C1 TOPIC 1 – THE EARTH’S SEA AND ATMOSPHERE THE EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. Phase 1 – Volcanoes gave out gases. 1) The Earth’s surface was originally molten‚ it was very hot. 2) Eventually the surface cooled down and a bit crust formed. Volcanoes kept erupting. 3) Volcanoes gave out gases: CO2‚ water vapour and small amounts of other gases. (water and oceans formed) 4) The early atmosphere: mostly CO2‚ with no oxygen. 5) The oceans formed when the water vapour condensed.
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Touching the Void Joe and Simon are mountain climbing in the Andes‚ when Joe has a terrible accident. Here are two accounts by Joe and Simon of what happened. Joe’s account I hit the slope at the base of the cliff before I saw it coming. I was facing into the slope and both knees locked as I struck it. I felt a shattering blow in my knee‚ felt bones splitting‚ and screamed. The impact catapulted me over backwards and down the slope of the East Face. I slid‚ head-first‚ on my back. The rushing speed
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Does the void exist? One of the main controversies in Pre-socratic philosophy is the dispute of the existence or non-existence of the void. Two groups of philosophers argue this idea. The first group‚ namely Parmenides‚ argues that the void does not exist. This is the opinion of the Monist philosophers. The other group is the atomists who argue this thesis and believe there is a void. This group is primarily represented by the philosophers‚ Democritus and Leucippus. Parmenides argues against
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Evaluate how well the composers have explored the complexity of Journey in their text. ‘I felt a shattering blow in my knee‚ felt bones splitting‚ and screamed.’ This quote states the beginning of the sudden turn of events that occurs on Joe and Simon’s journey. The text identifies and creates a sense of journey through the ambition of the characters‚ the struggles they had to endure‚ the unanticipated events that took place‚ the will to survive and the triumphs accomplished‚ all of which are prominent
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The documentary Touching the Void is about two skilled climbers Simon Yates and Joe Simpson‚ the two friends had reached the top of the Siula Grande Mountain which had never been done before. Everything was going fairly smoothly until Joe shatters his leg from falling down an ice cliff. Simon did not know that Joe had fractured his leg and but he did however attempt to lower him down. These efforts were unsuccessful and both Joe and Simon were sliding down the cliff‚ it was clear that if things continued
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Void and Illegal Contracts Void Contracts Void contracts are basically those which contravene a provision in a statute or are contrary to public policy at common law but to which the ex turpi causa principle does not apply. Void by Statute A statute may declare expressly that a particular contract is void‚ eg s 45 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 which provides that clauses purporting to exclude‚ restrict‚ or modify the liability of a corporation imposed by Division 2 Part V of the Act (that
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genuineness may lead a construction contract to become void or voidable. According to Sweet (2000)‚ it is difficult to determine the validity and voidability of a contract in the construction industry. There are circumstances which can cause a construction contract to become void or voidable‚ and those circumstances may not be easy to be determined. Hence‚ this dissertation intends to identify on what circumstances a construction contract will be rendered void or voidable. This dissertation was carried out
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The Mystic Void To create a mystic world in poetry is itself an art par excellence. To welcome and enrich the world of perfect extinction of personality in the form of void as a superior creative excellence is definitely more than mere excellence in the art of poetry. It is the ascent of excellence‚ indeed‚ the ascent of poetry and the poet. Unlike any other mystic poet‚ W. B. Yeats enters into the world of mystic void when he is at his best in sonnets. As a matter of fact‚ the mystic aroma
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node { int data; node *left; node *right; public: node(void) : left(NULL)‚right(NULL) { } node(int data) : data(data)‚ right(NULL)‚left(NULL) { } }; class binaryTree { public:
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Cis247C Lab5 // Program.cs (main program" //CIS247C Lab5 using System; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine("\nWelcome the Employee Hierarchy Program\n"); Console.WriteLine("\n CIS247 Week 5 Lab \n"); Console.WriteLine("\n Name: Solution \n "); Console.WriteLine("\nThis program tests an Employee inheritance hierarchy\n"); Employee[] emp = new Employee[3]; emp[0] = new Employee("Joe"‚ "Doe"‚ ’M’‚ 1‚ 10000.0‚ new Benefit("Partial"‚ 1000‚ 2));
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