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.