Friday, May 15, 2009

Weather and climate



Cloud formation is really pretty fascinating when you think about it. It was interesting how the cloud forms because of what happens on the ground. the ground heats up, the air gets warm and starts to rise. It keeps rising to the point that it cools down. The cloud forms at the dew point and starts to collect water. Ice crystals for in the cloud.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Weathering and Erosion


Well my favorite activity in weathering and erosion is the atmosphere project. because i learned a lot of things that are interesting.Like the atmosphere is mostly filled with nitrogen about 78% and only 21%oxygen and last but not least 1% trace gases.Also scientist say the temp. will go up 6 to 7 degrees in the next one hundred years.

Earth's watres-three gorges dam


The three gorges dam was the coolest protect in earths water because I learned quite a few things that I hadn't known.Like that you can see this dam from space I thought that was cool.Another thing is that they took out a hole city to make this dam so a bunch of people lost there homes.Also that the 3 gorges dam can provide enough energy to supply 3 Las Vegas towns with energy.

astronmy-the moon


I thought the protect that i did on the moon was the funnest because i learned a lot of things that i didn't no about the moon.Like the moon has so many craters because it doesn't have a atmosphere so metros hit it all the time.also the theory that the moon was formed by a planet sized object collided with the earth which caused the moon.Another thing was that i learned how a solar eclipse was formed it is formed when the sun and moon line up perfectly.That is my favorite subject in astronomy.

Geoligy-volcanos


My favorite section tin geology was volcanoes because they shoot out the coolest looking liquid but also one of the most dangerous.Also i think is is kind of weird how the volcano shoots out chunks of lava but i think the smooth running lava is awesome.The smooth lava is the coolest looking when it cools because it is shiny and as light as a feather.Also usually the different types of volcano's depend on what kind of lava comes out.All in all volcano's were my favorite because they are so interesting.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Were dose Colorado Springs water come from

where does Colorado springs water come from?
75% of water that supplys Colorado springs is snow melt coming down in streams and rivers to the turquoise lake then goes through ortero pipeline making its way to homesteak pipeline then going to the water treatment plant then to the citizens. the other 25% comes from surface and groundwater such as these examples of are surface and ground water

Surface Water

* Pikes Peak Northern and Southern Slopes
* Cheyenne Creeks
* Fountain Creek
* Peakview Reservoir in Monument
* Northfield Watershed

Ground Water

* Arapahoe (4 wells)
* Denver (1 well)
* Laramie-Fox Hills (1 well)
* Widefield (4 wells