final project

i am doing a 15 slide power point about how to maintain a healthy enviornment. i am going to look through the internet for the essentials to a healthy enviroment. i am looking forward to making a power point on this subject because i am very interested in keeping a clean environment. because it is so important to keep earth clean, so we dont die.

blog check 5

Green Book Activity: what i did is i took the tempature device and i put it into 2 different soil elements and i put it in water. Then i plugged it into the computer and used a lamp to heat up the water and soil so i can see the difference between when it was plugged in for 10 mins and then i unpluged it and i recored my data. then i made graphs that showed the difference between the tempatures.

Golldilocks: This lab was about comparing earth, mars, venus. and we know that venus and mars has alot of co2. and we compared their density, gravity, and elements that are on the planets.

Map Quest Online:

What We Did: we went to the sites mrs. grivins told us to go to and we looked up the questions we had to answer. about greenhouse effect and some other things.

What I Thought: i thought it was very intersting the effects that are happening on earth and that we know how to control it but yet we still dont care. what i learned: i learned that global warming is actually happening. and it will take affect when i will be in my late 20's or mid 30's

cyclone research

In meteorology , a cyclone refers to fan area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth^[1][2]. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth.

Large-scale cyclonic circulations are almost always centered on an areas of low atmospheric pressure^[3][4]. The largest low-pressure systems are cold-core polar cyclones and extratropical cyclones which lie on the synoptic scale. Warm-core cyclones such as tropical cyclones, mesocyclones, and polar lows lie within the smaller mesoscale. Subtropical cyclones are of intermediate size.^[5][6] Cyclones have also been seen on other planets outside of the Earth, such as Mars and Neptune.^[7][8]

Cyclogenesis describes the process of cyclone formation and intensification ^[9]. Extratropical cyclones form as waves in large regions of enhanced midlatitude temperature contrasts called baroclinic zones. These zones contract to form weather fronts as the cyclonic circulation closes and intensifies. Later in their life cycle, cyclones occlude as cold core systems. A cyclone's track is guided over the course of its 2 to 6 day life cycle by the steering flow of the polar or subtropical jetstream.

Weather fronts separate two masses of air of different densities and are associated with the most prominent meteorological phenomena. Air masses separated by a front may differ in temperature or humidity. Strong cold fronts typically feature narrow bands of thunderstorms and severe weather, and may on occasion be preceded by squall lines or dry lines. They form west of the circulation center and generally move from west to east. Warm fronts form east of the cyclone center and are usually preceded by stratiform precipitation and fog. They move poleward ahead of the cyclone path. Occluded fronts form late in the cyclone life cycle near the enter of the cyclone and often wrap around the storm center.

Tropical cyclogenesis describes the process of development of tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones form due to latent heat driven by significant thunderstorm activity, and are warm core.^[10] Cyclones can transition between extratropical, subtropical, and tropical phases under the right conditions. Mesocyclones form as warm core cyclones over land, and can lead to tornado formation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone

Cyclones develop over warm seas near the Equator. Air heated by the sun rises very swiftly, which creates areas of very low pressure. As the warm air rises, it becomes loaded with moisture which condenses into massive thunderclouds. Cool air rushes in to fill the void that is left, but because of the constant turning of the Earth on its axis, the air is bent inwards and then spirals upwards with great force. The swirling winds rotate faster and faster, forming a huge circle which can be up to 2,000 km across. At the centre of the storm is a calm, cloudless area called the eye, where there is no rain, and the winds are fairly light.

http://library.thinkquest.org/10136/cyclones/cycltq.htm

bio bottle

What I Saw: i thought our bio bottle would be very good. but it didnt happen that way, at first it was good, our fish was livin and all that good stuff. then as the levels of phosphorus slowly rised our fish became sick. soon he died of somekind of poisoning.and to help his body decompose, we put mayfly magots in the water. they died too.

What i learned: we should do our best to keep ou water clean and pollutant-free. high leves of phosphorus proved to be deadly to all things in our biobottle, ene the grass and catapillar.

What I Would Do Differently: i would make sure that the levels of phosphorus are lower by taking the proper precautions.

woldumar questions

how will the flood affect the phosphorus levels in the river?

and can we expect to find when we go to the river?

phosphorus

we will alter our geo column by cutting the grass that we grew and letting it rot into the ground. and this should increase the levels of phosphorus in the pond section.

watersheds

i dont know much about watersheds, but i think they are very interesting. i would like to learn more about them. i know that we are in the grand river shed.