How the oil spill affects animals

The oil penetrates up the structure of the plumage of birds, reducing its insulating ability, and so making the birds more vulnerable to temperature fluctuations and lowers the ablity to float in the water. It also impairs birds' flight abilities to forage and escape from predators. As they attempt to preen, birds typically ingest oil that covers their feathers, causing kidney damage, altered liver function, and digestive tract irritation. This and the limited foraging ability quickly causes dehydration and metabolic imbalances. Hormonal balance alteration including changes in luteinizing protein can also result in some birds exposed to petroleum. Most birds affected by an oil spill die unless there is human help. Marine mammals exposed to oil spills are affected in similar ways as seabirds. Oil coats the fur of Sea otters and seals, reducing its insulation abilities and leading to body temperature fluctuations and hypothermia. Ingestion of the oil causes dehydration and impaired digestions. Because oil floats on top of water, less sunlight penetrates into the water, limiting the photosynthesis of marine plants and phytoplankton. This, as well as decreasing the fauna populations, affects the food chain in the ecosystem.

Speed of light

The speed of light is recorded to be 299,792,458 meters per second which can simply be shortened to an approximate speed of 300,000 kilometers per second. The speed of light was defined rather recently, with its official discovery in 1975 when more precise instruments were created. Even way back in history, many scientists debated if light travelled instantaneously or merely very quickly. Even famous scienctists like Albert Einstein were also involved in the debate and as time passed more people began to prove that light's speed was finite. This discovery led to the limit to which miroprocessorscould operate at.

Gulf of Mexico oil spill

On the 20th of April, an oil spill broke out in the Gulf of Mexico due to methane gas from the well under high pressure shot up and out of the drill column marine riser, expanded onto the platform, and then ignited and exploded. Fire then engulfed the platform. On the 22th, a large oilslick started to pool over the former oil rig. On April 28, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that the leak was likely 5,000 barrels (210,000 US gallons; 790,000 litres) a day. The oil spill has resulted in enviromental disaster as over 400 differernt species of animals are at risk. This led to the decrease of people visisting beaches and fishing spots and an overall loss in tourism and also a further decrease in the fishing department. Overall, this oil spill had disrupted the lives of many innocent animals and this oil spill has led to many unforseen consequences.

School work

My poem

School is a daily routine,
Everyday at 6am sharp,
Even before the sun is up,
Here we are already done.

We feel that school is such a bore,
School is indeed such a chore,
Parents say:"School's great, now go!"
We say:"Well, what do you know."

Late a minute demerit points we obtain,
At home, canes flash in our face
Next the computer's banned,
And we stay at home with nothing to do.

School is indeed a bore,
But it also on how we look at school,
School can also be fun,
If we give it the right treatment.


Teacher's teach us and give us a helping hand,
hey’re forever ready to listen and be a friend,
They are always ready for our questions,
And answer them with glee.


Some may see school as a torture chamber
Some cannot wait for the holidays in December
But it depends on how we look at school
Honestly, positively, school can be cool!

School work

The Dummy (http://www.netpoets.com/poems/friends/1504002.htm)
by Michael Mack

In that forgotten part of town
Where wasted hopes and dreams abound,
A wrinkled man with life near end,
In hopes to have at least one friend,
Fashioned bits of wood and things
And made a dummy run by strings.

He sat alone for hours on end,
Conversing with his only friend
And found delight within the fact
That he controlled it's every act.
He told it how he never had
A chance, since all his luck was bad
Although he'd tried so to succeed -
The dummy nodded and agreed.

And how his journeys in romance
Had never given him a chance,
And wasn't it a crying shame
That he was always held to blame
When everyone knew, oh so well,
That life is but a living Hell,
Controlled by lust and power and greed?
The dummy nodded and agreed.

With patience that would rival saints,
That dummy sat through all complaints
And, with each little expert tug,
He'd droop his head or bow or shrug
And give some comfort to the man
Who held his lifelines in his hand
And helped to fill a lonely need
When he just nodded and agreed.

Senility increased with time
As did the old man's phantomime,
And feverish fingers pulled with glee
The dummy's dance of misery.
They never left each other's side
Until the day both stopped and died.
We found them lying, hand in hand,
The dummy - and his wooden friend.

The figurative language used in the poem was used to describe the narrator's close bond with the dummy which was his best friend and how both of htem cherished the bond between them.

