Good Bye

It has been fun creating this blog... but now I must go to high school. I will sadly not be continuing this blog. I hope you all a happy summer and many good years. Please don't forget to be nice to your friends because life without friends is no life at all.

Earth's Waters

Earth's waters is the most recent topic we have studied. I really enjoyed the part when we learned about how our water comes to us. I liked all of the steps that the water went through. That has always been a misery to me. Also when we learned about the river system it was interesting to hear that big rivers can be tributaries other larger rivers.

Weathering and Erosion

Weathering and Erosion was a fun unit. I really liked learning about earthquakes and how they occur by faults and compression. Also learning about volcanoes was fun to. I liked learning about what volcanoes are more dangerous than others and the factors that go with that like the hotter the lava the faster the flow. I also liked learning about mechanical and chemical weathering and how I can just go outside and look carefully and some of both.

Geology

I really thought geology was an interesting topic to learn about. I liked learning about sea floor spreading and how it made different ridges. It was interesting learning about subduction and how the ground is turned into plasma. Metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks were also a fun topic. I liked trying to find out which one was which in class. I also really liked learning about how scientists tell how they are different by the hardness scale, streak and color, density, and mineral formation.

Weather and Climate (Earth's Atmosphere)

I really liked learning about the atmosphere and it is amazing how much I learned about it. Like there is 5 layers, the biosphere is were all of the life forms live, and the stratosphere is where the weather is at. I also learned a lot about meteorites since the earth has an atmosphere most of the meteorites will burn up in the atmosphere, but some meteorites hit the earth's surface the weather will then fill in the crater it made. Since the moon doesn't have an atmosphere when the meteorites hit the moon it will create a big crater.

Astronomy

Earlier this year we learned about astronomy, my favorite project was probably the Google docs power point presentation project for a few reasons. First we got to pick our partners, which made it nice because we didn't get stuck with someone we didn't like. Second we got to pick our topics. That was fun because it made me feel like we had some freedom and that our teacher trusted us to make the right decision. Lastly I liked posting it to my blog so that I can go back and look at it and see how far I have progressed in writing, blogging, and Google docs. I also really learned a lot about the stars and its size, temperature, brightness, composition, and the color.

Water Cycle

1. What is the water cycle? The water cycle is a cycle that water moves continuously from earth's surface to earth's atmosphere.
   
2. Does the water cycle have a beginning or end? The water cycle does not have a beginning nor an end because the water is always getting evaporated and condensed the it turns to precipitation.
   
3. Starting with a puddle on a sunny day, describe how water might move through the water cycle and eventually fall back as rain. From the puddle the water would probably be evaporated into the atmosphere. There it will be condensed and turned into precipitation. Then it rains and starts over.