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    Essay on fossils

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    The word ’fossil’ has been derived from the Latin word ’Fossilium’‚ which literally means anything dug out of the earth’. These are recognisable remains of once-living plants or animals‚ most of which have been extinct for many thousands of years. They were preserved in sediments‚ rocks and other materials such as ice‚ tar‚ amber etc. prior to historic times. Thus‚ the remnants of plants or animals of the past geologic ages preserved in the rocks of the earth’s crust by natural processes are known

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    Fossils

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    Fossils A fossil is the prehistoric remains of a plant or an animal. Fossils are usually are kept at their best when they are buried under many layers of sand and mud. Under the great pressure from the ground‚ the sand and the mud become sedimentary rock. The minerals combine forming a mould of the plant or animal under the ground. A fossil can be a trace fossil or a body fossil. A body fossil is what actual organic material from a creature or plant (like a bone). Trace fossils are signs of

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    COLORADO FUEL AND IRON COMPANY Colorado fuel and Iron Company in 1903 the city’s main industry was known to be a large steel concentration company. This company was owned and controlled by Johan D. Rockefeller and Jay Gould. They operated in coal mines throughout southern Colorado and iron mines in Wyoming and Utah. This company was known to be the first and the only steel concentration company in the west till the World War 2.through the process of vertical integration‚ the company owned more

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    1. What is in Gasoline? Gasoline is produced from a dark substance extracted from miles beneath the surface‚ called crude oil or petroleum. Millions of years ago‚ crude oil was created from fossil fuels of dead animals and plants that sank into the ocean’s bottom underneath rocks‚ dirt‚ and dust. Over time‚ the seclusion of corpses caused heat and pressure to increase instigating the bodies to decompose; and due to lack of oxygen‚ the remains formed mixture of chemical organic compounds made of hydrogen

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    Mummies Are Fossils

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    According to the Great Archaeology; History of Archaeology’s online glossary‚ the definition of a fossil is "the recognizable remains such as bones shells or leaves other evidence tracks burrows impressions of past life on Earth." In more simple terms‚ a fossil is the preserved evidence of structured organic material that once lived on earth. The same glossary defines a mummy as "a corpse whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals‚ extreme

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    bio fuels essay

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    Biofuels Biofuels are Fuels made from Biomass Biofuels are made from plants‚animals‚ or their waste products. Here I have listed three examples of biofuels beneath. 1 Micro-organisms decompose waste materials to produce biogas. 2 Biogas is usually about 70% methane and somewhere between 20 and 30 % carbon dioxide 3 the way we use it to generate energy is to burn it to heat up water which will then turn a turbine to produce electricity. It is also heard of to heat the water to steam which

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    Abstract In this paper I will explore the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel source. Ethanol is considered a renewable energy resource; as it is derived from crops such as: corn‚ sugarcane‚ beets‚ as well as‚ other organic materials. The use of ethanol could decrease our dependence on ever depleting supplies of fossil fuels; such as oil. In this paper‚ I will briefly review how ethanol is produced in different parts of the world. I will also review several of the advantages of using ethanol

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    Fuel is one of the important resources in our society. We use the fuels to support our living‚ produce electricity‚ heat homes‚ and operate machinery. Since the fuel is a limited resource‚ the fuel scarcity will be a big issue in the future. The price of the gasoline is currently on the rise. NASCAR cut the volume of fuel cell from twenty gallons to thirteen gallons each car. There is a high demand for a new energy. After the issue of fuel crisis was brought up‚ the society started to be interested

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    Fossils of the Paleozoic Era

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    Fossils of the Paleozoic Era The Earth is thought to be approximately 4.6 billion years old. For years researchers have turned to fossil remains to learn more about the earth and the organisms that have resided here. The history of the earth has been divided in to a widely accepted tine scale in order to make the study of the earths history more organized and understandable. The geologic time scale is used by all kinds of scientist‚ including geologist‚ anthropologist‚ and paleontologist as

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    water to fuel to water

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    How Does This Thing Work? It operates on a 100 year old proven technology called electrolysis. Whenever you place two pieces of metal in water‚ and apply electricity‚ the water separates into it’s basic molecules‚ Hydrogen and Oxygen (H2O). If you look at the picture on the left‚ you will see H2O molecules connected together in their liquid form which is WATER But when you apply electricity (from your car battery)‚ the molecules separate and form a GAS (called HHO) which is a mixture of

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