Monday, April 19, 2010

Blog #6


1 . A: Blog #4,

B: Because I worked really hard on it and I tried to get all the information that I could on that topic. The new things that I learned on that topic was that plasma and Bose-Einstein Condensation were stage matters.


2. A: The topic that I enjoyed the most was El nino.

B: Because all it takes is for the trade winds to reverse and the sea of destruction is brought to south America, Central America, and some parts of southern california.


3. I think that I should get about a 95% because I could have worked a lot harder on my other blogs and I could have gotten more information on my work. Some of my work was affected by time and some was done very quickly but I still worked hard on what I did.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Blog #5

This is my word group.


Wordle: dimas word group

Friday, April 9, 2010

Blog post #4


1. Tree's are affecting us but it is mainly the oak tree that is affecting us more than other tree's.

2. Tom Mather said that the flower season is kind of compressed this year, and couple that with dry, windy weather and that creates the perfect storm of pollen.

3. A. Convolvulaceae Pollen because it has spikes and craters with points in the middle.
B. This pollen is found in China.
C. This pollen doesn't really affect Americans unless someone has a plant that produces this type of pollen. Most flowers in China can produces this pollen in 20 general regions and 129 species of flowers can make it. These pollens have spiky points that are equal separated and craters are located near and between the spikes.

Friday, April 2, 2010

blog #3

1. 1. Solid
2. Liquid
3. Gas
4. Plasmas
5. Bose-Einstein Condensation

2. To change gas into plasmas, you need to add electricity to it to keep the energy going. It also need a special environment for plasmas to last longer.

3. 1. F= -459.67
2. C= -273.15
3. K= 0.

4. K= 3

5. A: I think the smell of Plasmas, if taken in enough, it could kill you. The feel of Plasmas probably might not be able to happen because it was converted from gas, which we also can't feel. Tasting Plasmas might be little to much, becuase there it also plasmas in your blood(one of the 3 components to heal wounds), and tasting it might taste something like your own blood. If plasmas is also in neon lights then seeing plasmas is very possible to do. We can see some gas's and since plasmas is made from gas, we can see, under certain conditions.

b: Smelling BE Condensation is just the same as smelling the air near the poles of the earth. B.E.C is made of super cold air so feeling it would really be possible. The best way to taste B.E.C is to eat the ice created by it coldness effect. Seeing B.E.C is the most hardest thing to do because it is the air's condition and we can never see the air we breath.

Monday, March 29, 2010

blog #2

1.1. Rainwater collections
2. Geothermal A/C
3. Solar photovoltaic

2. 1.Rainwater collections: Using rainwater to water your plants instead of using pipe water.
2.Geothermal A/C: Using the earths heat as a heating system.
3.Solar Photovoltaic: Using the sun light to convert it into energy using solar panels.

3. Conservation & Biodiversity

4. Human Expansion and Activity

5. I think if we took natures territory into consideration, we might understand that they have living spaces too. Polar bears are on the way to extinction and we are slowly making a difference for them. Still, big business's around the world don't care about people or animals, and will kill anything that gets in their way from making money. If we took charge and realized that they can only make money if we buy the product and stop buying it, then we will get their attention. In order to save the planet, we need to break our horrible cycle and get everyone's attention, and force them to make a difference.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Blog #1



1. Hurricane Floyd 1999

2. Category: 1
Wind speed(kph): 120 mph
Typical Damage: some damage with a Storm Surge of 9 to 10.

3. Hurricane Floyd began in Africa's coast and began moving towards the US. The Bamhamas were the first to be hit and at the borderof the east coast, Floyd took gradual turns and stayed on the east coast heading north. Floyd was a level 1 on Saffir-Simpson scale but the amount of water it carried put it in history for it rainfall. The floods that Floyd caused was resposible for 50 of the 56 deaths in the US, which also cost us $6 billionin damage. With hurricane Floyd, it wasn't the winds that cause the most damage, it was the rain fall and the floods the did it for the US.

4. 1. 50 of the 56 deaths
2. $6 billion

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Blog Post #7


1.A. Pangaea Time Scale
B. The reason why it was so good is because I worked so hard on it and put a lot of information on it.
2. The grade that I think I should get is a 89% because even though I worked really hard on all my posts, their are still some that might lack information and one is incomplete due to time.

3. The chapter that I liked the most was Chapter 14 about Ocean Water and Ocean Life. I liked how there are many ways that the ocean controls below and above the sea. How the ocean controls the temperature below and pulls all over the world. Which then moves above the ocean a regulates the temperature in the air. It also controls how the wild life on land survive from day to day, along with the sea life. That's why I like Chapter 14 most of all.