Blog Post #6

My favorite Geology topic was the rock cycle. This is my favorite topic because like how rocks form and change. Rocks are always changing from one type to another. I also like how all rocks are different. Some rocks are dark and shiny and some are light and rough.

My favorite Meteorology topic is the clouds. I learned a lot more about clouds in this section. I like how there are many types of clouds and how they look. I also like that you can tell what the weather is going to be like by the clouds.

My favorite Astronomy topic is the galaxies. I just really like how the different galaxies look. My favorite galaxy is the spiral because I like how it looks like a swirl of light and stars.

I think that I got a really good grade on the exam because I studied and tried hard on the test. There is nothing that I would have done differently.

Unit 1 & 2 Wordle

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Big Bang Theory

The Universe started out very small and then there was a big explosion. Things started expanding and forming together. After the big explosion it started to cool down which helped form many of the things in the Universe.

If I went into a black hole I think it would be black and I would not see anything. I would just keep going further and further into the hole. As I went further and further I think I would die from all of the gravity.

I do not think worm holes are real, but if they were I think that they are really cool. It is kind of like a time machine. You could travel between two places really fast and be at different times, but in the same place.

Extrasolar planets

The 4 ways scientists can detect planets are radial velocity, Astrometry, Transit Method, Optical Detection.

Astrometry makes more sense because it give you the precise measurement of the position of the stars. It tells you the stars motion and from that scientists can figure out the orbit and mass of it.

The Goldilocks Zone is called the life zone. It is the area where the planet is just the right distance from its home star and its surface is not hot or cold. This means that the planet could possibly have water.

If the Gilese 581c had life on it I think they would look like fish because it might be covered in water. I think they would act weird because their planet has twice as much gravity as Earth and that they live in water. I do not think they would be intelligent because they live in water.

I do not believe in aliens because the whole idea of them is crazy. No one has ever seen them before and where would they live. I am sure that Scientists have looked at all the planets by now and if there were really aliens out there they would have seen something. If there were really aliens I think they would have come to Earth by now or did something to show us that they were real.

Planets

1. The primary gas in the Jovian Planets is Hydrogen.

2. The primary gas in Mars and Venus is Carbon Dioxide

If I could visit one planet it would be Saturn because I would like to see its rings. I know that they are made of water ice and dust material so I would like to know what they feel like and see how thin they really are. I would also like to see the second biggest moon Titan and see what Saturn looks like sense it is mostly gas.

Astronomy

Saturn's rings are made of water and ice. The ring are divided into 7 divisions which are D,C,B,A,F,G, and E. F and G are very thin and difficult to see and the A,B, and C rings are more visible. Between the A and B rings are a gap called the Cassini division which was named after Giovanni Cassini who discovered it. Between the A and F rings is a gap called the Keeler gap.

A black hole is a place in space where nothing including light can escape. It is called black because it absorbs all light that hits it and reflects none of it. The black hole's energy bends light. Its interior is invisible and can only be seen by its interaction with other objects. Around the black hole is an event horizon where matter and light can only go inwards.

The Milky way is the galaxy where the solar system is. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. The sun revovles around the center of the galaxy. The Milky way has a bulge, disk, and a halo. The halo and bulge contain old stars and the disk is filled with new stars, gas, and dust. The galaxy is at least 5 billion years old.

Mars if the fourth planet away from the sun. It is called the " red Planet" because of its reddish appearance. It is a terrestrial planet and has a thin atmosphere. Mars has the largest mountain in the solar system which is Olympus Mons and the largest canyon which is called Valles Marineris. It has 2 moons called Phobos and Deimos and they are both small and ireegularly shaped.

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest in the solar system. Titan is classified as a moon, but is larger than Mercury and Pluto. It has a planet like atmosphere ans is more dense than Mercury, Earth, Mars and Pluto. It is mainly made up of nitrogen and other elements.

3rd quarter blogs

My best blog was the wordle because I like doing the wordle and I get to be creative with it.

The topic that I enjoyed the most was the clouds because it was an easy chapter and I understood everything about it.

I think that I deserve a 100 for my 3rd quarter blogs.

2nd Wordle

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Pollen

1. Tree pollen is affecting us the most right now. Pine and oak trees are where we are getting most of the pollen.

2. For a perfect storm of pollen the weather needs to be dry and windy.

3. I chose the Convolvulaceae pollen(Ipomoea purpurea)because it looks spiky and big. This pollen is commonly found in morning glory flowers. It is divided into 2 subfamilies which are smooth-surfaced and spiny-surfaced.

Matter

1. The five states of matter is solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, and Bose Einstein condensates.

2. To change gas into plasma you need to add more energy to the gas.

3. The temperature at absolute zero for fahrenheit is -459.67, for Celsius it is -273.15, and for Kelvin it is 0.

4. The temperature in space is 3K

5. I think that plasma would look very bright and shiny. It would look like the color of what was around or inside of it. I think it will feel very hot and it would smell like electricity. I do not think that it would have a taste, it would just feel very hot on your tongue.

