The Atacama Desert forms one of the major hyper-arid deserts of the world and it is known to be the driest place on Earth. The extreme aridity of the climate and unusual mineralogy of the regolith in the Atacama region is of considerable interest because of its value as an analogue to the Martian surface. The sedimentary succession in the Atacama Desert records deposition under an arid to semiarid climate from the late Jurassic (150Ma) to the present day (Hartley‚ 2005). Comparison with other long-lived
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| | |There are approximately 870‚000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States. | | | |About 11.3 percent of them are female. | |
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50 SCIENCE TRIVIA 50 Interesting Science Facts 1 – The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186‚000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299‚792‚458 m/s (equal to 186‚287.49 miles per second). 2 – It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth. 3 – 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. 4 – The Earth spins at 1‚000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67‚000 mph. 5 – Every year‚ over one million
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INDIAN AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY : SOME FACTS India with arable land of 184 million hectares. India produces annually 90 million tonnes of milk (highest in the world) India produces 150 million tonnes of fruits & vegetables (second largest) India has 485 million livestock population (largest) India produces 204 million tonnes food grain (third largest) India produces 6.3 million tonnes fish (3rd largest) ‚ India has 489 million Poultry and produces 45‚200 million eggs. India had the “Green” Revolution
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Edgar Allen Poe ’s "Hop Frog": The Transcendence Of Frogs and Ourang-Outangs "Hop-Frog!‚ I will make a man of you." In Edgar Allen Poe ’s short story "Hop Frog‚" the title character Hop- Frog is able to transcend the limitations of his physical body‚ in ways the King and his seven ministers are unable. "Hop-Frog" has multiple examples of the transcendence of man‚ and the inability of man to transcend. The most prominent of these points are: 1. By overcoming the limitations of his‚ Hop-Frog
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There should have been more about Christopher Columbus on the United States history myths search. Not only did he not discover that the world was round‚ but he never even landed in America. The more research I did‚ the worst I found out he was. In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus and the Santa Maria shipwrecked off what is known now as the Bahamas. The land was inhabited by the peaceful Lucayan people. The Lucayan people worked for hours rescuing the crew and ship. Christopher Columbus did not look at
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Famous As: Mathematician Nationality: Indian Born On: 22 December 1887 AD Born In: Erode Died On: 26 April 1920 AD Place Of Death: Chetput Education: Trinity College‚ Cambridge (1919–1920)‚ University of Cambridge (1914–1919)‚ University of Cambridge (1916)‚ Government Arts College‚ Kumbakonam (1904–1906)‚ Town Higher Secondary School (1904)‚ Pachaiyappa’s College‚ University of Works & Achievements: Ramanujan constant‚ Ramanujan prime‚ Ramanujan
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Botany Essay Questions 1. Pollination is a crucial process of how plants reproduce‚ in which the male sex cell of the flower‚ pollen‚ is transferred from the stamen to the carpel‚ or more specifically‚ from the anther to the stigma. Pollen grains are completely different and unique for each flower‚ they carry the male and female genetic information and it is split exactly 50/50. The transfer is carried out by pollinators‚ which include bees‚ wasps‚ flies‚ butterflies‚ moths‚ several species
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1. What kinds of tasks do you perform in a typical day? We book students for interviews which are held every Monday. Students bring the following. Arrive at the college at 8:00 am Bring three passport size photographs Original and two copies of KCSE examination result slips A copy of School leaving certificate Two copies of birth certificate‚ National ID/Passport Any other relevant certificates. Entrance examination fee is Ksh.300 They then sit for a written interview and an oral one
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HIV/AIDS/XXX Ricardo Juarez Catherine Emley‚ RN‚ MN‚ CS MA 051B If you talk about AIDS these days‚ most people think of Africa. Since two thirds of the people infected with HIV in the world live in Africa. In some countries over 80 percent of all adults will die of HIV. But the truth of the matter is‚ that HIV/AIDS is a pandemic problem that is all over the world‚ including here in the USA. So what is HIV/AIDS? If you were to ask people around you‚ the majority of the people will tell
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