where the information came from. Here are a few examples of paraphrasing Original Passage: The Lomonosov Ridge is 1‚100 miles long‚ about the distance from San Francisco to Denver‚ and rises about 10‚000 feet from the floor of the Arctic Ocean. Geologists think the ridge might have broken away from a continent about 55 million years ago and remained near the North Pole while other landmasses drifted away. Moran and other scientists chose the ridge for potential drilling during a 1991 cruise during
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history. It is located in Liaoning‚ Northeast China and the earthquake caused more than 2 000 fatalities. In 1970‚ Liaoning was listed as one of the key areas for earthquake monitoring and protection by China Earthquake Administration (CEA). A few geologists predicted that a major earthquake with magnitude larger than 6.0 was going to occur in 2 years in this region. Middle-term (2~3years) and short-term (2~3months) forecasting was conducted and the local government announced several earthquake preventive
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David Moore III 10/22/12 Informative Speech A Sinking Feeling Central Idea: Many people may not know about these but scientists think they may be happening more frequently. Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about what causes sinkholes‚ where they commonly occur‚ and what can you do to keep yourself safe from sinkholes. Introduction I.The date is February 2‚ 2011‚ after a long wet winter in Levittown‚ New York a elementary school bus was making its way to school. The bus turned
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Exchange and has 615 million shares outstanding. On March 7‚ Vulcan Inc. Chief Executive Officer Stewart Myer held a private meeting with Martha Bordeaux‚ the VP for finance; Lamont Johnson‚ the chief geologist; and Nastasha Bylinski; the VP for acquisitions at an Atlanta airport. Upon meeting‚ chief geologist Lamont Johnson relayed his report to the executives that they had discovered remarkable tests results regarding the conductivity of rocks in Montana. To obtain samples without giving any information
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earthquakes‚ fossils and petroleum. After that‚ we arrived at section called ‘Exploration’. It is a place where all the hi-tech tools and techniques used for petroleum exploration are displayed. That place also gives us a chance to glimpse what a geologist or seismologist do for a living. There are also activities there which show us how air flow will affect the flight of an aeroplane and how refracted rays of light will deceive our brain. Furthermore‚ we went to a place call ‘Sparkz’
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classmates in high school that just didn’t "fit in" because their minds were drawn deeply in other direction. Jonathan was like the musician that spends every waking hour practicing his/her instrument for the love and joy of it. Maybe he was budding geologist that takes pleasure walking alone in a desert studying rock. Perhaps he was that English major that couldn’t get enough of the classics and dreamed and studied writing skills so as to share their own thoughts. I read into Jonathan’s meeting the
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been created in 4004 b.c Catastrophists(17-18cen.)-believed that earth landscape had been developed primarily by great catastrophes. John Wesley Powell(1869)- He realized that the evidence for an ancient earth is concealed in its rocks. Geologists-who concern w/ the studied the earth history ‚they learned that earth is much older than anyone and its surface and interior have been changed over and over again. birth of modern geology: Uniformitarianism-It simply state that the physical‚ chemical
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Mayon Volcano‚ also known as Mount Mayon‚ is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay‚ in the Bicol Region‚ on the island of Luzon‚ in the Philippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its almost symmetrically conical shape‚ Mayon forms the northern boundary of Legazpi City. Local folklore refers to the volcano as Bulkang Magayon (Bikol: ’Beautiful Volcano’)‚ after the legendary heroine Daragang Magayon (Bikol: ’Beautiful Lady’). Mayon Volcano is the main landmark of Albay Province
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German ice-strengthened vessel "Magdalena Oldendorff" would be the support vessel for the 20th Indian Antarctic Expedition. It departed Capetown on the 31st December‚ 2000 bound for the Antarctic continent taking the Indian Expedition led by the Geologist Marvin D’Souza. Her establishment included two New Zealand Helicopters Ltd aircraft and New Zealand and Indian aircrew. FACILITIES :- The station has modern facilities to carry out research in various disciplines‚ such as biology‚ earth sciences
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Question: What Is the Importance of Chemistry? What is the importance of chemistry? Why would you want to learn about chemistry? Chemistry is the study of matter and its interactions with other matter and energy. Here’s a look at the importance of chemistry and why you should study it. Answer: Chemistry has a reputation for being a complicated and boring science‚ but for the most part‚ that reputation is undeserved. Fireworks and explosions are based on chemistry‚ so it’s definitely not a boring
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