Create a 10 square comic book about the Earth's atmosphere using ten of yesterday's answers. Be sure to find an image that illustrates the subject of the answer.
When you are done, save your comic and then do the following:
1. File > Export > Export to Image
2. Name it and make sure it goes to your desktop
3. Set the Format to JPEG
4. Press the Export button
5. Now the comic is in a folder (that you named) and on the desktop.
6. Go to your blog and create a new post
7. Press the Add Image button and choose the file under "Add an image from your computer"
8. Press the button for View Image = LARGE
9. Press "Choose Layout" left.
California Earth Science Standard 8a. Students know the thermal structure and chemical composition of the atmosphere.
Today you will study the thermal structure and chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere. Answer the questions in your blog.
Go here and answer the following questions:
1. What gasses make up the Earth's atmosphere and what are the percentages of each?
2. Most of the atmosphere is within how many miles of the surface?
3. What is the air pressure at sea level? At 10,000 ft?
4. How thick is the Troposphere and does the temperature go up as altitude increases or down?
5.How high is the Stratosphere off the surface and how high does it reach?
6. Does the temperature of the Stratosphere increase or decrease as altitude increases?
7. What formed the Earth's atmosphere?
8. What has modified the earth's atmosphere since its formation?
Go here and use the pie chart to answer the questions below:
9. What is the atmosphere mostly made of?
10. What is nitrogen important for?
11. What gas is is second most in our atmosphere?
12. What is it good for?
13. What gas is third most and what is it good for?
14. What gas is forth most and what is it good for?
15. What other non-gas things are in the atmosphere?
Today you will study the thermal structure and chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere. Answer the questions in your blog.
Go here and answer the following questions:
1. What gasses make up the Earth's atmosphere and what are the percentages of each?
2. Most of the atmosphere is within how many miles of the surface?
3. What is the air pressure at sea level? At 10,000 ft?
4. How thick is the Troposphere and does the temperature go up as altitude increases or down?
5.How high is the Stratosphere off the surface and how high does it reach?
6. Does the temperature of the Stratosphere increase or decrease as altitude increases?
7. What formed the Earth's atmosphere?
8. What has modified the earth's atmosphere since its formation?
Go here and use the pie chart to answer the questions below:
9. What is the atmosphere mostly made of?
10. What is nitrogen important for?
11. What gas is is second most in our atmosphere?
12. What is it good for?
13. What gas is third most and what is it good for?
14. What gas is forth most and what is it good for?
15. What other non-gas things are in the atmosphere?
The Atmosphere
Today you will create a post about the Earth's atmosphere, its compositions, and some things that happen in the atmosphere. Please do not copy the questions, just answer them on your blog in a complete sentence.
1. Go Here and read the page.
2. The original atmosphere was similar to what planet's atmosphere?
3. Find a picture of the planet that you mentioned above, right-click or control-click on it and select copy image address. Then, press the Add Image button and paste the address you copied into the URL box .
Press the Compose link to hide the html junk and drag your image where it belongs. The images go to the top of the page for some reason.
4. What happens in the Troposphere? Answer the question and add an image that represents the answer.
5. What happens in the Stratosphere? Answer the question and add an image of Stratospheric Clouds.
6. What is the Ozone Layer primarily responsible for?
7. Go here, find an image that has something to do with the Ozone layer and explain what the picture shows.
8. What takes place in the Ionosphere? Find a picture that represents it and post it. Answer the question also.
Be sure to publish your post when you are done.
1. Go Here and read the page.
2. The original atmosphere was similar to what planet's atmosphere?
3. Find a picture of the planet that you mentioned above, right-click or control-click on it and select copy image address. Then, press the Add Image button and paste the address you copied into the URL box .
Press the Compose link to hide the html junk and drag your image where it belongs. The images go to the top of the page for some reason.
