Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Earth Planet


           This planet is the third one from the sun, the distance from the sun is 149,597,870.7km and the mass is 5.97428*1024 .The diameter of the earth is 12756.2km , the rotation is about 24 hours and the revolution is 1 year, in this plant is only 1 moon and this is a terrestrial planet.


             The planet is home to millions of species, including humans. Earth's biosphere has significantly altered the atmosphere and other abiotic conditions on the planet, enabling the proliferation of aerobic organisms as well as the formation of the ozone layer which, together with Earth's magnetic field, blocks harmful solar radiation, permitting life on land.


              This planet has plate tectonics that keep the planet comfortable, this is the crust of the earth broken up into regions. The 70% of the earth's surface is covered in water. Earth is almost a sphere, the Earth atmosphere extends out to 10,000km.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Hurricane Irene project

 Critical Thinking:


1. What effect does water temperature have on the creation a hurricane?
The water temperature change to warm water in the ocean.

2. Why would there be more damage to an area during high tide?
Because with the high tides the precipitation can get higher and can make floods and ground water, that will causes more damages in the environment.


3. If an area is fully saturated, how will this be more dangerous for an area?
This will be more dangerous because the water will become stagnant in that place and many people can die with the big flooding that will cause.


4. Why would there be more flooding if the ground was fully saturated?
Because the water will be become stagnant in that area and will cause a big flood.