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.