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    because Mars ’ distance from the sun varies by 20 percent in its orbit around the sun every two years. (Mars Science‚ 2000) Mars has many of the kinds of surface features that are common on Earth. These include plains‚ canyons‚ and volcanoes. Overall‚ craters occur throughout the surface of Mars‚ while

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    vents on large volcanoes. The forth and last main part I will tell you about is the crater. The crater is the circular formation with steep sides formed around the main vent where the lava‚ ash and rocks reach the surface of the Earth during the volcanic eruption. Most of the time the crater is formed to the top of the volcano‚ where the main vent ejects to the surface but‚ if the volcano has secondary vents‚ craters can also be found on the sides of the

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    together and formed wisps. Guthix’s death also caused the various craters to open around Gielinor. It is highly speculated that the death of Guthix has damaged the world and that damage has manifested itself as the craters. It is probable that Guthix’s death has rendered a great imbalance within Gielinor‚ and so the life force of the world (Anima Mundi) is now "bleeding" due to this imbalance. The wisps gather around these craters as they are attracted to this life force‚ because this is one of the

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    known as the island volcano in the middle of crater lake. Wizard Island is located in the west coast of crater lake‚ Oregon (United States) on the North American continent‚ it is located relatively on top of the seduction zone between the North American plate and the Juan De Fuca‚ a oceanic plate causing many major earth quakes in the area. Wizard Island’s has a latitude of 42.93 and a longitude of -122.15. It has a height of 233meters with a small crater that is 90meters across and 27meters deep

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    beneath the Earth’s crust. The hot liquid magma coming out in the form of lava (most commonly molten basalt) is potential of shaping different landforms on earth crust. The most common landforms that are results of volcanic activity include cones‚ craters‚ calderas‚ domes etc. This article gives a description of these volcanic landforms. SHIELD VOLCANOES- These are characterised by gentle upper slopes. The slope varies from only 5 degrees to 10 degrees. The shield volcanoes are made up of mainly

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    panoramic view of Volcano Island can be seen. Taal volcano‚ a 406 meter-high crater‚ is the world’s smallest active volcano. It is described as “crater within an island within a lake” because it stands as an island at Taal Lake. There have been 33 recorded eruptions of Taal since 1572. What makes Taal Volcano more unique is the fact that the volcano itself has a lake of its own inside its crater which is called the “Crater Lake.” 3.) Mount Pinatubo A giant reawaken after more than 400 years of

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        To commence‚ writer Flannery O’Connor provides details occurring throughout the text to reveal the true selfish nature of mankind. One of the situations throughout the text that reveals this notion occurs when Shifflett marries young Lucynell Crater. Tom Shiftlet agrees to marry young Lucynell

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    Mr. Shiftlet manages to get what he wants by negotiating with Mrs. Crater‚ knowing what she wants as well. Mr. Shiftlet is a wise man and knew what Mrs. Crater was trying to do‚ without her directly telling him as it is said on page 1039‚ “The old woman’s smile was broad and toothless and suggestive. ‘Teach her to say ‘sugarpie‚’’ she said. Mr. Shiftlet already knew what was on her mind” (O’ Connor‚ 1039). This shows that Mrs. Crater isn’t the best at being slick and secretive‚ therefore it’s easy

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    ABSTRACT Several mass extinctions have occurred during the Earth ’s history. The Cretaceous – Tertiary Boundary (K-T) Extinction caused the loss of at least three-quarters of all species known at that time including the dinosaurs. The cause of this mass extinction is a controversial subject among scientists but the fossil evidence of it ’s occurrence is abundant. INTRODUCTION The K-T Extinction occurred 65 million years ago. Many species perished in that extinction. Today evidence for this extinction

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    The purpose of this experiment is to determine if the angle of impact affects the diameter and depth of a crater. The hypothesis was correct‚ stating that if the angle of impact changes than the depth and diameter will change due to the amount of speed and force is being put in the marble (meteor)‚ and the most effective angle for the diameter is at a 20 degree angle‚ and for depth is at a 90 degree angle. The hypothesis turned out to be true because it all depends to the angle the meteor or in this

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