OUR PLANET EARTH by JENAN HEMMATI https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r made by: Jenan.H and Noura.G2 en-us 2023-09-24 04:36:00 UTC 2023-10-03 11:17:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3a7.png THE EARTHS CORE https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723349507 Earths core is thought to be made of a solid metal surrounded by a cooler liquid ]]> 2023-09-27 15:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723349507 VOLCANOES 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723351228 Volcanoes are openings, or vents where lava, steam,and small  rocks erupt onto the Earth's surface]]> 2023-09-27 15:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723351228 CLIMATE https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723351257 The weather of a specific region averaged over a long period of time.]]> 2023-09-27 15:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723351257 LIGHTNING https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723352132 Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground.]]> 2023-09-27 15:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723352132 PLATE TECTONICS https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723352967 Movement of the earths plates ]]> 2023-09-27 15:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723352967 THE OCEAN 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723353256 a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.]]> 2023-09-27 15:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723353256 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723356141 2023-09-27 15:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723356141 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723386453 2023-09-27 16:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723386453 SOME INFORMATION 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723389902 Earth's core is the very hot, very dense center of our planet. The ball-shaped core lies beneath the cool, brittle crust and the mostly solid mantle. The core is found about 2,900 kilometers (1,802 miles) below Earth's surface, and has a radius of about 3,485 kilometers (2,165 miles).]]> 2023-09-27 16:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723389902 5 FACTS ABOUT THE EARTHS CORE 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723399932
  • It's Almost The Size of the Moon. The Earth's inner core is surprisingly large, measuring 2,440 km (1,516 miles) across. 
  • It's extremely hot
  • It's Mostly Made of Iron. 
  • It Spins Faster Than the Surface of the Earth. 
  • It Creates a Magnetic Field.
]]> 2023-09-27 16:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723399932 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723401563 The solid metal is called the inner core. And the cooler liquid surrounding it is called the outer core]]> 2023-09-27 16:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723401563 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723410001 2023-09-27 16:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723410001 WHAT IS THE CORE MADE OUT OF? 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723416912 Unlike the mineral-rich crust and mantle, the core is made almost entirely of metal, specifically, iron and nickel.]]> 2023-09-27 16:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723416912 WHAT IS MAGMA? 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723422816 Magma is the hot liquid inside a volcano. Once it leaves the volcano, it is known as lava.]]> 2023-09-27 16:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723422816 4 FACTS ABOUT VOLCANOES 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723424057
  • Volcanoes are openings of the Earth's surface. 
  • The word volcano comes from the word ‘Vulcan’. 
  • Volcanoes can be active, dormant or extinct. 
  • There are around 1,500 active volcanoes in the world.
    • ]]>     2023-09-27 16:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723424057     DO VOLCANOES EXIST IN OTHER PLANETS OR MOONS? 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723430454 Yes! Other planets and moons have volcanoes too. And the largest volcano in our solar system is Olympus Mons, which is found on Mars.]]> 2023-09-27 16:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723430454 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723436675 2023-09-27 16:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2723436675 EXAMPLE 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727348945 This is a Convergent boundary]]> 2023-10-01 10:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727348945 HOW DO TECTONICS PLATES MOVE? 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727352643 Tectonic Plates move in one of four different ways :
    1. Spreading or moving apart.
    2. Subduction or dividing under another plate.
    3. Collision or crashing into one another
    4. Sliding past each other in a shearing motion 
    ]]>     2023-10-01 10:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727352643     WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF BOUNDARIES? 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727354971 Divergent Boundary, Convergent Boundary, And Transform Boundary.]]> 2023-10-01 10:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727354971 EXAMPLE: 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727355195 DIVERGENT BOUNDARY ]]> 2023-10-01 10:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727355195 HOW ARE PLATE TECTONICS FORMED? 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727357477 When the rock in the upper mantle is hot enough to flow slowly, heated rock rises, moves up to the to the lithosphere, cools, then circulates downwards.]]> 2023-10-01 10:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727357477 THINGS THAT FORM WITH PLATE TECTONICS 057431 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727361499
  • Island arcs
  • Volcanoes 
  • Submarine mountain ranges
  • Deep ocean trenches 
    • ]]>     2023-10-01 10:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727361499     CLIMATES 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727366377 2023-10-01 10:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2727366377 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2728567231 2023-10-02 13:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2728567231 OUR MIGHTY WEATHER AND CLIMATE 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729434490 The constant spinning of Earth, its tilt and its orbit around the Sun all drive the forces that produce our weather and climate.
    Human activity is having an impact on our climate too. 

