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    Cloud Types

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    Cloud Types Common cloud classifications Clouds are classified into a system that uses Latin words to describe the appearance of clouds as seen by an observer on the ground. The table below summarizes the four principal components of this classification system (Ahrens‚ 1994). Latin Root | | Translation | | Example | cumulus  stratus cirrus nimbus | | heap  layer curl of hair rain | | fair weather cumulus  altostratus cirrus cumulonimbus | Further classification identifies clouds

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    Types of Play

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    Types of Play Unit 3 CE230-01 Professor Fontana Joetta Raymer November 25‚ 2013 Type of Play Description Typical Age Importance Creativity Exhibited Unoccupied Play The child is not playing. They may be in one place and seem like they are not playing but make random movements. Not engaged in play (Isbell & Raines‚ 2012). This type of play refers to newborns and infants mainly but can occur with older children. This type of play teaches a child

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    With reference to two volcanic events that you have studied from contrasting areas of the world‚ compare the nature of the volcanic hazard and its impact. Mount St Helens erupted on the 18th May 1980 at 9am and is an active strata volcano Washington State USA‚ a MEDC. Where as on 18th July 1995‚ during the daytime‚ Montserrat‚ a LEDC during the day‚ Montserrat’s Soufrière Hills composite volcano of a height 1050m‚ meaning sulphur hills‚ dormant for centuries‚ erupted and produced a phreatic eruption

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    Melanoma What is Melanoma? Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. This cancerous growth begins its development when unrepaired DNA skin cells. Unrepaired cells are damaged by ultraviolet radiation from sunshine or tanning beds which triggers defects that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumors. Tumors originate in the pigment-producing melanocytes in the basal layer of the epidermis. Melanomas often resemble moles which are black or brown‚ but they can also

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    What are the different text types? There are four kinds of text types: Descriptive‚ Informative‚ Instructive‚ and Persuasive texts. Descriptive Text * A descriptive text is a text that wants you to picture what is being described. * Descriptive texts usually make use of adjectives and adverbs; use comparisons to help picture the scene (something is "like" something else); employ the reader’s five senses (how something feels‚ looks‚ smells‚ sounds‚ and tastes). Informative texts

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    Music Types

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    music a type of music‚ usually played on electronic instruments‚ that is popular with many people because it consists of short songs with a strong beat and simple tunes that are easy to remember. Pop music is often simply called pop. rock ’n’ roll a type of music that was popular in the 1950s and combined simple blues structures played on guitars with strong regular beats soul music a type of African-American music that developed in the 1960s‚ combining r & b with pop‚ rock ’n’ roll

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    Types of Environment Audits Site Audit 1. Reclamation of Land * Important because the inception of the Mining Act was passed in 1869. * was periodically amended and in 1991 included closure and reclamation * Therefore‚ after the amended Mining Act in 1991 when a mine begins its operation it must have plans‚ procedures and funds to restore the land to its natural state. 2. Longer term protection of close sites * A closed mine site can be monitored forever due to the hazardous

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    ------------------------------------------------- What are the different types of cheques Cheque is an important document that an individual‚ companies‚ governments and many others use to transact their business. By definition‚ cheque can be termed as a negotiable document to transfer money either in physical form or to effect inter account transfer.    Unless or otherwise stated‚ a cheque is a signed unconditional order addressing the bank to credit it by the issuer. The issuer of the cheque

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    Volcanos

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    Volcano! By National Geographic On March 10‚ 2011‚ I attended a campus wide experience that was showing a volcano documentary by Maurice and Katia Krafft. They were born and raised in France and would like to retire in Hawaii. They are writers‚ movie makers‚ and scientists. In 1988‚ they circled the globe 8 times to study the many volcanoes of the earth. They love to photograph the many shield volcanoes in Hawaii because they are constantly erupting. To them‚ their perfect paradise is described

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    Types of Intelligence Brett C. Walker General Psychology PSY-102 May 26‚ 2010 Types of Intelligence After reading the chapter and lecture that was assigned to me‚ I believe that I have a better understanding of the types of intelligence. During my study I have also‚ learned that there is eight different types of intelligence. In this short essay I am going to take the time to discuss each of the eight types of intelligence‚ I will also be discussing the benefit to intelligence testing

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