Massive solar flare headed toward Earth

Read this article here

Answer the following questions in PARAGRAPH format and ask a question of one your peers in a separate REPLY post to one of their posts.

1) What is a solar flare and how does it effect the Earth?

2) If we had clear skies and lived further north, what might we see as a result of the solar flare?

3) Describe the cycle that the sun is currently in?

4) How does this article relate to chemistry?

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Article on fracking

Watch the video above and read the article about fracking.  Answer the following questions.

What is fracking?

What is the purpose of fracking?

Why do some of people think that fracking is not a great idea?

List all the chemicals that are mentioned that are involved with fracking.

How does fracking relate to our study of water?

Your thoughts/opinions??