1. The Earth is really a water planet; what percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water? a.71% 2. Who is considered to be the "father of physical oceanography" because of publication of information from ship’s logs in the book "The Physical Geography of the Seas"? b.Matthew Maury 3. Scientists know that the outer core of the Earth is liquid because S waves have not survived travel through the Earth’s interior. True 4. The Pacific Ring of Fire refers to the: a. circle of violent
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Geography Skills * Legend/key- a table showing what each symbol means on the map * Are reference- 4 figure e.g. 24 26 * Grid reference- 6 figure e.g. 243 265 * Latitude- left to right * Longitude- up and down * Direction of flow of a creek- usually towards a bigger river or sea and you can tell the direction by where the origin point is and where it finishes or joins a bigger river. Also the slope. * * Relief is the difference between the highest and
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Instructions Required: Question #1What emphasis should Walker & Co. place on the children’s book line over the long term and why? | Question #2Assume that Ramsay is committed to publishing 9 new titles in the picture format‚ but the target number of titles for each of the other four formats (within the children’s book line) must still be set. What targets should be set for new titles for each of the remaining formats within the children’s book line in 1998 and
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This booklet is provided free of charge ACT Preparing for the Assessment ® What’s Inside... ● Strategies to Prepare for the Test ● What to Expect on Test Day ● New Full-Length Practice Test 2003–2004 An ACT Program for Educational Planning IC 080192030 Preparing for the ACT Assessment ® Contents Additional ACT Preparation Materials 1. General Preparation for the ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Use of Calculators on the ACT Assessment Mathematics Test . . . . . . . .
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Ireland Ireland otherwise known as the emerald isle is an island country west of the United Kingdom with beautiful landscapes and Proud people. for example‚ Colin Farrell said that “Being Irish is very much of who I am I take it with me everywhere I go.” Now lots of people feel this‚ now 15% of people that live in the US have come from Irish decent. You could learn a lot about Ireland using the five themes of geography: Movement‚ Region‚ Human/Environment Interaction‚ Place‚ and Location. Movement
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1: According to Marco Polo‚ the Khan received gifts of gold and silver‚ pearls and precious stones. He also received 100‚000 white horses‚ and 5‚000 elephants draped in cloth with birds and other animals. One other thing that occurred was that a giant lion came to the Khan‚ and flung itself down in a prostrate position‚ and seemed to acknowledge the Khan as his ruler. This supposedly happened on New Year’s Day. 2: There was disease that killed many of the Chinese soldiers‚ and their having of horses
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Aryabhata Biography Name While there is a tendency to misspell his name as "Aryabhatta" by analogy with other names having the "bhatta" suffix‚ his name is properly spelled Aryabhata: every astronomical text spells his name thus‚ including Brahmagupta’s references to him "in more than a hundred places by name".Furthermore‚ in most instances "Aryabhatta" does not fit the metre either. Time and place of birth Aryabhata mentions in the Aryabhatiya that it was composed 3‚630 years into the Kali
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Philip II : King of Spain Pearl of Orient Seas – the most romantic named given by the Spanish Jesuit Origin of the Philippines Location: The Philippines lies in Southeast Asia a little above the equation between Latitudes 4 23’N and 21 25’ and longitudes 116 E and 127 E. The northernmost islands are y’ami and Southernmost Islands in Saling Isle. Area: 300.780sq.km or 0.2% of worlds land mass 7‚107 islands‚ it is the world’s largest archipelago or group of islands Main Islands and their Areas Luzon
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A. Satellite Navigation 1. A satellite navigation or SAT NAV system is a system of satellites that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. It allows small electronic receivers to determine their location (longitude‚ latitude‚ and altitude) to within a few metres using time signals transmitted along a line-of-sight by radio from satellites. Receivers calculate the precise time as well as position‚ which can be used as a reference for scientific experiments.
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Map World Forum Hyderabad‚ India RAILWAY DISASTER PREVENTION SYSTEM USING GIS and GPS Varun Prakash* and Sonali kumari* Email id: vpdreams2002@yahoo.co.in‚ sonali_1z@yahoo.co.in INTRODUCTION Railway industry has a valuable role in economic development of each country . India ’s massive rail network is hit by an average of 300 accidents a year. Accident management in railway decision making has to consider the following two issues to avoid or mitigate the damages: (i) accident prevention
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