Movie Blog

The Alvin being dropped in le ocean

Deep Sea, Deep Secrets is  documentary done on the crew who took the Alvin, the white sub, to the bottom depths of the Mid-Ocean Ridge. Here they explored the hydrothermal vents where there is a large amount of plant and animal life. Usually at these depths this kind of life is unheard of without sunlight, which brings photosynthesis, but tese vents add a whole knew way to living, reproducing, and surviving. All of these creatures live off each other and the plant life around them. It was really cool seeing the different animals and fish that are produced from the vent elements and nutrients. It would be awesome to be able to see something like this in person, but I don't know anyone with a miny sub that can take me on a nice trip.   

The Maps Lab

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Georgia Precipitation Map

Deep Sea Movie

The Deep Sea, Deep Secrets movie was really cool. There was a lot of interesting and fascinating species and coral displayed at the bottom of the sea. It is crazy to hear that the deep depths of our ocean is the most unknown area on our planet, almost like space. We do not know everything that goes on or lives down there because the extent of pressure is insane that no human is able to make a dive to the bottom. The deepest part of the ocean is 6.85 miles down, almost 7 miles. Because the bottom is so deep, plant and animal life would seem to be non extent because lack of oxygen. However, around volcanic ducts plant life is prosperous because they have found a way to reproduce with the nutrients and elements formed. This documentary is filmed by the divers that use a mini sub to explore the ocean depth, take pictures, video, and extract material.  

Community Garden

The community garden is located right behind the Macon Methodist Church. Here a company called Macon Roots started a community garden to allow people from the area to come in and plant some vegetables and fruits for food consumption. We as a group went through the gardens. We identified some plants, we did a Munsell color chart to figure out the type of soil was in the grounds of the community garden, and we looked at the different layers of soil. This was my second time going to the gardens from last semester and it seemed to have gotten more organized with its plants. We also played with mud-which means we used a series of tests to indicate the texture of the soil. This garden just gets me ready to go home and get mine going.

Igneous Rock

Obsidian


Obsidian is made by the lava that comes from a volcano that rapidly cools into a glass looking igneous rock that lacks any crystal growth. Obsidian is translucent and is black. On the Mohs scale of hardness it is a 5-6.  The luster it gives off is vitreous. Back in the day this rock was used for arrowheads or sharp weapons because it could be fractured into sharp objects easily and it was durable. It also was used for early mirrors.

Minerals on our Earth

Quartz

Hornblende

Feldspar

Limestone

Galena

Mica

Lab 2 Maps

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