Case of the Soda Explosion and Other True Science Mysteries for You to Solve
SCIENCE SLEUTHS How can lava blast out of the ocean Can you hear sound in space Whose bones are those From outer space to deep underground mysteries lurk all around But forget the magnifying glass A telescope and the Internet would be better tools to sleuth out the answers in this book BEFORE CONTINUING PLEASE STATE THE SCIENCE DETECTIVE S PROMISE I will read each one page mystery completely I will try to solve each mystery to the best of my ability I will not use this book as scratch paper I will not peek at the answer on the flip side of the page Only after I have solved the mystery or worn down my brain trying may I turn the page WWWWWWWMMMM So turn over a new leaf and get ready to solve some science
MYSTERY SUDDEN STORM June 25 1853 Arose early and tended chickens Sky was overcast but wind calm In the early afternoon the wind picked up considerably and the oir turned cold Aside from that the hurricane come without worning A great wove rose from Lake Michigon up near the beoch ond croshed oshore Standing in the woods on a dune I watched the wove hit lond It was the biggest wove that ever rolled in off thot lake AUTHENTIC OLD TIME TREASURES Ellie I looked into this story I couldn't find any reports of a hurricane on Lake Michigan COULD THIS STORY REALLY BE TRUE 5
Case CRACKED MAKING WAVES To solve this mystery you have to know how hurricanes form Hurricanes are powerful tropical storms They always start over warm ocean water Warm wet air rises from the ocean As the air rises it cools and forms clouds The forming clouds give off heat that the storm uses as energy As more air rises and cools the storm grows and spins When the winds in the storm reach 74 miles 119 kilometers per hour the storm has become a hurricane Lake Michigan is definitely not an ocean In fact this lake is only 307 miles 494 km long and up to 118 miles 190 km wide The average hurricane is about 300 miles 483 km wide So most hurricanes would be larger than the lake itself Hurricane Formation A hurricane couldn't have formed in winds flow outward allowing air to rise Lake Michigan But what did the diary writer see The writer could have been describing a seiche Seiche is a French word that means to sway back and forth Storms with high winds can cause a body of water such as Lake Michigan to slosh back and forth The water sloshes from shore to shore much like water in a basin As the water sloshes the waves grow The waves that hit the opposite shore can be more than 10 feet 3 meters high humid air forms clouds outside winds steer the storm rising winds come up center of storm and spin warm ocean water rises into air
MYSTERY LAND OF FIRE Marianna Standing on this island is just amazing I am watching Searing hot rock form new land What's also amazing is that this island is part of the United States In fact I am actually in a national park Wish you were here Raul Marianna Perez 6th Straco 48 46800 Puerto Vallarta JAL WHERE IS RAUL
