Tornadoes come from Supercell thunderstorms, really big and violent storms, when the updraft has a rotating motion. If the updraft goes down low enough, it will cause a wall cloud to form, and then a funnel cloud will come down out of it and when it touches the ground, boom, a tornado is born. Tornadoes …
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Indianapolis Climate
I live in Indianapolis, and I’m going to talk about the climate for my home city. In the summers, you have temperatures reaching 90 degrees on a really hot day. Summer days can be humid or dry. In winter, you have mostly dry weather, and not much snow. At most, a few feet. In the …
Science Lesson #68
I had two parts to this essay. I was supposed to write about 5 invasive plants and 5 endangered plants. I had a source for each topic. However, the invasive plants source (https://plants.usda.gov) does not give any results for my current location and so I can’t write the first part of my essay. Unfortunately, my …
Science & Mercola
Today, for lesson 53, I was supposed to write about the influenza virus and use a few articles for sources. However, I was not able to access the articles. They articles were written by Dr. Joseph Mercola, who has a website here. He says people are opposing him for what he writes on his site. …
Cocoa Bean Harvest and Fermentation
First, during the harvest process, the cocoa pods are picked and then split in half. Then, the beans are removed by hand. They, with the pulp, are put in a large container of some sort covered with banana leaves and let sit for a few days. The pulp starts to have a chemical reaction. It …
How thick is the Earth’s Crust where I am?
The crust’s thickness where I am in Indiana is approx. 28 mi, or 45 km.
Rock Report: Science Lesson #8
My rock is basalt. I found it in my yard. I don’t remember when we got it, but it has been next to our porch for a while. It isn’t to be confused with the vesicular basalt, like what my teacher found. This is vesicular basalt: When lava has lots of iron and magnesium in …
Science Lesson #7
What Rock Is a building in your town made of? I live in Indiana, which is famous for limestone. I live in the capital of Indiana, Indianapolis. So I chose the Indiana state house, which is made of limestone. Limestone is a sedimentary rock, meaning that it is a bunch of tiny pieces cemented together. …