Geologic Time Period - Cretaceous

CRETACEOUS- The Mesozoic Era

    The cretaceous time period started 144 to 65 million years ago, it is the final of the Mesozoic Era.This was when the Earth started to flourish. Many volcanic activities started appearing and in the oceans many giant Turtles, Marine Reptiles were appearing. On lands new Dinosaurs, Mountains, Insects, Flowers and Birds were appearing. At the end of the Cretaceous time period many Dinosaurs and other species became extinct. The Cretaceous Era was also the time in which life as it now exist on Earth came together to form the Earth we live in today.


                                                   Reflection
1). What did you enjoy most about this project?
What I enjoyed most about this project was the fact that I learned something I didn't know before and turning it into a creative project.
2). What was most challenging about this project? Why?
What was the most challenging part for me in this project was making the reference sheet. where we got the information and also recording that information on the video.
3). What would you change about this project and why?
What I would change about this project is I would go back and change my spelling and grammar to make it more accurate.
4). What are 3 things that you learned from this project?

• I learned that the Cretaceous Era was the period where Earth started to Flourish.
• I learned that the Cretaceous Era lasted for 65 million years ago.
• I learned that The Geological Time Scale is the study of the Earth from the beginning of time to the present.

GLOG

THE STARS

                                                                      STARS

                                     

In the Universe Stars are sphere of gas held together by their own gravity. Stars are hot gas giants. There are different types of Stars.  A star is born by the process of Stellar Nebula. As the star gets older it becomes part of the cloud and gets smaller because of gravity. As it gets smaller it becomes hotter and until its hot enough, nuclear reactions starts in the middle and a new star is born.There are Blue, Blue White, White, Yellow, Orange and Red stars. Stars have many characteristics, the star name, temperature and the luminosity of the stars. The star name tells its common or catalog name. The temperature tells the surface of the star and the luminosity tells how bright a star is including the number times of brightness the star is than our sun. 

       There are four types of stars. The Supergiants, Giants, White Dwarfs and the Main Sequence Stars. The H-R Diagram of a star tells where to find the main sequence, white dwarf, giant and supergiant are located on the diagram. The Nuclear Fusion inside a star changes into Hydrogen gas molecules into helium molecule. The result of this process is how a star produce energy. H= Hydrogen He = Helium. The life of a star is pretty simple if we put it this way it will be more easy. The Stellar Nebula is where a star is born then becomes a protostar (baby star). As the star gets older and older it becomes a Red Giant. The life of a star has 3 types in the stellar nebula. Sun-like stars, huge stars and giant stars. All these types shows how a stars is born and its lifestyle.

       

Planet Profile- Saturn

                                                                SATURN

                                             

Planet order: 6th from the sun.
Distance from the Sun: Saturn distance from the sun is 1.4 million kilometers
Mass: 5.68e26 kilogram
Diameter: 119,300 kilometers
Rotation: It's day is 10 hours 39 minutes long, and it takes 29.5 earth years to revolve around the sun
Revolution: 29.46 years
Number of moons: 62 moons
Terrestrial or Jovian: Jovian because Saturn is a gas giant
 Planet Description:
        Saturn is a gas giant meaning it is a Jovian. It is the sixth planet from the sun. Saturn is the mother planet of the moon titan, which is the second largest moon in the solar system. Saturn along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is a giant gas. They refer to as Jovian meaning "Jupiter-like", planets. Because Saturn is a large mass of and resulting gravity,  it is similar to Earth.
 
Interesting Facts:
   Scientists have discovered about 60 moons orbiting Saturn. The spectacular rings of Saturn have earn it the name of " The Jewel Of The Solar System".  Saturn has seven thin, flat rings around it.
Saturn's ring system makes the planet one of the most beautiful objects in the solar system.

Hurricane Irene Project

Critical Thinking
1). What time of the year do hurricanes occur? Why do they only happen during that time?
Hurricanes occur during hurricane season which is from late June to the beginning of November. They happen during the hottest time of the months.
2). How can the timing of the Tides ( high or low) effect the devastation of a hurricane?
 If there's a  storm surge  and it arrives at the same time as the high and low tides, the water height will increase, causing the hurricane to grow stronger.
3). If an area is fully saturated, will a hurricane have more or less impact on an area?
The hurricane will have more impact on that area. Because if the area cannot hold any water then it already have then it will flood (Flooding).
4). How does groundwater saturation affect rivers and streams? because
 water becomes the surface water in the form of springs, streams/rivers, lakes and wetlands.

Reflection
1). What is something that you liked about this Mini-Project?
I liked that we studied about different types of Hurricane Irene.
2). What was difficult for you on this project?
Collecting some of the  informations was difficult.
3). What would you change about your work on this project?
I would change grammar mistakes, while I was writing if something was misspelled.
4). How did this project help you learn about hurricane Irene?
I learn that Hurricane Irene are danderous. They rotate clockwise, they are strong tropical storms or winds. With many causes, such as destroying houses, causing trees to break, lower the economics and the lost of more money to rebuild things that were destroyed.