Kailyn's+Science+Page

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Here is what I learned during our study of Structures and Mechanisms.

media type="custom" key="21518778" The Cork Research

media type="custom" key="21591560" =Harvesting= They will take the Bark off of the cork oak tree when the tree is full grown in May to late August, when the bark has separated. Then they will take the bark off the tree and they will place it on a trailer. Then they will take it to the factory and make the bark into CORK!! The cork oak trees are located in Portugal and Spain were they will harvest the bark and make the cork. Once the trees are about 25 years old the cork is traditionally stripped from the trunks every nine years. The trees live for about 200 years. The first two harvests produce poorer quality cork. There are NO consequences for Extraction

Go ahead and watch the video of how they harvest Cork [|How they Harvest CORK]

media type="custom" key="21591572" It's a physical change because cork would be the same thing when you cut. Cork is used to make flooring and cork boards and remaining materials are used to make cork bottle stoppers. This course of action saved any waste from being produced, therefore taking full advantage of sustainable resource of the Cork Oak. There are NO consequences for Production

media type="custom" key="21605982" Cork is distributed by transport trucking comany and it also will be shipped by freight cars. There is NO consequences for Distribution

media type="custom" key="21606118" Cork Oak Trees will last as long as 200-250 years. If cork is made into flooring it will last for 25 years, if it is maintained and cleaned properly.

media type="custom" key="21628940" They don't throw Cork out. They use all of the cork till the supply is used up. NO, cork does not break down naturally. Cork is naturally impermeable. If you grind cork up first it will speed up decomposition. There are NO consequences for Disposal. Cork is 100% sustainable and renewable natural resource that can be recycled into dozens of new products.

I learned alot about the rollback can. When doing the rollback can i learned that it useds kenetic to create elastic and goes through the cycle over and over again.I also learned that energy has a chain and it goes like this. From plants and animals to what we eat and into our bodies. Then we move the can which makes kenetic energy and when it rolls the elastic twists and rolls back at you.