The earth has not always looked the way it looks today. In other words‚ the United States one billion years ago was in a totally different location than it is today!! How does this happen? And why does this happen? Let’s take a look. In order for us to get some understanding of how the earth has changed over time‚ we first need to understand some of the things that took place‚ and are still taking place‚ in the earth. What about the internal structure of the Earth? Our best clues about the interior
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food chain. Besides the loss of biodiversity in our environment and the negative effects on our animal and plant life‚ overpopulating the Earth is severely cutting into our food supply. More and more people are going hungry every day due to our rising birth rates and the advancement in medical care for the elderly. We must figure out a way to provide our planet earth with the food it needs more efficiently without destroying what little bit of environmental biodiversity we have left. What do you call
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WHAT IF EARTH STOPS SPINNING? As we all know‚ planets spin. Our solar system was formed billions years ago from a spinning cloud of gas and dust. Nowadays‚ the Earth is turning at more than 16 hundreds kilometers an hour‚ bus it’s gradually slowing down about two seconds every one hundred thousand years. BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT SLOWDOWN SPEEDS UP? If the speed of rotation were reduced by about one kilometer per hour‚ traffic air would face serious consequences. Most commercial aircrafts
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1. If the earth rotates in the opposite direction to that of today‚ with the aid of diagrams‚ describe the likely characteristics of the global atmospheric circulations. The sun heats the atmosphere more at the equator than it does at the poles. There would initially be a surplus of heat at the equator and a deficit at the poles which would be evenly distributed through oceans and the atmospheric circulation such as in Figure 1. This is due to the density differences between air masses because of
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Earth Day Earth Day is an annual holiday‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. In 2013 the day is 43 years old. It is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network‚[1] and is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year.[2] In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ the date proposed was March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature’s equipoise was later sanctioned in
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rate. Newscasts give the latest word on how quickly earth is losing its protective shirld and warming up. Newspapers lament the pollution of our air‚ water‚ and soil. What can we do in the face of such widespread gloom? In fact‚ we do not have to feel helpless. We can each learn practical ways to better our environment. For example‚ saving and recycling newspapers has a number of positive results. First‚ recycling newspaper saves trees. The average American consumes about 120 pounds
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Earth Day is an annual event‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970‚ and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace‚ to first be celebrated on March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the
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Weather and Atmospheric Water Humidity- the amount of water in the air in a particular spot. Relative Humidity- the percentage of water vapor a certain volume of air is holding relative to the max amt it can contain. 80% humidity means that it is holding 80% of the total amt of water that it can hold at that temp. Heat Index- shows what the temperature feels like due to humidity. Dew Point- the point at which air becomes saturated with water. Water will condense from the air as dew‚ if the
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EARTH SCIENCE B STUDY GUIDE My name Craig Belnap Semester Earth science B MODULE SIX QUESTION ANSWER 6.1 Coastal Pollution 1. What are the consequences of coastal pollution? Unsafe environment for humans and wildlife‚ it can also kill fish that many use as a source of income. 2. What are the sources of coastal pollution? Agricultural‚ municipal‚ and industrial run off. Oil spills and waste that is dumped directly into the ocean. 3. What sequence of events causes a dead zone? Fertilizers
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The MODIS is the primary instrument in the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua satellites‚ which were launched in December 1999 and May 2002 respectively‚ for the purpose of monitoring the seasonality of global terrestrial vegetation. MODIS is a multi-spectral sensor with 36 discrete spectral bands ranging from visible‚ near infrared‚ to thermal infrared‚ which has been extensively used for land‚ ocean and atmosphere research. The equatorial crossing time for Terra and Aqua satellites
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