4. What happens in the Troposphere? Answer the question and add an image that represents the answer.
5. What happens in the Stratosphere? Answer the question and add an image of Stratospheric Clouds.
6. What is the Ozone Layer primarily responsible for?
7. Go here, find an image that has something to do with the Ozone layer and explain what the picture shows.
8. What takes place in the Ionosphere? Find a picture that represents it and post it. Answer the question also.
Be sure to publish your post when you are done.
Customizing Blog and Writing first post
Go here and sign in to Blogger.
1. If you chose a template after you signed up, then you are done with this step. If you want to choose again, click the Layout tab and then click Pick New Template.
2. Go to the Settings tab and click the Comments link. Go down to Comment moderation and click Always.
3. Go down to the bottom of the page and click the SAVE SETTINGS button to save the changes.
4. Go to the Email tab under Settings and put tonyfarley@mac.com into the BlogSend Address. This will send me an email when you create a new post.
5. Go to the Basic tab under Settings and create a title like Tony's Science Blog, write a description that describes your blog. You are doing this blog as a part of your science class and you will be posting assignments to the blog.
6. Now go to the Posting tab, put "Earth's Atmosphere" into the title.
7. Now find a website that explains the different layers of the atmosphere and list them in your blog post.
8. Publish the post by pressing PUBLISH POST
1. If you chose a template after you signed up, then you are done with this step. If you want to choose again, click the Layout tab and then click Pick New Template.
2. Go to the Settings tab and click the Comments link. Go down to Comment moderation and click Always.
3. Go down to the bottom of the page and click the SAVE SETTINGS button to save the changes.
4. Go to the Email tab under Settings and put tonyfarley@mac.com into the BlogSend Address. This will send me an email when you create a new post.
5. Go to the Basic tab under Settings and create a title like Tony's Science Blog, write a description that describes your blog. You are doing this blog as a part of your science class and you will be posting assignments to the blog.
6. Now go to the Posting tab, put "Earth's Atmosphere" into the title.
7. Now find a website that explains the different layers of the atmosphere and list them in your blog post.
8. Publish the post by pressing PUBLISH POST
Sign up for a Blog
1. Go here and click "Create a Blog" Put your information in and sign up for a blog. If you need an email account, sign up for one here.
2. Name your blog your first and last name all together like tonyfarley. If that is taken, put numbers after it.
3. For anything like the name of the blog or the URL, put in the same thing you entered in #2.
3. Once you are finished, finish or turn in your late assignments.
2. Name your blog your first and last name all together like tonyfarley. If that is taken, put numbers after it.
3. For anything like the name of the blog or the URL, put in the same thing you entered in #2.
3. Once you are finished, finish or turn in your late assignments.
Mt. Redoubt Again
Mt. Redoubt has had four large explosions last night.
Go here to find out more.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the "Redoubt Volcano Latest Observation"
2. Find the most recent image of Redoubt or take a picture of the webcam if it is light over there.
3. Read the Fox News Story and find out how high the ash cloud went and if Anchorage is going to be hit by the cloud.
4. Find a picture of the recent Tonga volcano eruption and write one sentence about what has been happening there.
Put these questions in an Appleworks document called Yourname MtRedoubt and put it in the Mt. Redoubt folder on the server.
Go here to find out more.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the "Redoubt Volcano Latest Observation"
2. Find the most recent image of Redoubt or take a picture of the webcam if it is light over there.
3. Read the Fox News Story and find out how high the ash cloud went and if Anchorage is going to be hit by the cloud.
4. Find a picture of the recent Tonga volcano eruption and write one sentence about what has been happening there.
Put these questions in an Appleworks document called Yourname MtRedoubt and put it in the Mt. Redoubt folder on the server.
Ice Sheet Collapse
In yesterday's movie, an ice sheet collapsed creating a tidal wave and changing weather patterns. Just yesterday, a scientific report stated that a large part of West Antarctica could melt if greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere increase only slightly from today's levels.
Here is the article. Read it and answer the following questions in an Appleworks document. Put your document into the Ice Sheet Collapse folder.
1. The first paragraph says two things would cause a large part of the ice covering West Antarctica to be lost. What are those two things?
