Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Climate Of NE Of Cleveland OH.

  • The Climate In NorthEast Cleveland/OH Is Humid Continental.

The humid continental climate is a climate found over large areas of landmasses in the temperate regions of the mid-latitudes where there is a zone of conflict betweenpolar and tropical air masses. The humid continental climate is marked by variable weather patterns and a large seasonal temperature variance. 

Friday, March 6, 2009

A Physical Property is any aspect of an object or substance that can be measure or perceived without changing its identity.

Example: color, smell, freezing point, boiling point, infa-red spectrum

A Chemical Property is a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity.

Examples: iron rusting, ferments, Conductivity, flammability, reactivity, 

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Heterogeneous &Homogeneous

A heterogeneous mixture is a  mixture of two or more compounds.

Examples: mixtures of  sand and  water  (or) muddy  water,  conglomerate rock, salads, whip cream, toothpaste, styrofoam.

A homogeneous mixture has  the same uniform appearance  and composition throughout.

Examples: Air, Salty  water, Cereal &Milk, Pizza, Glue,  and Lotion.

Friday, February 27, 2009

[Subatomic Particles]

Three main Subatomic Particles are protons, nuetrons, and electrons.

The charge and location of each:

Protons have a positive  charge (+1), Nuetrons have no charge (+0). Both of these are found in nucleus. Circling around the nucleus are the electrons. Electrons have a negative charge (-1).

Friday, February 20, 2009

ChEMiStRy.

Chemistry-science dealing with the composition and properties of substance, and with the reactions by which substances are produced from or converted to other substances. 

The 8 major studies of science are: 
Organic 
Inorganic 
Physical
Biochemistry 
Analytical
Theoretical
Materials
Nuclear

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Waves

Wave Length is the distance between repeating units of a propagating wave of a given frequency.

Wave Frequency is a measure  of how often a recurring event such as a wave occurs in a measure amount of time.

Wave Height the measurement from the waves trough to its crust .

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Transverse Waves are perpendicular, they intersect which mean they cross.

An Example of a Transverse Wave:


Compression Waves move the same way no matter what.

An Example of Compression Waves: