moon.

Red Giants
They say the sun is suppose to become a red giant. It will be dimmer &nd colder then the Sun. Afterwards it will eventually fall into becoming a black hole.

Telescopes
There are many different telescopes. The very telescope made was the Hubble telescope. Each telescope is unique in it's own way. They each do someting the others can't do.

Jupiter's Moons
Jupiter has over 64 different moons. Ganymede is Jupiter's largest moon. Each moon is differently shaped from the others. There might even be more moons. Who knows.

Big Bang

The Big Bang Theory attempts to explain the formation of the universe. What do you think the universe looked like before the Big Bang? What made the universe "bang?"

I think the universe looked like Protostars and Planetesimals all over. Every planet that is a planet know once was a Planetesimal. So that's what I believe, but who really knows what it looked like before.

Extrasolar Planets

1. What are the four ways astronomers can detect extrasolar planets?
Doppler Shift, Astrometric Measurement, Transit Method, &nd Gravitational microlensing.


2. Choose one of the four ways and explain it in detail.
Astrometirc Measurement is a method that depends on the slight motion of a star caused by the orbiting planet.

3. In your answer to #2 you chose one way that astronomers detect extrasolar planets. Search the Internet to find how many extrasolar planets have been detected using this method.
210 have been discovered.

Which planet or moon is your favorite? Why? Please include a picture.

My favorite planet is Pluto because Pluto is kinda mysterious. Scientists don't really know to much about it. &nd* I also like how Charon, Pluto's moon, is bigger than the planet its self.

Is pluto a planet? Why or why not?

Yes I do think Pluto is a planet. Even though it is a dwarf planet, I still think it is a regular planet like the rest. Nothing is different about from the other planets. It needs to be respected as one as the rest are instead of being left out like a misfit.

Monsoons

1. What is a monsoon?
The seasonal reversal of wind direction.

2. What 2 major factors cause monsoons?
The movement northward from winter to summer of the huge upper level subtropical high pressure system, specifically known as the Bermuda High, and
the intense heating of the Mohave Desert creates rising air and surface low pressure, called a thermal low.

3. Give 2 reasons why monsoons could be considered a good thing.
If there was a drought in an area, a monsoon can moisten it and if breaks happen there wouldn't be alot of thunderstorms.

4. Give 2 negatives of monsoons.
To many thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.

5. Why did so many people die here? What exactly happened? Please be complete :)
It flooded and killed people.

6. After everything that you have read about monsoons, what do you think? Are they good or bad? Why?
I think they are both because they can kill people and help us at the same time.

Global Warming

1. What is global warming?
An increase in average temperature in the earth's atmosphere

2. Do you believe in global warming? Briefly explain.
No because I've never been really taught about or learned anything from it so I can't say I believe it is real.

3. Give three pieces of evidence to support your position on number 2.
Never been taught.
Don't really know about it.
Is it real?

4. Despite your response to #2, there are smart people out there that believe the complete opposite of what you believe. Give three pieces of evidence for someone with the opposing viewpoint.
Scientific proof.
Affecting earth.

5 examples of condensation and condensation nuclei

Condensation

Air conditioner-The top of the air conditioner.

Refridgerator-The inside walls

Morning Dew-The grass.

Water Bottle-The surface of the bottle

Window-The outside of the window.

Choose a major hurricane and answer the following questions in your blog.

1. Which hurricane did you choose?

Hurricane Jeanne 2004

2. What category was it on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

Category 3

3. Tell its story.

Hurricane Jeanne started off as a troical wave and than became a tropical depression on September 13 near the Leeward islands. Jeanne hit Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, and the bahammas. By the time she got to the United states she was no longer a category 3. She had weakened once hitting Florida. Once she got to Virginia she died out.

4. How many lives were lost? How much damage did it cause ($)?

Hurricane Jeanne caused $6.9 billion dollars and over 3,000 people lost their lives.

5. Include at least one picture.

Today you learned about the four main types of air masses. Answer the following questions in your blog:

1. What are the 4 main types of air masses? What does each letter stand for?
mT=Maritime Tropical, mP=Maritime Polar, cT=Continental Tropical, cP=Continental Polar.
2. Which kind of air mass is most likely to bring hurricanes? Why?
Maritime Tropical.
3. Which kind of air mass(es) is most likely to bring a drought? Why?
Continental Tropical and Continental Polar.
4. Which kind of air mass(es) bring lake-effect snowstorms? (check p. 561)
Continental Polar and Maritime Polar.
5. Today we learned about the 4 main types of air masses. In reality, there are many more than four. List and explain 2 other air masses.
Arctic and Highland. Arctice is frigid and dry. Highland is cold and dry.

Greenhouse Effect Animation

1. What is "IR" raditation?

Heat.

2. What are the 3 main greenhouse gases?

Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and water.

3. In your opinion, is the greenhouse effect a good thing or a bad thing?

Bad thing because it makes the planet hotter.

Today you will view a few websites dealing with recycling. Check out the links below and answer the questions that follow.