2. If the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed and the East Antarctic ice shtte continues to melt, what would happen?
3. How much of the worlds fresh water is stored in Antarctica?
4. What did the scientists do to figure this out?
5. The floating ice sheet will not do anything if it melts. Why?
6. The real threat comes when what ice melts?
7. The 50 core samples allowed scientists to study what?
8. How often and how many times has the Ross Embayment area collapsed in the past?
9. The drill samples also showed changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis played a role in what?
10. Around four million years ago rising carbon dioxide caused what?
11. Computer modeling shows that something could happen to the West Antarctic ice sheet. What could happen, and when?
12. What's the primary driver of ice sheet melting?
13. How much of a degree rise is enough to collapse the West Antarctic ice sheet?
PUT YOUR DOCUMENT INTO THE "ICE SHEET COLLAPSE" FOLDER.
Here is the article. Read it and answer the following questions in an Appleworks document. Put your document into the Ice Sheet Collapse folder.
1. The first paragraph says two things would cause a large part of the ice covering West Antarctica to be lost. What are those two things?
2. If the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed and the East Antarctic ice shtte continues to melt, what would happen?
3. How much of the worlds fresh water is stored in Antarctica?
4. What did the scientists do to figure this out?
5. The floating ice sheet will not do anything if it melts. Why?
6. The real threat comes when what ice melts?
7. The 50 core samples allowed scientists to study what?
8. How often and how many times has the Ross Embayment area collapsed in the past?
9. The drill samples also showed changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis played a role in what?
10. Around four million years ago rising carbon dioxide caused what?
11. Computer modeling shows that something could happen to the West Antarctic ice sheet. What could happen, and when?
12. What's the primary driver of ice sheet melting?
13. How much of a degree rise is enough to collapse the West Antarctic ice sheet?
PUT YOUR DOCUMENT INTO THE "ICE SHEET COLLAPSE" FOLDER.
Magnetic Field Reversal
Watch the video on this website all the way through, then use the pause/play button to listen to it and answer the following questions:
Create a ten slide presentation with the questions with images that illustrate each question.
1. The Earth's magnetic field acts as_______________, protecting our planet from _______________________________
2. In 1906, Bernard Brunhes examined newly formed ______________
3. Lava contains _____________________________________ the Earth.
4. Inside the ______________ lava, __________________________ are free to move.
5. As the lava cools and forms into _______, the iron particles align themselves with the ________________________, like a compass.
6. During his research, Brunhes found some of the rocks had ___________________________________ direction.
7. Brunhes realized that at some time in the past, the earth's magnetic field had _________________________.
8. The earth's magnetic field has reversed at least ___________________ in the last ___________________________years.
9. We may be going through ______________________ right now.
Turn the presentation into the Magnetic Field Reversal folder on the server
Create a ten slide presentation with the questions with images that illustrate each question.
1. The Earth's magnetic field acts as_______________, protecting our planet from _______________________________
2. In 1906, Bernard Brunhes examined newly formed ______________
3. Lava contains _____________________________________ the Earth.
4. Inside the ______________ lava, __________________________ are free to move.
5. As the lava cools and forms into _______, the iron particles align themselves with the ________________________, like a compass.
6. During his research, Brunhes found some of the rocks had ___________________________________ direction.
7. Brunhes realized that at some time in the past, the earth's magnetic field had _________________________.
8. The earth's magnetic field has reversed at least ___________________ in the last ___________________________years.
9. We may be going through ______________________ right now.
Turn the presentation into the Magnetic Field Reversal folder on the server
Sea Floor Spreading
Today you will study sea floor spreading. Put all these questions in an Appleworks document and answer them by going to the links.
1. Go here and watch the animation. Take four pictures (Apple-Shift-4), one at 180 Million years ago, one at 100 Million years ago, one at 40 million years ago, and one at zero years ago (now). Explain in a sentence how South America and Africa used to be and how they moved.
