Global Temperature

The horizontal scale of this graph starts at 0 and goes to 2,000. Each tick mark represents 100 years. This graph shows 2,000 years.
The vertical axis is showing temperature anomaly in celsius. The total range is -0.8 to 0.8.
The graph came from UAH Globally Averaged Satellite-Based Temperature of the Lower Atmosphere. 

1. I think the global average temperature is the average temperature all over the globe. I answered what I did because of using context clues.
2. I guess a random guess for the amount that the global average temperature has increased is 100-175º (random guess) I guess it is a lot when you are thinking about how hot that is.
3. I don't even have a guess as to how hot the earth has gotten before. Umm I guess the coldest it has been could be -70º (random guess) I answered what I did because I have a pair of hunting gloves that say that they can keep your hands warm in -40º. I mean they can obviously lie about that to make them sound better, but it was just a random guess.
4. I'm really not worried about global warming at all. a) because I really don't know anything about it. b) because I'm not a polar bear. Buuuuut I really don't know anything about it, so I'm really not sure what I'm talking about at all.

Forest Soil/Grassland Soil

Forest Soils need moderate amounts of rain. They need enough rain to support tree growth and to help with crops. You find this soil where weather is usually warm and humid year round. Grassland Soil needs just enough rain to support grass and is found in dry places. Grassland soil is found in places where it is warm all year. It is also found places where there are wet and dry seasons. This soil is also fertile enough for growing crops. 

 

Mass Movement

rockfall: is simply just the falling of loose rocks. 



 

Dante's Peak

Scientifically Accurate:
1. Magma movement causing shaking/movement not just Plate Tectonics
2. Having more then one explosion with composite volcanoes
3. Pyroclastic flow


Inaccurate: 
1. The acid in the water just showing up instantly
2. Driving through the lava and hot ash would have popped the tired, they wouldn't have made it through there without at least melting the tire, or getting a flat.
3. Chances are the dog wouldn't have made it to where they did the drive by sort of deal to pick him up, he ultimately would have burned his paws waaaaaaaayyyyyy before then walking on all of that stuff..

Fossils

I think that this is a Mold and Cast. I think this because it is an indentation/hollow spot in the rock. This picture resembles the fossil of the fish that I have under this and they have certain similarities that makes me believe that this falls under the molds and casts category.

Molds and Casts:  I think that this fossil belongs in the molds and casts because in the reading it says that a molded fossil is a hollow depression in the rock, and this image clearly shows that it's hollow.  It also says that fish, leaves, and ferns are commonly found fossils that classify as Molds and Casts.

Strata and Relative Time

youngest to oldest
3-1-6-2-5-4
My Reasoning Notes:
3 is younger than 2
3 is younger than 6
3 is younger than 1
1 is younger than 6
2 is younger than 4
2 is younger than 5
My Explanation:
3 is younger than 2 because 3 is an intrusion and intrusions are always younger than the rock that they pass through. 3 is younger than 2, 6 and 1 because it passes through them all. 
1 is younger than 6 because the youngest layers on top and 1 is at the very top, and 1 is the layer above layer 6.

2 is younger than 4 because, 2 is an intrusion of 4, and intrusions are always younger than the rock that they pass through.
2 is younger than 5 because 2 is an intrusion on 5 so that makes it younger.