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    Sea Floor

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    water is 3.5 kilometers high and exerts a pressure hundreds of times greater than atmospheric pressure on Earth. What is the main type of igneous rock found on the seafloor? Basaltic rock is heavy and sinks forming the world’s deep ocean basins. Describe the topography of the seafloor: shelf‚ slope‚ canyons‚ rise‚ and abyss. Continental shelf‚ the most shallow and accessible region‚ they cover 1/6 of Earth’s surface. Continental slope from the edge of the continental shelf to the deep ocean. Continental

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    What is Sea-floor spreading? Seafloor spreading is a process of plate tectonics in which new oceanic crust is created as large lumps of the Earth ’s crust split apart from each other and magma shafts up to fill the gap. Who discovered sea-floor spreading? The man who discovered sea floor spreading was Harry Hess. Harry Hess was a geologist. Part of his mission had been to study the deepest parts of the ocean floor. In 1946 he had discovered that hundreds of flat-topped mountains‚ perhaps sunken

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    On the Floor

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    MV Project I will take two months to produce the music video. I will lead my team to plan the project in the first month. In the second mouth‚ we will execute the project. At first‚ my team will finish a plan book and seek an investor who is interested in my program. The plan book touched upon the time‚ cost‚ purchasing‚ human resource‚ etc. Corporate sponsors can help fully to process this project and save cost. They offer us money or their products which we need in the project for free‚ and

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    The Ocean Floor

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    The Ocean Floor No one has ever walked the sea floor and few have even seen it. This is because of the extreme conditions found there. It is dark‚ and the temperature is close to freezing. A person standing on the sea floor would be under tremendous pressure from the overlaying water. The pressure is hundreds of times greater than the atmospheric pressure. Such a force would crush the human body. Using research submersibles which are specially designed to with stand the pressure of the water‚ scientists

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    life under the sea floor by Kat Falls‚ is about how a boy named Ty who is 18 years old who is really quiet and never really spoke to anyone living under seas for all he life. He has been living a life where nothing seemed real to him. He called his life a “mystery”. Ty and his family moved down onto the sea when ty was a little boy. They lived on the seafloor for most of their lives. His family joined an underwater community in hopes of living in the new frontier of the ocean floor. When Ty meets

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    Rorschach Inkblot Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Draw a person Example: Inkblot Example: TAT=Make up a story about this picture‚ including what will happen next TAT: attempts to see how a person places order on a vague stimulus Types of Personality Measures: Expressive Behavior: The analysis of how people stand‚ move‚ speak‚ etc. Includes the examination of: Speech rate gaze patterns posture gestures Types of Personality Measures: Interviews: Unstructured interviews

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    Ocean Floor

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    Homework on Ocean Floor Instructionon on how to download the movie online: Go to the link: http://www.learner.org/resources/series78.html# and click on the next to the “4. Sea Floor”. To avoid pop-up blocker‚ press CRTL key as you click on the If you click on the movie screen‚ you will get a full screen view. After watching the 30 minute movie on The Sea Floor‚ answer the following questions by typing in a separate sheet of paper. (As you watch the movie gather as much information

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    Soundproof Floors

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    Floated/Glued Wood Floors * A single product that can add both enough mass to block airborne noise and provide a dramatic reduction in footstep noise. * Made from 97% post-consumer recycled rubber‚ it is not just a "green product‚" but comes with LEED certification from the US Green Building Council. Our Underlay will allow you the beauty and contemporary look of wood floors throughout your project without sacrificing sound privacy. Nailed Down Wood Floors * Nail down floors require mechanical

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    Crossing the floor

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    Crossing the Floor – Conflict‚ Politics‚ Power and Politicians Case Questions 1. Where are the power issues in this case? What is your assessment of the relative power of the key individuals and groups (Stephen Harper‚ David Emerson‚ the riding association‚ the voters)? The newley elected prime minister Stephen Harper had legitimate power in that he was elected to the post of prime minister. His party had genuine power in that they won the election. Harper is entrusted in a very powerful position

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    Floor Systems

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    01 floor system BuildingConstruction151 The idea of a Floor System FLOORS Floor system are a building’s primary element supports both loads: a) Live load- I.e people‚ movable equipment) b) Dead loads-(weight of floor construction itself) Floor system transfers loads to: beam column or bearing walls. A construction‚ on ground level or at an upper level of a building or structure‚ on which people walk or place furniture or appliances. It is part of a room or space that forms it’s lower enclosing

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