space

Hola I'm back and I am blogging about outer space. I am going to tell you about all the Planets how they orbit and about inner and outer Planets.

First of all a Planet is a spherical shape that orbits around the sun.  Space is made up of inner and outer planets. inner planets are the planets the closest to the sun. They are also the smallest planets. All of the inner planets are mercury, venus, earth, and mars. Outer Planets are the farthest away from the sun. They are the biggest and coldest Planets. Those Planets are Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and pluto.

Most of the planets have the same orbit. The only Planet that has a different orbit is Mercury. Mercury's orbit is in a oval shape. If you lived on mercury the sunrise and sunset would be a lot different from earths sunset and sunrise. It would be like the sun is going back and forward.

 Now I am going to tell you about dwarf planets. A dwarf planet is a spherical object that orbits the sun. It is not a moon of another planet. Dwarf planets are made of rock and ice and are much smaller than earth. There is only about one dwarf Planet in our Solar System. That Planet is Pluto. It is the farthest Planet away from the sun. It is probably the coldest.

If you want to learn about comets and asteroids then keep reading. A comet is made of gas, dust,and ice and moves around the sun in an oval shaped orbit. A asteroid are small rocky objects that orbit the sun they come from all of the Outer Planets. Most of them come from Planets with rings. Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus have asteroids and comets. Not all comets and asteroids are round.

http://www.universetoday.com/34577/inner-and-outer-planets/

http://www.stargazer.htmlplanet.com/asteroids_comets.html

Waves and tides are awesome!

  Hola I'm back. Today I am going to tell you about ocean waves and tides. I'm also going to tell you about their features and how waves and tides are caused.

Tides are the rise and the fall of the ocean's surface. They are caused by the gravitational force between the earth and the moon, and between earth and the sun. Tsunamis are close to tides. They are caused by  under water earthquakes and under water volcanoes.

There are lots of parts of a wave. Two parts of a wave are the wavelength and the wave height. The wavelength is how long the wave is and also the distance between the crest and trough of the two waves.  The wave height is the height of the wave.  The top of a wave is called the crest and the bottom of a wave is called the trough. The sea level in the wave is in the middle of the wave.

Lastly I'm going to tell you about a spring tide, a neap tide and a tidal range. A spring tide has the lowest tidal range. This happens when the earth, the moon, and the sun are in a straight line. This is similar to a high tide. The tidal range is the difference in water level between a high tide and a low tide. A neap tide has the highest tidal range. It occurs when earth, the moon and sun form a right angle.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml

http://zonalandeducation.com/mstm/physics/waves/partsOfAWave/waveParts.htm

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/

Oceans!!!!!!

 Hello I'm back and today I am going to tell you why oceans are salty, what the sources of the earth's oceans are, describe features of the ocean, and compare and contrast the different zones in the ocean.

The ocean covers up 70% of the earth which is a lot of water. There are 5 different oceans. The Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and the Antarctic Ocean. I bet your wondering why the Oceans are salty. The reason why they are salty is because when the clouds pick up water from rivers and lakes it is also picking up small amounts of mineral salts. When the cloud is full it lets out rain into the oceans to make it salty. Have you ever gone swimming in the ocean and got the water in your mouth? I guess not

There are a few sections of the ocean that I am going to tell you about. The Continental Shelf, the Continental Slope, and the Abyssal plain. The Continental Shelf is the edge of a continent that extends out under water and can extend out to about 500km. A lot of people think that the Continental Shelf is the deepest part of the ocean but its not.  The Continental Slope is the end of the continent.  The Abyssal plain is made up of sediments deposited at the bottom of the ocean floor. Not many fish live down there.  

Lastly, I'm going to tell you about the different zones of the ocean.  The Sunlight Zone is where the most sunlight is visible.  Heat from this light is responsible for the different water temperatures found in this zone.   Underneath that zone is The Twilight Zone. It is the zone were we begin to see strange and bizarre creatures that look like they have lights around their body. The next zone is the Midnight zone.  It extends to 1000 meters down to 4000 meters.  The only light in this zone is made by the creatures that live in this zone.  The creatures that live in this zone colors are black and red due to the lack of light.   The last zone is The Abyss. The water temp in the Abyss is near freezing and their is no light.  Not many creatures can be found in this zone.

http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/ocean-layers.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean

http://theworldsoceans.com/

2012!!!!!

