CULTURAL FAIR EXTRA CREDIT!!(South Asia)

Food Prices on An All-Time High

The increase on prices for food has now become a large economic issue. With population of Asia soaring, it is becoming more difficult to feed such a great amount of mouths and still have a well-run economy. Asia faces many risks to their population growth. For example, the financial instability is rising, increasing food and energy cost, and the US slowdown. It is important that we focus on energy and food cost right now as it has impacted Asian economies and will continue to unless something is done.

Although there are many risks involved. If Asian countries increase their interest rates so that there is such a broad gap between the US and themselves, inflation may occur. However, if gas prices continue to drastically rise, many worry inflation will be greater. It shall impact the consumption in Asia for quite some time.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Indicators/Food_prices_threaten_Asian_economic_stability_ADB_head_/articleshow/3133453.cms

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Weather Extra Credit!!

Desert Places by: Robert Frost

Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past, And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble showing last. The woods around it have it--it is theirs. All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares. And lonely as it is that loneliness Will be more lonely ere it will be less-- A blanker whiteness of benighted snow With no expression, nothing to express. They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars--on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. In the poem above, "Desert Places" written by Robert Frost has weather used by describing snow. Robert Frost mentions how snow feels so still on the ground and what happens when snow falls. The poem is greatly enhanced by the poet's knowledge of weather because it is describing many of the aspects of snow. It gives a clear message of what is trying to be indicated. Without weather being mentioned, the poem would be exceedingly different. The reader would have no clue of what the author is trying to say in his poem. Most of the poem is about snow, and removing the mention of snow would take all the meaning out. Many literary devices are used throughout the poem. Descriptive details such as "a blanker whiteness of benighted snow" are applied. Some of the verses have rhymes within them, for example, theirs and lairs in the second verse. Not only that, imagery is used in the entire poem like," And the ground almost covered smooth in snow." This poem does not further my knowledge about weather. I already know much about snow and how it looks and how it is formed.

Layers of the Atmosphere

Troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere are the four main layers of the atmosphere. The troposphere is the lowest layer and most of the clouds occur here. Containing most of the atmosphere’s mass, the troposphere extends twelve kilometers from the earth’s surface. A thin called the buffer zone divides the troposphere and the stratosphere. The layer above the troposphere is the stratosphere which contains the ozone layer. It extends from twelve kilometers to fifty kilometers and gets heat towards the top of the layer. Protecting the earth from meteoroids, the mesosphere is the coldest part of the atmosphere. Broken up into two layers, the thermosphere occupies the aurora borealis. The ionosphere and the exosphere are the two layers within the thermosphere. The ionosphere is a very thin layer which makes long-distance communication possible. Electrically charged gas molecules are what the ionosphere is made up of, whereas, the exosphere has many of the satellites.

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/atmosphere.html

Winds

The horizontal movement of air is also known as wind. Local and Global winds are the two most general types of winds. Global Winds blow from a specific direction whereas local winds blow from any direction. Another difference between the two winds is local winds cover a shorter distance than global winds.

Local winds are caused by the small-scale convection currents. There are also two breezes that go along with local winds, a sea breeze and a land breeze. The air flow from the sea to the land is a sea breeze. A sea breeze occurs during the day as the warm air on land rises and the cool air from the sea takes the warm air’s place. Taking place during the night, a land breeze is when the warm air on the sea rises and the cool air on the land takes the warm air’s place. A common land and sea breeze is a monsoon.

Global Winds are mostly caused by the unequal heating of the Earth’s surface. Areas near the equator get the direct rays of the sun which heats the surface of the Earth very quickly. The warm air by the equator rises and sinks near the poles. Because of this a global pattern is produced. Global winds do not move north to south, but move from the rotation of the Earth. In the Northern Hemisphere, winds curve to the right and in the Southern Hemisphere, winds curve to the left. This movement of wind is called the Coriolis effect.

http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/es/pdf/5rs_3_9-3.pdf

Social Studies- Advancements

Throughout the years, the advancement in technology has greatly affected society. Computers have probably had the greatest impact on society. This is because computers started out as simple gadgets and now are so modern with their hardrives and applications. A computer is part of most people's daily lives. Everywhere you go it is rare not to see a computer in the United States. Nowadays there are so many ways to be connected with others, share ideas and thoughts through the Internet. It is like having everything you need at the tip of your fingers however, years ago the computer hadn't even been invented. Knowledge, ideas, and thoughts are spread worldwide through the Internet. As one of the advancements in technology, computers have greatly impacted the society.

MATH BLOG-Fibonacci Sequence

In class a little while ago, we learned about the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden ratio. Over seven hundred years ago a Italian mathematician, Fibonacci created the very famous Fibonacci sequence. The numbers 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89 and so and so forth is his pattern. As you can see, to create the next number you take the sum of the two numbers before it. This sequence hadn't been named until the 19th century when a French mathematician, Édouard Lucas named it. After studying the Fibonacci sequence, he began to relize that any any pair of consecutive numbers is closer to the golden ratio-1.618. . .). Also as the numbers gets higher, the closer it is to the golden ratio. In the image shown below, Fibonni's sequence even comes across nature. Fibonacci's sequence is very important and is found everywhere.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020928/mathtrek.asp