Contact Information Brochure

The Silurian Period

Warm up:

The process of making a brochure needed a lot of focus and creativity.

Before I could start righting my information I needed to find the exact space (were I could put my information.) Next I had to use my creativity by choosing colors that blend in with my time period. My most important learning by creating this brochure was to blend my creativity with my information for me that was my biggest challenge.

CAN PENGUINS FLY?

My critical thinking: Yes, I think that these penguins can fly , by using speed, energy and strength by running faster and by bending their spine downwards, the penguins use the energy and strength from the constant speed it is using. Here are reasons penguins can't fly, their wings do not contain the primary flights (that helps the wings support the animals body). Also penguins can't fly because their wings are adapted to swimming. The birds wings are conneceted to their body that gives them the ability to support the speed and weight.The bird that is the most related to penguins and that has the ability to fly is the puffin bird ,the puffin birds have almost the same wings as penguins, but puffin wings are connected to the body (with supports the body while trying to fly.)

REAL ANSWER: NO PENGUINS CAN NOT FLY THE BBC WAS AN APRIL FOOLS DAY SPECIAL VIDEO.   

Dihram Experiment: Line graph

Shakers (Times)	Pennies in the box
0	100
5	88
10	74
15	45
20	35
25	20
30	16
35	14
40	4
45	0

Finding Clues To Rock Layers: Lab

Finding Clues of Rock Layers

PROBLEM: How can you use fossils and geologic features to interpret the relative ages of rock layers?

    Index fossils can be useful in a way because they tell the relative age of rock layers. Fossils are frequently found in rock layers this is the reason why they are helpful in concluding a layers relative age.

 PROCEDURE:

1.     The similarities between the two sites are that they both have the two first layers in the same place. Another similarity is that the 1^st l, 2^nd, and the pink layer all have the same amount of objects (and the same objects.) The differences between these two sites is that both sites layers are not placed in the same way for example the pink layer is placed before last and the pink layer of site two is placed last. Another major difference between the two sites is that the don’t have the same amount of layers.

2.     The kinds of fossils that are find in the two layers are shells, dinosaurs, birds, mammal,  Extrusion, plant , fish and ammonite.

ANALYZING AND CONCLUDING:

       Site 1:

·     1 The layers A and B are not well protected because they are younger layers, the layers will still be exposed to oxygen because they are not covered with enough rock or soil. The layer D is covered by two dinosaurs remains and it is preserved by Extrusion (Lava.)

·     2. Layer A might be the oldest because it is more deep into the ground and more layers have been created over layer A  over many of years. Also it might be the oldest because the trilobite was just in the layer A  (maybe then it extinct) 

·     3. The e youngest layer is layer G because it is the first layer of site . Above the G layer  is soil so that means that the Layer G is really recent.

·     4.There are no fossils in layer C because lava might  have  burned the objects or it have hardened and nothing could enter the layer.

·     5.The fossils that are in the  layer F are bird fossils, dinosaur fossils, and plant fossils.

Site 2:

·     6. I think that Layer B in site 1 most have been formed in the same as layer W.

·     7.  One Clue for finding horizontal gaps in rock layers is to  find extrusions , the reason why is that they are horizontal rock layers. In Site 1 the incursion layer is missing.

·     8. The  intrusion (or layer) V is older because it goes through many layers that are older than layer  Y or X  so it might be the oldest Layer.

·     9. The layers of site 2 can prove us that the environment has changed over time. The fish in layer W might have extinct because it is not shown in the other layers. One of the fossils of layer Y is Dinosaurs after layer y there is layer Z so maybe Dinosaurs have changed over time in a different kind of mammal.   

Essay Science

Essay: How does mass movement and floods transform or change landmarks?

Landslides and mudflows are two types of mass movements. Landslides are the most dangerous kind of mass movements as they can contain huge amounts of rocks. A mudflow is a mass movement formed out of water, rock, and soil. More than half of a mudflow consists of water. For landslides and mudflows to take place we need erosion and floods. Erosion is the process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another. A flood is an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines. Landslides, mudflows, floods and erosion are important natural forces that transform landforms.

Landslides occur when rock and soil quickly slide down a steep slope. They mainly occur near railroad tracks, and highways that have been cut through hills or mountains. A landslide recently occurred on January 5 in the Philippines as a result of constant rainfall and the soil became heavily waterlogged; 25 people were killed and 100 people are still missing. Mudflows happen because water and clay content in the soil turns to liquid and begins to flow. They occur after heavy rains in normally dry areas, and also occur on very gentle slopes. A recent example of a mudflow was one that occurred on January 10 near Rio de Janeiro; flooding caused the mudflow, which killed at least eight people. Landslides and mudflows help to transform the earth’s surface in a destructive way because it results in the collapse of a hill or mountainside.

Erosion happens because of wind, ice, water, and gravity which all work to reshape earth’s surface. Both landslides and mudflows are examples of erosion. Wind and water erosion take place at a much slower rate; the Grand Canyon is an example. Floods generally occur after a lot of rain. In Asia during the rainy season floods cause a lot of destruction and death, such as the floods that occurred in Thailand and Australia a few months ago. Both flooding and erosion change the shape of the land because it removes soil, rock and landforms.

Landslides, mudflows, and floods can have a serious impact on the earth. Not only do they change the surface of the earth by destroying or changing landforms, but also through the cycle of erosion and deposition the earth’s surface is built up again. This on-going cycle is important for the creation of new landforms. Mass movements such as landslides and mudflows contribute to the cycle. Without these natural forces the earth wouldn’t be the same.