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    hundreds of years. Green roofs have many beneficial factors‚ other than beautifying an urban landscape they have many hidden ecological and economical benefits. Growing a green roof has many environmental benefits include‚ absorbing rain water and preventing runoff‚ providing a habitat for wildlife‚ increasing agricultural space and decreasing urban air temperatures by soaking up the suns radiation to fight heat island effect (Alexander‚ 2004). There are many reasons why a green roof should be installed

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    | Environmentalists | Economists | Global | 1) Developing countries most damaged: * - Relocated production * - Outdated equipment * | 1) Industrialization +Diversification of the economy * Welfare 2) Relocated production stimulates economic growth and thus assists socio-economic equality of the nations | | 2) Developed countries also suffer | 3) economic forces that create the wealth of developed countries can solve their environmental troubles to solve real environmental

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    physics and chemistry‚ heat is energy transferred from one body to another by thermal interactions. The transfer of energy can occur in a variety of ways‚ among them conduction‚radiation‚ and convection. The SI unit of heat is the joule. Heat can be measured by calorimeter‚ or determined indirectly by calculations based on other quantities‚ relying for instance on the first law of thermodynamics. In calorimeter‚ the concepts of latent heat and of sensible heat are used. Latent heat produces changes of

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    HEAT GENERATED IN APPLIANCES Why do some  appliances produce more heat  than the others?  Most appliances with high power  rating are heating appliances.The heating appliances has  a  heating element like resistors. The resistorsconvert electrical energy into light and thermal energy . It depends on the resistance of material if how much heat can be produced  from electricity.    Those devices who produced heat‚ the Nichrome wire is an element who is responsible for heating . when we say nichrome

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    Achievement Standard 91106 (2.9) Log number: 4 Title: The Heat Text type: Film Director: Paul Feig The film ‘The Heat’ is a film about a very formal but cocky FBI agent who is paired with a really aggressive Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord. The FBI agent‚ Sarah Ashburn‚ only agreed to take on this case to get a promotion. The Boston cop‚ Mullins‚ was chosen to do this case because she knew the town better than anyone else did. Sarah Ashburn and Mullins did not like each other

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    Chapter 15 & 16: Temperature‚ Heat & Heat Transfer Temperature is a measure of the average (not total) translational kinetic energy. ●ex: there is 2x as much total molecular kinetic energy in a 2L of boiling water than one‚ but the temp of the two volumes are the same (average of translational kinetic energy per molecule is the same in each → Internal Energy- the total of all molecular energies: kinetic+potential (SAME TEMP) ● Ex: apply a flame to 1L h2o for a certain time and its temp rises

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    West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education VidYasagar Bhavan No : DS(A)SD 9/2‚ Block lPvBl 861 42l2oL3 DJ‚ Sector-ll‚ Salt Lake‚ Kolkata - 91 Date :09.07.2013 NOTIFICATION Attn: All Heads of Higher Secondary lnstitutions has already This is to notify that west Bengal council of Higher secondary Education published the following Text Books : 1. 2. Blackswan English A & B for Class Xl and Xll - printed & distributed by Orient by Bengali A for Class Xl and Bengali

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    concentration in an urban area.   In other words‚ the process of urbanization is also known as prosesurbanisasi. As a result of this urbanization will cause a change in the total population‚ urban functions‚ land use and the way people live in urban areas (Pacione Michael‚ 2009). In the context of urbanization in Malaysia‚ in Malaysia cities experiencing rapid urbanization process after the country achieved kemerdekaan.Jumlah the city’s population grew rapidly because of rural-urban migration. Among

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    Guano islands Along the Peruvian coast is a string of rocky islands and peninsulas that are home to guanay cormorants‚ boobies‚ and pelicans. The birds leave the islands every morning to feed on the fish‚ especially anchovies‚ that are plentiful in the Humboldt Current. They return in the afternoon. There is no vegetation on the islands‚ so they build their nests out of guano and feathers‚ adding a new layer every year. By the time Europeans first saw the islands‚ the guano was more than 100 feet

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    "The Island" SUMMARY The movie "The Island" is a movie about cloning‚ rights‚ and what it means to be human. It takes place in the future‚ presumably in 20 or 30 years. The two main characters are clones; one called Lincoln Six-Echo and the other called Jordan Two-Delta. They reside in a facility owned by a man named Dr. Merrick‚ together with many other clones. They believe that the outside world is contaminated and that the inhabitants of the facility are the sole survivors. That is the

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