THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE 1. Steady State Theory – based on the perfect cosmological principle that the universe looks the same from any location at anytime. This theory holds that the universe is unchanging‚ it has no beginning and no end. 2. Big Bang Theory – presupposes that the vast universe grew out of something where all matter and energy were compressed to infinite density and heated to trillions of degrees (a beginning which was an immensely small particle of high-density
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Joseph Yoon Chapter 11 Fossil Fuels: combustible deposit found with Earth’s curst * Composed of remnants of prehistoric organisms that existed millions of years ago * Deposits are usually no older than 400 million years of age * Nonrenewable resources: finite‚ limited supply * Types: coal‚ oil natural gas (methane) * Lignite (lowest quality) * Subbituminous coal * Bituminous coal (sedimentary rock) * Anthracite (highest quality- metamorphic rock) Coal Reserves
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The world’s population is increasing at an alarming rate‚ therefore more and more food is required. The forests are being destroyed and more land is being cultivated‚ thus destroying the environment. Besides this the tribal population is removing trees to practise shifting cultivation and for fuel. To fulfill the demands of the urban population the forest cover is being destroyed. We need to conserve our forests as it preserves the ecological diversity and our life support system- water‚ air and
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advanced engineering technology. This means many people is using mobile devices‚ computers and televisions for social‚ wind turbines and advanced battery system for green energy‚ and so forth. The essential needs to make for those devices are the rare earth elements (REE) what are the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium as defined by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Around 1950s‚ India‚ Brazil and South Africa were the leaders of the world’s REE production. But the
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According to Judith‚ today‚ ecology speaks for the earth‚ and feminism speaks for the other’ in female/male relations. As for ecofeminism‚ she believes that by speaking for the original others’‚ it seeks to understand the interconnected roots of all domination‚ and ways to resist the change. Historically‚ people were more connected with the earth years ago‚ mainly because of the fact that many of these people were involved with the earth in some way in their daily lives‚ through being peasants
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The Dynamic Crust‚ Earthquakes and the Earth’s Interior Why is the Earth’s crust described as being dynamic? Crust- solid rock outer zone of Earth The crust is part of the lithosphere. The Earth’s crust is dynamic which means constantly changing. Earthquakes Volcanoes Crustal movements along fault zones Other evidence indicates that parts of the Earth’s crust have been moving to different locations for billions of years. Describe pieces of evidence that suggest minor changes in the Earth’s
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date. Humans have had the biggest impact on the earth and of all its life support systems since the beginning and its only now when everything’s nearly destroyed that we finally notice that this planet is all we have. The earth has naturally given us and all the other species on earth exactly what we need to survive‚ yet we continue to find new ways to destroy these given resources to make and supply people with things they don’t need. The spaceship earth theory is there to help us understand that this
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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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Themes There are a few themes in the novel‚ Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The first theme is achieving one’s dream. Professor Lidenbrock shows that with determination‚ one can achieve one’s dream. So when he got an opportunity to do so in making the journey to the centre of the Earth‚ he seized it immediately. At the end of this novel‚ he successfully completed the journey. Second theme is facing challengers with perseverance and courage. Many times during the journey‚ the travelers faced
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Earth Summit 1992 The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)‚ also known as the Rio Summit‚ Rio Conference‚ Earth Summit (Portuguese: Eco ’92) was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992. In 2012‚ the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was also held in Rio‚ and is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012. was held June 20-22nd. Overview 172 governments participated‚ with 108 sending their
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