1. What are 3 scientific facts that you learned from watching Journey to the Center of the Earth?
I learned about Muscovite, that magnesium is flammable, and to bring a bag with you to the center of the Earth in case you find diamonds.

2. What are 3 things in the movie that were scientifically untrue.
There is no secret world in the center of the Earth, dinosaurs are extinct, and if you were sitting in a dinosaur skull and you fell from that height you would probably die.

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

My favorite topic that we studied this year was the geologic time scale. I thought it was going to be astronomy but it turned out to be the geologic time scale.

2. Explain this topic. Provide a picture and/or website link to better illustrate what you learned.

The geologic time scale is a timeline that shows Earth's entire history. It is divided into eons, periods and epochs.

3. Why is this so cool? Mr. Dunn likes a lot of stuff that we do (that's why we do it). Why did you like this particular topic?

I think it is so cool because it easaly organises all of the time periods and tells what kind of creatures lived during this time.

1. What are the four ways astronomers can detect extrasolar planets?
The four ways to find a planet are radial velocity, astrometry, transit method, and optical detection.

2. Choose one of the four ways and explain it in detail.
Transit method is when a planet passes in front of its star. this causes some of the light form the star which reduces its apparent magnitude. This can tell you how long the planet takes to move in front of the star.

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.
45 extrasolar planets have been detected using the transit method.

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 that brfore the Big Bang happened there were other nebulas and planets that we know nothing about because there was a black hole in the center of everything and the blach hole exploded and maybe distroied all of the planets that were already existing, but created the galexies that we see today.

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.

1. What is "IR" raditation?
IR means infared. It is a type of radiation that Earth releasesback into space.

2. What are the 3 main greenhouse gases?
Carbon dioxide, methane, and water are the three main gasses that contribute to the greenhouse effect.

3. In your opinion, is the greenhouse effect a good thing or a bad thing?
I think the greenhouse effect is a bad thing because it causes melting of polar ice caps which is endangering many of the species on Earth.

1. Most people agree that recycling is a good thing. Why, specificly should we recycle glass?
Glass can be recycled over and over again with no loss of quantity or quality. Recycleing glass can save 9 gallons of fuel oil.
2. Which is better: recycling or reusing things?
recycleing is better than reusing because when you recycle you can make new things and with resing you will just use the same thing over and aver again.
3. How can Fayetteville residents recycle?
Residents of Fayettivlle can recycle by putting all recycleables in a blue recycling bins and haveing a curbside recycleing servaces pick it up.
4. Where is the closest recycling drop-off center to your home (or our school)?
McCauly Site is the clocest recycleing center to my house.
5. List 9 things plastic can be made into once it has been recycled.
Bottles, recycling bins, paint brushes, plastic lumber, and flower pots can be made from recycled plastic.
6. List 5 things metals can be turned into once it has been melted down.
Metal can be melted down into cans, automobile parts, siding, appliances and building materials.
7. What can you do to promote recycling?
I can promote recycling by starting a recycling program in my comunity and by doing a good job on my recycling poster.

What grade do you think you deserve for your 2nd Quarter Blogs. Why?

I think that, for my second quarter blogs I deserve an A or a B. I have published all of the blogs but some of them are not very detailed and done at the last minute.

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


People get many resources from the Atlantic ocean like petrolium and natural gas. We also get fish from the ocean to eat. We also mine the ocean for minerals and drill for oil.

1. List all of the geologic periods in order from oldest to current. (Cambrian to Quaternary)

Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Jurassic, Triassic, Quaternary



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

The number of dark rings represents the age in years of the trees. The dark layers used to be the outside bark of the tree.

2. How/why would this be useful?

If you know the age of the tree then you can tell the age approxamate age of everything around the tree.

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

This is an example of absolute aging because you can tell the exact age of the tree.

4. Provide a picture or a tree ring sample.

The order of the rock layers is . . . . .
D, A, E, B, C

D goes first because when the layers were horizontal layer D was on the bottom.
A is next because it is right above D.
E is after A because it is vertical so you know that it is an igneous intrusion and it stops right before layer B so you know that it is in between A and B.
B is the next layer because it is an nonconformity that is on top of the other layers.
C is the last layer. It is also an igneous intrusion and you know that it is the youngest because it cuts through layer B.

I think that volcanoes can cause more damage and are more dangerous than earthquakes. Volcanoes cause lava to destroy and desolve everything it touches. The ashes from the eruption can catch things on fire and cause more distruction.

1.) How deep is the deepest mine in the world?
One of the deepest mines in the world is 3.6 kilometers deep.

2.) How deep would you have to dig to reach the mantle?
You would have to dig 65 kilometers to get to the mantle.

3.) Let's pretend that you and your friends tried to dig a hole in your backyard to find a shortcut to China. The thing is, you guys had special suits that could withstand extreme temperatures, so you would not die. If you were somehow able to reach the mantle, what would it look like? What kinds of things would you see? How about the outer core? Inner core? What would it look like as you approached the surface (the crust) on the other side?
As you were digging through the mantle the rock would be so hot it would be melted. All you would see is melted rock. When you get to the core it would get more dense the farther you went . It would start out still melted but by the time you got to the inner core it would be completely solid. once you reach the center and start heading back the other way it would start getting more melted again. The rock as you get to the mantle would be extremly hot and molten again. Then as you get to the crust it would be solid but not hot like the inner core.

I think I deserve at least a high B on my blog posts. I think I deserve this grade because I have completed all of my posts and they are all a good length.

1.) The two types of igneous rocks are intrusive and extrusive. Intrusive rocks form when magma cools beneath Earth's surface. Some examples are granite and pigmatite. Extrusive rocks form when lava cools and hardens on the surface. Some examples are andesite and pumice.

2.) The two main types of metamorphic rock are foliated and non foliated. Foliated rocks appear in layers or bands. Some examples are gneiss and slate. Non foliated rocks do not form in layers. Some examples are marble and quartzite.

3.) The two main types of sedimentary rocks are classic sedimentary rocks and chemical sedimentary rocks. Classic are formed from mechanical weathering debris such as breccia and sandstone. Chemical sedimentary rocks form when dissolved materials precipitate from solution. Some examples are rock salt and limestone.

If my parents had to buy a new 2009 or 2010 model car I would recommend that they buy a 2010 Ford Fusion because they are affordable and get good gas mileage. It is the updated version of the car my mom has which is a 2009 Ford Fusion.

The Robinson projection is my favorite because it is the easiest to understand. It is the most commonly used so it is the one most people are used to seeing. The Robinson projection shows the surface of the Earth with the least amount of distortion compared to the other projections. This is why the Robinson projection is my favorite.

Some common uses of minerals are calcite used in toothpaste, graphite used in pencil lead, zinc is used in protective coating in steel, bauxite used in aluminum foil, and jade which is used in jewelry and figurines.

The one that sounds the most interesting to me is astronomy. I like astronomy because i would like to learn how things are different on other planets and in space. It is the most interesting because there is always more to learn.