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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This essay is compared Nuclear power against Fossil Fuels . In this essay ‚ I will show efficency of the Nuclear energy compared to Fossil Fuels. First of all ‚ Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provided about 5.7% of the world’s energy and 13% of the world’s electricity.The IAEA( International Atomic Energy Agency ) reported there were 439 nuclear power reactors in operation in the world‚ operating in 31 countries. According
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The Impacts Humans Have on the Planet Speech By: Chyanne D-L and Emily H Over The years the planet has been changing. Humans are a huge part of that change. The impact that humans have on the planet is not good at all‚ because of our species; the ozone is thinning from all the air pollution. The astronauts are making the ozone layer even thinner by breaking it open as they travel through it to get to planets. There’s a garbage patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean bigger than two football
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| Fossil Fuel: Natural Gas | Renewable resource: Wind Power | Describe this resource | Natural Gas in a Hydrocarbon gas that is naturally occurring. It consists of mostly methane and is used as fuel for some vehicles and heating the home. | Wind power is one of the cleanest sources of electricity. It usually involves a fan that spins‚ and the energy is transported to a generator. | Advantages of this resource (include at least two) | 1. Very abundant underground.2. Is cleaner than most other
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Human impact on the environment Human beings compete with other living things for resources and space. As the world’s population continues to increase‚ and standards of living improve‚ there is serious danger of a permanent change to the global environment. In the year 1800 the population was just 1billion‚ now it is more than 6 billion. With the population increasing the waste produced is also increasing and so is the pollution causing massive changes in the environment. Pollution is a massive
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Human impact on the Environment: Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact on the environment includes impacts on biophysical environments‚ biodiversity and other resources.[1][2] The term anthropogenic designates an effect or object resulting from human activity. Causes[edit]Technology[edit]The application of technology (in general) often results in unavoidable environmental impacts‚ which according to the I=PAT equation is measured as resource use or pollution generated per unit
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Impact of Fuel Price Deregulation in India Introduction Empowered group of Ministers on Friday‚ 25th June 2010‚ took a decision to decontrol the petrol prices increasing it by 3.50 per litre & that of kerosene by Rs 3 a litre. While petrol is mainly used by the middle class for cars‚ kerosene is used by the poor for power. Diesel prices rose by Rs 2 per litre and might be freed up in the future. Cooking gas prices were raised by Rs 35 a cylinder. Govt. has indeed taken a bold step by deciding
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Explain the impact that humankind has had upon their spaceship up to date. Humans have had the biggest impact on the earth and of all its life support systems since the beginning and its only now when everything’s nearly destroyed that we finally notice that this planet is all we have. The earth has naturally given us and all the other species on earth exactly what we need to survive‚ yet we continue to find new ways to destroy these given resources to make and supply people with things they don’t
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Effects of Rising of Fuel Price on Society | Paragraph 1 | Nowadays‚ fuel plays a very important role in our daily life. Without fuel‚ most of the vehicles are unable to function and this no doubt‚ will badly affect everyone daily activities. Therefore‚ in my opinion‚ I strongly agree that the rising fuel price has pushed up the price of other consumer products and this will definitely affect the society. | Introductory sentencesThesis Statement | | | In this essay‚ I would like to touch on
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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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