are nitrogen ‚ oxygen‚ water vapor‚ ozone‚ and the particulates. 3. The cause of atmospheric pressure is exerted equally in all directions up‚ down‚ and sideways. 4. The two types of barometers measure atmospheric pressure ‚ atm ‚ millimeters and or inches of mercury and the millibars mb. Therefore‚ the two barometers are the mercurial and the aneroid. 5. The layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs is called the troposphere. 6. The four main layers of the atmosphere are the troposphere
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Unless a person lives in a country where technology is prevalent‚ one’s life is most likely influenced by technology in one way or another. For example if one looks at the devices in a modern day home‚ a refrigerator‚ an electric stove‚ a blender or a toaster oven will be found. In the living room‚ one will most likely have a television and perhaps a computer. A large percentage of people own cell phones to stay connected with friends‚ family‚ colleagues and business associates. The most up to
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Oxygen is one of the most important and abundant elements on Earth. About 46 percent of the Earth’s crust is oxygen. It is colorless and odorless and makes up about 20.95 percent of the atmosphere by volume. Oxygen exists in water as part of water molecule‚ in the atmosphere as a gas‚ in the Earth’s crust and in an enormous variety of rocks and minerals. It can also be released from the plants through photosynthesis. Moreover it is very essential for life and is part of almost every biological molecule
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affect our families and our future one day. There are some problems affecting the environmental stability‚ namely- ozone depletion‚ enhanced greenhouse effect‚ global warming‚ and climate change. First‚ what is ozone depletion? Ozone depletion is defined as the thinning of the ozone layer‚ caused by a group of manufactured chemicals called ozone-depleting substances (ODS). Ozone –depleting-substances include chlorofluorocarbons‚ halons‚ carbon tetrachloride‚ methyl bromide‚ hydrobromofluorocarbons
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Fire Safety Fire is one of the most dangerous earthly elements. Fire is used for both good and bad reasons. For example‚ Fire can be used for cooking‚ heating‚ and melting things. However‚ it is also used for smoking‚ burning‚ and disaster. When you think of fire‚ the first thing that should come to mind is how to handle it safely. Fire safety is very important‚ especially when it comes to young people manipulating it. Sure when you were younger you experienced numerous fire drills. In the rain
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The use of words have been around since the cavemen and poems followed soon after. Authors tend to try and express deep emotions through poems such has ballads‚ Haikus‚ and rhyme to name a few. Sometimes the authors can drown the message they are trying to convey in a slew of words that tend to confuse the readers. The less word the better is something that a large amount of authors try to abide by when writing poems. Now with things like twitter where the author of the tweet only gets 140 characters
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friendly and it is much cheaper than the other types of battery. It does not contain any toxic that is hazardous and dangerous to human’s health and it is very easy to construct. fossil fuels do. And most especially‚ it does not have any effect in the ozone layers like the It is considered as a renewable source of energy because it can be naturally replenished. Vinegar is a liquid consisting mainly of acetic acid (CH3COOH) and water. The acetic acid is produced by the fermentation ofethanol by acetic acid
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EFFECTS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (10244818) Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemical compounds that have high enough vapor pressures under normal conditions to significantly vaporize and enter the atmosphere. According to EPA ’s Terms of the Environment‚ a volatile organic compound is "any organic compound that participates in atmospheric photochemical reactions except those designated by EPA as having negligible photochemical reactivity." VOC can also stand for the term “volatile
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changed the course of history throughout the world. Despite the fact that the benefits of the industrial revolution are numberless‚ it also created its own contribution of environmental issues. From pollution of air and water to the reduction of the ozone layer‚ after centuries later‚ we are still finding out the full weight and damage that the industrial revolution has caused. As our knowledge of our impact on the planet and the growth of our environment‚ we are still continuing to take steps to back
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Damage of the environment is an inevitable consequence of worldwide improvements in the standard of living. Discuss. Man has been endowed with reason‚ with the power to create‚ so that he can add to what he has been given. But up to now he hasn’t been a creator‚ only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing‚ rivers dry up‚ wild life has become extinct‚ the climate is ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day !" ( Anton Chekhov ) Introduction : - for thousands of years ‚ people
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