7-1-I-Search-Justin

= END OF THE WORLD = by Justin

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**Introduction**
I always wonder about the end of the world when all humans die out or when our Earth goes crazy and explodes. I always wonder : "Don't you think that one day, the world would somehow be 'complete' or full and that the world cannot be improved?" Don't you sometimes think that everything has an end? Theres an end to me, theres an end to a movie, and theres an end of a road; why cant there be an end of the world? When would that be? What would happen if so? Some people look forward to the end of the world, some people tremble when they hear the words "end of the world". There are many ways that the world could end. Some of these can happen more easily than others, some ways can depend on what humans do and some can depend on what aliens decide to do. I have many resources to use in order to help me complete my I-search such as websites, magazines and people.

**Search**
Some things I used to help me in my quest to help me answer my research questions are by using interviews, magazines, and books. I plan to interview Mr.Hoffer the physics teacher on the third floor for some possibilities the world will end using his scientific point of view. Also, I will ask him for a estimate of when he thinks the world will end. He should be enough to give me information on the scientific possibilities on how and when the world will end.

I have already located a few websites on the world's ending. They gave me some ways the world will end. Some websites have also given me a hypothesis on when the world may end. I have found out that there could be hundreds of possibilities for how the world will end and when it will happen. I also used my Science textbook to help me find some information on important things I need to know in order to complete my I-Search such as Global Warming, comets and asteroids, and etc.... But I cannot rely on most websites I find, so I can look for articles in magazines and books.

Some of my results were asteroid collisions, solar flares, Global warming, and rogue black holes. To me, I think asteroid collisions would be most probable and would happen pretty soon. I think this because after investigating on Wikipedia, I realized there were many close calls for collisions on Earth, so it is possible that one day an asteroid will hit Earth and cause a lot of damage. Also, I think the Global warming epidemic would cause an end to us one day. The increasing temperatures of the Earth would eventually melt all the ice in the North and flood the whole Earth. It would be like Hurricane Katrina all over the world.

**Conclusion**
In the end, I conclude that you cannot be sure what will happen in the future unless you can tell the future. There are many possibilities that the world would end. In 20 years, aliens could invade Earth. In 1,000,000,000 years, the sun will explode and its expanding heat will consume Earth and all of its inhabitants. Or, in 1 year, a nuclear weapon war starts and eventually wipes out all of mankind. There are many possibilities and if I were to name them all, it would take 50 pages to write them down and another 50 pages for possible dates the world will end.(if you think about it, thats actually a lot) So, in conclusion, I think that the answer to my research question will be up to YOU to choose.

**Works Cited**
Frauenfelder, Mark. "Top 10 Ways the World Will End." __BoingBoing__. 4 Apr. 2008 http://www.boingboing.net/2002/02/25/top-10-ways-the-worl.html

Frank, David V., John G. Little, Steve Miller, Jay M. Pasachoff, and Camille L. Wainwright. __Physical Science__. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001.

The Near Earth Asteroid Threat." __Wikipedia__. 14 Apr. 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_asteroid