Tutu, the most beautiful gorilla of them all, had been kicked out and left on the streets to starve. On the busy streets, Tutu had done multiple performances in his bright, hot pink, tutu to earn himself some money.
There was this one expensive-looking car, with a rich-looking man exiting. The man walked up to Tutu giving him $10,000 while saying ‘nice tutu’ after the man said that he stole his tutu.
“I’M GONNA WEAR THIS TUTU FOREVER, IT MAKES ME MORE BEAUTIFUL!”
Tutu was shocked by his actions and cried for he was no longer Tutu if he didn’t have a tutu..
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Mars Information report
The terrestrial planet Mars used to have a past like Earth; the surface covered in water. All that water is said to be frozen now. Mars has never and probably won’t have as much life as Earth anytime soon, but who said we couldn’t try?
You can read further for more information on Mars’ formulation and its current status.
Mars current status
Mars - otherwise known as ‘The Red Planet’ - is covered in its iron-rich dust. The dust makes the landscape of the planet appear red. All that dust covers 144.8 million km² of ground.
Like Earth, Mars is in the habitable zone where it’s not too far from the sun, but not too close to it either. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun, being the next planet behind Earth.
Unlike Earth, Mars has two moons, not one. Phobos is Mars' closest orbiting moon, it orbits 3,700 miles - 6,000 km - from Mars’ surface, and only takes 8 hours. Phobos is smaller than our full moon by about a third.
Mars’ other moon - Deimos - takes 30 hours to orbit. The name Deimos comes from ancient Greek mythology. He was the son of Ares and Aphrodite, along with Phobos, his twin brother. Deimos was the personification of terror, his name meaning dread.
Over the past few years Nasa has been sending machines called a rover to Mars. So far they’ve already sent five, each one having a name. The names of the five rovers are: Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance.
These rovers have a specific job which is to roam on the surface of Mars. Their main objective is to search for and characterize a variety of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity. It also helps scientists understand the different parts and places on the planet.
As of June 2021 all the rovers have died but Curiosity. They all managed to do as tasked though. Curiosity is still up and working around Mars. It’s currently been active since its landing; making it 3143 sols (3229 total days; 8 years, 307 days) old/active.
Mars’ formulation
In the past about 4.5 million years ago, the solar system setted into the layout it is currently in. Dust and swirling gas was pulled in by gravity creating Mars; the fourth planet in the solar system. Like all the other terrestrial planets Mars too, has a central core, rocky mantle and a solid crust.
Mars’ dense core is made out of iron, nickel, and sulfur. The core sits at its center about 930 and 1,300 miles (1,500 to 2,100 kilometres) in diameter.
Researchers have found out - after analyzing for about three years - that Mars’ core has not been cooled to a solid iron completely. Instead the core's interior is made up of a completely liquid iron core or a liquid outer core with a solid core inside.
Covering up Mars’ core is its mantle. It’s been said that Mars’ mantle is about twice as rich in iron as the Earth’s mantle. The mantle is primarily made up of silicon, oxygen, iron, and magnesium. The mantle is approximately 770 to 1,170 miles (1,240 to 1,880 km) thick, that is according to NASA.
In Mars’ earlier years, the surface was discovered to maybe have possessed liquid water that covered the entire surface. The water was approximately equivalent to half the volume of the Atlantic Ocean, the water was perhaps up to nearly a mile (1.5 km) deep.
Conclusion
This red planet still has a long way to go for there to be life. But when there is, wouldn’t it be cool to live there?
Recently in literacy we've been reading a book called 'The Jacket'. This first part is about two boys getting into a fight over a Jacket. Phil - the taller boy at the back - thought that Daniel - the other boy on the cover - stole his little brothers jacket, so conflict arose.
Atiu Cook Islands
Earlier this week in Room 1's literacy class we were challenged by Mr Moran with this writing challenge.
We had to write a short story made up with only 6 sentences, three pictures, and a few adjectives. The three pictures this time were of Spongebob, the world and a broom. The adjectives were adorable, treasure, bruised, and because. We also had to use speech marks.
This is what I wrote using those.
Spongebob walked around his house looking for Gary, his snail. While searching, Spongebob finds a globe of the world giving him an amazing idea.
“Gary, we’re going on a treasure hunt!”
Gary was put onto a boom that was floating because Spongebob was holding it above the ground. Unfortunately the poor snail couldn’t keep his balance, he fell and bruised himself. Spongebob watched the adorable face his snail made before helping him up, and getting on with his day.
There is a possibility that I will post more of my writing challenges so I hoped you enjoy them.
WALT: to organise our ideas into paragraphs
We have many environmental problems globally, but one of the most problematic and harmful environmental issues would be plastic pollution. Many people know that plastic pollution is a big problem throughout the world, yet people continue using and making plastic. As most of the world's population uses plastic it’s being made more, and more of that plastic ends up in our beautiful oceans. Those actions are causing plastic pollution to become an even bigger environmental issue that only a few thousand of us are dealing with properly. Plastic pollution in the world is so inferior we have an island of rubbish just floating in the sea. The most disappointing thing is that only a few of us are doing something about plastic pollution, it’s about time we all do something to help the environment. One simple thing you could do to commit to helping the environment is possibly using as many biodegradable plastic objects you can, as it can break down quicker than normal plastic.
Everyone knows how useful and beneficial plastic can be to us, but with those benefits also comes problems, and inconveniences. Plastic is durable, and that's convenient, but it’s also the main problem about plastic. The fact that it’s durable makes it harder to break down. It can take up to 1,000 years at most, and that’s only an estimate, it could possibly take longer. Once the plastic breaks down a bit it’s small enough for marine animals to eat, because of that the fish we eat are likely to have ingested plastic, meaning we are also eating plastic.
Plastic is used a lot in our daily lives. We use plastic so often that it seems like we need it, but we don’t. Instead of using single use plastic you could replace it with something else like maybe replacing a plastic water bottle with a stainless steel bottle. Another thing you could replace would be cosmetics. A lot of people don’t know that there are little pieces of plastic hidden inside a few cosmetic products. Those littles pieces of plastic are called microbeads. Fortunately microbeads have been banned in a few countries.
Not every piece of plastic is single use. In Fact you can always use it again. Clean the plastic again and use it, don’t throw it away and get the same piece of plastic. If you use it again it doesn’t have to still have the same purpose. You can always repurpose the plastic by turning something like a water bottle into a vase, or pencil holder. Use your mind and be creative. Not only would you be helping the environment, but you could also entertain yourself creating something with the plastic.
Often we buy things with plastic that we don’t need, leaving you with left-over rubbish. You can avoid that necessary waste by refusing to buy the plastic in the first place. Instead of going to a store where things are new and packaged in plastic you can go to a second hand shop. I recommend going to a second hand shop because it’s already unpackaged, you would have no leftover plastic. Not only will it be ridding you of extra waste but it could also save your money.
If you want to see the world restored to its original beauty, the best thing you could do is follow doing as many of the R’s as you can. Make sure you continue it even if it feels like you're not doing anything helpful, because in reality you are. You shouldn’t do it by yourself so tell your family and friends, so we can save the earth.
