Closer To Love

Monday, March 29, 2010

Blog Post #2

1. List three technologies that the school plans to utilize.
-Geothermal A/C, photovoltaic power systems, and rainwater collections.

2. Explain each one. (you may need to check out other websites for research)
-Geothermal A/C: Steam or hot water for air conditioning.
Photovoltaic power systems: Solar Panels.
Rain water collections:Water plants and trees.

3. Earth Day is coming up. Click on one of the Core Issues. Which one did you choose?
-Climate Change.

4. What is the big problem associated with this issue?
-It is significantly changing fater than normal.

5. What can you do to fix this problem? Give me a solid paragraph.
-I can recycle items as much as possible becaue it would save lots of gasses being released into the air by factories burning or disposing of the waste the other way.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Blog Post #1

1. Which hurricane did you choose?
-Hurricane Floyd, 1999.

2. What category was it on the Saffir-Simpson scale?
-Category 4 Hurricane

3. Tell its story.
-It was firts spotted on September 2nd of the coast of Africa, then made it's way aaaallllll the way to the Gulf of Mexico, and swirved around through Florida.

4. How many lives were lost? How much damage did it cause ($)?
-40 million dollars in damge to Florida, about 9,000 people died in Central America.

5. Include at least one picture.


Friday, March 19, 2010

Blog Post #7

1. What was your best blog this quarter? What made it so good?

-I think my worlde post was the best because I made that wordle really awesome looking.


2. What grade do you deserve for your blogs this quarter? Why? (Remember to do some basic math here. If you have only attempted 5 out of 7 blogs, the absolute highest grade you could earn is 71%)

- I believe is deserve a 100% since I made all of my blogs as best as I possibly could.


What was your favorite topic in 2nd Quarter? Why? (Ch. 8,9,10,12,14, 16) Give me a solid paragraph explaining your answer. Include a picture.

-My fvotire subject learning about was th elayers of the atmosphere because I was interested in how in the Troposhere it gets colder the higher you go up, but in the Stratosphere it gets hotter the higher you go up, then in the Mesosphere it gets colder the higher you go up, then finally in the Thermosphere it gets hotter the higher you go up.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010

Blog Post #5

1.It's official: Asteroid Wiped Out The Dinosaurs, Published by Reuters.

2.Their thesis was that an Astroid hit earth 65 million years ago and killed all the dinosaurs.

3. I don't know if i agree or not. Scientists never say to think with absolutes, and well I'm not a scientist. But I believe that their thesis is believeable. If that makes sense, ha. :)