2. GO HERE, read the first three paragraphs and watch the sea floor spreading animation by pressing the play button.
3. Explain what happens to the magma (press the magma button to see an arrow).
4. Click on the word "divergent" and write down the definition of divergence.
5. Explain what happens to the two plates at a divergent boundary.
6. The Earth's magnetic field reverses, where north becomes south and south becomes north. GO HERE, read the page and play with the animation.
7. Explain what rocks on the seafloor, on either side of a mid-ocean spreading ridge do.
8. Using the animation, the red arrow on the compass is the north pole. What direction was North five million years ago? What direction was north three million years ago? What direction is north now (zero million years ago)?
Put your document in the Sea Floor Spreading folder.
1. Go here and watch the animation. Take four pictures (Apple-Shift-4), one at 180 Million years ago, one at 100 Million years ago, one at 40 million years ago, and one at zero years ago (now). Explain in a sentence how South America and Africa used to be and how they moved.
2. GO HERE, read the first three paragraphs and watch the sea floor spreading animation by pressing the play button.
3. Explain what happens to the magma (press the magma button to see an arrow).
4. Click on the word "divergent" and write down the definition of divergence.
5. Explain what happens to the two plates at a divergent boundary.
6. The Earth's magnetic field reverses, where north becomes south and south becomes north. GO HERE, read the page and play with the animation.
7. Explain what rocks on the seafloor, on either side of a mid-ocean spreading ridge do.
8. Using the animation, the red arrow on the compass is the north pole. What direction was North five million years ago? What direction was north three million years ago? What direction is north now (zero million years ago)?
Put your document in the Sea Floor Spreading folder.
LA Earthquake Comic Strip
Use ComicLife to create a 9 square comic on the LA Earthquake using the video questions from yesterday.
Turn the comic file into the Earthquake Comic folder on the server.
Turn the comic file into the Earthquake Comic folder on the server.
Earthquake Preparedness
Today you will create an eight slide presentation on Earthquake preparedness.
For each slide:
Find an image that illustrates the step you are discussing.
Add a title for the slide that explains the step. You can use the same titles used on the page.
List at least three things you should do to prepare for this step. Be sure to click on the links at the bottom of the step for more information.
Get your information from this website.
Save this as Your Name Earthquake Preparedness and drop it in the Earthquake preparedness folder.
For each slide:
Find an image that illustrates the step you are discussing.
Add a title for the slide that explains the step. You can use the same titles used on the page.
List at least three things you should do to prepare for this step. Be sure to click on the links at the bottom of the step for more information.
Get your information from this website.
Save this as Your Name Earthquake Preparedness and drop it in the Earthquake preparedness folder.
Quake Damage Estimates
Start an Appleworks document and past these questions in it.
1. Go here and find San Leandro on the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Map. What is the predicted "g" acceleration for SL?
2. Now go here and copy the "Annual Economic Loss Due To Building Damage by County" map to your document. What color is Los Angeles county and what color is Alameda county?
3. Go down the page and find out how much is estimated to be lost in building damage if the San Francisco Quake of 1906 repeats. (remember that the number listed is in Millions of dollars)
4. If a 6.7 quake happens on the Hayward fault (repeat of the 1868 quake) happens, what is the estimated damage?
5. Finally, go here and find the largest recent quake in the world (largest square) and find what magnitude it was and where it was. Click on maps and download the Google Earth KML. Take a picture of the place.
Save this as your name and quake damage and put it in the quake damage folder on the server.
1. Go here and find San Leandro on the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Map. What is the predicted "g" acceleration for SL?
2. Now go here and copy the "Annual Economic Loss Due To Building Damage by County" map to your document. What color is Los Angeles county and what color is Alameda county?
3. Go down the page and find out how much is estimated to be lost in building damage if the San Francisco Quake of 1906 repeats. (remember that the number listed is in Millions of dollars)
4. If a 6.7 quake happens on the Hayward fault (repeat of the 1868 quake) happens, what is the estimated damage?
5. Finally, go here and find the largest recent quake in the world (largest square) and find what magnitude it was and where it was. Click on maps and download the Google Earth KML. Take a picture of the place.