Hola do you remember me I hope not. Well anyway I am going to blog about what I did over the break, and what I am looking forward to in 2012. Oh and by the way Happy New Year 2012.


First I am going to tell you what I did over the winter break. So the first thing that I did was go to my grandparents house in Mississippi. It was a little bit boring there. But before that it was Christmas! I didn't get a lot of presents but I did get what I wanted. The best present that I got was a Xbox 360 Kinect. 


     
I do not have a lot of new year resolutions. One of my resolutions is  having the Best Summer Ever!!!!!!!!! Do you want to know why It is going to the the best summer ever? because I am going to go to Jamaica then I am going to go to six flags!!!          













It's 2012!!! It's the end of the world!!!


Good bye

Sharks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I am going to tell you about sharks. I am am going to tell what kind of sharks there are and there characteristics. First I am going to tell about the different types of sharks. There are lots of different sharks. There are more than 250 species of shark. One of the biggest sharks is the megalodon the megalodon is extinct. The smallest shark is the dwarf lantern shark. The megalodon can get up to 40ft. The lantern shark can get up to 17cm.

The great white shark is the most common shark. Great white sharks have the most attacks on humans. They can get up to 12ft and weigh to 3,000 pounds. Unlike most sharks the great white puts its head up above water. The reason why great whites attack us is because they think we are seals. Seals are sharks normally eat.

One of the uncommon shark is the spiny dogfish shark. The spiny dogfish is a small schooling shark. It is gray or brownish on top of a pale gray or white. The average length is about 75 to 105cm. The shark eats several types of food. They eat cod, haddock, hake, herring, menhaden, and ratfish. They also eat inveterbrates. 

Now it is time for videos

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/great-white-shark/

Leaves are going to draw on our faces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello today I am going to tell you about leaves and why they change colors. First I am going to tell you about  chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is  green color that is on leaves. When the chlorophyll is gone the  leaves change different colors like orange, red, and sometimes blue.

   

Now I am going to tell you more about chlorophyll. If you play sports like football, soccer, or if you just play in the grass you would get something green on your clothes that is called chlorophyll. The chlorophyll usually starts fading away on the leaves in the fall.  The reason why leaves fall is because of the strong wind and rain falling on the trees. Now I am going to tell you why leaves change colors.  The leaves change colors because the days get shorter and there is less sunlight.  Leaves need sunlight to survive. If they don't get enough sunlight they will lose there chlorophyll, change colors, and die.
This is a picture of chlorophyll.

In the picture with the trees all the green is chlorophyll.  Now I am going to tell you about photosynthesis.  Photosynthesis is the process in how plants get their food.  Photosynthesis is when the sun hits the plants and the sun gives the plant energy.

Here is a picture that I meant to put in my blog earlier.

Sorry that picture was so funny!


http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/trees/treestruecolor.htm

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookps.html


http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htm

Volcanoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I am going to tell you about volcanoes. A volcano is a vent in earths crust through which melted or molten rock flows. Volcanoes are formed when two tectonic plates push together and the magma from the mantle reaches the surface then it makes a volcano.

There is not just one kind of volcano there are more. One type of volcano is the shield volcano. A shield volcano is a type of volcano that has been formed by lava flow. Shield volcanoes are large and wide with a low profile. The crater at the volcano is not far above sea level in comparison to a composite volcano. Most shield volcanoes are super volcanoes.

There is another type of volcano and that is a composite volcano. Composite volcanoes are large, steep -sided volcanoes that result from explosive eruptions of andesitic lava and ash along convergent plate boundaries.

There is one more type of volcano and that is the cinder cone volcano. Cinder cone volcanoes are small, steep-sided volcanoes that erupt gas-rich, basaltic lavas.

When a volcano explodes it has to let go of all the magma it can hold. When the magma from the mantle pushes up the volcano and lava spreads everywhere. The difference between magma and lava is magma is what is in the mantle and in the volcano and lava is what comes out the volcano.

When a volcano erupts volcanic ash comes out of the volcano. Volcanic ash is a big cloud of ash coming out of the volcano. It can effect the climate by the ash spreading everywhere.

Volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries are called hot spots. Geologists hypothesize that hot spots originate above a rising convection current from deep within earths mantle.

High viscosity lavas flow slowly and typically cover small areas causing stratovolcanoes that explode violently due to trapped gas.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm
http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/volc_blowout/shield_volcano.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types.html