For many years corn was only known in the Americas‚ now it is the most important grain in the world after wheat. When Columbus was traveling to search for new lands‚ he stumbled upon the island of Cuba and found native Indians that raised corn. In America we know the plant as corn whereas in Spanish-speaking countries it is called maize. The corn stalk itself has obvious features like the coarse leaves and its grown height. A corn stalk can range from 3 to 15 feet tall. The corn itself is consisted
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Unlike most goddes Gi didn’t have parents. She was born on Earth‚ she appeared when the one of Zeus’s lightning bolts hit the Earth. Gi have shoulder length brown hair with big hazel eyes. She is said to be very tall with lanky arms and legs that make her beautiful. She only wears earth tones‚ she believes these colors make her powers more vibrant and beautiful. While some believes she is the goddess of Geography‚ she is actually the goddess of the Earth. Her most known symbol is an upside down triangle
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than CO2 and O2 levels‚ what other parameter can he and fellow scientists determine? 6. For tropical glaciers (e.g.‚ Peru)‚ how far back in time can they go using this technique? 7. How far back in time can they go using this technique in Antarctica? 8. How well do CO2 levels and temperature match over this time? 9. List the ten hottest years on record (make sure you see the Special Feature “Update”). 10. What is the hottest year on record? 11. Other than temperature‚ what other
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the poetry of Derek Mahon to be unique and I look up to his power to imagine how other people think and feel.Mahon evokes various human personalities as he tries to make us understand his idea of how a character feels.Captain Oates‚ of the poem Antarctica‚ sacrifices his life to save the life of the other members of his expiditon team.He merely announces ‚ “I am just going outside and may be some time” He is therefore becoming a hero for putting the welfare of others before him . -A person who Mahon
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The development of the theory of plate tectonics from Continental Drift to the present The theory of continental drift first came to be in 1915 when Alfred Wegener first proposed his belief that 300 billion years ago there was one single supercontinent‚ Pangaea. At the time‚ most did not believe it was true as he had no proof or idea of how the masses of land would move. However‚ new evidence was put forward over time that fit with Wegener’s beliefs. The first key piece of evidence is the shape
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many‚ the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that most of global warming was being caused by greenhouse gases produced by human activities. Ice is melting worldwide‚ this includes mountain glaciers‚ ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland‚ and Arctic sea ice.. Other examples of consequences are: Sea level rise became faster‚ butterflies‚ foxes‚ and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher‚ cooler areas and precipitation has increased across the globe. (National
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solar energy‚ transportation would run on hydrogen fuel cells (Louis‚2016). Which goes back to the examples that I explained before about the pros and cons. Fossil fuels is atrocious for us because it causes global warming which is already affecting Antarctica and that will increase sea level. As well as air pollution which affects our air and plants. There’s oil spills that affect the ocean and the animals. Theirs efficiency here for our health and the company’s‚ now even though the prices are high for
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GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS ADVANTAGES It is apparent that this is an important environmental issue that most people believe is not occurring. With almost all bad situations it is very frequently that we have something positive come out of it. Global Warming is in most cases always viewed as a problem; one that is horrifying‚ going to end up flooding the world and in turn end it as well. After doing research on the subject matter I have come to realize a more positive outlook on what everyone has a
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South pole and Dusty plains on North pole 17. In 2004 rover rocket took 2 robots and they are still running on the Mars surface 18. Mt. OLYMPUS is the tallest mountain in the solar system 19. New world discovered in the deep sea of Antarctica in which there are 7 legged star fish‚ crabs e.t.c. 20. A sugar lump – piece of a white dwarf can weigh same to a car 21. Voyager 2 left earth in 1977 and reached Neptune on 1989 22. Saturn V was the tallest rocket which took the 1st
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Without our atmosphere‚ there would be no life on earth. Two gases make up the bulk of the earth’s atmosphere: nitrogen (78%)‚ and oxygen (21%). Argon‚ carbon dioxide and various trace gases make up the remainder. Scientists divided the atmosphere into four layers according to temperature: troposphere‚ stratosphere‚ mesosphere‚ and thermosphere. The temperature drops as we go up through the troposphere‚ but it rises as we move through the next layer‚ the stratosphere. The farther away from earth
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