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Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide
1,498 words... locked into the melted minerals. If volcanic rocks erupt on the earth's crust, such as the Andean volcanoes, then magma can interact with carbonate rocks such as chalk as it travels up through the mantle or lower crust, picking up carbon dioxide on the way. In subduction zones, where the ocean floor goes down into the mantle some carbonate rocks do get taken down and melted, recycling their carbon dioxide content, but this is a minor source compared with the mantle. Carbon is quite common de...
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Three Types Good Time
638 wordsIve been skiing for about eight years and have come to a conclusion that there are three types of skiers on the slopes. Many of the skiers that Ive come across show their love and dedication to becoming better skiers. On the slopes these skiers range from the slow, calm just there to relax skier, to the bombing the hill, inconsiderate and reckless skier, to the show off skier, who doesnt ski that well but continues to hit jumps and go down the most difficult slopes in order to show of for friend...
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Miles Per Hour Ball Bearings
1,726 wordsEach year in the U. S. alone thousands of avalanches occur. The avalanches happen at many ski resorts, and sometimes killing and injuring people who went out of bounds or did not listen to the instructors. The avalanches also happen on other mountains that people are hiking and climbing on the mountains. In the Cascades every year lots of avalanches occur with out causing any damage to anything. This year alone in North America 32 people have died due to avalanches. Avalanches don't have to happ...
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Temperature And Betula On The Holy Range Massachusetts
1,890 wordsTemperature and Betula distribution on the Holyoke Range, Massachusetts In this study, it will be tested whether temperature affects tree densities in the genus Betula on different slopes of the Holyoke Range, specifically the north and south faces of the mountain range. My prediction is that the north face of the mountain will have a higher density of these trees than the south face of the range because of the temperature differences of the north slope being warmer than south slope for the rang...
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Hawaiian Islands Four Million
731 wordsCausing $ 1 - 2 billion in damages and more than 25 deaths per year, landslides are a major geologic hazard, caused by earthquakes and floods. Although, landslides are generally not as exciting or costly as earthquakes, major floods, tropical storms, and other natural disasters, they occur in more expanded places and may cause more property damage than any other geologic hazards. A wide variety of ground movements, such as rock falls, slope failure, and shallow debris flows can classify landslid...
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Put Your Weight Steps In Skiing Skies
911 wordsDo you like Ski SKIING Do you like to be out in the snow, get some fresh air, and have fun at the same time well then skiing is the way to go. Skiing is a fun and exciting way to enjoy the winter months and it also is gives you an exercise while you are taking on the slopes. Even if you are not a very good skier at first, you can practice on smaller hills and work up to the larger hills and become an expert. The main things you need to know to get started are what kind of boots and skies to get,...
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Ski Resorts Younger Generation
2,230 wordsOne snowy Christmas day in Muskegon, Michigan, a young girl by the name of Wendy Poppen tried to stand up on her sled while sliding down the hill. Seeing this, her father Sherman ran into the garage and bolted a pair of skies together with wood to act as foot stops (Crane). While watching Wendy use the contraption, some of the local kids ran up to Sherman and asked him to build one for each of them. Little did he know that he had given birth to the fastest growing winter sport (Prosl) known as s...
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