The San Andreas Fault is a fault that goes about 800 miles through California. The fault is named after the San Andreas Lake which is a lake that formed in the middle of the Fault. A fault is a break in the earth’s surface where two tectonic plates meet. The San Andreas Fault forms the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The San Andreas Fault is the most famous fault in the world. It is about ten miles deep. The San Andreas Fault caused the 1906 San Francisco
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ADM Why Batu-Batu in slippery River? You may know how the round and smooth running the stones in the river. This happens because the flow of the river washed away a number of the stones slowly. The rough stone edge erodes when the stones collide with each other and bergesekan with the base of the river. The surface of the stone also become smooth by the flow of water that flows throughout the year. What causes the strange shaped Batu-Batuan? Over the years‚ wind‚ rain‚ the waters of the sea and
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How Old is the Earth? James C. Wood‚ Sr. Liberty University PHSC-210 – Elements of Earth Science Instructor Mark Ivins March 2‚ 2015 Introduction The scientific community has been split on many things and the age of the earth is one of the subjects in which it is split. There are some who believe that the earth is billions of years old based on scientific measurements and there are others who believe that the earth is only thousands of years old based off of what the Bible teaches. Radiometric
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Hyperthermophiles‚ a name which breaks down to mean “superheat-loving” (Stetter‚ 2006)‚ are one of the earliest types of extremophiles. These extremophiles are characterized by their thriving in high temperature environments‚ with an optimal growth zone of 80 to 106 degrees Celsius (Stetter‚ 2006). Pyrolobus fumarii‚ a specifies of hyperthermophiles‚ has been recorded to grow at 113 degrees Celsius‚ the highest recorded growth temperature (Stetter 1999). Hyperthermophiles do no grow at 50 degrees
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Module Two Visual Art 100 Journal - Which one would be the most fun to explore‚ and why? I feel that visiting the Ancient remains of Pompeii would be the most fun and interesting to explore out of the small list. My reasoning for this is fairly simple. In 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted‚ it buried the entire city in heavy volcanic ash that actually preserved majority of the city’s contents for a long period of time. Based on the photos and virtual tour‚ the city was indeed preserved very well
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How do you think the principle of uniformitarianism accounts for occasional catastrophic events such as meteorite impacts‚ huge volcanic eruptions‚ or great earthquakes? Because uniformitarianism shows us that if our earths plates are moving today‚ they were moving in the past. This moving of the plates causing things such as earthquakes. In what ways do geologic processes affect your daily life? Geology is the study of earth‚ which is where we live. Understanding geology and how it works‚ helps
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Acid Rain Acid rain occurs when Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) is released into the atmosphere by electricity generation‚ motor vehicles‚ factories and by wildfires and volcanoes. Once released‚ the sulphur dioxide reacts with water to produce sulphuric acid. This has a pH of approximately 2-3 pH. This has a dramatic effect on water dwelling wildlife. Most water dwelling creatures can’t withstand water more acidic than pH 5. This causes the mass loss of life of animals such as trout‚ perch‚ frogs and mayflies
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Ulysses in Dante’s The Inferno Dante places many figures of Greek mythology‚ Roman antiquity‚ and some political enemies in Hell. For some of these people his reasoning suits their punishment‚ for others it doesn’t‚ and for some we don’t know enough about them to verify their placement. Ulysses is placed in the eighth circle of Hell and in the eighth bolgia with the evil counselors for his acts in the Trojan War. Dante’s reasoning behind his placement was unjust and Ulysses does not deserve the
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Professor Radcliffe Geology 1 Lab Report December 10‚ 2012 Geology of the Caribbean Islands Have you ever wondered how the famous tropical land masses located in Central America‚ known as the Caribbean Islands‚ came to existence? Well geologists have dated some of the rocks in the islands such as‚ Cuba and Trinidad‚ as far back as the Jurassic time period. This means the rocks formed about 145-200 million years ago‚ therefore the eldest islands from the Caribbean date way back to the time
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Tsunami Abstract This essay covers about Tsunami‚ being one of the fatal natural disasters that have attacked many countries‚ endangering the human lives. This essay will cover on what tsunami is‚ how and why it happens‚ and the severe consequences and the measures taken to prevent it. Before getting started for the essay‚ I started doing a research on the types natural disasters. Once I have chosen the topic of my extended essay‚ which is tsunami‚ I planned on what information that I should
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