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    Darwina Matcham Engl 0103 Spring Dr.Rudolph Compare and Contrast While penguins are technically birds‚ they have many distinct attributes that set them apart from the much of the animal class Aves. Penguins thrive in many different climates including tropical and temperate zones. These animals can survive temperatures below -100 degrees Fahrenheit. Antarctic penguins have a three-tiered insulation system. First‚ they have feathers that act like tiles on a roof‚ with longer feathers

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    An Inconvenient Truth

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    Climate change‚ to put it simply‚ is a change in the world’s climate. In Al Gore’s documentary‚ An Inconvenient Truth‚ he talks about the dangers society faces from climate change. It is a slide show that Gore has presented over 1000 times worldwide. In this report‚ the keeling curve that Gore showed will be discussed and so will the glaciers‚ temperature‚ hurricanes‚ personal stories and the CO2. Figure [ 1 ] Figure [ 1 ] The Keeling Curve (Figure 1)‚ as Gore presented in the film‚ is a graph

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    HOW THE SHAPE OF THE BODY AFFECTS THE TEMPERATURE LOSS Introduction Small organisms have a surface area that is large enough‚ compared with their volume. As a results they lose heat rapidly when the environmental temperature is lower than their body temperature. However when the animal gets bigger their volume increases at a larger rate than their surface area‚ so the surface to volume ratio decreases. Adaptations help organisms to survive in their habitats. Adaptations can be structural‚ behavioral

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    Tulndra Research Paper

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    Tundra climate is usually found between the 60-75 degree latitude lines. Tundra climate is mainly found along the coast of the Arctic Ocean. Tundra is a transition climate between Ice Cap and Subarctic‚ similar to Semiarid being a transition between Arid and more humid climate. Tundra climate areas experience a very harsh winter and a cool summer. During the summer‚ much of the snow and ice melts and forms soggy marshes and bogs. However‚ some of the deeper parts of the soil stays frozen even

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    The Hydrosphere

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    Oceanic circulations ●Ocean currents carry low latitude warm water to higher latitudes where the heat can be released to the atmosphere (through surface evaporation and sensible heat flux). ●In this way the latitudinal oceanic heat transport with its atmospheric counterpart (atmospheric Hadley Cell‚ Ferrell Cell and Polar Cell) to balance the Earth’s local heat budget. Loading... Oceanic circulations ●Buoyancy fluxes between air and water alter the density of the sea water - those are latent

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    Cold Desert Biome Food Web Michelle Ann Cushman BIO/101 October 20‚ 2014 Steven Peck This is a biome which is an Ocean shore environment. Animals that live here find their food in the water. Some of the Preys go on to the land to rest or reproduce‚ but food that they eat is in the water. The Artic is the area around the North Pole while the Antarctic is the area around the South Pole. Plant plankton are eaten by the Krills; the Krills are eaten by the fish‚ fish are eaten by the seals and the seals

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    ► USE THE “A Printable Latitude & Longitude Map of the World” TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-5. As well as the rest of the Power Point. 1. List the seven large landmasses known as continents. 1.___North America___ 2.___South America____ 3._____Asia_______ 2. The Prime_ Meridian_ is the line of longitude that divides the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western Hemisphere. 3. Which two continents lie completely in the Southern Hemisphere? _____Australia and Antarctica__

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    Geology of Central Park

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    Task F: The professor will take you to location F‚ where you would examine the rock and note the straight‚ parallel grooves and ridges on the surface of the rock‚ and parallel grooves cut across the layering of the rock. Create an hypothesis as to why the grooves formed on the rocks‚ make observations‚ draw conclusions‚ and devise a test of its correctness in the form of a prediction. Rock F is bedrock that points north-west‚ matching up with the empire rock. It also has grooves‚ is polished‚ and

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    Shackletons Way

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    SHACKLETON’S WAY Earnest Shackleton‚ was the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. He showed great leadership in the choosing‚ leading and saving his crew of 27 men. Shackleton led his men with strength and respect. He had a great ability to display the strength of each individual man‚ while leading them as a team. In choosing his crew‚ he not only looked at the work that they would do‚ but also how they would get along with the rest of the men. In the toughest circumstances‚ it

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    amundsen and scott

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    AMUNDSEN AND SCOTT The chilling tundra of the antarctic restrained anyone from exploring antarctic for years. Amundsen and Scott‚ two very brave men chose to attempt to reach the south pole. The prowess in both men was incredibly heroic. Amundsen and Scott knew it was a treacherous journey but were up for the task. Only one man could be the first‚ and Amundsen was most definitely the successor. Amundsen had prepared for this journey all his life. While Scott flew by the seat of his pants

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