Tar Sands Article

1) They said that it's highly acidic and can increase the risk of oil spills by ruining the pipes.

2)They think it will jeopardize the water supply. They also say it causes issues similar to coal strip mining, which will damage the Northern Canadian forests and they are worried of a leak.

Fracking plant

I wouldn't let someone put a fracking plant near my house because I wouldn't want my water to be ruined.  Also I wouldn't want anyone in my family getting sick from the chemicals in the water.  Some people might say it is a good idea because they could get a job, those people are selfish, it kills people.  If there was a fracking plant near my house I would move or encourage my family to move away from it.

1.) Fossil fuels are fossilized stuff. But what kind of stuff? What is fossilized to create coal, and what is fossilized to create petroleum (crude oil) and natural gas? 2.) Which three countries in the world use the most coal? List them in order. 3.) Which three countries in the world have the largest coal reserves? (unmined coal) List them in order.


1)Oil and gas (coal). Crude oil is when dead organisms go under intense heat.

2) China, USA, India

3) USA, Russia, China

Man-Made structors

Seawall: Is a protective wall that goes to the sea to save beaches. The force of the wave can erode the beach.

"WordNet Search." WordNet Search - 3.1. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Jan. 2013. <wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=seawall>. 

A terrace is when you shape land into something with a flat top and sloping or vertical sides.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/terrace

The massive landslide in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, buried an entire valley in the park. The reason was because of a 3.4 magnitude earth quake. It effected tourists visiting the park by burying one of the valleys beneath the 11,750-foot Lituya Mountain. It was in the Fairweather Range about six miles from the border of British Columbia. It doesn't say that they did anything to fix it so I don't know how much the damage cost, but the picture looks like the mud didn't hit anything major so they might not have done anything to fix it.

Landslides

Definition: When some land off the side of a mountain weakens and gives way causing the land to "slide" down the mountain like an avalanche.


"Mass Wasting/Landslides." SERC. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012. <http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/geomorph/visualizations/mass_wasting.html>.