Monday, November 23, 2009

Water Cycle; Exam




This is a gully erosion!







1)http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclesummary.html

2)www.Wikipedia.org


The water cycle is made of obviously water. it is always in a constant moving change and/or state. Where does all the Earth’s water come from? Primordial Earth was an incandescent globe made of magma, but all magmas contain water. Water set free by magma began to cool down the Earth’s atmosphere, until it could stay on the surface as a liquid. Volcanic activity kept and still keeps introducing water in the atmosphere, thus increasing the surface- and ground-water volume of the Earth. The Water Cycle will include evaporation(from the sun), ice and snow can automatically sublimate into vapor, transpiration(soaked up from plants and soil), condensation(rises into air), condensation(where vapors rise to cooling temperatures), precipitation(cloud particles collide,grow,and fall from the sky), infiltration( deep into ground to replenish or aquify), surface runoff(water flows over the ground into rivers and lakes), groundwater(seeps back into surface water-bodies), absorbing and even emerging into springs.

3)http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclesummary.html
4)http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

River waters are used for drinking and even irrigation.Rivers are a major source to humans and animals. Watersheds are imporatnt because they're affected by the flow on top of the earths surface. "As part of the water cycle, ground water is a major contributor to flow in many streams and rivers and has a strong influence on river and wetland habitats for plants and animals."

5)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion
6)http://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/info/water_cycle/hydrology.cgi

Flooding occurs when the volume of water exceeds the capacity of the channel. Erosion is a gravity driven process that moves solids (sediment, soil, rock and other particles) in the natural environment or their source and deposits them elsewhere. In our case it is transported due to water. Deposition is the geological process by which material is added to a landform or land mass. Deposition is eventually building up new sediment.

The Water cycle teaches us how our planet sustains water on our earth and how we can obtain fresh water as well. We must continue to find ways to have freshwater as someday some people believe we will run out of fresh water. What will happen when it is gone?

Friday, November 13, 2009

Night sky observations

i have seen many many stars. i have also pointed out the milky way, the dipper, little dipper, mercury, and orions belt. im not an expert at stas so i dont know a whole lot about them. i hope to see a meteo shower soon enough.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

nature trail

5 changes to the nature trail are; paths are visible, signs are painted and marked, branches have been moved to sides of trail, posts are cleaned and readable,unneeded trees have been ridden of, and benches are now able for people to sit on them.

5 school uses are; learn about habitats, for science or botany related classes, hep us understand our environment, get up close with wildlife, and everyone can use the exercise and fresh air once in a while.

5 community uses are; walking for health, good environment, learning about ecosystems, what nature trails should be like, and communities can use them for a fun walk away from busy towns and cities as well.

Monday, November 2, 2009

are we staying green?

our nature trail project is on the list for green schools. we are cleaning i tup and restoring life for everyone to enjoy!

ANOTHER GREEN WISH

i wish that our school would use strictly powerful hand driers instead of using paper towels. so much paper towel is wasted by students just ripping it out of the paper towel holder.

nasa website

i learned why we cant see all the stas in the univese. it is because of dark matter. dark matter is thick energy eveywhere in space. dak energy is caused by interacting photons as well. x rays in space are currently only 3 ways to do them; rocketship, balloons, and satellites. i took the quiz and did really well.

nasa website