Cloud Types

1. List three low clouds, three middle clouds, three high clouds, and one cloud with vertical development.

Low clouds: Cumulus, Stratus, and Nimbostratus

Middle clouds: Altocumulus, Altostratus, and Lenticular

High clouds: Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, and Cirrus

Cloud with vertical development: Cumulonimbus

2. Which clouds look the best to you?

The clouds that look the best to me are the cumulus clouds. I like the fact that they are bubbly looking.

3. What kind of weather does that type of cloud bring?

Cumulus clouds bring fair weather and an occasional precipitation even though I hate rain.

Greenhouse gases (less is more!!) :)

1.) What is the greenhouse effect?

The greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature on Earth because certain gases in the atmosphere are absorbed.

2.) What are the 3 most common greenhouse gases?

The three most common greenhouse gases are Carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane.

3.) How are the greenhouse gases produced?

Greenhouse gases are produced both naturally and from human activities.

4.) How does the greenhouse effect impact our lives?

Without the greenhouse effect, a majority of life on Earth would not be able to survive.

5.) Is the greenhouse effect good or bad? Why?

The greenhouse effect is both good and bad. It warms the earth and enables life. It's bad because there is to much of the greenhouse gases and it absorbs more heat than needed.

Offshore drilling :( oh no no no no no no

What is offshore drilling?

• Offshore drilling is extacting oil and natural gas from the ocean floor.

Why is it good?

• Offshore drilling is good because it provided energy for the world.

Why is it bad?

• Offshore drilling is bad because it is an environmental hazard.

How do you feel about it?

• I don't think we should drill offshore. It is dangerous and it poses a HUGE threat to the enviroment. We should find a clean, alternative resource.

Recycle... it's not hard.

1. Most people agree that recycling is a good thing. Why should we recycle glass? Plastics? Papers? Metals?

· We should recycle glass because it saves the fuel oil needed to make glass from virgin materials. About 30% of glass containers on shelves can be recycled. Why waste it?
· We should recycle plastics because it would be a waste not to. Recycled plastics have so many uses such as bottles, shower stalls, flowerpots, etc.
· Paper to me is the number one item that should be recycled. Making new paper out of old paper uses less energy, saves trees, and reduces the air pollution related to paper making.
· Recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than making less aluminum from bauxite ore. The metal can be melted and reformed into new products such as cans, appliances, and building materials.

2. What is better: recycling or reusing things? Why? Give an example.

I think both are the same in a way. When you reuse things like a coffee mug, it doesn’t take any energy and of course, you get more than one use. When you recycle, it is in a way reusing something except it takes energy to change it into something else that you can use.

3. How can Fayetteville residents recycle?

Fayetteville residents can recycle by using blue recycling bins to collect recyclables that are collected by a curbside service provided by Fayetteville.

4. Where is the closest recycling drop-off center to your home (or our school)?

The closest recycling drop-off center to my house is Massey Hill Recreation Center on 1612 Camden Rd. Fayetteville, North Carolina.

5. What can you realistically do to promote recycling?

YOU could start recycling then convince your friends and family to start recycling. When you see someone just throwing something recyclable away ask them for it so you can recycle it.

I deserve an......

What grade do you deserve for your blogs so far? Are you up to date? How is your spelling and grammar? Argue your point in a well written paragraph.

I honestly think that I deserve an A. I keep up with my blogs because is the coolest assignment we get in 4th period. Its work but it doesn’t feel like it because we write and put whatever we want on it. My spelling in my blogs is great I hope. I used the spell check. I’m getting a chance to grade myself which is awesome because I’ve worked really hard.

Kilauea Volcano :) whoooshh

I chose the Kilauea Volcano which is in Hawaii and it has an elevation of 1247 meters or 4091 feet. Kilauea means "spewing" or "much spreading". The volcano has three main areas which are its summit and two rift zones. Since 1952 there have been 34 eruptions of the Kilauea volcano. January 1983 there was an eruption on the east rift zone and to this day it is still happening. Kilauea is among the world's most active volcanoes and according to Hawaiian myths, Pele, the Goddess of Fire lives hidden in the volcano.

articles and questions

1.) Which two articles did you read?

• Earthquakes hit Japan and Indonesia


• Sea floods Texas Island; Get out or certain death

2.) What is the first article about?

The first article is about two unrelated earthquakes that hit the coasts of Japan and Indonesia but there were no damages of deaths.





3.) What is the second article about?

The second article is about Hurricane Ike that hit Texas.

4.) Which disaster was more disastrous?


Hurricane Ike was definitely more disastrous.


5.) Compare and contrast the two disasters.

I don't think that the earthquakes that hit the coasts of Indonesia and Japan could really count as disasters, more like almost disasters. Hurricane Ike is definitely a disaster because there are probably millions of dollars in damages and there have already been some deaths.