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Fossil Fuels Noise Pollution
1,257 words
... gy exists for point sources of pollution to be
monitored and regulated, although political
factors may complicate matters. Nonpoint
sources-runoff water containing pesticides and
fertilizers from acres of agricultural land, for
example-are much more difficult to control.
Pollution arising from nonpoint sources accounts
for a majority of the contaminants in streams and
lakes. With almost 80 percent of the planet
covered by oceans, people have long acted as if
those bodies of water could serve...
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Beneath The Surface Mauna Loa
1,512 words
Which are the biggest (tallest and largest volume)
and smallest volcanoes on Earth? The island of
Hawaii is probably the largest volcano on earth.
From its base (on the floor of the Pacific Ocean)
to the summit of Mauna Kea (about 13 000 ft) is
some 30 000 ft i. e. higher than Everest. The
island comprises several coalescing volcanoes
including Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and Kilauea. Mauna
Loa alone has an estimated volume of 40 000 km 3.
It is impossible to say which is the smallest
volcano since the...
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Solar System Asteroids Space
342 words
Asteroids are some of the many small or minor
planets in the solar system that move in oval
shaped orbits mostly between Mars and Jupiter. The
largest of all asteroids is Ceres, with a diameter
of 1030 km. Pallas and Vesta are next with
diameters of 550 km each. In all, there are about
200 asteroids with diameters of more than 97 km
with thousands of other smaller ones. Though
plentiful, the Moon's mass still belittles the
total mass of all asteroids in the solar system.
The larger bodies tend t...
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Billion Years Ago Carbon Dioxide
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Our understanding and our modern perception of our
solar system, the Milky Way, has been drastically
reshaped from the corresponding perception of only
a few hundred years ago. Our Solar System, the
Milky Way is probably about 4 - 5 billion years
old. Only in the last 400 years or so have we
realized that the earth is not the "center", and
that in the Universe alone there is an immense 200
billion "Suns" in a galaxy like our own. Although
the origin of the solar system is uncertain, most
scienti...
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Greenhouse Gases Global Warming
1,471 words
Global warming is not a myth it is a fact. It has
been proven that the temp has gone up in the last
2 decades. Yes, it is possible to stop it and even
fix it. At the rate we are going it will be the
same as it was in 1980 by 2050. Yes I think that
global warming is a fact to be reckoned with. But
I agree with both sides because both are right
each in their own way. It is proven that the earth
has been cooling down over the last 6, 000 years
since the Holocene Maximum. That is a fact! But
there a...
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Burning Of Fossil Greenhouse Gases
985 words
Global warming is a steady increase in earths
average temperature which appears to be
acknowledged by many scientists and people at the
present as reality. Increasing human activities
are changing the Earth's temperature which
includes natural influences that have been there
over the past. By and large, this warming takes
place due to the use of green-house gases emitted
in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Some skeptics
believe and some studies seem to point out that
human production of greenhouse ...
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Hydrogen And Oxygen Combustion Engines
1,015 words
Hard to believe that the simplest atom in the
universe is used in the making of the most
destructive weapon known to man isnt it? Well so
is the fact that it will soon (we hope) become the
replacement for petroleum-based fuels, and just
about every other form of fuel too. One electron
orbiting one proton is all that hydrogen is, and
it is mankind's future. It is easy to manufacture,
(although the government says otherwise, ) safe
and easy to store, and has only one by-product
water. The way that...
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Love And Beauty Goddess Of Love
1,949 words
... rth god Geb to form the heavens. Sometimes she
appeared in the form of a cow whose body from's
the sky and heavens. Nut was the barrier
separating the forces of chaos from the ordered
cosmos in this world. Her fingers and toes were
believed to touch the four cardinal points or
directions. The sun god Re was said to enter her
mouth after setting in the evening and travel
through her body during the night to be reborn
from her vagina each morning. Nut was also a
goddess of the dead, and the ph...
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Force Of Gravity Plantation Owner
1,300 words
"Late every autumn around November 17 th or 18 th,
in the still, silent hours before dawn, dedicated
meteor watchers have long kept a vigil. In the
cold early morning darkness the sky glimmers with
a preview of early spring constellations. Leading
them up in the east is Leo. Its familiar Sickle
asterism, a backward question mark, seems
especially full of meaning these nights, for on
the cutting edge of the Sickle's curved hook is
the radiant of the greatest of all meteor showers"
(Roe). The Leon...
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Global Warming And Alternative Energy
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People are inflicting major damage to the Earths
environment, and if we dont do anything to stop
the destruction soon, the results could be
devastating. Most people know about global warming
and think it may be a serious problem in the
future. What most people dont understand is that
global warming is happening now, and we are
already feeling some of its destructive power.
