martes, 26 de octubre de 2010

summary#5

There are 3 cycles that we know.
There are Water cycle, Carbon cycle, and Nitrogen cycle.
That cycles are the most commons in the World.


Water cycle


Carbon cycle

Nitrogen cycle


lunes, 18 de octubre de 2010

Summary#3 Food web and Food Chain

There are two types of producers
Plants
and
Protist because the two have chlorophill.



Food Chain




Food Web




There are also consumers

Animals,
Fungi
and
Bacteria


Some are Herbivores. That means that only eat plants.
Some are Carnivores. That means that only eat meat.
Some others are omnivores. And that means that can eat plants and meat.

And also there are descomposers.

Summary#2 Living things and their envirorment

Ecosystem
                                                                                                                
                                                                                    
       Biotic

  Living things

Algae   Animals
Plants   Fungi
       Bacteria






    Abiotic

 Non-living things

Soil     Water
Air      Minerals
Light   Temperature
      Rock






Summary#1 Energy Resources

Alternative energy source, geothermal energy and biomass are examples of energy resources.



Biomass


Bio=life

Mass=Amount of matter.

Alternative energy

Here are some examples of natural alternative energy sources.

Wind
Water
Solar
Geothermal


Brasil is the country #1 because is one of the only contries that use fuel make of corn.



martes, 28 de septiembre de 2010

Vocabulary#16

1.Desalination: getting fresh water from seawater.




2.Water cycle: the continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air, changing from liquid to gas to liquid.


3.Grounwater: water that seeps into spaces between bits of rock and soil.


4.Water table: the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground.



5.Aquifer: an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water.



6.Spring: a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground.



7.Well: a hole dug below the water table that water seeps into.



8.Reservoir: a storage area for freshwater suplies.



Vocabulary#15

1.Renewable resource: a resource that can be replaced in a short period of time.


2.Ozone layer: a layer of ozone gas in the atmosphere that screens out much of the Sun's UV rays.



3.Fossil fuel: a fuel formed from the decay of ancient forms of life.



4.Smog: a mixture of smoke and fog.



5.Acid rain: moisture that falls to Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels.


Vocabulary#14

1.Rock: a naturally formed solid in the crust, made up of one or more minerals.


2.Igneous rock: a rock formed when melted rock material cools and hardens.



3.Sedimentary rock: a rock made of bits of matter joined together.



4.Fossil: any remains or imprint of living things of the past.



5.Metamorphic rock: a rock formed under heat and pressure from another kind of rock.



6.Humus: decayed plant or animal material in soil.



7.Pollution: adding any harmful substances to Earth's land, water, or air.


8.Rock cycle: rocks changing from one form into another in a never-ending series of processes.


Vocabulary#13

1.Mineral: a solid material of Earth's crust with a definite composition.


2.Luster: the way light bounces off a mineral's surface.



3.Streak: the color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed against a hard, rough surface.



4.Hardness: how well a mineral resist scratching.


 

5.Cleavage: the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces.



6.Ore: a mineral containing a useful substance.



7.Gem: a mineral valued for being rare and beautiful.



8.Nonrenewable resource: a resource that cannot be replaced within a short period of time or at all.




domingo, 26 de septiembre de 2010

Vocabulary#12

1.Fault: a crack in the crust, whose sides show evidence of motion.





2.Geologist: a scientist who studies Earth's surface.






3.Magma: hot, molten rock deep below Earth's surface.






4.Lava: magma that reaches Earth's surface.









5.Weathering: the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces.



6.Erosion: the picking up and carrying away of pieces of rock.



7.Deposition: the dropping off of bits of eroded rock.



8.Meteorite: a chunk of rock from space that strikes a surface ( such as Earth or the Moon ).





Vocabulary#11


1.Solar system: the sun and the objects that are traveling around it.



2.Planet: any of the eight large bodies that travel around the Sun and shine by reflecting it light.



3.Gravity: a force of attraction, or pull, between any object and any other object around it.



4.Inertia: the tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line.



5.Lithosphere:the hard, outer layer of Earth, about 100 kilometers thick.



6.Crust: the rocky surface that makes up the top of the lithosphere.



7.Resource: any material that helps support life on Earth.



8.Hydrosphere: Earth's water.