The poet used personification and symbolism. The poet chose personification as he wanted to give the dummy a more live like character and how it helped the man tide over his troubles. The poet used the dummy to symbolise a true friend. A true who would stay by one's side in spite of the troubles they faced and give the person unwavering support for whatever the outcome is.

I like this poem as it potrays the actions and characterisitcs of a true friend who would constsntly stay by one's side in spite of their troubles.This poem, in my opinion, is very meaningful as it shows me to what extent a friend could go to constantly support and stand ny someone. This in my opinoin marks a true friend.

Chemical combination of two or more elements

A compound is chemically combining two or more elements together to get another compound. A compound is the combination of two or more elements, to achieve a compound, the two or more elements would have to undergo chemical combination. Examples of chemical combinations include heating, passing an electric current through the elements. After combining both elements, they might posses the same charateristics as they did when the were in their element state. Several examples of compounds are water which is the combination of two hydrogen and one oxygen atom. All the different types of elements can be found in the periodic table. However, a mixture differs from a compound, a mixture is simply the combination of two or more elements together.One example would be the mineral water which can be bought from the supermarket. The water which are bought contains impurities there are simply added into the water to increase the nutrient content of the water. Mixtures, unlike compunds, do not have a fixed ratio of proportion that is required. The maker can add any amount of element in with the other. One example would be metal alloys.

Allotropy

Allotropy is the behaviour exhibited by elements. What it means is that the same element can exist in differnet forms. The atoms in these elements are bonded together in different patterns which cause them element to have different charateristics from each other. One example would be carbon atoms which can exist in two different forms which are diamond and carbon. Diamond is the harsdest substance in the world while carbon is one the softest substance in the world. The reason behind this is due to way they are bonded. The carbon atoms in pencil lead are bonded in a way such that there are layers and layers of carbon atoms above one another. After pressing and dragging it, we will get a black mark on the paper, this is why pencil lead is made of carbon. On the other hand, the carbon atoms in diamond are bonded together with each atom connected to at least three other atoms. This forms a shape in which one atom seems to be protected by many others. This allows diamond to become the hardest substance in the world. One more example of allotropy would be oxygen paticles. Two oxygen particles formed together would give us the oxygen that everybody is familiar of and three oxygen paricles would form ozone the gas that protects the Earth from harmful UV rays of the sun. These are some examples allotropy.

Earth

Why is Earth is called Earth? This is a question that I have constantly asked myself to no avail. I went to do research on this topic and here were some assumptions of some people. All of the planets, except for Earth, were named after Greek and Roman gods and godesses. The name Earth is an English/German name which simply means the ground. It comes from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. In German it is 'erde'. Another assumption is that the name of this planet is only "Earth" in English. In many languages including English the name means soil/dirt/ground. For most of human history people did not realize that the Earth was a planet, they thought it was a flat plate surrounded by oceans, a turtle, mud heaped up from beneath the water by a local deity, or a turtle. The name was never purpopsely developed. Hence the name Earth.

Ashcloud over Europe

On the 14th of April, a volcano in Iceland erupted and the volcanic ash of the volcano led to the closing down of the air travel. The ashes of the cloud had spread all over Europe and almost all the flights in and out of Europe had to be delayed or cancelled. This resulted in thousands of passengers left stranded in Airports and many of them had to be provided lodging by the airlines company. Airlines companies were estimated to be losing US$200 million each day the passengers remain in the airport and the suspension of air travel. Sporting teams had to find alternative routes to their destinations. Football teams such as Liverpool and others had to travel by coaches to arrive at their destinations and the long trip had somewhat drained them leading them to substandard quality of football. Overall, this ash cloud had disrupted many plans and I hope that air travel would be available soon. This also further highlights the human race's reliance on air travel.

Chile earhquake

On February 27 an 8.8 earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile. The earthquake resulted in Santiago's national Fine Arts Museum was badly damaged. An apartment building's two-story parking lot collapsed, smashing about 50 cars. According to one health official, three hospitals in Santiago collapsed, and a dozen more south of the capital also suffered significant damage. About two million people have been affected by the quake with more than 500,000 houses completely damaged. Tsunami warnings were issued in 53 countries, and a tsunami was recorded, with amplitude of up to 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) high, at Valparaíso.It was estimated that the intensity of the earthquake was 9 on the Mercalli scale in the Biobío Region and 8 in Santiago. The earthquake resulted in chaos and disorder all over the country. Prisoners, riots broke out all over the country and the government had to diapatch the police to settle the problems.

