Fossil Fuels and Alternative Energy Resource Worksheet Using the textbooks‚ the University Library‚ or other resources‚ answer each of the following questions in 150 to 200 words. 1. Select a fossil fuel. How is this fossil fuel used? What are the adverse effects on the environment? The fossil fuel I would like to use and is the most popular fossil fuel would be oil. Oil is used into things like gasoline‚ which is used for very much all of our transportation needs still now and those in the past
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In the passage from Lucy: A Novel‚ by Jamaica Kincaid the narrator dramatizes the conflict between her desire to escape and her fear of the unknown. In the new situation she finds herself in‚ the narrator finds herself confronting an unknown environment‚ an unknown future‚ and unknown emotions. All of these question marks in her life force the narrator to instead reflect inward into her own sense of self and question her most basic perceptions of her place in the world. Ultimately‚ these factors
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Stolen‚ written by Lucy Christopher‚ was my chosen book for this quarter’s reading. This story is about a young 16 year old female named Gemma finding her way home after getting kidnapped by an old man who went by the name of Ty. While being held captive‚ Gemma and Ty start to develop an unusual relationship that lead them to knowing each other even more. For my visual representation of this book‚ I chose to create a collage based on the novel. I incorporated pictures of places‚ items‚ and characters
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Now We Know How ‘Lucy’ Died 3 Million Years Ago. Maybe University of Texas has been working to figure out what sort of life “Lucy” has lived‚ but in their data they believe they have found the way that this early human died in late August. Lucy is the name of one of the earliest human skeletons to be found; she was discovered on the continent of Africa in Ethiopia. She falls under the class of hominine and dates backs 3.2 million years ago. She was discovered in 1974 and is one of the most
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Lucy was raised by humans‚ through “human” methods. Her adoptive human parents raised her as if she was their human daughter. After living with them‚ Lucy showed multiple signs of basic human abilities. One of them being‚ communication. Lucy was then taught sign language to communicate with her human parents and Janis. Lucy communicated with them and conversed with them. Even after her human parents was no longer capable of caring for her‚ Lucy remained “human.” She was taken to an island and was
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In the poem‚ “Fish Fossil” by Aix Qing‚ the speaker is sympathetic towards the fossil. He is reminiscing the time where the fish‚ “leapt in the foam / And swam in the sea‚” (4-5). The speaker admires the life the fish once lived. Then there is a shift at line 5 because the speaker begins to express a sorrowful tone. He tells the fish how‚ “ Unfortunately‚ a volcano’s eruption / or perhaps an earthquake / cost you your freedom‚” (5-8). In this same stanza‚ the poet creates an allusion to the event
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CHARACTERS LUCY BECK A young seventeen year old lady who got a job as a secretary at Ross and Banister’s Characteristics: She is a young‚ shy‚ a low achiever‚ not competent and highly qualified and insecure graduate of secretarial studies. Textual evidence: Lucy Beck was young and small and mouse-coloured‚ easily overlooked. She had a lonely ‘O’ level and a typing speed that would make a tortoise laugh. Characteristics: She has a very low self esteem‚ inferior complex‚ no
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Differences between fossil fuel and renewable energy One of the great issues facing world in the 21st century is how best to obtain the energy for supporting operations: heat and light‚ transportation‚ production and delivery of goods and services. Fossil fuel supplies nearly 90 percent of the energy‚ according to the U.S. Department of Energy. In contrast‚ only %5 is provided by renewable energy. There are several differences between fossil fuel and renewable energy. Fossil fuel are including:
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causes are Lucy Stone and Hillary Clinton. The Woman’s Rights Movement has had its first wave of feminists become upfront ever since the later half of the 19th century leading to all the people changing the way women are seen to this day. Their goals have revolved around gaining equal pay‚ voting‚ education‚ high power jobs‚ and many others; immense as well as trivial objectives to come. A great amount of women have strived for their rights to be set equal to men. Such an example would be Lucy Stone.
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clues to the Earth’s and Mankind’s past; expeditions spanning the globe are often launched in search of fossils. Soft-shelled fossils are extremely rare due to their inherent fragility and rarity of necessary conditions to preserve such specimens. The Burgess Shale formation located in British Columbia contains some of the best-preserved and most abundant collections of soft-shelled fossils known. Referred to as a Lagerstatten; or “place of excellent preservation”‚ the Burgess houses many relatives
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