Which planet of moon is your favorite and why? Please include a picture.

My favorite planet is Jupiter. Jupiter is my favorite planet because of its size. The Red Spot is only a small storm compared to the entire planet, yet it can fit three Earths inside. No one can ever imagine seeing something so big unless we have actually seen it before. So the size of this giant gas planet is what makes it my favorite.

In your opinion, is Pluto a planet? why or why not? Please include a picture.

Pluto is not a planet. It is a dwarf planet. There are several reasons why I think so.

The first reason is that Pluto has not cleared its orbit. This means that Pluto and its moon, Charon, revolve around each other as they revolve around the sun.

Another reason is that Pluto is not much bigger than its moon. It is barely twice as big as Charon. Other planets are at least a few times bigger than their moons. Pluto is not big enough for Charon to revolve around it. This is why Pluto is not a planet.

1. What is a monsoon?
A monsoon is a seasonal change in winds.


2. What 2 major factors cause monsoons?
The two major causes of monsoons are the moovement upward of the Bermuda High, a huge upper level high pressure system, and the rizing fo the thermal low, a serface low pressure system, caused by the intense heating of the Mohave desert.


3. Give 2 reasons why monsoons could be considered a good thing.
Monsoons could be a good thing because sometimes the bring rain to a dry aria. Another reason monsoos are a good thing is that breaks make it hard for thunderstorms to develop.


4. Give 2 negatives of monsoons.
Monsoons can be a bad thing because they can cause droughts. They can take water away from places that usually get a lot of rain. They can also cause flooding by bringing that water to places that are usually dry.


5. Why did so many people die here? What exactly happened? Please be complete :)
After New Delhi's anual drought, monsoons caused a huge flood killing 240 people. Every year India experiences this drought that kills many people. New Delhi relies on these monsoon winds for agraculture. However this year the sudden rain killed many people and left thousands homeless.


6. After everything that you have read about monsoons, what do you think? Are they good or bad? Why?
I think there are both good and bad results of monsoons. I think that the bad results outweagh the good results. They kill many people and cause flooding.

1. What is global warming?
Global warming is greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere causing the Earths climate to become hotter.

2. Do you believe in global warming? Briefly explain.
Yes i do believe in global warming because there is evidence of polar ice caps melting and temperature increasing all over the world.

3. Give three pieces of evidence to support your position on number 2.
One piece of evidence is that polar ice caps are melting. Another is that for the past 30-50 years carbon dioxide measurements have increased and so has temperature. My last piece of evidence is that many species of animals are moving to escape the rising temperatures.

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.
One example of evidence against global warming is that climate computer models are too crude to predict future changes. Another example of evidence is that a modest amount of global warming would be beneficial to the world. One more piece of evidence is that trying to stop emissions would cost too much and it would not even help.

One example of condensation is when you wake up in the morning and there is dew on the grass. During the night the water vapor in the air condenced on the cool grass.

Another example is how when you take a cold glass of water and put it in a warm room, the water vapor outside the glass condences on the glass and causes the glass to be wet.

Another example is water in car windows. This can also appear on mailboxes.

You also see condensation on the bathroom mirror when you get out of the shower.

1. Which hurricane did you choose?

I chose hurricane Hugo which came in 1989.

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

Hugo was a category five hurricane on the water but it became a category five hurricane when it reached land.

3. Tell its story.

Hurricanr Hugo started out as a tropical depression off the coast of Africa on September 9th. By September 13th it had become a hurricane. It developed into a caticory five by the 15th. The storm passed over Puerto Rico on the 19th and South Carolina on the 22nd. Hugo continued to move all the way up to southeastern Canada on September 23rd.

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

It cost $7 billion of damage in the U.S. and $1 billion of damage in Puerto Rico. Hugo caused 21 deaths.

1. What are the 4 main types of air masses? What does each letter stand for?
The four main types of air masses are mT, mP, cT, cM. C stands for contanental. P stands for polar. T stands for tropical. M stands for maritime.


2. Which kind of air mass is most likely to bring hurricanes? Why?
Maritime tropical air masses are likely to bring hurricanes because hurricanes require warm, wet air.



3. Which kind of air mass(es) is most likely to bring a drought? Why?
A contanental tropical (cT) air mass is likely to bring a drought because droughts happen in hot dry air which is the kind of air than cT air masses bring.



4. Which kind of air mass(es) bring lake-effect snowstorms? (check p. 561)
Contanental polar air masses bring lake-effect snowstorms.



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.
Two other kinds of air masses are Arctic and Highland.