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Earth ScienceEnergy demands in Iraq have quadrupled over the three decades (see the source from the International Energy Agency in the links below). The demand for energy per capita is 1.3 tonnes of oil...
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ScienceDeserts, arid lands, are one of the most extensive environments on the planet, comprising up to 40% of the terrestrial surface. They are mainly found around the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn....
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ScienceThe fact that we have an atmosphere at all is largely the reason why we have climate and weather; the atmosphere provides a sort of buffer that insulates the surface of the Earth from solar energy,...
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Earth ScienceMagma is a mixture of rocks, metals, ores, salts, crystals and other solid materials that are molten beneath the earth’s crust. When magma is extruded out of the earth's surface, it becomes lava...
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GeologySial refers to the earth’s crusts upper layer, it is made up of rocks abundant in silicate and aluminium based minerals. The word Sial itself is an amalgam of the first two letters of aluminium...
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ScienceThe oceans cover the majority of the planet's surface. Water has a very high heat capacity, meaning that it can retain absorbed heat well without it quickly dissipating into the atmosphere. As a...
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ScienceYou need to make a scrapbook for your Earth science class. I am assuming that you have the leeway to choose whatever topics in Earth science you want. A good place to start is to make a diagram...
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ScienceScience has two main components the natural sciences (which deal with the study of natural phenomena) and the social sciences (which concern human behavior and societal relations). Within these two...
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Earth ScienceThe continental shelf is the portion of the seafloor that extends from the shoreline to the deep ocean. In this area the ocean waters are relatively shallow, and the depth increases only...
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Earth ScienceDuring the early time in the world, measuring large objects seem to be very hard; similar to the circumference of the earth which requires series of measurement to get it. However, Eratosthenes...
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Earth ScienceContinental drift, as a theory to explain changes in the positions of land masses on Earth, was proposed as a theory by Alfred Wegener in the early 1900's. He theorized that the continents had, and...
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Earth ScienceA dam can cause an earthquake because large amounts of water are stored behind a dam. There may also be a large building at the site. This can cause pressure along a fault to make it move,...
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Earth ScienceCommon glass is made from Silica Sand, Lime Stone and Soda Ash. It erodes when blasted with sand and this property is used to produce blind glass and to mark glass with figures etc. Sand blasting...
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Earth ScienceMass wasting is a geomorphic process. It refers to the movement of soil and rock that lie on a slope due to the pull of gravity. Mass wasting can occur slowly over several hundred years or if the...
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Earth ScienceThere have been many ice ages during the course of the Earth's history, and research suggests that they wax and wane contingent upon the orientation of the Earth to the Sun. One of the factors...
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Earth ScienceNatural resources can be conserved through various methods. Use of alternative resources can conserve a given resource, but is done at the cost of the alternatives. Finding different ways of...
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Earth ScienceWhile I suspect this is a question from your textbook that could be found by reading the assigned chapter, I have included some valuable links below that you can access to find a list of all the...
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Earth ScienceThe atmosphere is partially made up of water vapor molecules which can move rapidly or slowly, depending on the amount of heat present. The determination of the amount of heat in the system is, in...
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Earth ScienceThe article is fairly persuasive in its idea that warming of the Earth's waters could hold profound impacts on fish and other marine organisms. The global interdependence of any change in an...
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Earth ScienceRice is one of the most important staple foods in world, ranking second only to corn as the top-produced grain. It is the most important single food for much of the world's population, particularly...
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Earth ScienceTo measure the Earth's magnetic field, special instruments must be used. There are two types of such instruments. First, there are mechanical instruments like the compass. The compass can tell us...
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Earth ScienceFossils are formed when the body of a living organism that has died is covered and protected from decay by microorganisms and attacks by predators. Usually fossils are formed when a layer of...
