Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Coal & Fossils

 1. Contain high levels of carbon and come from tiny micro-organisms and plants. They are formed from a natural process known as anaerobic decomposition.


2. China, U.S.A., India


3.  U.S.A., Russia, China

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Jetty

Jetty- A stretch of land, or riverbank, made to protect the harbor. It is made out of coastline. They usually are built in pairs at the end of a river channel. They are made for directing currents and keeping the water in between the two jetties, deep. Some negative side effects that could be caused due to jetties are impermeable groynes. This means that sand on the side that the long shore drift is coming at, will cause the sand to build up against it in a triangular formation. This effect will continually happen.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Jetty_break2_new(USGS).jpg/240px-Jetty_break2_new(USGS).jpg

"Jetty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetty>.

"Waterfronts for Waves." GlobalSecurity.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/waterfront-waves.htm>. 

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Windbreaks

Windbreaks- linear plantings of trees, shrubs, etc., to ensure the welfare of the crops, to guard (surround) people or animals, and to keep the soil fertile. Some different types of windbreaks are field windbreaks and livestock windbreaks.



http://nac.unl.edu/windbreaks.htm

Windbreaks