Where does SD get its water?

The Aliens from Planet Maya Thornton want to come and live in san Diego. After ww3 murdered everyone except for me I will tell them what to do for water.  Before WW3 Californians would get their water from melted snow and springs. The State water project, operated by the California Department of water resources, pumps water from the delta and delivers it to customers. Another source is the California Aqueduct which 444 miles long.

The Colorado River is an uncommon resource compared to the amount of water that is used from miles away. It to gets it water from melted snow and springs. The river is 242 miles long and goes thorough Colorado, New Mexico , Arizona, and California.

Rainwater is also used. The rainwater runoff is collected in nine city owned in pounding reservoirs located in San Diego county. All of the reservoirs are connected to the city's water system through a series of pipes.

What Happens at Plate Boundaries

At  Divergent Plate boundaries lava spews from long cracks in the rocks. On land earthquakes strike along the cracks called rifts. Rifts are valleys that are surrounded with volcanoes. An example is the East African Rift. In the ocean the ocean geysers spurt that creates mid ocean ridges. A mid ocean ridge is an underwater mountain range. An example of a mid ocean ridge is Gorda Ridge.

East African Rift:

Gorda Ridge:

At a Convergent Plate Boundary two colliding plates buckle the edge of one or both plates forming a rugged mountain range.Rugged Mountains are above sea level. An example of a rugged mountain is Mount Everest.  Under the oceans one plate bends the other down into a deep seafloor trench. A deep sea floor trench is located in the deeper parts of the ocean. An example is Mariana Trench.

Mount Everest:

Mariana Trench:

At a Transform Plate Boundary natural or human made sturctures that cross a transform boundary are split. In land Rocks that are on the boundary are pulverized or crushed as the plates grind past each other. Transform faults stay in the same location. An example of a fault is the San Andreas Fault. In the ocean it creates a linear fault valley or undersea canyon. An undersea canyon is a steep valley on the sea floor.

San Andreas Fault:

Undersea Canyon:

The Rock Cycle PB15

The definition of a rock is a naturally occuring, a solid mixture of organic matter and one more minerals, physical and chemical processes act on rocks to create and destory it.

The 3 types of rocks are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

The igneous rock is formed under the surface and hot magma cools quickly.

The sedimentary rock is formed by mineral grain eroded from rocks on earth's. Layers build on top of each other.

The metamorphic rock is ofrmed by tectonic boundaries when some rocks get forced below the surface.

Sedimentary- An example of a rock is limestone. Limestone is used in the purification of molten glass.
Igneous- An example of a rock is Basalt. Basalt is used in building blocks for construction.
Metamorphic- An example of a rock is Quartz. Quartz is used in making glass, jewlery, and electronics.

Plate Tectonics is created to the creation of rocks because plate tectonics produces lava and lava produces rocks.

Igneous-

Sedimentary

Metamorphic-

What Happens at Plate Boundaries BP14

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5M0f4q996i_TjFhUFpmaUdCZkE/edit?usp=docslist_api

  When divergent plates pull apart, it makes mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5M0f4q996i_aG9nUFVTOW1hNzA/edit?usp=docslist_api

  When transform boundaries rub up against eachother, it causes earthquakes.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5M0f4q996i_TE9kNE1ERkJFVFE/edit?usp=docslist_api

  When convergent plates collide, it creates new land.

1. Plates interact by colliding, pulling apart, and rubbing up against eachother.

2. Well older land is recycled at convergent plate boundaries

3. At a convergent boundary between oceanic and continental crusts a tsunami occurs

4. The most powerful earthquakes occur in the San Andreas Fault

5. Land is not produced nor destroyed.

The Mesopalagic Zone BP 13

In reading the article, "Man and the Last Great Wilderness: Human Impact on the Deep Sea", my eyes were completely opened to the truth about the impacts humans have on the deep sea. Personally, I didn't think we could ever harm the deep sea by the choices that we were making. I thought it was too far away too
"deep" to suffer the consequences of our selfish needs. I was completely wrong. In the article, by Ramirez - Llodra, Llodra brings up the main impacts humans have. Including: littering, fishing, mining, oil and gas exploration, ocean acidification, climate change, and deoxygenation.

Through my research I found that the main ways that the deep seas are being impacted by humans are through

 Littering: Plastics, fishing gear, and sewage that are being thrown into the ocean illegally purposely and not purposely.

Mining: Creates a lot of pollution, harms sensitive deep sea environment

Fishing: Effects of this are overharvesting which could lead to extinction.

Llodra left out a very important part, and that is a solution. I found to stop the amount of oil and gas that leaks into the ocean. We can do this by creating a hybrid boat that uses half energy and half gas. Another solution is instead of dumping the waste from mining we can use this waste in a more efficient way or we can make a tool that does not catch any of the waste. Either way something needs to be done.

Pacific Garbage Patch BP 11

Today in my Earth Science class we learned about the Research done from the SEAPLEX Expedition at Scripps. It was all about the Pacific Patch.

Gyres accumulate plastic debris because the center of a gyre, the convergent zone, calms down and has a slower pace which causes the trapping of debris and then more accumulate.

Plastics found in the oceans are so small because they detiorate from the sun, time, and salt water.

Impacts that plastics have on animals living in the open ocean include the killings of animals. Their stomachs become filled with plastic making them fill full. This causes them to not eat and then die from starvation.

To reduce the problem we can change policy, do beach cleanups, use our technology to make better and healthier plastics, and Bioeremediation

Between the years 1972-1987, the highest concentration of plastics in the North Pacific Garbage Patch was 0.1.

Between the years 1999-2010, the highest concentration of plastics in the North Pacific Garbage Patch was 10.

Between the years 1999-2010, the highest concentration of plastics in the North Pacific Garbage Patch was 9900%

In Fish, the biological impact on fish included 9.22

I think the impact of fish and I digesting plastic would ruine our digestive system and would cause both to not eat properly or digest our food properly thus leading to death.

The percent of barnacles that plastics in their guts was 33.50%

I think that the presence of a lot of plastic debris is good for them. It give them a place to live where otherwise they would have lived on a log now they have a better place to latch on to

The range from 1972-93 was 0-05.

The relationship might change the balance in a bad way.

The range from 2009-2010 is 0-4.5

I think there is a small postive relationship between the two.

BP 10 Climate Change & People

In Bangladesh near India sea levels are rising. They are going higher from Global Warming caused by European Countries. This article brought my attention to the matter: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/world/asia/facing-rising-seas-bangladesh-confronts-the-consequences-of-climate-change.html


The Bangladeshians are being affected. Through severe storms many homes have been flooded.Many Bangladeshians lived on the coast so when these natural disasters hit they devastate many and leave families homeless and grieving for their lossed ones.


The Bangladeshian people are located in Bangladesh near India and the Indian ocean.Sea levels are rising because of the widespread of burning fossil fuels. The Bangladeshians are facing problems from the European Industrialized Nations.


 This is significant because its a warning to what might happen all around the world and the effects that are caused because of our selfish ways. This should be a "wake up call" to the European Nations to stop what they are doing and make our planet take a U-turn instead of leading it on the highway of Death.

 One solution is to stop burning fossil fuels. Give them other ways to make money and get food. Teach them another way. We can give money and give money but when we teach them how to make money we can stop giving.