Week 6 Earth Processes Earth’s Changing Surface CLICK link below to hear a Science Course Mentor provide an overview to this section‚ “Earth’s Changing Surface”: http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/p56293907/ Use Chapters 22 and 25.5 in Conceptual Integrated Science to address the following items in your notes: 1. Why did Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift fail and what was the evidence needed to support his predictions- why was it literally an idea before its time? Because no one could
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of gas when not necessary has a negative effect on society as a whole since gas and other petroleum products from a dwindling supply. Also‚ the high-powered engines cause these vehicles to release more than the normal amount of exhaust into the atmosphere as compared to the average size engines in other vehicles. All of these things have long term effects on the environment long term. Nuclear power has some short-term benefits but these come along with long-term effects that are costly to society
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CLIMATE CHANGE Over the last century we have witnessed a decrease of nearly 10 percentage snow cover and a 10 - 15 percentage decrease rn spring and summersea - ice in the northem hemisphere. Others obserued changes that have linked to climate include longer growing seasons‚ increases in rainfall and rainfallintensity in the northem hemisphere‚ and shtt?s in when ice freezes and breaks up on rivers and lakes. The global average surface temperatures could increase 1.4% to‚ 5.8%io C by 2100. Daily
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culprits. But some argue that it just it contributes only a small fraction and current climate predicting models just hype things up – like Lewis Page proposed the NASA researcher’s proof. The amount of CO2 and the other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are raising‚ it is a truism. Both Wayne and Page gave the data of NOAA about the concentration of CO2 and claimed that it has increased by half since mid-19th century due to human activities. Everyone agrees that human is the main source of greenhouse
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improve the composition of the atmosphere and the impact of Enhanced Greenhouse Effect. From the majority of scientists‚ evidence that has shown that the increase of Earth’s climate links back to human activities. However‚ there has been some contrary conclusions where some scientists deny the fact that the changes in climate have not changed at all‚
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production that you have seen and assess their contribution to the creation of specific mood(s) and atmosphere(s) at moments: set design‚ lighting‚ sound. The live performance I have chosen to write about is ‘Warhorse’ which I saw on the 3rd February at the New London Theatre. In this essay‚ I am going to explain and analyse how the staging and the lighting together created the different atmospheres and moods such as fear and tension. Throughout the play‚ numerous themes are illustrated such as the
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Next‚ the Arctic ice melts and the increase in precipitation add additional fresh water to the oceans. This extra water can change ocean currents which affects the whole planet. Lastly‚ the thawing of permafrost causes the release of gases into the atmosphere. These gases are known as greenhouse gases and contribute to global warming. The vegetation in the Arctic is also affected by the climate change. The three
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Argumentative Writing Essay The most significant effect that people have on the environment is the power to choose to pollute it. Ever wonder about all the ways we pollute the world everyday? Probability not‚ nowadays people are more careless about the environment. Sadly‚ because of our actions the world is being destroyed. Since people are becoming lazy and not throwing their trash away‚ the environment is swimming in litter. Also‚ because of our trash millions of innocent animals are dying each
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to live a comfortable life‚ this has in turn led to a lot of innovation and creativity in coming up with machines that can make humans life easier. Most of this machines use fuel which when it is used‚ releases a number of unfriendly gases to the atmosphere. These gases raise the temperatures which are associated with part of climatic change. As population increases
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and causing grave and irreparable damage to the atmosphere. The mechanization of society‚ the urbanization‚ introduction of motorized vehicles‚ and the explosion of the human population have caused an exponential growth in the increase of waste by-products. The indiscriminate discharge of untreated industrial and domestic wastes into waterways‚ the "throwaway" attitude towards thousands of tons of solid wastes and other particulates into the atmosphere have resulted in major environmental disasters
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