Because of the dangerous effects of global
warming, alternative energy sources need to be
aggressively pursued. Finding and ...
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Made It Clear Government Sponsored
1,182 words
The mysterious phenomenon of UFO sightings seems
worthy of serious scientific research. This is due
to theories found within the field of ufology,
past reported sightings, and credible information
given out by the government. Ufologists should
also be aware of past examples that have been
successful from the astronomical community.
Bernard Haisch is an astrophysicist, scientific
editor of the Astrophysical Journal, and editor of
the Journal of Scientific Exploration. The Journal
of Scientific Ex...
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Lot Of People Extremely Dangerous
1,201 words
Electricity is one of the fundamentals of life and
can sometimes be associated as a simple
convenience, when it is actually very complex and
requires a lot more work than one realizes. These
theories and more will be explained throughout the
paper. When one hears the word the first things
that most people think of are the TV, the
microwave, computers, A/C, and other
electronically supplied devices in the house.
These instances are only of the smallest methods
of electric uses. Electricity is use...
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The Scientific Revolution Medieval World View
1,034 words
... iting. The combined influence of the
Renaissance and the Reformation had generated an
attitude of scepticism towards all authority. Soon
this skepticism led to a questioning of
established beliefs in the sciences, just as it
had in religion and politics. COPERNICUS (1473 --
1543) As mentioned above, sometime around 150 AD,
Ptolemy wrote what was to become the defining text
for the science of astronomy, an immense book
known as the Almagest or "The Greatest. " It's
position as the defining te...
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Sir Isaac Newton Houghton Mifflin
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Increasing our knowledge of Physics, using the
scientific method to make observations and test
hypotheses is essential to unlocking the secrets
of the universe. Energy is one of the most
fundamental elements of the universe. Throughout
history, man has endeavored to expose, understand,
and explain how and why things work. This drive to
expand our understanding eventually led to the
development of the scientific method and what is
commonly considered to be the king of the
sciences, Physics. The e...
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18 Th Century Speed Of Light
1,558 words
Black Holes Every day we look into the night sky,
wondering and dreaming what lies beyond our
galaxy. Within our galaxy alone, there are
millions upon millions of stars. This may be why
it interest us to learn about all that we cannot
see. Humans have known the existence of stars
since they have had eyes, and see them as white
glowing specks in the sky. The mystery lies beyond
the white glowing specks we see but, in the things
we cannot see in the night sky such as black
holes. Before I begin to...
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Life On Earth Outer Planets
1,123 words
As Extraterrestrial Life Extraterrestrial life As
biologists learn about life on Earth in all its
diversity, and at the rate that new planets are
being discovered the search for life elsewhere
grows more steadily pressing. We have discovered
organisms on the Earth that seem tenacious and
tough almost to a fault; they thrive in the most
seemingly adverse conditions imaginable, and
organisms so fragile and specialized so as to
exist in only the most isolated and pristine
environments. With the kno...
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Alternative Energy Sources Parts Per Million
1,972 words
Global Climate Change Climate change is not a new
concept; in fact there is evidence of major
climate changes throughout the earths history.
However since the industrial revolution and
especially since world war two, there has been an
unprecedented change in the earths atmosphere
(Gates 4). As of March 1999, scientists reported
the construction of a thousand-year record of the
average temperature on earth. The results of their
study concluded that a nine hundred-year cooling
trend has been decis...
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Burning Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Sources
2,292 words
Global Warming Global warming is the warming near
the earths surface that results when the earths
atmosphere traps the suns heat. The earth is
getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but
they are expected to grow and speed up. Within the
next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be
hotter than it has been in the past million years.
As oceans warm and glaciers melt, land and cities
along coasts may be flooded. Heat and drought may
cause forests to die and food crops to fail.
Global wa...
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Center Of The Universe Solar System
413 words
v A Florentine philosopher, physicist, and
inventor. This is a lot of work to do in one life
time. Galileo Galilei did all that and even more.
He is most commonly remembered for his
condemnation by the Holy Office as a result of his
attempting to prove the Copernican theory of the
universe. Galileo was born on February 15, 1564,
in Pisa, Italy. He died in Florence, Italy, on
January 8, 1642. He first got investigated by th
Congregation of the Holy Office on February 19,
1616. Galileo acted abrup...
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H 2 O Carbon Dioxide
546 words
Photosynthesis Photosynthesis means putting
together with light. This takes place in
chloroplasts, which have chlorophyll in them.
Chlorophyll absorbs the sunlight. From sunlight,
green plants combine carbon dioxide and water to
make sugar and oxygen. Green plants use sugar to
make starch, fats and proteins. These are tiny
pores called stomata. Stomata are plant spores,
which enable gas exchanges to take, place, and
water to vapor to be lost. This has the benefit of
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