Global Warming

1.) Global Warming or climate change, is a subject that shows no sign of cooling down. Yes, because the rate of warming is increasing.
2. & 3.)The 20th century's last two decades were the hottest in 400 years! The Arctic is in effect of global warming because the ice keeps melting. Coral reefs, which are highly sensitive to small changes in water temperature, are dying off because of the rise in temperature.
4.)Satellites readings of temperatures in the lower troposphere shows no warning of global warming. All predictions of global warming are based on computer models, not historical data. So, global climate computer models are too crude to predict future climate changes. Efforts to quickly reduce human greenhouse gas emissions would be costly and would not stop Earth's climate from changing.

Condensation and condensation nuclei

Five examples of condensation are: Dew on grass because during the cold of the night water vapor attaches to the smooth surfaces of leaves, condensation occurs. Your breath against glass is an example of condensation because of the heat from your breath. When your water bottle is very cold and then you leave it out to room temperature, than condensation occur on the outside of the bottle. If you wear glasses and walk into a warm room, and your glasses fog, its a example of condensation. Water vapor because it condenses and sticks to whatever it touches.

Hurricane Katrina

5.)

1.)I choose hurricane Katrina.

2.)On the Saffir-Simpson scale it was Category 3 and 5.

3) and 4)Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst hurricanes in the history of the United States. It is the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. Its damages are estimated to $75 billion in the New Orleans area and along the Mississippi coast and it is the hurricane that cost the most almost on the U. S. hurricane records. Hurricane Katrina is responsible for almost 1,200 deaths, including about 1,000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi. Seven other deaths occurred in southern Florida. Katrina caused even more damage in southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.

Air Masses

The four types of air masses are: mT-wet and warm, mP-wet and cold, cP-dry and cold, and cT-dry warm. mT will most likely bring hurricanes because it needs wet and warm air masses. cP will most likely bring a drought because it is dry and cold. cP because Lake-Effects are snowstorms which are cold and on land. Two more air masses are: Arctic which is colder even with dewpoints and Highland which is large elevation changes over short distances.

Greenhouse Effect

The "IR" radiation is when the Earth's surface absorbs the solar energy and releases it back to the atmosphere as infrared radiation, some goes back into the space. The 3 main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and water. I think the greenhouse effect is a very good thing.

Recycling Blog #1

We should recycle glass because if you consider the approximate energy savings when producing various products from recycled materials, rather than “virgin” materials: 30% of less energy is recycled glass. Recycling is better to me because I feel they use it to our better judgement and reusing it just uses the product and throw it away. We can collect aluminum cans, plastic bottles, steel cans, and glass. Collecting these things and recycling them is a way we can help save the Earth. The closest recycling drop center is the Ann St. Landfill at 698 Ann St. in Fayetteville N.C. 9 things plastic cans can be made into are bottles, shower stalls, recycling bins, scouring pads, paint brushes, industrial strapping, drainpipes, plastic lumber, flowerpots. 5 things metal can be made into after being melted are cans, automobile parts, siding, appliances and building materials. The way I can promote others I could do it myself and convince others how helpful it is.

My grade for the 2nd quarter?

I think I deserve at least a 98% for this quarter because I did all of my blogs. I added pictures when i needed them and I wrote a lot for each blog. I answered all I needed to answer. The only reason I won't get a 100% is because of grammatical errors. Other than that, I should at least get an "A".

5 important resources people get from the Atlantic.

1.)The amount of recoverable reserves is enormous: some estimates have ranged as high as one-third of the projected total for all of the world’s recoverable oil. 2.)Natural Gas lies under the continental shelves and slopes and the oceanic rises and plateaus of the Atlantic basin proper and portions of its marginal seas. 3.)The wealth of petroleum is also under the continental shelves. 4.)Fish because you can eat them when you are hungry. 5.)Sand because people use this for homes and because little kids have sand boxes and so on.

Earth Science project: Geologist

Christiana Small, slides 1,4,&9