Strictly for school work

Journal According to Miss Kinnian

2nd March

I visited Charlie today but he refused to see me. This would be my third time visting Charlie but he has always rejected me . Ever since he came back to the langauge centre I knew that something had gone wrong. Something regarding the operation. I had always felt that such an operation would have been impossible. Tripling one's IQ, it would not have suceeded in the first place. Charlie had unfortunately been the victim of this botched operation. In the span of just a few months, Charlie's IQ had tripled and he became one of the brightest person I had ever seen. However, as quickly as his intelligence had rose, it had all come crashing down. Now, he is desperately clinging onto his intelligence. Trying hard to recall all that he had learnt in the previous 2 months. Oh please let Charlie remember , just let him remember his contributins........

Strictly for school work

Based on the results I have achieved with the highest namely intrapersonel, interpersonel, logic, kinaesthetic, naturalistic, visual, liguistic and musical. I feel that taking this test is beneficial for us as it will help us understand ourselves better and thus lead us to learn better. From this test I can conclude that I learn best through looking and listening. I also realised that I had already knew so much about myself and I am also a naturalistic person.I have also further reinforced on the idea that I am good at maths. I also found out that I know my friends well and that came as a surprise to me as I have made my friends angry or upset with me due to several misunderstandings. Overall, this test has been very beneficial to me and I hope to find out more about myself.

Density

Hi! I am sure everybody knows or heard of the dead sea before and of its strange ability to allow the personn to float on the sea. The reason behind this is pretty simple: The dead sea has very low concentration of sulfate ions (SO24) and the highest concectration of bromide ions. Its salt levels are also the highest on the planet. All of these factors added would cause the unusual low density of the sea. To put it simply, try out this example . Firstly, prepare a bowl of water at a depth of the width of an egg. Place an egg in the water. Observe if the egg floats or sinks. Next, add a generous amount of salt into the water and stir till the alt dissolves. You will observe that the egg floats after you add salt. I am sure you would have known why people can float on the dead sea. Bye!

Iceberg

Hi! While surfing the net earlier, I read about the news regarding an iceberg breaking in Antarctica. Luckily, this incident is not caused by global warming but a natural incident which occured. In 1987, an iceberg called B98 ,which broken off from Antartica, had floated and "parked" near the glacier. Each day, it was constantly pulled and pushed by the water currents and it knocked against the glacier like a giagntic hammer. Hence, it was soon disloged and broke off. Scientists predict that more of such ice will float around the Antartica coast and some would come in the way of others. A couple of scientists are worried that this would disrupt the sinking ability of cole and dense water, leaving several areas starved of oxygen. That's all bye!

Egyptians

Hi! This thursday, my class went on a field trip to an egyptian exhibition and I will be sharing my findings with you.


I am sure everyone is familiar with the pyramid of Giza in Egypt, but do you know to be precise the amount of stones taken to build it

In truth the amount required is about 2.3 million stones and a pyramid took about 20 years to be built!! You must remember that the pyramids were built close to 5000 years ago.
Then the were no such things as cranes and mathematical instruments to measure the length or height of each block of stone. Imagine how difficult it was for the Eygpytians to build a standing pyramid! To egyptians, they believthe person has done good his life he would live in Osiris' kingdom a place next to paradise. If not the person's e that death is simply a door to after life. They believe that a person's doings up to his death will be evaluted in the weighing of the heart. They believe that if heart will be eaten up by the demon Ammut. Thats all I learnt. Got to go now. Bye!

Hi guys, welcome to my blog. This is my first time having a blog, so please pardon me for my errors. My blog will mostly include interesting science facts and links to other blogs with the same content as mine. To start of, I will share with you some interesting science facts that I stumbled upon while surfing the net. I am sure that everyone knows about the atomic bombing of Heroshima and Natasaki in 1945. Well here goes, do you know that the after effects of the bomb caused more deaths than the initial bombing? The Heroshima prefectural health department estimates roughly half of the deaths in each city occured on the first day. Since then, more have died from leukimia and solid cancers attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illnesses. So, from these, we can all tell that the dropping of the atomic bomb contributed to more long term effects than short term effects. The children that were borned afterwards were mostly deformed and plenty of them suffered from a missing limb or a deformed head etc. The effects of the atomic bomb were truly terrifying and I was scared out of my wits when I saw several pictures of deformed babies on the net! That's all for today, bye!