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Air Pressure Maps

1.Which area of the country currently has the fastest wind speeds? (city, state) How fast is it? Around Cedar Rapids, Iowa, it is currently the fastest wind speeds going at about 30 miles per hour.


2. Which area of the state currently has the fastest wind speeds? How fast is it? Around Mecklenburg, North Carolina, which is going about 14 miles per hour.


3. Which area of the country currently has the highest air pressure? (city, state) How high is it? Around Kayenta, Arizona at about 1023 high.


4. Which area of the state currently has the highest air pressure? How high is it? Around Buncombe, North Carolina is the highest air pressure at about 1008 high.


5. Why does lower pressure usually bring bad weather? Lower pressure usually brings bad weather because if there is enough water or ice, rain or snow begin to fall.

Essential Questions

1. What, specifically about your topic, are you going to research? I am researching Acid rain, and how it affects our waters, and Earth's surface.




2. What conclusions did you come to? What do you recommend average citizens do to make a difference? Be specific. This is the main part of your assignment. I came to a conclusion that if people stop polluting the Earth, and if factories find another way to make things without sending harmful fumes in the air, acid rain would not be coming down as often. I recommend to average citizens to stop littering and polluting the Earth.




3. What would happen if, worst-case scenario, nobody listened to your recommendations? If nobody listened to my recommendation, all of our water would be contaminated, and it would always be harmful for us to drink, and a lot of people would get really sick.





4. What would happen if, best-case scenario, everybody listened to your recommendations? If everyone did listen to my recommendations, our waters would be much cleaner and much safer for us to drink.

Astronomy 2 Arcticles II

1. Which article did you read? I read "Finding Twin Earths Is Harder Than Thought."



2. When was it published? It was published March 21, 2009.



3. What are 3 things you learned? I learned that scientists are close to finding an Earth-sized planet in an Earth-like orbit. I also learned that if Earth was the size of a basketball, the atmosphere would be as thin as a sheet of paper. The last thing I learned is that scientists are going to try to figure out if the other planet can be habitable.



4. What are 2 things you found interesting? I found it interesting that there may actually be another planet out there that is Earth's twin that may be habitable. Also, I found out that in order to get a detectable signal from a single transit, the sun and Earth would have to be very close beside each other; the Earth could blow up.



5. What is 1 question you still have? How are we going to get the Earth closer to the sun?

Astronomy 2 Article

1. Which article did you read? I read "Scientist Pinpoint The 'Edge of Space'" article.

2. When was it published? It was published April 10, 2009.

3. What are 3 things you learned? I learned "scientists have created a new instrument that is able to track transition between the relatively gentle winds of Earth's atmosphere and the more violent flows of charged particles in space." An instrument launched from Alaska was able to help find the so-called edge of space. And, "The Canadian Space Agency invested $422,000 in the development of the Supra-Thermal Ion Imager instrument."

4. What are 2 things you found interesting? I found it interesting that someone actually built an instrument to go to space and help find the edge of space, and I found it interesting on how much money they spent on the instrument.

5. What is 1 question you still have? How did they come up with the theory that there is an edge of space.

Astronomy Topics

Black Holes- Black holes are places where gravity wins over anything. Like for example, if you were to go near the black hole in a spacecraft, you would get sucked in and you would get crushed.



The Moon- Also known as Lunar is Earth's moon. It's orbit is around Earth. The moon was made by Earth, when Earth's "guts" cooled down after an explosion. The moon has craters caused by meteorites. It is not habitable for us to live on. It has no biosphere or hydrosphere.



Big Bang Theory- This theory was believed to be the cause for the universe. It happened about 14 million years ago, and it is a big part of scientists' experiments. The Big Bang Theory said dust and particles came together and formed the universe.



Mars- Mars is the fourth planet from the sun in the universe. It is apart of the terrestrial planets which are the smallest and closest to the sun. It is named after the Roman god, which means war. Mars has craters, volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps.



Pluto- Pluto is what we used to know as one of the nine planets. Now, it's just called a dwarf planet, which is too small to be a planet. It is the 2nd largest dwarf planet, after the dwarf planet Eris.