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       China should not build any more hydroelectric dams along the Jinsa or Yangtze River. Building the Three Gorges Dam disrupted the ecosystem and caused many environmental problems. It caused damage to the wildlife, surrounding people, and somewhat the river. Due to the dam, millions had to leave their homes and families with very little or no financial help. Mostly farmers were forced to leave the comfortable homes and farm where the land was not as good. Many historical treasures and archeological digging sites were ruined because of the dam. Treasures from original Chinese cultures can now never be found. The Three Gorges Dam disrupted the environment and people.       The wildlife in the Yangtze River and the surrounding people were greatly affected by the Three Gorges Dam, but not in a good way. Dangerous erosion was caused due to construction on the reservoir banks. After the reservoir was built risks of landslides increased around seventy ...

commons.wikimedia.org Summary: After finishing every one's erosion presentations we learned about the parts of a river and where they normally are on a river. We started off by labeling the main parts of a river together, the source, tributary, confluence, meanders, and the mouth. The source is where the river begins, there may be more than one. The tributary is a small portion of water that joins the main river. The confluence is the area where the tributary joins the main river. The meanders are the bends or turns in a river. The mouth is where the main river enters another body of water. Some other parts of a river are a v-shaped valley, a waterfall, an alluvial fan, a floodplain, levees, an ox-bow lake, and a delta. A v-shaped valley is a valley whose slopes make the shape of a v. A waterfall is a  drop in the bed of a river making the water to drop down vertically. An alluvial fan is a fan or half circle shaped mound of sand and gravel, alluvium. A floodplain i s flat lan...

Image: I took this picture on my phone. Summary Briefly explain the project. Tell us what you learned, not what you did. One specific thing that I learned about was what was a carbon footprint. I had never heard that term before, but know I know what it is , how we reduced it, and why ours was reduced. A carbon footprint is how much carbon is produced by transporting an ite m from one place to another. All of our materials are manufactured inside the U.S.A., so it couldn't travel by ship and it would probably travel by train because all the products are in the same country, but not state. Freight trains emit less carbon dioxide because they can travel about 400 miles on a gallon of diesel while a truck would only travel around 150 miles on a gallon of diesel. Since a train consumes less gas than a truck while traveling the same distance the train would generate less carbon dioxide. Reducing your carbon footprint help...

Image:  commons.wikimedia.org Summary: My group and I continued to work on our soil research and completed the document. From this I learned a few key things to remember: Soil is composed of organic matter, pieces of broken rock, and minerals It is very difficult to identify different types of soil since the mix with other soils and move. Soil is very valuable even though we don't acknowledge it. We depend on soil for food, clothing, to hold buildings steady, and much more. Soil is eroded by water most of the time. Soil loss can be prevented by planting trees and other plants because the roots help to hold the soil in one place. With the substitute we worked on differentiating examples weathering, erosion, and deposition. Deposition is when soil and pieces of rock are added to a land form or landmass. After that, we were introduced to what are carbon footprint is and how it will be a part of our charity fair projects. First we had to determine w...

Image: www.bobvila.com Summary: After the break, we started learning about a new topic, weathering and erosion. This lesson brought make some facts and definitions from last year. Weathering is the breaking up of rocks due to exposure to the atmosphere and erosion is when weathered material is moved from one place to another. If it is weathering the material is loosened but is not moved or carried away, whereas erosion is when the material is moved away by water, wind, ice, and waves. Weathering comes in two different forms, mechanical weathering and chemical weathering. Chemical weathering is when at least some of the minerals from the rock are converted into different substances. Mechanical weathering is when rocks physically break down into pieces without the chemical makeup of the rock changing. We looked outside our classroom to find ways the weathering and erosion are taking place and to my surprise there were so many examples. One example of weathering is th...

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia Summary: My group and I continued working on our map until we thought it looked good. We added a legend showing what the symbols and colors mean and traced the words in black pen to make them easier to see. After that, my group and I thought It would be best to split up; Minh Anh and Ashley work on the counter argument while Gabby and I work on the script for our video. Even though we parted ways we all pitched in and did some extra research together. Throughout the research my group and I discovered that Braxton would be the best city in West Virginia because it has the least natural hazards in its past. While writing the script we realized that it was hard to make an actual advertisement that was funny and informative, so we have an introduction and a sequel.  Gabby and I didn't want our video just to be talking on and on about West Virginia, so we thought it would be nice to compare it with another state ...

Image: www.flickr.com  (this shows a tsunami) Summary: My partner, Ashley, and I continued our research on different natural disasters for our project. We researched tsunamis, winter storms, and earthquakes giving us good information to use for our project. Here is the natural disaster, the "ingredients", and where it occurs: Winter Storms- Caused by a warm front.Warm front- When the warm air advances and pushes the cold air. Can occur in the east coast towards the north and east Alaska. Earthquakes- Caused by tectonic plate movement. When the plates move apart or rub against each other. Can occur anywhere, but earthquakes are very common in the west coast. Tsunamis- Caused by earthquakes or violent volcano eruptions. Can occur on the west and east coast, really anywhere there is an ocean nearby. After ...