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Tornadoes in the Hydrosphere
The hydrosphere is the flow of water, and all the water on the earth’s surface. The hydrosphere covers about 70% of the earth. After researching tornadoes and it's different affects in earth's systems, i found out that tornadoes in the hydrosphere were waterspouts. waterspouts are referred as tornadoes of the sea, because that is essentially what they are. While they hardly have affect on America, I was able to find that they affect Italy, where there are around 71 waterspouts per year. They aren't as serious as a tornado on the geosphere, but they do start chain reactions for whirlwinds, heavy rain, flooding, and hail.
I found waterspouts interesting because they have never directly done a lot of damage, since they take place in the ocean, but there is a beauty to it. Waterspouts can hit peninsulas (like italy), but it is a rare occasion that they do tremendous damage.
there isn't much we can really do to stop a waterspout, as much as we can stop a tornado, it's best to just not be by the shore. They're like a hurricane- tornado hybrid.
For this my group decided to create a tornado with cotton balls, tin foil, and a few miscellaneous objects. After a few glue burns to the fingers, we created a tornado on the geosphere with safety tips, as well as slides with each of our parts describing how tornadoes affect all of earth.
natural disaters
1. How do the earth systems affect each other?
All Earth’s systems affect each other by being all closely connected, basically being all tied to keep the earth a living planet.
2. How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters?
If they understand more about natural disasters, they are prepared for what could happen, by knowing signs, or when it does happen, they can help out the best they can.
3. What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future?
Help each others understand important things, like natural disasters, so they can benefit as well.
W.A.L.L and Tsunamis
1. Earth systems affect each other because they are constantly transferring energy one way or another. They are interconnected.
2. If someone understands why natural disasters happen they can better prepare for it because they know what causes it and know how to look for the signs.
3.We can build better buildings that can withstand natural disasters and also set up more places for people to go while they occur.
Tornadoes in the hydrosphere
The hydrosphere is the flow of water, and all the water on the earth’s surface. The hydrosphere covers about 70% of the earth. After researching tornadoes and it's different affects in earth's systems, i found out that tornadoes in the hydrosphere were waterspouts. waterspouts are referred as tornadoes of the sea, because that is essentially what they are. While they hardly have affect on America, I was able to find that they affect Italy, where there are around 71 waterspouts per year. They aren't as serious as a tornado on the geosphere, but they do start chain reactions for whirlwinds, heavy rain, flooding, and hail.
I found waterspouts interesting because they have never directly done a lot of damage, since they take place in the ocean, but there is a beauty to it. Waterspouts can hit peninsulas (like italy), but it is a rare occasion that they do tremendous damage.
there isn't much we can really do to stop a waterspout, as much as we can stop a tornado, it's best to just not be by the shore. They're like a hurricane- tornado hybrid.
Natural disaster research
Tsunami
Natural Disasters and Earth Systems
My group and I choose tsunami as our natural disaster. We choose to talk about tsunamis because we felt like we knew more information on others. Each natural disaster can effect each of the earth spheres in different ways, but in my opinion tsunami have to be one of the worst. Tsunamis are huge waves that crash on to land and destroy everything.
My group and I displayed the information we learned on a weebly to be able to have a presentation.
weebly link: https://envirosci2019.weebly.com
Natural Disasters (Tsunamis)
All the spheres in the system interconnect and overlap. None of the spheres work individually. The hydrosphere and atmosphere connect, through evaporation from the hydrosphere providing the medium for the formation of rain and clouds in the atmosphere. The geosphere and hydrosphere through water providing the moisture and medium for the erosion and weathering of rocks which are on the geosphere. In return, the geosphere provides a platform for bodies of water and ice melts to flow back into the oceans. The atmosphere provides the geosphere with thermal energy which is needed for the rocks erosion and breakdown. In return, the geosphere reflects the sun back into the atmosphere. Biosphere receives sunlight energy, gases, and heat from the atmosphere. Also receives H2O from the hydrosphere and living medium from the geosphere.
Having an understanding of environmental science can aid in handling natural disasters because you have a better understanding of how each of the spheres work individually to form the planet we live in today enabling us to sustain life. Also, we can detect when a natural disaster might break out and we can also tell when it will have an outbreak in the future.
