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    Conservative Plate Margins

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    CONSERVATIVE PLATE MARGINS (TRANSFORM FAULTS): When two plates slide past each other they create a conservative plate margin. The relative movement is horizontal‚ and classified as either sinistral (moving to the left) or dextral (moving to the right). Along these margins crust (lithosphere) is not being destroyed by subduction‚ neither is it being created. There is no melting of rock‚ and‚ therefore‚ no volcanic activity or formation of new crust. Despite the absence of volcanic activity‚ these

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    Desertification Real Essay

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    6 years old Kudanta‚ a girl from Sahel‚ Africa‚ has to travel back and forth 8km to get one bucket of water for her family. The Earth is drying up‚ and the more it does‚ the life expectancy of the Earth decreases‚ and nobody can ever predict it. Climate change is the greatest environmental threat humanity has ever faced and the biggest challenge. No one knows how much warming is safe‚ but we do know that climate change has already harmed people and ecosystems around the globe; seasons are shifting

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    The Universe

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    Project work in Physics Theme: The Big Bang theory (The theory of everything) Subject of studying: The beginning of all the surroundings And the mysteries of our inexplicable and amazing Universe | | |[pic]

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    LIBERTY UNIVERSITY® PHSC 121 — Introduction to Astronomy (3 Credit Hours) Spring Semester 2014 Mr. Randy Tomkins By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the rdtomkin@liberty.edu word of God‚ so that what is seen was not made out of things Phone: 582-2478 which are visible. Office: DH 4056R (Hebrews 11:3‚ NAS) Office Hours: Monday 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tuesday 10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. / 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wednesday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. / 1:30

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    The Great Zimbabwe

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    . When I decided to write this paper about the ruins of The Great Zimbabwe‚ I first chose it because I had never heard of it‚ and second‚ architecture interests me more than most other art history subjects. All I knew about Zimbabwe was that is was a country in Africa. That was it. I had no idea that the country had taken the name from these ruins and that this was arguably one of the most famous archaeological sites in Africa. So‚ needless to say‚ I had a lot of reading to do. I think

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    Newton ’s Law of Universal Gravitation Gravity if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Though the fundamental principles of it eluded scientists until Sir Isaac Newton was able to mathematically describe it in 1687 (Eddington 93). Gravity plays a serious part in everyday actions as it keeps everything on the ground; without gravity everything would be immobile unless a force was applied (then it would move infinitely because there would be no force to stop it). Perhaps‚ the

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    Apollo 1969

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    1969 Apollo 11 moon landing 1. The purpose of the article Man Takes Fist Steps on the Moon by The Times is to announce to the audience the greatest moment of time‚ which is the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to take a walk on the moon’s surface. The interaction that the speaker‚ audience‚ and subject develop affects the text in a way that it accomplishes the purpose The Times had‚ and it also makes the text more interesting. The purpose of the following speech

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    Script

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    from forced labor during the Spanish era. Ligñon Hill The 156-meter high Ligñon (also spelled Lingñon‚ pronounced as /li-NYON/) Hill has always been one of Legazpi’s most famous landmarks. For years‚ Ligñon Hill is known only for the PHIVOLCS observatory located in its flanks and an old lighthouse on its summit. Today‚ it has become one of the city’s prime destinations for sightseers‚ adventurers and even fitness buffs. Japanese Tunnel Japanese Tunnel (Albay) formerly used by the Japanese Imperial

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    Chapter 13- The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy Vocab “Davy” Crockett- Served as Tennessee senator in the House of Representatives and was killed in the Battle of the Alamo Nicholas Biddle-Second and last president of the second bank of the United States. Black Hawk-Native American leader who resisted the movement of his tribe. Interestingly enough he died in Iowa and was buried on the banks of the Des Moines River. Sam Houston-American politician and soldier who helped secure the independence of Texas

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    5What is crowdsourcing

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    5 What is crowdsourcing? How does the site Galaxy Zoo manage crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining needed services‚ ideas‚ or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people‚ and especially from an online community‚ rather than from traditional employees or suppliers. While this definition from Merriam Webster is valid‚ a more specific definition is heavily debated. The process of crowdsourcing is often used to subdivide tedious work and has occurred successfully

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