Ice Age Essay

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What is Climate?

Many people do not know the difference between weather and climate. Weather is not climate. Weather is the daily prediction of the temperature, humidity, and precipitation chances. Weather can change daily. It can be hot one day, and cold the next. Climate is the weather over a longer period of time. Climate is what the weather is like over a longer period of time. Climate can change, but it is very rare when it happens. The climate can be hot, cold, wet, or dry. Climate is usually over a bigger area of land.

What is an Ice Age?

An Ice age is “a period of colder global temperatures and recurring glacial expansion capable of lasting hundreds of millions of years.” In other words, an Ice Age is where Earth’s temperatures …show more content…

The Ice Age also killed of the Megafauna, such as Wooly Mammoths, and Saber Toothed Tigers. The study of the Ice Ages, helps scientists study for the future of Earth’s climate.

How many different Galaxies are there?

There are many different galaxies in the universe. Scientists say, the exact number of galaxies would be extremely hard to find, seeing as, even with all of our technology, we still would not be able to see the exact number. The Milky Way Galaxy is just one Galaxy in our universe. THe technology we have helped us make a guess of how many more galaxies are out there. There is an estimate of five billion galaxies in our universe. There could be many more, but we might not ever know.

What is a Supernova?

A Supernova is the explosion of a star. We can not see Supernova’s in our own galaxy, but we can see them in other galaxies. There are two different ways a Supernova can occur. The first way is when a white dwarf star, steals the matter from another star. The dwarf star obtains too much matter, and then it explodes. The second way, is when a star runs out of nuclear fuel, and the core of the star gets too heavy. The core of the star collapses because of the mass that is in the core, and it explodes. The su will never have a Supernova, because it does not have enough mass for that to