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Earth Sciences is the study of the Earth in terms of Geography, Geology, Geophysics, etc. It combines the use of Sciences such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics to understand the Earth System.
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Including the ozone layer the stratosphere is about 32 km thick.
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A journal paper was published under the title of "Lightning protection for trees and related property" (R. Cripe, Journal of...
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... because they thought they were the most important in the universe and the only things in the universe so they thought they...
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flash point
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because the water elves carved them like that so that they could better land there water craft.
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No. Fosils tell us about what was living at or near the earths surface in the past, they do not tell us about the Earth's...
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The Atlantic Ocean acted as a geographical "buffer" that made more deliberate and effective control over the colonists...
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All other things being equal, earth's gravity can be described as 9.8 meters per second per second. The value changes a bit...
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Some silver alloys may include rist watches, neclaces , and any other silver jewlery.
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A devil fish is also known as a giant devil ray. It is a type of eagle ray. The devil fish is also known by the correct name,...
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Oxygen is the most common and abundant element in the Earth's crust having 47% of the mass.
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because of the gravity in our solar system. The sun keeps us (the earth) in its gravity. And we keep the satellite in our...
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Water contains dissolved chemicals called "salts"
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plastic is a element because you have two substance that makes a new one.From AKsquard
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Ice bergs roll because the need too balance the weight of mass in the moving water
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The Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere and Thermosphere are gases. These are the layers that make up the atmosphere. The...
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pertaining to the Federal Republic of Germany
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Nothing goes to waste in an ecosystem because of the food chain's and food webs that exist in an ecosystem. The cycle exists that...
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the north pole
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Sediments move around due to the combination of the force of gravity acting on the sediment and or the movement of the fluid in...
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Plant organelles that store starches or lipids are called plastids, but not to be confused with chloroplasts.
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it is because since the earth is round, the light penetrates it first, than the land around the peak of the globe
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Reforestation means planting trees again, where there used to be trees. Afforestation means planting trees where there were none...
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Abrasion, Attrition, solution, hydraulic action These are all for rocks under waterRocks get biologically erodedRoots can grow...
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Pumice has remarkable abrasive qualities that allow it to be used in many places. We see it used as a dental abrasive, an...
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(Edit) Scientist have found identical snowflakes There is no way imaginable that this could be proven. It is an assumption...
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Reverse polarity is the opposite of normal polarity. Normal polarity in electronics is when you have the positive hooked up to...
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the answer is SUNLIGHT!!!the shape of triangle help that the needles get more sunlight and protect also with snow , so the tree...
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They are variable topography with numerous knobs and kettles, they have a round broad shape and are formed by ice deposited below...
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Land breezes and sea breezes are both caused by differential rates of heat gain and nighttime heat loss.
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There are lots and lots of plants in the sea like sea weed [most common] and lots and lots of others like maybe coral and shells...
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Plastics in general are not considered biodegradable due to their molecular stability. Plastics do not easily break down into...
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Physically, the Earth has numerous layers. Chemically, however, the solid portion of Earth can be divided into three distinct...
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The Earth's crust consists largely of igneous rock along with smaller amounts of metamorphic and sedimentary rock. The crust and...
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A gray raincloud with rain and snow pouring from it
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Either Aeolian deposits, or Loess.
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Water content
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Because there is less sunlight which eventually eliminates plants which eliminates the need for plant consuming organisms.
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volcanic
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They don't. (They don't even AFfect the Earth, other than to provide more or less light at night.)
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The star, Alioth, in the big dipper (Which is the "tail" in the constellation Ursa Major) is approximately eighty light years...
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Colour is least reliable property to recognise mineral in field. but is best for studying and recognising mineral in lab under...
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you can use all resources.....there isn't a resource that you cannot use
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As the earth revolves around the sun, it is tilted at a 23.5degree angle in relation to the sun. Because if the earth's...
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low frequency radio high frequency radio including microwave heat here --> . . . . . infrared . . . . . red light orange...
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Earth's outer core (as opposed to the inner core).
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Well theoretically if photosynthesis stopped then the plant-life (Trees, flowers, plants etc.) would die, and if the plant-life...
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The main process by which mountains form is through tectonic activity. When two tectonic plates collide, the crust is crumpled...
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The greenhouse effect is the way the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hold in the sun's heat and keep the earth warm. The...
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Freezing point for gasoline is around -40 °C to -60 °C Gasoline is a cocktail of various hydrocarbons with different...
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I believe following can be one of the factors but would be interested in a more detailed response. :) In summer land gets heated...
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Bromine The number of protons in an element is always the same as the atomic number, which is 35 in this case. In a neutral atom...
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If you have P1(x1, y1) and P2(x2, y2), the distance between them is: [ (x2 - x1)2 - (y2 - y1)2 ]1/2
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fire
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South Asia , about 165 million in Pakistan, 150 million in Bangladesh and 200 million in India this totals over 500 million or...
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An oceanographer.
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yes
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Static
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Leap Year occurs every four years, most of the time. There is a refined and carefully developed formula for assigning leap years...
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The most stable configuration is when the entire shell is full (noble gas configuration). Next best is when a specific orbital...
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Yes, the 3D position is provided if there are four GPS satellites in view. The first grant for TIMATION, the main source for GPS,...
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Could it be a praying mantis?
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Not unless you are up in the cockpit of the plane. A heavy duty magnet could cause gauges to read incorrectly.
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like Coi? Because they are fish and they live in water.
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A stagaltite is a round or tapering mineral spire that rises from the floor of a cave. Composed largely of calcium compounds,...
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Geologists have used two main types of evidence to learn about Earth's interior: direct evidence from rock samples and indirect...
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birthrates
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the average temperature of Earth is 15.00C. The temperature on Earth ranges from between -127°F to 136°F 55.4 degrees...
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Yes they do. Coffins made out of any type of wood without being reinforced with a much stronger material would collapse within a...
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no, they grow best, depending on their stage, between 75-85 degrees. they will not grow in cold weather and if they do it will...
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South America becomes drier than normal.
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eating steak and peanuts
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be far from those radiation
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to send heat to the earth's surface and crust
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On Earth, the greatest changes in the seasons are found near the poles. This is caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis that...
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports (2005) that the Earth's total forest area continues to...
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Liquids. P waves travel fastest through solids due to its volume. Gases volume is infinte
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they crack the earths crust
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Sound is an energy wave, and as the wave hits the atoms or molecules of a medium (liquid, gas or solid) a very slight amount of...
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Usually carbon-based substances derived from living things. Examples include everything we grow and eat, wood, dung and the humus...
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From Wikipedia: Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale...
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A learned behavior is a behavior that was observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way....
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The Sun is "really" the closest star at 150,000,000 km (93,000,000 miles) Proxima Centauri is the closest star to us, at a...
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Dr. John Whitcomb co-authored the book "The Genesis Flood" (in 1961) with the Late Dr. Henry Morris, which triggered the modern...
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The smallest particle of matter that retains the properties of the element of which it is a sample.
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Cubic centimeters (cm3, or cc) is a measure of volume, the amount of space that matter occupies.
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Red. The inferior quality of the dye used leads to oxidation and fading. Additonally, any vehicle painted red will inherently be...
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Geochemists.
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models are the answer
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Wood petrification is the process in which organic material is converted to stone by becoming impregnated with silica. The wood...
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Carbon found within limestone rocks.
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