Tornado Hits Missouri

A tornado hit Joplin, Mo, on sunday night. It was really bad. It knocked out a hospital and so many deaths across the city. Could you imagine being that hospital and having to evacuate when you are sick? Plus it caught fire after it was abandoned. And most of the phone lines were cut off. About 30 people died from the tornado. They say on a 1-10 scale it is a 8 or 9 for damage and bad. The High School had broken windows and parts of the roof was missing. The church across the street was completely destroyed.

What happened is terrible. Especially with the hospital, having to have everyone get out of that hospital. Even people couldn't walk, or people too ill. I could imagine being there and having to leave. And then having it burn down would just crush me. I feel so bad for those 30 people and their families. I hope they rest in peace.

Acid Rain

1.) List a few of the gases which lead to acid rain.

              Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide.



 2.) What is the source of much of the acid rain producing gases in Pennsylvania?

              High sulfur coal burned in power plants.



 3.) Briefly explain how acid rain forms.

              Acid rain forms when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere combine with         water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid, respectively. These acids, mixed with rainwater, fall to the Earth as acid rain.

Protecting villagers from deadly mudslides

• What are some natural factors causing mudslides in Guatemala?
• -  frequent earthquakes, hurricanes and heavy rains oversaturate Guatemala's mountainous terrain and muddy the soil.
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• What are some human factors causing mudslides in Guatemala?
• - taking down trees
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• What is being done to help reduce mudslides and mudslide damage?
• - Hallum is inspiring the people to stop cutting down the trees
• - They are planting pine trees on high mountain tops 

Temperature Trend

• What is the horizontal scale of your graph? It is the years. How many years does it show? It shows 120 years.
• What is the vertical axis showing? It is showing the degrees in Fahrenheit.  What are the units? It is degrees Fahrenheit. What is the total range shown? It is 2 degrees.
• Can you tell from the picture's host page where the data came from? No it doesn't.  If so, where?  

4 questions that I don't know

• 1 - What do you think the global average temperature is?  This means the average for everywhere on Earth, day and night, for an entire year.  Explain why you answered what you did. Answer- 98.6 because its the temperature of our body and it seems relative to the earth.
• 2 - People are often talking about "global warming."  How much do you think the average global temperature has increased in the past 100 years?  Do you think that this is a lot? Answer- 42.8 degrees up. I think its a lot.
• 3 - What do you think is the hottest the Earth has ever been? (since there has been an atmosphere?)  How about the coldest the Earth has ever been?  Explain why you answered what you did. Answer- 120 degrees for the hottest and -120 degrees for the coldest. Because like australia is really hot and its been way up there and for the coldest i'm thinking about antarctica and the ice age and how those places are so cold.
• 4 - Are you concerned about "global warming?"  Why or why not? Answer- yes because the atmosphere gets warmer and thats bad. Its hurting the animals and making more animals endangered and the water levels are rising, and that means that there will be less land because the water will take it over and we will get gills and become sea creatures.