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    Flat Earth Society

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    What you may or may not have known is that the Earth is actually flat. In this paper I will insert testimonies from several celebrities and scientists while giving reasoning behind this claim. Flat Earth Society has several facts behind this. One is the Bedford Level experiment shown here. The first investigation was carried out by Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816-1884)‚ the president of the Flat Earth Society‚ in the summer of 1838. He waded into the river and used a telescope held eight inches above

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    our own solar system. The ability to travel through space has given us a new perspective on our solar system‚ by being able to view how nature works outside of our own planet. Earth is a unique planet. So unique that our technology today has not discovered any other planets or satellites that could sustain human life. The earths atmosphere is composed of about 80 percent nitrogen and 20 percent oxygen however‚ space exploration might lead to a discovery of a similar planet to escape the depletion of

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    History of Life on Earth

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    Chapter 25: History of Life on Earth Synthesis of Organic Compounds on Early Earth * The Earth probably formed about 4.6 billion years ago‚ and was bombarded with rocks and other material until about 3.9 billion years ago. * The Earth then cooled‚ allowing for the formation of oceans. Scientists hypothesize the general atmosphere‚ or at least some regions‚ were naturally reducing environments‚ meaning that they added electrons to compounds. * Activation energy provided by lightening

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    Preserving Our Earth

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    Preserving Our Earth America’s endangered areas are deplinishing daily. Natural disasters are a major factor in their disappearance‚ but the most prominent factor is mankind. Even though procedures are conducted daily to preserve our home‚ these areas slowly crumble within our grasps. Protection of these areas is essential‚ as our whole race depends upon resources derived from these lands. From the lush greenery to the sparkling blue waters‚ all is majestic in its fullest. This is why I believe

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    Planet Earth contains three compositional layers- CORE‚ MENTLE & CRUST. Core: At the centre is the densest of the three layers‚ the core. The core is a spherical mass‚ composed largely on metallic iron‚ with lesser amount of nickel and other elements. Mantle: The thick shell of dense‚ rocky matter that surrounds the core is mantle. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than the outer most layer‚ the crust. Crust: Above the mantle lies the thinnest and outermost layer‚ the crust

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    Character Sketch!!!! Turtle Wexler is a three-teen year old girl who lives in Sunset Tower in her closet. Turtle is a character in the “Westing Game” by Ellen Raskin. She loves to wear her hair in beautiful long braids which makes her look older than she originally is‚ and she usually wears a uniform. She has a sister named Angela Wexler who always makes Turtle annoyed because of how pretty she looks. Her mum is named Grace Wexler‚ she doesn’t really care about Turtle as much as she does with

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    Life Beyond Earth

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    something in the distance‚ and you go closer to see what it is and it is coming closer to you‚ and then you are face to face with it and... Good morning honorable‚ Judges‚ Teachers‚ Students‚ and Guests. I am going to tell you about “life beyond earth”. And ways that prove it exist‚ by finding evidence through the internet. Mars was once warmer many‚ many years ago. The planet was warmer and wetter than it is today. There was also evidence of dried river beds. Mars began billions of years

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    Religion Life on Earth

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    Report on the Religious Life of Planet Earth Religion is relative to what a person regards to as holy‚ sacred‚ absolute‚ spiritual‚ divine‚ or worthy of worship; it consists of the way people deal with their ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death. On Earth there are seven distinguished dimensions of religion‚ which include ritual‚ narrative and mythic‚ experimental and emotional‚ social and institutional‚ ethical and legal‚ doctrinal and philosophical‚ and material Religion

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    sediment on earth surface

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    animals changed also. Holocene sediments contain remnants of more recent plants and animals‚ so it’s pretty easy to differentiate geologically between these two epics. Now there is growing evidence that the presence of humans has altered the earth so much that a new epic of geologic history has begun – the Anthropocene epic‚ a new human-influenced epic. This idea that we’ve entered a new Anthropocene epic was first proposed in 2002. The idea is that around the year 1800 CE the human population

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    Moist Earth Narrative

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    So there I am‚ lying face down on the moist earth. Blood flowing out of my skull and hands. I can feel my whole head throbbing. The surges of pain continue over and over. Let me explain what happened and how I got to this point of struggle. Let’s go back to the beginning of that day. It started as the first weekend of winter break. I was running as fast as my twelve year old legs could let me. My dad was parked outside the house with the truck loaded with camping supplies. I leaped into the truck

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