Save this as your name and quake damage and put it in the quake damage folder on the server.
Recent Earthquakes
Today we are studying Recent Earthquakes in our area and the world.
Start by copying all the questions to Appleworks.
1. Go Here and find an earthquake that happened in the last hour (will be a red square). What time did it hit, what was its magnitude, and where was it?
2. Download the Google Earth KML file for the event and take a picture of the place it hit (Apple-shift-4 and drag your mouse)
3. Go back here and find the largest earthquake (the one with the biggest square). What time did it hit, what was its magnitude, and where was it?
4. Look at the Waveforms for the earthquake and drag the waveforms into your Appleworks document.
5. Download the Google Earth KML file and take a picture of the location in Google Earth.
Start by copying all the questions to Appleworks.
1. Go Here and find an earthquake that happened in the last hour (will be a red square). What time did it hit, what was its magnitude, and where was it?
2. Download the Google Earth KML file for the event and take a picture of the place it hit (Apple-shift-4 and drag your mouse)
3. Go back here and find the largest earthquake (the one with the biggest square). What time did it hit, what was its magnitude, and where was it?
4. Look at the Waveforms for the earthquake and drag the waveforms into your Appleworks document.
5. Download the Google Earth KML file and take a picture of the location in Google Earth.
Measuring Earthquakes
Seismologists use a Magnitude scale to express the strength of an earthquake. Today you will study that scale. Put all questions and answers in an Appleworks document and turn it in to the Measuring Earthquakes folder on the server.
1) Go here and copy the Richter Magnitudes and its effect.
2. Go down to Seismic Energy. How much TNT energy is released in a 1.0 earthquake, a 4.0 earthquake, and an 8.0 earthquake?
3) To split the Earth in half through the center would be equal to what magnitude quake and how much TNT?
4.Go here and find out who the Richter Scale is named after and answer the following questions:
Who is the Richter Scale named after?
For each whole number you go up on the Richter scale, the amplitude of the ground motion goes up _____ times.
5. Using the above information, how much bigger is a 7.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
6. How much bigger is an 8.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
7. How much bigger is a 9.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
For the following calculations, you will need the Calculator program on your computer. Find it in the Applications folder. Once you start it up go to View > Scientific to make it a scientific calculator.
8. Calculate how much stronger the San Francisco quake (7.8) of 1906 was compared to the Hayward quake of 1868 (6.8).
9. Calculate how much bigger the SF quake of 1906 (7.8) was compared to the Northridge quake (6.7).
10. Calculate how much bigger the Indonesian earthquake of 2004 (9.3) was compared to the San Francisco quake of 1906 (7.8).
11. Go here and watch the P-wave animation and the S-wave animation. How does the ground move for each wave?
1) Go here and copy the Richter Magnitudes and its effect.
2. Go down to Seismic Energy. How much TNT energy is released in a 1.0 earthquake, a 4.0 earthquake, and an 8.0 earthquake?
3) To split the Earth in half through the center would be equal to what magnitude quake and how much TNT?
4.Go here and find out who the Richter Scale is named after and answer the following questions:
Who is the Richter Scale named after?
For each whole number you go up on the Richter scale, the amplitude of the ground motion goes up _____ times.
5. Using the above information, how much bigger is a 7.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
6. How much bigger is an 8.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
7. How much bigger is a 9.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
For the following calculations, you will need the Calculator program on your computer. Find it in the Applications folder. Once you start it up go to View > Scientific to make it a scientific calculator.
8. Calculate how much stronger the San Francisco quake (7.8) of 1906 was compared to the Hayward quake of 1868 (6.8).
9. Calculate how much bigger the SF quake of 1906 (7.8) was compared to the Northridge quake (6.7).
10. Calculate how much bigger the Indonesian earthquake of 2004 (9.3) was compared to the San Francisco quake of 1906 (7.8).
11. Go here and watch the P-wave animation and the S-wave animation. How does the ground move for each wave?
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