STARZY STARZY STARS

STARS STARS STARS

Yeah!  It's Keanu here and I'm gonna talk a little bit of Stars! So what is a STAR?

- Stars are giant, luminous spheres of plasma. There are billions of them — including our own sun — in the Milky Way Galaxy. 

- You can tell the different characteristics of a star by observing certain characteristics such as magnitude, color and size.
- A star can form either a red giant or a red supergiant depending on its size. These are formed when stars are about to collapse.

A red giant!

- The collapse of massive stars cause supernovas! So what is the definition of supernovas by the way? It is a large explosion that takes place at the end of a star's life cycle. 
- GROUPS OF STARS? Well that's a Constellation! So they are an apparent groupings of stars that make optical projections in space. The patterns are only representations of the figures set by astronomers.

One example of constellation, The LEO, it's my zodiac sign by the way bwahahahah!

Links about the topic! :

http://www.space.com/57-stars-formation-classification-and-constellations.html

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/stars-article/

Game : (This is so hard but may luck bless you ;) :* )
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm

Quiz : (I am a stellar smart in this for the 1st time! Try it and enjoy! :) )
http://www.space.com/20378-stars-quiz-space-trivia.html

My reflections :

What I find it easy to understand is the appearance of the Stars, What finds it interesting is that the brightness of the stars is the factor of how much energy they put out, which is called their luminosity and also how far away from Earth they are.
I have learned that Stars evolve a billions of years and when their main sequence phase ends they pass through  other states of existence according to their size and other characteristics. The larger a star's mass, the shorter its lifespan will be.
To be expound more. Hmmm... It's the star's color, because I didn't really read about it much, only the appearances, but I have another chance to post again, I will really talk about it!

SEE YOU AGAIN FOR ANOTHER POSTS! BYEEEEEE~ :*

CLIMATES AND BIOMES OF THE WORLD

Hey guys, I'm back again and this time it's all about the CLIMATES AND BIOMES OF THE WORLD! But first let me tell you what is Climate and afterwards Biome!

- So Climate refers to the atmospheric conditions over long periods of time. In general, there are 3 basic climate groups, Each group is influenced by the interacting air masses, which are parcels of air having similar temperature, pressure and vapor content.

- A biome refers to defined areas on Earth's surface with similar climatic conditions. A particular biome is often referred to an ecosystem and has plants, animals, and soil organisms that aren't usually found in other biomes.

So let's go now to the 3 basic climate groups, First one I'm gonna mention is the Group 1 Climate : Low-Altitude Climate, So, places near the equator belong to this group, which are dominated by the equatorial air masses.

Wet-Dry Tropical Climates (Savanna)

- In this climate, wet and dry seasons are evident due to the seasonal change in the air masses that dominate the area in certain times of the year. Savannas can be found in places in Southern Africa.

2nd group is called the Midlatitude Climate, This is characterized by conflicting tropical and polar air masses. 

Chapparal Biome or the (Mediterranean Climate)

- Fires occur frequently in Mediterranean climate zones.

- Chapparals can be found in places such as Cape Town of South Africa and the coast of Western and Southern Australia.

Last group I'm gonna show here is the High-Latitude Climate, In these places, polar and arctic air masses (like cold air) control the atmospheric conditions. 

Tundra

- They are characterized by long and severe winter seasons, which create frozen ground known as permafrost. 

- The tundra climate/biome is found along arctic coastal areas.

- Example of places with tundra climate is the Greenland coast, which is found in the northern hemisphere.

Links about my personal readings on the topic:

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm

  ~This one's archived but it's still working!~

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/biomes_rev1.shtml

VIDEOS to make you more informed!

GAME

http://climatekids.nasa.gov/trivia/

QUIZ

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q59360803

My reflections : 

What I find easy to understand here is the Group 2 or Midlatitude Climates, They're interesting because it is characterized by conflicting tropical and polar air masses so like it's alternating between the two, and not like the other groups which has only one type of air masses and all the biomes in this group experience EXTREME dryness and coldness within a season so I find it cool. 

I have discovered that we have groups in every climates we have and we or here in the Philippines, We are in Group 1 because we are near the Equator and we only have rainy and dry season in us.

I would like to expound more the Group 3 which is the High-Latitude Climate because I want to research more about it and I haven't experienced being in that state of the climate.

VOLCANOES : The Types

Hi! It's been a long time and I am so back here! I'm gonna talk little bit about the main types of volcanoes!

So the 1st type is the Composite Volcano. One example of this is the Mount Vesuvius in Italy so here's what it looks like.


- In the Philippines, We have the Mount Mayon and Mount Pinatubo as an example of this.


2nd is the Shield Volcano and one example of this is the Mt. Mauna Loa in Hawaii and here's what it looks like.


FYI! There are no such sheild volcanoes found in the Philippines or our country of course!

- Has low, gentle eruptions.

Lastly the last one is called the Cinder-Cone Volcano and one example of this is the Mt. Paricutin in Mexico, and this is what it look likes,



- The height of a cinder cone volcano depends on the length of tine of the eruption. Why? The longer the eruption, the taller is the cinder cone volcano.
- The anatomy of a cinder cone volcano usually includes a bowl-shaped crater at the peak and a cone made up of the accumulation of cinders.
- Examples here in the Phils. include the Jolo group of Volcanoes which is located at Southwestern Mindanao.
- Sudden, violent eruptions! :O


Links about my personal readings on the topic! :

http://www.zmescience.com/other/science-abc/types-of-volcano/

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vtypesvolcan1.html

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/hazards/volcanoes/types.html

VIDEOS!

GAME (Make sure you have good internet connection!)

http://discoverykids.com/games/volcano-explorer/


QUIZ (Make sure you have good internet connection! Tried and tested.)

http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tarbuck_earth_8/19/5072/1298638.cw/index.html

My Reflection :
I find it easy to understand on the types of volcanoes is the Cinder-Cone Volcano, Why I find it interesting is this type of volcano spits out melted volcanic rock that solidifies into pebble sized, low density basalt materials called cinders.



One of my personal discoveries while studying the topic is that Cinder Cone Volcanoes have very steep sides and usually have a small crater on top and when magma erupts at the surface it can form different types of volcanoes depending on the viscosity, or stickiness, of the magma etc. I would like to expound more the Composite Volcanoes since I found it least appealing but I really love to expound it next time since I'm curious.