Most of the water to Colorado Springs (75 percent) comes from melted snow. this is fresh, un-recycled, first time use water.
The rest of it comes from ground water sources and reservoirs. there is a very complex and expensive sytem of tubes that deliver the water from both the lakes and the melted snow.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
water
1 the process of how water is moved through the earth
2 no
3 it evaprates, condenses on particles high in the sky, gets really heavy, falls, melts on the way, and lands, then moves into a shallow hole as a puddle
2 no
3 it evaprates, condenses on particles high in the sky, gets really heavy, falls, melts on the way, and lands, then moves into a shallow hole as a puddle
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
from the mariana

here I am, a scientist writing to you from the lowest point in the world, the Mariana trench. It was quite a long flight to japan and then boat ride to the challenger deep ( which is in the western north pacific ), and then the long dive about 6.78 miles under water. As I dived down, I saw the plant and animal life change drastically as the depth changed. Now that I am here, I see a few plants gathering hat heat they can near volcanic vents (which are the only source of energy down here, since sunlight cant get through all the water) some scavengers with large eyes eating whatever drifts down from above, and strange, alien-like bio luminescent fish. It is so dark down here, only our ship's lights and the very few fish providing light. These waters can house some very strange things, and provide a bubble for ancient fish to exist in. I feel there are still many things to discover and explore down here, and might be investigated for decades more .
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
earthquake webquest
1 earthquakes occur mostlynear alaska and indonesia, and close to the surface.
2 they are on fault lines.
3 it is called the ring of fire.
4 the closest earthquake to manitou springs war in the far north part of colorado. it had a 3.2 magnitude, location of 40.953°N, 106.930°W. It was 5 kilometers deep and 134 miles from denver.
people wouldnt have felt it. it is about 32x32x16 times more powerful than a magnitude 1 earthquake.
5 there was a recent earthquake at5.947°S, 148.516°E lattitude and longitude. it was a magnutude 6 earthquake 27 miles underground. it happened near papua new guinea. Earthquakes have been very common in that region.
6 to protect yourself in an earthquake it is important to nail down objects that might fall, and move away from any tall buildings.
2 they are on fault lines.
3 it is called the ring of fire.
4 the closest earthquake to manitou springs war in the far north part of colorado. it had a 3.2 magnitude, location of 40.953°N, 106.930°W. It was 5 kilometers deep and 134 miles from denver.
people wouldnt have felt it. it is about 32x32x16 times more powerful than a magnitude 1 earthquake.
5 there was a recent earthquake at5.947°S, 148.516°E lattitude and longitude. it was a magnutude 6 earthquake 27 miles underground. it happened near papua new guinea. Earthquakes have been very common in that region.
6 to protect yourself in an earthquake it is important to nail down objects that might fall, and move away from any tall buildings.
Friday, December 5, 2008
stationary fronts
a stationary front occurs when 2 equal air masses of cold ad warm air meet, they make storms and stay in place for a while.
occluded fronts
occluded fronts occur when 2 cold air masses surround a warm air mass. ground temperature cools down, and the warm air rises.
warm fronts
warm fronts occur when a larger mass of warm air collides with a mass of cold air. the warm air rises above the cold air mass, and slows everything down, and makes a lot of storms.
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