Earth Day

3 technologies that the school plans to use are rainwater collections, geothermal A/C and solar photovoltaic power systems.

Rain water collections are when you collect water from when it rains and use it to water your garden or flowers. Geothermal A/C is getting heat from underground. Solar photovoltaic power systems are when you get electricity from the sun.

The core issue that I chose is recycling and waste reduction.

The big problem with this issue is that junkyards are filling with things that could have been recycled. An exampl would be the computers in the junkyards that leak toxic waste in to the ground.

To fix this problem I could start to recycle. I have not been recycling and I could also encourage my family and others to recycle. I could get plastic items and paper and recycle those. Another thing I could do is encourage my family to get eco friendly cars and drive less. I think all of these things could help the environment.

Hurricanes

Hurricane Iris
Category 4

Hurricane Iris started as a tropical storm on October 4, 2001. It went from the eastern Caribbean, to Jamaica, and then to Belize where it became a category 4 hurricane. When it made landfall on Belize, it quickly weakened.

There were a total of 31 deaths, 20 in Belize, 8 in Guatemala, and 3 in the Dominican Republic. Hurricane Iris caused severe damage to parts of southern Belize

My Blog

My best blog was blog number 6. That is my best blog because I got to be creative and make the wordle. I liked how I got to think of different ways to make it.

I think that I deserve a 100 because I did all of my blogs and I did them correctly.

My favorite topic was Chapter 9 with the plate tectonics. That is my favorite because I understood it very well and I got a 96 on the test that I took on it. I learned more about Pangaea and how the continents moved. I thought that it was interesting that all the continents fit together like a puzzle and how they moved to where they are today. I wonder if the continents will really move together again in 2 million years?

My Science Wordle!

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An astroid wiped out the dinosaurs

It's official: Astroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Published by LONDON (Reuters)

"A giant astroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extention of the dinosaurs."

I agree with the thesis because it is the only explanation that makes sense. There is no other good reason. The astroid is the only explanation that I have heard of for the extention of dinosaurs, so I believe it.

African American inventions

1. The scientist and discipline that I chose are engineering and Meredith C. Gourdine. Meredith was responsible for a technique called Incineraid that removes smoke from buildings.

2. Lonnie Johnson invented the super soaker
A.C Richardson invented the insect destroyer gun
Granville T. Woods invented the roller coaster

3. I chose Jan Ernst Matzeliger and he invented the shoe lasting machine. This machine connected the upper part of the shoe to the sole which was done by hand. This machine changed the shoe making industry because it allowed more shoes to be made.

Geologic periods and rock layers

1. Cambrian, ordovician, silurian, devonian, mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, and Quaternary.

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3. D, B, C, A, E

CYO Oceanography webquest

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Plate movement

1. Rodinia and Pangaea were similar because the continents were close together. They were different because with Pangaea the continents fit together like a puzzle.


2. Between 080 and 150

3. If the continents looked like Pangaea today, I think that there would be more people traveling or living in different countries. There would be less countries because some would probably come together as one since they are so close together.

4. I would start my civilization in Africa because it is big and has a lot of land.

Earth's layers

1. The deepest mine in the world is 3.6 kilometers deep.

2. In order to reach the mantle I would have to dig 30 km.

3. If Iwere able to reach the mantle it would be very hot. The rocks would be liquid and in the upper part of the mantle, I would see rocks moving more smoothly than it would at the bottom. As I went towards the outer core it would be even hotter. It would be liquid with different types of metals in it. The inner core would be the hottest of all the layers. Unlike the outer core it would be solid with mainly iron inside. As I made it up to the crust I would see a thin layer of rocks.

1st quarter blogs

I think I deserve a 100 because I did all of my blog posts and I did them correctly. My first blog was the best because I really like the picture I put up there and put a lot of thought into it

Rocks

Slate1. A sedimentary rock that I use every day is rock salt by seasoning my food with it.

2. An igneous rock I use is obsidian because it is used in making knives which I use to cut things with.

3. A metamorphic rock I have used is slate because it is used for chalkboards.

Cars

I would choose the 2009 car because it would probably be cheaper than the 2010 car. The car would have to have good gas mileage and a good warranty.

Minerals

5 minerals that I have used before are silver, diamond, gold, graphite, and bauxite. I have used silver and gold in my necklaces, bracelets, and rings. I have used a diamond in my ring. I use bauxite in aluminum foil and graphite in pencils I use.

My favorite Map

My favorite map is the topographic map because at first I did not like it because of all the lines, but now I like it because I understand it now. When I look at the map now it is easy to read. I like how the lines tell you the elevation of things on the map.

Oceanography

Oceanography is the most interesting to me in earth science because there is so many types of living things in the ocean that are interesting and I am sure that there are a lot more that I have not learned about. There are a lot of species of fish that are able to do things that I would not think that they could do. Like there are different types of sharks that have different types of abilities to find their prey. Another thing that interests me about oceanography is that there are some parts of the ocean that have not been explored and I wonder what would be there if someone was able to see that part of the ocean.