of the Moon’s origin? The currently accepted hypothesis for the Moon’s origin--which is supported by chemical analysis of Moon rocks--is that it began as part of Earth but was blown off when the early Earth was struck by a Mars-sized early planet (retroactively named Theia). Huge amounts of debris were ejected into orbit around the Earth‚ where most of it coalesced into the Moon. The other moons in the solar system have different origins. The small ones are mostly captured asteroids‚ I think‚ while
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In Partial Fulfilment of Requirements in EARTH SCIENCE Laboratory Activity No. 2 PRESENTED BY: Bruno‚ Emberlou Nyka De Guzman‚ Kristin Angela De Vega‚ John Paul Esguerra‚ Danica Cristelle Puno‚ Rachel Faye Martino‚ Lawrence Sisracon‚ Joyce Angelica Venturina‚Aldrin Jay PRESENTED TO: Professor Roberlyn Cabrera DETERMINING ROCK TYPE I. Introduction: A rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids. For example‚ the common rock granite is
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spots‚ less than one kilometer in others. Underneath it is the mantle‚ a layer of rock some 2700 kilometers thick that accounts for the bulk of the Earth. The crust is primarily made of granite and basalt while the mantle beneath is made of peridotite. More about all that below. How We Know the Earth Has a Crust Just a century ago‚ we didn’t know the Earth has a crust. Until the 1900s all we knew was that our planet wobbles in relation to the sky as if it had a large‚ dense core. Astronomical observations
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forecasting production and consumption‚ and by assessing the present and future capacities of copper mines‚ plants‚ smelters and refineries. Promote international cooperation on matters related to copper‚ such as health and the environment‚ research‚ technology transfer‚ regulations and trade. Provide a global forum where industry and governments can meet and discuss common problems/objectives. The ICSG is the only inter-government forum solely dedicated to copper. International Copper Study Group
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the organism. Q: Based on the conditions of early Earth‚ what conclusion can you draw about the amount of anaerobic respiration that was occurring at Earth’s beginning? Explain your answer. A: The atmosphere of early Earth was made up with almost of different nitrogen gases‚ water vapor and carbon dioxide. There wasn’t any pure oxygen or I should say there wasn’t any breathable oxygen in the air in those days. The first form on earth had to develop in the absence of oxygen using the anaerobic
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Earth’s Rotation Earth ’s rotation is the rotation of the solid Earth around its own axis. The Earth rotates from the west towards the east. As viewed from the North Star or polestar Polaris‚ the Earth turns counter-clockwise. The North Pole‚ also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole‚ is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth ’s axis of rotation meets its surface. This point is distinct from the Earth ’s North Magnetic Pole. The South Pole is the other point
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Origin of Earth and Evoluation of the Environment MODULE - 1 Environment through Ages 1 ORIGIN OF EARTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT We live on a beautiful planet called earth‚ along with a wide variety of plants‚ animals and other organisms. Our earth‚ however‚ is part of a vast universe. The universe is about 15 to 20 billion years old. The age of the earth is approximately 4 to 5 billion years‚ while human beings evolved only around 2 million years ago. In this lesson‚ you shall learn
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Earth Day Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues‚ Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week‚ a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s‚ Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. It began as a "national teach-in on the environment" and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of
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events in each era. Did more Earth-shaping events occur early in Earth’s history or later on? Explain why. Based on my geologic time scale‚ there are three events in Precambrian Time‚ two events in Paleozoic Era‚ four events in Mesozoic Era and one event in Cenozoic Era. These events mostly occurred later on in Earth’s history. Mesozoic Era has the most events which are four out of ten events on the list‚ mean that Earth-shaping events happened more recently. Earth-shaping events occur later on
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Earth hour Title: Earth hour- Sixty minutes of darkness to highlight climate change. Publication:24 hrs. Toronto Date: Friday‚ March 22‚ 2013. Earth hour Earth Hour is a worldwide event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF) It is held towards the end of March annually‚ encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour. In order to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour The event‚ conceived by WWF and
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