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Beneath The Surface Mauna Loa
1,512 wordsWhich 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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Carbon Dioxide Solar System
1,582 wordsHumans live on a small planet in a tiny part of a vast universe. This part of the universe is called the solar system, and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun. The solar system is the earths neighbourhood and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are the Earths neighbours. They all have the same stars in the sky and orbit the same sun. Scientists believe the solar system began about 5 billion years ago, perhaps when a nearby star exploded and ca...
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Ugly Woman Three Sisters Medusa
412 wordsThere are many variations of the story of Medusa. Yet, I find this one more detailed and precise. Medusa is apart of the chain of Greek Mythology, these stories, or legends are not real and usually said to get a point across, or entertainment. Medusa also shows the relationship the society had with women at that time. Medusa was a Gorgon, The Gorgon's where three sisters, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. Their names where Stethno, Euryale, and Medusa. Stethno and Euryale where immortal, however Me...
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Gas And Dust Nuclear Fusion
991 wordsAn Introduction to World History. "Any scientist, I think, will agree that in a hundred years time, many of the details of the story we tell now may look kind of cute and naive, because well have moved on beyond them. But if you happen to live now, " he concludes, "this is the best story going. " said David Christians and it is really true. We lived in a beautiful world but dont know a lot about cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies. Today with the help of Davi...
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Hundred Years Ago Greek Gods
1,408 wordsThe World is Too Much With Us "The world is Too Much With Us" is a very strong and emotional poem. This poem was written almost two hundred years ago. William Wordsworth loved nature and based many of his poems on it. He uses very strong diction to get his point and feelings across. This poem expresses Wordsworth's feeling about nature and religion. It contains a melodic rhythm. Each line and each word were chosen very carefully to express his thoughts and feelings. His references to God and Gre...
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Dust Particles Solar System
1,011 wordsNeptune is the Neptune Neptune Neptune is the outermost planet of the gas giants. It has an equatorial diameter of 49, 500 kilometers (30, 760 miles) and is the eighth planet from the sun. If Neptune were hollow, it could contain nearly 60 Earths. Neptune orbits the Sun every 165 years. It has eight moons, six of which were found by Voyager 2. A day on Neptune is 16 hours and 6. 7 minutes. Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle, of the Berlin Observatory. Neptune ...
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Carbon Monoxide Solar System
856 wordsMatthew Berkowitz Science PLUTO 11 - 9 - 99 Pluto is the farthest planet from the Sun (usually) and by far the smallest. Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar systems moons (the Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan and Triton). Orbit: 5, 913, 520, 000 km (39. 5 AU) from the Sun (average) Diameter: 2274 km Mass: 1. 27 e 22 kg In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades) is the god of the underworld. The planet received this name (after many other suggestions) perhaps because its so far from...
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