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Prevailing Winds Low Pressure
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Why There Are Different Climates In Different
Places Why Are There Different Climates Different
Places The main factor that determines the
climates of any place is its distance from the
equator. This is because sun never rises high.
Therefore the places close to the equator remains
warm. Temperature typically decreases as altitude
increases. At high altitudes the air is less
dense, and it does not absorb and hold as much
heat. On the average, the temperature drops about
3. 5 Fahrenheit for every...
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Target Heart Rate Muscular Strength
920 words
Physical fitness can most aptly be defined as the
body's ability to complete daily activities
without becoming too sore, without becoming too
fatigued, and without getting out of breath. The
concept of physical fitness involves three
distinct factors, which are: cardiovascular
fitness, muscular strength, and nutrition. It is
imperative for one to allot an ample amount of
time to each of these factors, as well as
following a program specially suited to his or her
needs. A major component of physi...
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Stop Global Warming Carbon Dioxide
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EFTHIMIOS MARIAKAKIS The greenhouse effect and
global warming are issues that are talked about by
geologists all the time. The greenhouse effect is
a natural process that keeps the earth at
temperatures that are livable. Energy from the sun
warms the earth when its heat rays are absorbed by
greenhouse gasses and become trapped in the
atmosphere. Some of the most common greenhouse
gasses are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and
methane. If there were no greenhouse gasses, very
few rays would be absor...
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Earth Surface Day And Night
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Climate has profound Climate Climate Climate has
profound effects on us, and the world in which we
live. In turn we as humans, and many other global
factors contribute to our climate. Almost
everything in our lives somehow impacts or is
impacted by climate. We as humans can affect
everything, from the food we eat to the air we
breathe, including climate. This is through the
alteration of the earth? s surface and the
introduction of pollutants and chemicals such as
carbon dioxide into the atmosph...
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Amount Of Water Important To Understand
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Meteorology classically defined as the science
that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere,
especially weather and weather conditions, is a
fairly new science that is practiced by
Meteorologists. They are people who interpret
weather information from local weather observers,
balloons, satellites, and weather stations around
the world. In more common vernacular, a
Meteorologist reads weather maps, predicts and
records weather from atmospheric occurrence. The
part of Meteorology that will be d...
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Opposite Direction Jet Stream
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Economical Effects of El Ni? o El Ni? o is a warm
coastal current that flows south along the coasts
of Ecuador and Peru (Wyrtki). El Ni? o is a
Spanish term meaning the child. The name refers to
the Christ child because it usually begins around
Christmas and ends around Easter (Cane). El Ni? o
has recurred about twenty four times in the last
century (Erickson). It is first recorded as far
back as the early 1500 s and returns on average of
once every four years (Cane). El Ni? o causes much
destru...
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Million Years Ago Millions Of Years
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Reptiles Enjoyed Warm Arctic (Global Warming) An
article written by ABC News writer Kenneth Chang
discusses the change in climate of the arctic from
ninety million years ago. Seven hundred miles from
the North Pole, lies an island called Axel
Heiberg, a barren land that scientists have dug up
fossil bones of a cold-blooded reptile known as a
champsosaur. How does this happen in an arctic,
freezing land? How does a reptile that needs the
warmth of the sun to survive, live in a frigid
climate? Wel...
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Burning Fossil Fuels Natural Greenhouse Effect
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The Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect, as
defined in the dictionary, is the effect produced
as greenhouse gases allow incoming solar radiation
to pass through the Earths atmosphere, but prevent
most of the outgoing infrared radiation from the
surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into
outer space. Even though this process occurs
naturally and has kept the Earths temperature
about 60 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it would
otherwise be, current life on Earth could not be
sustained with...
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Million Years Ago Ice Ages
283 words
During the past billion years, the Earths climate
has changed from warm, ice-free periods to cold
periods where the Earth was covered with many huge
glaciers, and back to warm again. We are currently
near the end a warm period in between ice ages. It
is believed that there were many ice ages, 36, 15,
and 3 million years ago. The last ice age is
estimated to have been about 20, 000 years ago.
Approximately 55 million years ago the whole earth
was warm. The difference in temperature of the
equator...
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Ragged Dick Horatio Alger
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Ragged Dick, by Horatio Alger, is a splendidly
written novel involving a colorful character named
Dick Hunter who works as a bootblack in New York
City. He has no home to speak of in the beginning
of the story. Dick dreams of becoming a
respectable young man. The entire novel is the
story of how he does just that. Throughout the
story, there are many detailed explanations of
what life was like on the streets in the 19 th
century. By the end of the story, Dick is no
longer living in the streets a...
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Physical And Mental Rock Climbing
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Mountain climbing can be an exhilarating,
rewarding and life changing experience. Although
climbing a mountain can be one of life s greatest
accomplishments, it is more than panoramic views,
the satisfaction of reaching the summit, or a true
wilderness experience. Mountain climbing is a
great challenge that involves risk, danger, and
hardship. Mountain climbing is not for everyone,
although some can find it irresistible, as well as
frustrating and sometimes even deadly. There are
qualities to mo...
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