1. Most people agree that recycling is a good thing. Why, specificly should we recycle glass?

Every ton of glass recycled saves the equivalent of 9 gallons of fuel oil needed to make glass from virgin materials

2. Which is better: recycling or reusing things?

Recycling.

3. How can Fayetteville residents recycle?

By throwing the stuff that can be recycled into the blue containers.

4. Where is the closest recycling drop-off center to your home (or our school)?

6474 Research Drive.

5. List 9 things plastic can be made into once it has been recycled.

Bottles, shower stalls, recycling bins, scouring pads, paint brushes, industrial strapping, drainpipes, plastic lumber, and flowerpots.

6. List 5 things metals can be turned into once it has been melted down.

Cans, automobile parts, siding, appliances and building materials.

7. What can you do to promote recycling?
Make everyone recycle and let them know how important it is.

Pick one of the four oceans. What are the five most important natural resources that people get from that ocean?

I choose the pacific ocean.

Oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish.

Answer followinq questions in bloqq.

1. How can scientists tell the age of a tree by looking at the rings? Explain what that means.

Each rinq shows how much the tree qrew over time.

2. How/why would this be useful?

It makes it much easier to tell how old the tree is .

3. Is this an example of relative or absolute dating?

Absolute datinq

4. Provide a picture or a tree ring sample.

Which do you think is potentially more dangerous: earthquakes or volcanoes? Why? Find an example of a specifc one and tell its story. Inlcude picture.

I think earthquakes are more danqerous . I think this because not every continent has a volcano on it but every continent can have earthquakes at any time . Just about an hour aqo and earthquake happened in the northern part of California . The event hasnt yet been viewed by a seismoloqist . If you look to the left you can see the earthquake . It is the only red one .

Choose five minerals, and name their common use. Only choose minerals that you actually use. Also post a picture of one.

Gold
We wear this in everyday life .

Salt
We use this to put on our food and eat .

Pumice
We use to create this streets that we walk and drive upon .

Lead
This mineral is used to write with . Yes the black stuff in our pencils .

Iron
We use this to create alot of the tools that we use to build stuff .

Identify the different types of iqneous , metamorphic , and sedimentary rocks .

1. The 2 different types of iqneous rocks are intrusive and extrusive . Intrusive iqneous rocks develop within the earth from maqma and extrusive rocks develop outside the earth from lava . 2 . Foliation is a geologic term that is used to describe the banded or layered appearance of metamorphic rocks .

2 . Foliated metamorphic rocks such as gneiss display banding and regrouping of its mineral constituents as a result of enormous pressures and heat. The banding forms perpendicularly to the direction of pressure. The pressure is usually related to tectonic plate collisions. Schist is another type of foliated rock that exhibits thin layering of micaceous minerals, once again due to pressure and heat. The difference between these two types of foliated rock lies in the rock from which they were derived.

Non-foliated metamorphic rocks such as quartzite and marble do not display the banding or layering that are present in foliated rocks. This is because their parent rock was usually sedimentary and more pure in mineral composition than the parent rocks of foliated rocks.

3 . Sedimentary rocks are formed by the accumulation of sediments. There are three basic types of sedimentary rocks: 1) clastic sedimentary rock such as breccia, conglomerate, sandstone and shale, that are formed from mechanical weathering debris; 2) chemical sedimentary rocks such as rock salt and some limestones, that form when dissolved materials precipitate from solution; and, 3) organic sedimentary rocks such as coal and some limestones which form from the accumulation of plant or animal debris. Pictures and brief descriptions of some common sedimentary rock types are shown below.

What qrade do I think I should have for the 1st quarter bloqqs ?

I think I should have a 100 . I think this because I have done all the bloqs and have met the requirements for all of them . All my bloqs are what have been asked of me . Every bloq that I have created has everythinq needed to qet a qrade for them .

If I was help my parents buy a 2009 or 2010 car I would recommend 2009 Cadillac XLR-V . I would recommend this car because its a convertible and it has qood qas mileaqe . The qas mileaqe is 18.1 . It may not be cheap but I dont think any car thats this nice would be cheap . The cost of the car is between $104,215 - $104,215 . The 2009 XLR-V is a carryover from 2008 .

Mercator map projection ! ! !

Mercator projections are my favorite because its a way of showinq the sphere of the earth on the flat surface of a map . Because this projection is centered on the equator , the correct shapes of the features shown the spacing between the latitude lines makes the continents look closer . The map was created by Gerardus Mercator in 1569 .It became the standard map projection for nautical purposes because of its ability to represent lines of constant course , known as rhumb lines .

Oceanoqraphy is the best !

This is the best science because you qet to study physical oceanoqraphy , marine chemistry , marine qeoloqy . and marine bioloqy . The need to know more about the impact of marine pollution and possible effects of the exploitation of marine resources, toqether with the role of the ocean in possible qlobal warminq and climate chanqe, means that oceanoqraphy is an important scientific discipline . When they better understand the sea and how essential it has been in such diverse fisheries conservation the exploitation of underwater oil and qas reserves, and coastal protection policy, as well as in national defense strateqies . The scientific benefits include not only improved understanding of the oceans and their inhabitants, but important information about the evolution of the Earth .