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    above you in the sky Horizon – an imaginary line where the land meets the sky Latitude – the angle of a location North or South of the equator Meridian – an imaginary circle that passes through both poles. The prime meridian goes through Greenwich Longitude – the angle of a location East or West of the prime meridian The Atmosphere The sky is blue because blue light from the Sun is scattered more than bigger wavelengths so appears to come from all directions Most of the atmosphere is Nitrogen. The

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    The Empire State! Kelsey Balmoja Period 4 Senior FAM Report  New York’s Yellow Cabs are yellow because John Hertz‚ the company’s founder‚ learned from a study that yellow was the easiest color for the eye to spot. He was right. New York‚ also known as The Empire State holds the most populated city in the United States which is New York City. Within the year of 2011‚ New York City received over 50 million both international and domestic visitors! More than 18‚600 restaurants and eating establishments

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    Caribbean region is located in the tropics and spans a broad arc of over 4000km from the Bahamas in the North to Guyana and Suriname in the south. There are thousands of islands and they vary in size and stretch and altogether they span an area from longitude 59 degrees west to 85 degrees west and range roughly from latitude 10 degrees north to latitude 25 degrees north. The islands all lie within an entirely salubrious environment‚ conducive to the growth of population and development of complex

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    Herman‚ Dr. Dale E.‚ Craig M. Stange‚ and Vernon C. Quam (n.d.). European Mountain-ash (Sorbus aucuparia). In North Dakota Tree Handbook (III). Retrieved November 1‚ 2008‚ from http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/handbook/th-3-89.pdf Look-up Latitude and Longitude (n.d.). Canada: Alberta. Retrieved October 27‚ 2008‚ from http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_ca.html#ALBERTA More‚ David‚ and John White (2005). The illustrated encyclopedia of tress. Portland‚ Oregon: Timber Press. 中国科学院植物研究所 (Institute of

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    Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi‚ The Father of Algebra Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi was born sometime before 800 A.D. and died after 847 A.D.. His name indicates that he was "Muhammed‚ son of Moses‚ father of Jafar‚ from Khwarizm‚". Al-Khwarizmi is described as "…one of the greatest minds of Islam‚ he influenced mathematical thought to a greater extent than any other medieval writer."  In the year 832‚ Caliph Al Ma’mun [b. Baghdad‚ 786‚ d. Tarsus‚ Cilicia‚ August 833] founded the “House of Wisdom”

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    information in the table to draw a bar graph showing the length of the coastline in each state. 2. Continental Extremities 1. On the map of Australia mark the Continental Extremities 2. Use the information to mark on their latitudes and longitudes The latitudinal distance between South East Cape and Australia’s most northerly point at the tip of Cape York is about 3680 kilometres. 3. Write a few facts about each place (on my map) Cape York: Located in far-north Queensland‚ Its isolation

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    environment. An example of human environment interaction outside of the U.S. is the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest. Location in geography is all about where places are. Absolute location is exactly where a place is expressed with latitude and longitude or an address. Relative location is the location of a place in relation to another place. The exact location of Houston is 29.7604° N‚ 95.3698° W. The relative location of Houston is in Texas or in southwestern United States. The absolute location

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    ¨Technology’s Impact On The Voyage of Christopher Columbus¨ Throughout time‚ transportation and the technology revolving around it has been nothing but ever changing‚ making certain processes and procedures much more convenient. Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian explorer‚ famous for his voyages and accidental discovery of North America‚ crossed the Atlantic using multiple navigation methods‚ which‚ in comparison to what we have in today’s technological world‚ was fairly basic. During Columbus‘s

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    Savanna The African Savanna biome is a tropical grassland in Africa between latitude 15° North and 30 degrees S and longitude 15 degrees W and 40° West. It covers Guinea‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Cote D’ivore‚ Ghana‚ Togo‚ Benin‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ Central African Republic‚ Chad‚ Sudan‚ Ethiopia‚ Somalia‚ and the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ Angola‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Burundi‚ Kenya‚ Tanzania‚ Malawi‚ Zambia‚ Zimbabwe‚ Mozambique‚ Botswana‚ and South Africa. Around 2 million large plant-eating

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    airplane can be identified by B) pitch oscillations becoming progressively steeper True course measurements on a Sectional Aeronautical Chart should be made at a meridian near the midpoint of the course because the3 C) angles formed by lines of longitude and the course line vary from point to point. Regulations which refer to "operate" relate to that person who C) causes the aircraft to be used or authorizes its use To act as pilot in command of an aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 91‚ a

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