Friday, November 7, 2008

Clouds


1. List three low clouds, three middle clouds, three high clouds, and one cloud with vertical development.


Low: Stratocumulus; Cumulus; Nimbostratus

Middle: Altocumulus; Altostratus; Lenticular

High: Cirrocumulus; Cirrostratus; Cirrus


2. Which clouds look the best to you?


The Cumulonimbus cloud looks best to me.


3. What kind of weather does that type of cloud bring?


A Cumulonimbus cloud brings thunderstorms.


4. Include a picture of that cloud type.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Greenhouse Effect

What is the greenhouse effect?

The greenhouse effect is when earth's atmosphere traps solar raditaion allowing sunlight to pass through absorbing heat radiated back from the earth's surface.


What are the 3 most common greenhouse gases?

The 3 most common greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, plus nitrous oxide.



How are the greenhouse gases produced?

Many of the gases occur naturally.



How does the greenhouse effect impact our lives?

It impacts our lives because if we didnt't have it we would die



Is the greenhouse effect good or bad? Why?

The greenhouse effect is a good thing because it keeps everything on Earth alive.



Include at least one picture in your blog.


Friday, October 10, 2008

Offshore Drilling

What is offshore drilling? Offshore drilling is the drilling of oil.


Why is it good? It's good because it saves money and energy.


Why is it bad? It's bad because it messes up the environment.


How do you feel about it? I feel that it's a bad idea because of the damage it does to the evironment.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

My Final Grade

Honestly for my final grade in this class for my blogs, i would say i earned a D. I say that because I either turn my work in late, incomplete, or i dont turn it in at all. I'm not up to date on any of them or I think maybe on one of them. My spelling and grammar isn't a problem in any of my blogs.

Friday, September 26, 2008

2 articles

1. What is the article name? Shake it all about
2. Who is the author? N/A
3. Who is the publisher? The economist print edition
4. Which Earth Science does it fall under? Geology
5. What are 3 things you learned from this article? 1.There is a chip inside the laptop to sense that the laptop is being dropped. 2. The equipment is very expensive. 3. Seismometers were designed to be sensitive.
6. What are 2 things that you found interesting about this article? 1. The hard disk is protected before the laptop hits the ground. 2. Some of the chips are connected to the central server via.
7. What is 1 question that you still have about the topic after reading this article? How did the scientists come up with this smar idea to make that chip?

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1. What is the article name? A New contender for Earth's oldest rock
2. Who is the author? Nell Greenfieldboyce
3. Who is the publisher? N/A
4. Which Earth Science does it fall under? Geology
5. What are 3 things you learned from this article? 1. The rocks you walk on now could have been the same rock from 4.3 bya. 2. The Earth is only about 4.6 byo. 3. Scientist determined the age of ancient rocks by looking at the composition of zircons.
6. What are 2 things that you found interesting about this article? 1. Scientist found isolated grains called zircons. 2. There are rocks that are as old as 4.3bya.
7. What is 1 question that you still have about the topic after reading this article? How can scientist tell exactly how many years of age they are?

Friday, September 19, 2008

Okmok

The Okmok volcano is located in Alaska. The elevation of the Okmok volcano is about 7,000 ft. The photos on the right are recent, taken on July 24,2008.

The Okmok volcano is one of many Aleutian volcanoes.






Friday, September 12, 2008

Recent Disasters

1. The two articles i read about were Earthquakes hit Japan and Indonesia, but no tsunami

2. The first article was about how different earthquakes hit the coastal part of japan and indonesia, but there were no damaging waves or reports of damage or casualties.

3. The second article was about how the center of an earthquake was said to be in the middle of Iran's southern port city Bandar, Khamir, and Queshm island. The earthquake killed 4 people and wounded 34.

4. The disaster that was most disasterous was the one in Iran's southern port city.

5. The thing that is alike about the two disasters is that they both hit aras thet were either nera or surrounded by water. The difference between the two is that the first one did not really damage anything, but the second one wounded and killed people.