Some efforts we can make to create a sustainable future is keeping the planet greener because as time goes by we just seem to trash it even more. Also, pollution can be dealt with as well to better the future of our spheres.
Natural disaster research
Tsunamis
Tsunami 101
Natural Disasters and Earth System Research
Tsunamis
Floods
1. How do the earth systems affect each other?
Floods can affect the hydrosphere. The floods can destroy rivers and lakes, they also pollute the water making it unhealthy for marine life.
2. How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters?
The understanding of environmental science can aid in handling floods because once you know how floods occur, based on what you know you can find ways to prevent floods from happening and prepare for them.
3. What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future?
When it comes to floods there are a couple things you can do to create a sustainable future. Some examples would be to introduce better warning systems, have more flood barriers, and to create more wetlands for the water to be condensed.
Hurricanes
Tsunamis
Natural Disasters and Earth System Research
Natural Disasters and Earth System - Tornado
For this project, my group and I decided to focus on tornadoes as our natural disaster. We created a physical tornado with tin foil and cotton balls. Within the winds of the tornadoes, a tree and animals are trapped inside. This represents how tornadoes affects the biosphere, which are animals, humans, the environment, and fundamentally all living organisms. From this project, I learned that earth's systems are interconnected with each other, and if one system fails or creates a natural disaster, it can lead to a spiraling domino affect on dependent systems. For example, a tornado is created from cold and warm winds colliding together in the atmosphere. These strong winds can pick up rocks affecting the geosphere and can injure the biosphere, such as humans and animals. With an understanding like this for natural disaster. You can easily take precautions and put yourself in less of harm's way. As well as preparing for future natural disasters and how to better assist those that are in need of crucial help. One way to help minimize natural disasters is keeping the earth ecofriendly. Which means less consumption of fossil fuels and production of pollution. This in mind, we can help create a better future that can withstand the devastation that natural disasters brings.
Mini Project - Tornado
Floods
Floods have an insignificant effect on Earth’s atmosphere or any of the spheres. Although, when floods occur you can find a slight change of the humidity as the atmosphere absorbs water from floods making more air mass as well as increase the evaporation in the atmosphere. Floods also causes the surface of the earth to dissolve, decompose, and break into smaller pieces. An understanding of floods to handle this natural disaster would be to have more flood barriers,and create more wetland. If a flood warning occurs move valuables to a higher ground and to stay in contact with family. At any moment you may ed to leave your home and stay with a family member or friend.
Natural Disasters and Earth System Research Submit Assignment
Tsunami
Natural Disasters: Floods
when floods occur you can find a slight change of the humidity as the atmosphere absorbs water from floods making more air mass as well as increase the evaporation in the atmosphere. Floods affect the biosphere too, because when it floods it alters and destroys the environment and habitats. Floods affect the hydrosphere by changing and destroying rivers and lakes. Floods do not affect the lithosphere. If you have knowledge in environmental studies it could you by being able to figure out how to inform people on the subject. We can introduce better systems to prevent floods and other natural disasters.
Natural Disasters and the Earth Systems
As we studied the earth systems and the natural disasters caused by them, I learned that each and every system is connected with each other. Either by small things such as the Atmosphere providing air for organisms to breath in the biosphere or really meaningful stuff such as tectonic plates moving, causing natural disasters that could affect both the biosphere and atmosphere. This understanding of how they can relate and change as well as affect each other, can help us not only understand a bit of how nature works and how we are all connected but also how to prevent, and protect ourselves. Knowing that tsunami are caused by earthquakes, we can predict a tsunami is coming before it has even hit, making us aware of the situation and finding safety quicker. Furthermore, since we know how the natural disasters happen, we can try our best effort in avoiding them and in term help the earth systems. For example protecting the cryosphere from melting by greenhouse gases caused by C02 emissions (most famously known as vehicle emissions). This both helps the earth and prolongs our time that we share with it. This however, makes me question: If we are all connected, then would the earth's death mean the death of the universe? Also What would happen if we added a new sphere, how would everything else interact with it? In this project I really like learning new things I didn't knew and enjoyed our discussions about the spheres and how everything revolved on everyone.
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