Unit 1 Lecture 1 Natural Resources: commodities existing in a natural state -which are useful to people‚ for human needs-food‚ shelter. -Copper which is used in pluming/pipes‚ electronics‚ east of phoenix‚ ray mine‚ -the demand for copper has grown in recent year Natural Resources- Commodities existing in a natural state which are useful to people. Various features of the physical env(stuff that exist in phy. env) which used to meet human needs such as clothing‚ food‚ and shelter. Since
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surrounding them‚ creating a buffer zone for storms‚ was melting and that was causing houses to just be swept away. A man in Iceland who has monitored glaciers predicted that by the end of the century‚ Iceland will be ice free. Not something you would expect from a land that has had glaciers for over two million years. On the tips of glacier in Greenland‚ researchers found water in places there had not been water in maybe thousands of years. When she went to the Netherlands‚ she found that
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glimpse an ancient world. Place & Circumstances of discovery Ötzi the Iceman is believed to be the oldest naturally preserved human body ever found in the continent of Europe. Ötzi the Iceman was discovered high in the freezing mountain waters of a glacier at an altitude of 3‚210 m above sea level high in the mountains of the Ötztal Alps; near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy‚ in the September of 1991. Ötzi the Iceman was found by two German hikers‚ Helmut and Erika Simon; who initially
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importance of water as a solvent. • Water is distributed in the biosphere‚ lithosphere‚ hydrosphere and atmosphere • On earth‚ it is distributed as a solid‚ liquid and gas. Approximately 97% of water is in the oceans and 2% is locked up as ice in glaciers and polar icecaps. • Water is essential as a reactant and a solvent in the recycling of C‚ O‚ N‚ P and S in nature. • The importance of water as a solvent is it serves as a transport system for nutrients and waste products in living things • It
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Kedarnath Kedarnath is on the bank of the Mandakini River between Gangotri and Badrinath. As the crow flies Kedarnath is only 42km from Badrinath. Over 100‚000 pilgrims come here each year. It is believed that Sankaracharya passed away here about 820 AD. Kedareswar Siva is the presiding deity. Behind the Kedarnath temple is an impressive mountain range‚ with the beautiful Kedarnath Mountain (6‚970m). Kedarnath Temple This Lord Siva temple at Kedarnath is said to have been built by the Pandavas
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By: Martin Beauchemin BOOK STUDY JOURNAL - “FROZEN IN TIME” Before you read questions: 1. What did you know about this book before you read it? I’ve never even heard of this book before. 2. What do you want to learn? What the book is about. 3. Why did you choose this book? Because it had the coolest name and it has an airplane on the cover. And I like airplanes. So it was the logical choice. 4. What did you know about the author before reading the book? I’ve never heard
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THE FRENCH ALPS The French alps are a majestic mountain range which lies mostly in France. It carries with it a very diverse mix of cultures‚ languages‚ geography and people. It is one of the greatest mountain ranges in all of the world. It is sought after by countless locals and tourists both winter and summer for sport as well as leisure. Some of the biggest towns in the alps are Chamonix‚ Grenable and Chambery. Mount Blanc is the highest point in the French alps‚ it is also the third most
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years ago; thousands and thousands of year prior to human existence. Even when humans started to develop and become the top predator in the world‚ they were still not emitting greenhouse gases like humans do today. As the ice age started to end‚ glaciers and ice caps shifted
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increasing temperature‚ massive ice sheets from glaciers and ice caps melt at a high pace‚ causing some dangerous consequences on the sea level‚ marine plants and animals. In fact‚ global sea levels have increased significantly due to the melting of two massive ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. According to a recent study conducted by a group of researchers led by Alex Gardener‚ Professor of Geography at Clark University‚ the world’s glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003
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the Alpine borderlands between Austria and Italy. On their descent from a peak near Tisenjoch they wandered of a little from the recommended route in the hope of finding a short cut and‚ as they roamed an elevated plateau near a drawn back mountain glacier at 3.21 kilometers above sea level‚ they passed a gully filled with thawing ice and melt-water within which they noticed something odd. Further investigation showed this object to be an actual human corpse. These remains‚ originally thought to be
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