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.