    Climate change is making extreme weather more common, and our understanding and prediction of weather has never been more important.
    ]]>     2023-10-03 00:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729434490     WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES ON HOW CLIMATE WORKS? 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729436154 Climate is the average of that weather. For example, you can expect snow in the Northeast in January or for it to be hot and humid in the Southeast in July. This is climate. The climate record also includes extreme values such as record high temperatures or record amounts of rainfall.]]> 2023-10-03 00:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729436154 TYPES OF CLIMATE CHANGE 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729441814 1. intense droughts 
    2. water scarcity
    3. severe fires 
    4. rising sea levels 
    5. flooding
    6. melting polar ice
    7. catastrophic storms and declining biodiversity]]>     2023-10-03 01:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729441814     FACTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729444621
  • The Last Decade Was the Hottest in 125,000 Years. 
  • The Ocean Absorbs Most of the Heat We Produce. 
  • CO2 Is At Its Highest in 2 Million Years. 
  • We Are Losing 1.2 Trillion Tons of Ice Each Year. 
  • Air pollution Is Both Good and Bad.



    • ]]>     2023-10-03 01:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729444621     044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729446068 2023-10-03 01:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729446068 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729446575 2023-10-03 01:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729446575 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729447403 2023-10-03 01:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729447403 FUTURE WATER 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729451488 A massive 92% of fresh water used in Kuwait's homes and industries comes from desalinating sea water.
    Desalination burns huge amounts of fossil fuels. In the future, desalination plants may run on solar power.
    ]]>     2023-10-03 01:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729451488     SAFETY IN NUMBERS 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729453637 Did you know that some fish group together to avoid being eaten. Shoals are loose groups of sometimes mixed species traveling in roughly the same direction. Schools are tightly packed groups of the same species.]]> 2023-10-03 01:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729453637 WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT OCEAN WATER? 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729455943 The ocean covers 70 percent of Earth's surface. It contains about 1.35 billion cubic kilometers (324 million cubic miles) of water, which is about 97 percent of all the water on Earth. The ocean makes all life on Earth possible, and makes the planet appear blue when viewed from space.]]> 2023-10-03 01:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729455943 SOME FACTS ABOUT THE OCEAN 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729458632
  • The ocean floor has many levels. 
  • Ocean water is constantly in motion. 
  • Ocean currents can be warm or cold. 
  • There is life on all levels of Earth's oceans.

    • ]]>     2023-10-03 01:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729458632     HOW DOES A VOLCANO ERUPT? 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729469294 Deep within the Earth it is so hot that some rocks slowly melt and become a thick flowing substance called magma. Since it is lighter than the solid rock around it, magma rises and collects in magma chambers. Eventually, some of the magma pushes through vents and fissures to the Earth's surface.]]> 2023-10-03 01:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729469294 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729490113 2023-10-03 01:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729490113 HOW DOES LIGHTNING FORM? 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729495683 The lightning consists of electric charges that happen from cloud to cloud. Their number varies from 16 to 40 charges per minute and both the physical and chemical processes that are behind this phenomenon are still not very well known.]]> 2023-10-03 01:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729495683 WHAT CAUSES LIGHTING TO STRIKE? 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729501050 When the attraction becomes too strong, the positive and negative charges come together, or discharge, to balance the difference in a flash of lightning (sometimes known as a lightning strike or lightning bolt).]]> 2023-10-03 02:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729501050 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729503746 2023-10-03 02:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729503746 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIGHTING AND THUNDER? 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729507043 Lightning and thunder are dependent on each other but they are separate events. Lightning is electrical energy while thunder is sound energy. The light created by lightning travels much faster than the sound thunder creates. Light from lightning travels 670 million mph and thunder's sound travels 768 mph.]]> 2023-10-03 02:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729507043 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LIGHTINING 044372 https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729508933 A lightning bolt can reach 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit, about five times hotter than the surface of our sun. 

    Lightning strikes the United States 20 million times per year. 

    Lightning moves about 30,000 times faster than a bullet. 

    Thunder is the result of the rapid heating and expansion of air caused by a lightning flash.]]>     2023-10-03 02:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/044372/uzv5g4cen9ln2k7r/wish/2729508933