earthquake in the past thousands years to ever be recorded. What caused this massive destruction one might ask? This devastating quake was caused because Japan is located between two major tectonic plates. When a large number of plate movements occur‚ the Pacific Plate makes its way below a subduction zone. When plate movements are not gradual and continuous along the subductions zones‚ quakes then now occur. When the subduction zones begin to deform from the plate‚ stress begins to build up in the rocks.
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3 Point/Proof/Significance Assignment Why the story about the animals is not true: 1. Point : Richard Parker’s body would atrophy and he would eventually die. Proof: Richard Parker would not survive the 227 days stranded on the lifeboat. He is sitting for majority of the day on a lifeboat and getting no exercise besides walking in a circle. Now this 450 pound tiger needs exercise and they normally get it from hunting prey in their natural habitat. However in a lifeboat he is not capable
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Bakhtiarova Ø Country: Panama Ø Capital City: Panama City Ø Geographic Location (region): Central America Ø Coordinates: 9 00 N 80 00 W Ø Boarders with Costa Rica to the West and Columbia to the East. Panama also borders with the Pacific Ocean to the South and Caribbean Sea to the North. Ø Population: 3‚039‚150 (July 2005 est.) Ø Ethnic make-up: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) - 70%; Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) - 14%; white - 10%; Amerindian 6% Ø Education rate: Over
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**List the more common ecological consequences to pollution in our oceans **Define sustainable yield **Define Exclusive Economic Zone **List the benefits and drawbacks of aquaculture **Define and explain the causes of eutrophication‚ red tides **List the main causes of ocean pollution **Define by-catch **Define precautionary principle **List the major consequences of global climate change on our ocean ecosystems **List the main ways we use global sea catch Ted talks: How I
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Ferdinand Magellan was born circa 1480 in Sabrosa‚ Portugal. His father was Dom Ruy Magellan‚ a nobleman and sheriff. He was married to Donha Alda De Mesquite. He was born Fernão de Magalhães‚ but changed it later. Ferdinand Magellan had 2 siblings: a sister named Isabel and a brother named Diago De Souse. <br> <br>This aspiring explorer and adventurer spent his childhood as a page at the Portuguese court doing errands and chores. He also went to school at a monastery. When he was only 10 years
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Castile. In 1492 Columbus led three ships from Cadiz in search of a trade route to India instead he found the Bahamas. He had basically discovered a new world. Vasco Nunez de Balboa‚ sailing for Spain‚ reached the Pacific Ocean in Panama in 1513‚ claiming everything touched by the Pacific Ocean for the king. Ferdinand Magellan led a Spanish expedition that sailed around the world. Although Magellan died in the Philippines‚ a Spanish navigator‚ Sebastian del Cano‚ successfully returned to Spain in 1522
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Preveiw: Bora Bora Island which is part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia is located in the Southern Pacific Ocean. It is approximately 160 miles northwest of Tahiti and about 2‚600 miles south of Hawaii. Something intresting to know about Bora Bora is that after the bombing of Pearl Harbor the United States entered World War II and the U.S. chose Bora Bora as a South Pacific military supply base‚ and an oil depot‚ airstrip‚ seaplane base‚ and defensive fortifications were constructed.
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degrees Celsius. In the Pacific Ocean you can find the Bottlenose from Japan to Australia‚ Chile and off of the coast of California. In the Atlantic they are found from Nova Scotia‚ down to the tip of Africa. In the Indian Ocean they are found from Indonesia to South Africa. If you look at these ranges on a map‚ the dolphin lives in a large portion
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lifeboat. He experiences a change of heart when helping the tiger onto the boat. Pi realizes that he is now posing a threat on his own life. With Richard Parker on the boat‚ Pi is faced with not only the fight to survive stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean‚ but the fight to survive living with a meat eating tiger. The change of heart that Pi experiences might possibly mean that he is an impulsive thinker. It may mean that he often does something on impulse without thinking it through‚ and then later
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the allied American and Australian forces and the Japanese. Combat took place over thousands of kilometers in the Coral Sea‚ located off the east coast of New Guinea and Australia. Japan wanted to continue to expand their empire further into the Pacific Ocean. They hoped to establish a base in the Solomon Islands and take Port Moresby‚ New Guinea at the same time. By taking Port Moresby the Japanese would get safety from attacks‚ have the freedom to attack Australia‚ and be able to cut sea connections
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