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    principal difference is their climates. Canada is located further up north and closer to the North Pole. One thing that Canada had and Mexico doesn’t is the snow. Mexico had never gotten snow due to it being located further south and closer to the equator. Canada also has one more season than Mexico. Mexico does not have a winter like Canada because Mexico is a hot and humid country. Mexico

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    In The Heart Of The Sea‚ a book written by Nathaniel Philbrick and published on May 8‚ 2000‚ revolves around the tragedy of a whaleship named Essex‚ in the year 1820. Aboard the Essex African Americans were treated equal to the white once they set foot on the vessel. From Nantucket in 1819‚ the Essex set sail on a whale hunt that was supposed to take two to three years out in the Pacific ocean.Once at sea the whale hunters had a bad feeling of the squall that slowly approached them‚ but the

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    the second-most fastest wind speeds of the planets in the solar-system‚ while Jupiter is first. It takes Saturn 10.5 hours to complete one rotation‚ or one day. This super fast rotation causes Saturn to flatten at its poles and then bulge at its equator. Saturn has at least 62 moons (also called satellites) and the largest of those moons is named Titan. Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system. It is behind Jupiter’s moon Ganymede‚ the largest moon in the solar system (space.com). Saturn

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    the homologous pairs towards opposite poles. At telophase l two haploid cells form but the chromosomes are still double. Meiosis ll separates the sister chromatids. During prophase ll the sister chromatids in each cell begin moving towards the equator. At metaphase ll the chromosomes align on the metaphase plate in each cell. The process of anaphase ll pulls the sister chromosomes to opposite poles in each cell. During telophase ll each cell forms a nuclei and cytokinesis splits the cells apart

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    Dear Coach Williams‚ A savannah is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees.They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. Savannahs are mostly hot year round. On regular days it can get to 68 to 86 degrees. In the winter‚ the temperature is 68 to 78 degrees. There are only two seasons in a savannah: a long dry winter‚ and a very wet summer. In the dry season only around 4 inches of rain occur. During the month of May the Monsoon

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    Pangaea‚ Pangæa‚ or Pangea (pron.: /pænˈdʒiːə/ pan-JEE-ə;[1]) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras‚ forming about 300 million years ago.[2] It began to break apart around 200 million years ago.[3] The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa. The name Pangaea is derived from Ancient Greek pan (πᾶν) meaning "entire"‚ and Gaia (Γαῖα) meaning "Earth". The name was coined during a 1927 symposium discussing Alfred Wegener’s

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    "Faith is believing what you know ain’t so. (Mark Twain‚ Following the Equator‚ "Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar)" Faith is a belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence and is often associated with religion. Because faith is not supported by proof or evidence‚ it is an irrational belief‚ irrational meaning not governed by reason. This essay will make no statement as to the rationality of religion or the existence of God‚ but it will argue that faith by definition is irrational

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    Hurricanes are one of the most deadliest storms on Earth and are only called hurricanes when they from over by the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Ocean.Hurricanes also from near the equator by warm oceans. First the hurricane needs the ocean’s temperature to rise to about eighty degrees from about fifty feet to one hundred sixty five feet below surface (Underwater). Another important key a hurricane needs to form is winds mainly coming from the west (Westward)‚ as this happens the water evaporates due

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    In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"‚ the author uses the story of a sailor and his adventures to reveal aspects of life. This tale follows the Mariner and his crew as they travel between the equator and the south pole‚ and then back to England. The author’s use of symbolism lends the work to adults as a complex web of representation‚ rather than a children’s book about a sailor. First‚ in the poem‚ the ship symbolizes the body of man. The ship experiences trials and

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    location is 18.1096 degrees North and 77.2975 degrees West. There are no countries that border this island‚ but there are some that surround it. Jamaica is 238 miles from Cuba‚ 600 miles away from Mexico‚ 99.4 miles from Haiti‚ 1245 miles from the equator‚ 469.1 miles from the Dominican Republic‚ and 479 miles away from the Bahamas. Jamaica is greatly known for its resorts‚ diving‚ and snorkeling sites. There over 100 rivers‚ but most of them are unexplored and aren’t very large. The physical features

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