Posts by drydenw2016
Histograms and Frequency Polygons
Emergency Kit
Bottled water (4 litres of water per person, per day for three days.) Food (canned ham, canned vegetables, dried fruit, peanut butter, granola bars, crackers, sesame snaps, and juice boxes.) Ziploc bag containing money in small bills, copies of passports insurance papers and birth certificates on a flash drive, pen and paper, and local map… Continue reading
Cascadia Subduction Zone Response
1.This documentary used several pieces of evidence to support their claim that we are in a dangerous location. What were those pieces of evidence? List them. Number 1. Underneath the salt marshes of the Washington Coast there was evidence of a spruce forest. On top of the spruce forest layer was a thin layer of… Continue reading
Mount St. Helens Response
Identify and describe 3 ways humans have interacted with this volcano, including positive and negative interactions. (Do this in class today) Mount St. Helens has been described as 500 atomic bombs going off. When Mount St. Helens erupted, the people who were killed were never found. The devastation was enormous. After the eruption of Mount… Continue reading
Volcano Lab
When you watched your volcano erupt, what did you notice about the “pyroclastic” flow? Describe it’s movement. I noticed that the pyroclastic flow was moving very quickly down the sides of the volcano. The pyroclastic flow reached the village by the volcano, very quickly and covered and destroyed it with it’s lava. When you watched the… Continue reading
Geography In Action
Micro-burst Storm in Arizona On August 2, 2018, a micro-burst storm hit Estrella Mountain Ranch in Goodyear, Arizona. The citizens of Estrella Mountain Ranch experienced harsh landscape, roof, and infrastructure damage. It may take months to fully repair the homes. Gratefully, there were no reports of injuries due to this storm. The immediate impact to… Continue reading
My Personal Thoughts on the Indonesian Earthquake
Prompt 2 Hi, this letter is from your cousin, Dryden. I wanted to let you know that the family in Indonesia has constantly been on my mind since I learned of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that occurred in your region. I am praying to god that all of you survived the horrendous destruction which… Continue reading
Triangulation Lab Questions
What went wrong with today’s lab? List all the variables that disturbed our results and create a solution to make the outcome more accurate. In today’s lab each person in our group had different paces in which they were going for each of the waves. Some people were taking bigger steps than others which made… Continue reading
Wegener’s Shoes Writing Assignment
This article is talking about the appearance of the continents in the world today, and how they have changed over time. Continental drift, which is the gradual movement of the continents, can explain this change. When the appearance of the present-day continents is observed, there is evidence that the continents were once one large continent,… Continue reading