Topic 1: Restless Earth 1. What are the four “spheres” on earth and how do they interact? Geosphere (rocks and land) Biosphere (all living things including plants and animals Atmosphere (gases surrounding earth) Hydrosphere (water anywhere on planet in any other sphere) 2. What is the structure of the earth? Crust (Lithosphere) Upper mantle (asthenosphere) Lower mantle Outer core Inner core You need to know how the temperature and density of each layer changes
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Cause and Effect Of Deforestation People have been deforesting the Earth for thousands of years‚ primarily to clear land for crops or livestock. Direct causes of deforestation are agricultural expansion‚ wood extraction; logging or wood harvest for domestic fuel or charcoal‚ and infrastructure expansion such as road building and urbanization. Rarely is there a single direct cause for deforestation. Usually there are multiple causes working together simultaneously to cause deforestation. The single
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only limited number of hot areas in the world that may benefit of their locations such as Iceland and some places where it is possible to dig deep to find steam or hot water coming from underneath. This steam or the hot water is directed to move big turbines to produce the electricity from generators. The water circulates in a cycle. When it cools off‚ it is pumped back through holes or the wells to be heated up again and to come up hot or as a steam and so on. The first of this kind has been built
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for additional guidance. Example: Type of Organization: Natural Order: Chronological Example: Seeds grow into plants‚ flower or fruit‚ produce more seeds‚ fall to the ground‚ take root‚ and produce another plant Natural Order: Life cycle of Solar Mass Area of gas and dust converge due to gravity into a spherical mass; spherical mass condenses‚ increasing
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Hydrological cycle or water cycle : This is a global circulation of water. (closed system) Closed system : This means that there is a fixed amount of water in the system. Stores 1. The atmosphere 2. The land 3. The sea Flows (or transfers) 1. Evaporation 2. Condensation 3. Overland flow 4. Throughflow Drainage basins : Every river has this system‚it is small-scale of hydrological cycle. (open system ) Open system : The amount of water in the system in the basin varies over time. Discharge
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help the reader better understand the future of the planet if humans keep on the same path of destruction. The main modes she uses in the first paragraph are cause and effect‚ and later classification of pollution into ground water and air methods is used Saukko starts the essay off by saying‚ "Poisoning the earth can be difficult because the earth is always trying to cleanse and renew itself." She not only uses sarcasm to make reader think what she is saying is meant to taken literally‚ but she classifies
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ever seemed meaningless or pointless to you? Many people have a hard time finding the themes behind William Carlos’s poems: The Red Wheelbarrow and This is Just to Say. The poem The Red Wheelbarrow represents essential human habits‚ re-birth‚ and the cycle of life. The poem This is Just to Say represents the story of Adam and Eve. In these two poems two strong poetic elements can be found. These elements are symbolism and imagery‚ which also have a strong connection with the theme of the poems. The
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Paula Garcia Ms.Thoeun AP Language & Composition P.2 02/17/15 Deforestation: A Disastrous Future Ahead With the world coming to a high need of land for agricultural‚ industrial and most importantly urban needs to contain cities and their growing population‚ an action that we have to recognize as “Deforestation” occurs. Deforestation is the cutting down of a forest for human activities. Once the trees are removed‚ the land turns into a non-forest area‚ which is normally used for agriculture. Most
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reason why forest should exist‚ then staying alive is a pretty good reason. It is the major producer of oxygen and consumer of carbondioxide. Forests affect the earths great cycles of nitrogen and sulphur; they affect the color of the earth and therefore its reflectivity and its temperature‚ they affect local and regional water supplies; they are the major reservoir of plants and animals; they are the home of millions and the livelihoods of millions more. Forests play a role in the cause and even more
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Land is a renewable resource. Cropping. As the name The land however should be preserved and wisely used so that it will maintain its fertility and continue to be conservation used. Conservation of the land Replanting of vegetation after mining and quarrying activities. Controlling lumbering which ensures that
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