sections called plates that are moving relative to one another as they move on top of the underlying semi-molten mantle. These plates are either continental‚ The North American Plate‚ or oceanic‚ The Nazca Plate. Tectonic plates are powered by convection currents‚ which is the circular movement of magma within the mantle. These currents are powered by the core‚ which heats the magma‚ causing it to rise‚ cool and fall back down. This circular motion causes the plates‚ which float on the mantle‚
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Millions of years ago Pangaea is what was believed to be‚ and now has evidence to support‚ the first continent on earth. It is referred to as the super continent as all existing continents were connected to it. In Greek‚ Pangaea is defined as “all the earth”; the man who came up with theory was Alfred Wegener. Wegener had a PhD in astronomy but always had an interest in geoscience. “Wegener was browsing in the university library when he came across a scientific paper that listed fossils of identical
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BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE. NATURE‚ CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY Introduction. Architecture’s great commitment is to find the correct relation between safety and comfort‚ the latter being the correct relation between temperature‚ humidity‚ lighting and ventilation.The very definition of the bioclimatic experience excludes the possibility of any kind of universal model.The bioclimatic concept is‚ above all‚ a commitment between climate‚ place‚ culture‚ local traditional materials and the architectonic
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM T The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it‚ all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system’s mass (well over 99%) is in the Sun. Of the many objects that orbit the Sun‚ most of the mass is contained within eight relatively solitary planets whose orbits are almost circular and lie within a nearly flat disc called the ecliptic
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Konrad GEOG 111 Name__________________________________ Fall 2014 TEST 1 - 19 September 2014 Instructions: Fill out your name and PID number on the top left portion of the scantron sheet. (PID goes where it says identification number). Answer the questions on the test by darkening the circle containing the correct numbered response for each question. Double check to make sure that the question numbers on the test corresponds with those on the scantron sheet. Be sure to use a #2 pencil
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CE 110 Hydrology Cornelio Q. Dizon Assistant Professor Institute of Civil Engineering University of the Philippines CE 110 – HYDROLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTION: Weather and hydrologic cycle; precipitation‚ evaporation‚ transpiration and infiltration; groundwater flow; rainfall-runoff relations; unit hydrograph; storage and channel routing; flood and drought frequency analysis COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce students to the basic definitions and principles‚ analytical methods‚ design methods
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Sor Juana challenges the convection that women cannot have the desire to covet knowledge. Throughout her life Sor Juana has reached for more and more knowledge despite the fact that the education she desired was exclusive to males. She taught her self to read and write using books as her teacher. Sor Juana challenged many conventions through her writing and how she became who she was. Since she was not an elite Spanish woman making her education unusual. However‚ by joining the Covent Sor Juana
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Induction cooktops heat the pan only. Photo courtesy of Consumer Guide Products KITCHEN APPLIANCES Microwaves Nonstick Cookware PlanetGreen.com: Are you a green appliance guru? Do you crave the simplicity and rapid heating of electric stoves but long for more responsive temperature control? Perhaps your favorite TV chef has won you over to cooking with gas‚ but the thought of tearing up your kitchen to put in a gas line leaves you cold. Maybe you have a gas stove‚ but wish
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“Evaluate how plate tectonics theory helps our understanding of the distribution of seismic and volcanic events” (40 marks) The theory of plate tectonics was first introduced by Alfred Wegener in 1912. He observed the continents an could see they interlock like a jig saw puzzle‚ for example the West African Coastline fits snugly into the South American coastline‚ he suggested that at one point in time there was only one giant continent called “Pangea”. Later evidence was found that proved this theory
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In this document‚ I jotted down some notes while putting together the reading material. These notes point out some of the reading content to pay particular attention to. The notes are divided into section headings based on the reading material. This is not meant to be a complete list of everything that you need to know from the reading Water in Atmosphere You should know what is meant by phases of water and phase changes of water. Water vapor is extremely important in the atmosphere for many reasons
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