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    Fahrenheit. When the plant is emerged the female lays her eggs at the bottom of the corn stocks. They take around four weeks to emerge to the pupate stage based on the temperature and degree-days. They feed like the other two-corn rootworm‚ the lava stage feds on the roots of the plant and the adult’s feds on the crop’s leaves‚ silks‚ and

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    Handout Differentiation of Magmas By Fractional Crystallization Karl R. Wirth Geology Department Macalester College St. Paul‚ MN 55105 wirth@macalester.edu Purpose: * improve understanding of fractional crystallization and magmatic differentiation * utilize mineralogy concepts (e.g.‚ stoichiometry) * utilizeclassification and chemical variation diagrams * provide practical experience designing and using spreadsheets * provide appreciation of the historical origins

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    Apollo Moon Motivation

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    The motivation behind the Apollo missions was for the USA to be the first people to land on the moon. Russia had beaten us to outer-space and had put a satellite out in space before us. We wanted to be the first ones to reach the moon and to retrieve new information and data. Scientists needed the help of NASA to answer some important questions and hypotheses. Scientists wanted to know the origin of the moon‚ the temperature history of the moon‚ the cause of mascons‚ and the origin of tektites. Scientists

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    sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. I. The first type is igneous rocks (from the Greek word for fire) which are formed from molten rock (magma) and lava. A. Formation 1.coming up of magma through cracks 2. forming a layer on surface or filling other cracks 3. cooling forming a very hard igneous rock 4. magma on the surface of the earth‚ lava _ basalt B. Importance 1. geologically important - showing characteristics of a specific tectonic environment 2. allowing tectonic reconstitutions

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    pockets. As these pockets of magma cool slowly underground‚ the magma becomes igneous rocks. Igneous rocks also form when volcanoes erupt‚ causing the magma to rise above the earths surface‚ above the earths surface magma is called lava. The rocks are formed as the lava cools. Sedimentary rocks are formed at the surface of the Earth‚ either in water or on land. They are layers of fragments of rocks‚ minerals‚ or animal or plant material. Most sedimentary rocks become cemented together by minerals

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    SSCI 110 November 2011 Yosemite Introduction Yosemite National Park is without a doubt‚ one of America’s most beautiful and well-known parks. Due to the diversity of attractions the park offers‚ including high Sierra Peaks‚ the highest highway pass in California called the Tioga Pass‚ the Yosemite Valley‚ the Merced River‚ acres of high altitude backcountry‚ waterfalls‚ and some of the largest living things on earth in the sequoia groves tourists from all over the world visit. The most

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    Mountain ranges are usually segmented by highlands or mountain passes and valleys. •Volcanoes A volcano is an opening‚ or rupture‚ in the surface or crust of the Earth or a planetary mass object‚ which allows hot lava‚ volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface. Lava is a hot molten rock or magma that has erupted onto the Earth’s crust. Tephra refers to the airborne matter from a volcanic eruption.

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    in January 1973‚ the island of Heimaey was the focus of a fissure opening and releasing vast quantities of lava and ash were erupted. As Iceland is a relatively rich country‚ it had the resources to evacuate the nearby port town of Vestmannaeyjar (population 5‚300) in under 7 hours. Furthermore‚ the state had the resources to pump water onto the lava flows‚ solidifying up to 20‚000m3 of lava every hour. This prevented much of the town from being completely destroyed. This shows that in rich countries

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    What Is Kauai, Hawaii?

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    population of Kauai is a large amount of not only citizens‚ but vacationers too. Most of the tourism occurs at volcano national parks‚ memorials‚ pearl harbor‚ Napali coast‚ secluded beaches‚ and canyon state parks. The Napali coast is a stretch of black lava shores‚ and is one of the most visited sites in Kauai. The volcano state parks would be cool to visit because they were how Kauai‚ and the other islands of Hawaii‚ formed to begin with. Waimea Canyon is also

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    Letter to the Dean

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    From: P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney‚ NSW To: Gus Lava Lay FMC College Westward Ho Rd. Dear Esteemed Dean Lava Lay‚ I hope all is well with you and your thirty seven children‚ your deceased wife that you told me in your past letters still continues to nag you even though she’s been dead for about twenty-something years; and your new exotic‚ and very rare puffer-lung bird…is it still biting your fingers?. Since I’ve graduated from your grotesque college for the obese and mentally challenged

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