visit to earth observatory
Every year the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory holds an open house in which scientists share their studies and really let the public see what and how they do what they do. Scientists at this research center are working together studying different fields of the Geologic sciences ranging from Oceanography, Geochemistry, Seismology, and even Marine Biology share their findings with the public. This year like every other year, they set up deferent exhibits and share the current research, studies and illustrations of the different Geologic processes along with their findings with anybody who is interested. For this assignment, we were asked to describe five of the exhibits from the LDEO open house. The five exhibits that called my attention the most were the Seismology, Geochemistry, Oceanography, Demonstration of Hard and Soft behavior of the surface of our, and the "Water Current Exhibit". 1- Seismology in simple terms is the study of earthquakes; it involves observations of natural ground vibrations and artificial vibrations. In this exhibit, the scientists were explaining how and earthquake forms and how it can be detected even hundreds of miles away via a Seismograph. Someone asked the question what is an earthquake.
5- "Water Currents". The fifth exhibit that I was interested in was the water convection model. Moreover, how it illustrates ocean currents. This was a very simple model, it consisted of a fish tank, a light bulb as a source of heat, a block of ice as a source of cold, and some kind of die to show the water moving. The demonstration he gave was with a brass ball which he put inside the press, put the amvels on top and then pressured it just for a brief moment and the result was a ball with eight flat surfaces. I thought this was so interesting that I had to have the brass ball.
Some common words found in the essay are:
Current Exhibit, Atlantic Ocean, Water Currents, LDEO Scientists, Tectonics Theory, Marine Biology, Soft Surface, Earth Observatory, Repository LDEO, ocean floor, Hard Soft, ocean currents, rubber band, hard soft, core samples, beneath ocean floor, light bulb, energy stored, brass ball, artificial vibrations, called attention, store core samples, found deep earth, drill ocean floor,
Approximate Word count = 1497
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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