Glaciers by Jarvis

As a  Glacier melts, it leaves behind humps of hard bedrock and rounded hills and narrow ridges of rock debris. hellos in the rounded  loose rocks trap water from the the melting glacier. A glacier is a huge piece of  ice. Did you know? Glaciers cover 10 percent of the Earth. The largest glacier is 20,000 feet. This glacier is Antarctica.

Hand, Carol, The Creation of Glaciers, 2010.
World Book, 8,  2002.

Bays by Tre

 Why are bays so small? Where  are bays usually found?  Life in an estuary. a body of water that occurs when a river carrying fresh water flows in to a body of salt water. Bays are usually found in wetlands. Bays are so small bcause if a hurrcane  makes it small. What is the most famous bay. the most famous bay is a Chesapeake.

World Book, 2, 2002.

deserts by matt

Deserts are a huge area that has sand and flat areas all over. Some states are deserts. Some animals can live in deserts like lizards and tarantulas. The plants that live there are small cactus bush cactus and lots of more plants that live in the hot weather. Deserts get very little rainfall so most of plant and trees are dead.

World Book 2002, vol #5,  2002

PONDS by Ben and Ethan

      This is a blog about ponds by Ethan and Ben. One of our questions was "What kind of animals live in ponds?" and the answer was" fresh water fish"(we both had the same answer) witch came from the "Pond and River".  

  One of Ben's questions is "What kind of water is in ponds " The answer is fresh water.
     one of Ethan's questions is "What color are ponds?" The answer is "Dark blue waters. "
    Our final question is "What kind of trees lives near ponds?" The answer is " Willow trees. (same ansewer again).                        

      All that information came from:
 World Book, 2002.
 Parker, Steve. Ponds and Rivers.

 

Volcanos by nathan and kolin

     Lava has melted rock in it.The heat melts the rock.So it makes lava. In volcanoes the heat gets trapped so the heat multiplies.Then the heat explodes and ash comes out.

Paul P.  Sipiera, Volcanoes,1998. 
World Book, vol.  20 2002

Cliffs by Mackenzie

A Cliff is like a HUGE rock. But it does take many processes of erosion with clay, water, wind, and rocks. Erosion is when the earth moves its materials around.

The type of materials that make a cliff is different types of clay and rock.  A cliff is also is made up a type of rock that has a reddish orange color to it. There is different types of rock throughout the layers of the cliff.

Some cliffs are formed by water and sea shores.

My sources were
Butterfield, Moira. 1,000 Facts About the Earth, September 1993

World Book, Vol. 4, 2000

EBSCO

This landforms project was by Mackenzie







      

the tundra by Sam

A tundra is a huge field.It has many mountains, trees, animals, and plants. Most tundras are very cold. A lot of tundras are in China and Russia. Because of Russia's cold weather, only some animals can survive. The tundra is a beautiful place where there is a lot of life. There is a lot of grass, mountains, weeds and many more lively things.                                                                                                        



sources:A Life on the Tundra by Seymor Simon 1990
and Google.com.