glacier when the ice melts 3. ________depressions where most outwash plains are pitted C. cirque 4. ________theory that most scientists now accept D. kettles 5. ________large cracks E. horn 6. ________masses of ice that occupy millions of square kilometers F. Milanokovitch Theory 7. ________an almost motionless mass of permanent snow and ice G.ground moraine 8. ________elevation above which ice and snow remain throughout H. crevasses the year 9. ________grainy ice I. continental
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long high sea wave caused by an earthquake‚ submarine landslide‚ or other disturbance. Blizzards- A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility. Reaction: In the film The Day After Tomorrow‚ the movie dealt with global warming and how it might affect our climate. In the start of the movie some of the actors are found drilling for ice core samples in Antarctica. The core samples are used for research in the distant pass’s climate. Well they are drilling a piece of the ice shelf breaks
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Earth was covered by ice and snow from pole to pole for long periods of time in the past. The average temperature on the surface was about -50° and at the equator it was about -20°‚ which is roughly the temperature of Antarctica today. This is because the solar radiation from the Sun is reflected back into space due to the icy surface of the Earth. The oceans play a major role on the temperature fluctuation associated with day and night and because the oceans have a layer of ice over them‚ the temperature
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Autobiography: The Sea My family took a vacation the summer before sixth grade. We were in Maui‚ Hawaii to be exact‚ it was paradise. We walked to the beach from my family’s cabin everyday. As I looked around‚ the white sand felt scalding and the water was warm. The shore was filled with coral rocks‚ crashing waves and laughing children playing with the warm‚ wet sand. The water rose and fell‚ each time dissolving a sand castle into mud and making a child scream and run playfully from the water
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river of ice‚ formed from compacted layers of snow that has basically accumulated for more that a year‚ which slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure. The first year of snow fall is called a neve‚ then after the snow stay for more that one winter it’s called a firn. (Grabianowski). Extensive glaciers can be found in the Antarctica‚ Greenland‚ Iceland‚ Canada‚ Russia and Alaska. One of the largest reservoirs of fresh water on earth is Glacier Ice‚ and is the
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explore gender. ’Wide Sargasso Sea’‚ by Jean Rhys‚ and ’Sula’ by Toni Morrison are both novels that respond to the issues of women that are confined to their social roles. Grace Nichols’ book‚ ’The Fat Black Woman’s Poems’‚ supports and also contrasts the views of both Rhys and Morrison. All three texts question gender roles and oppression in society. While Nichols is very outspoken and doesn’t let her gender confine her‚ the main character in Wide Sargasso Sea‚ Antoinette‚ is restricted by social
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under the sheets . The room is strangely quiet as I slip out of bed and realize the sea of white snow. I hurry to get dressed and start bolting for the back door of our beautiful‚ city home in Tualatin. Today I will walk through my snow-covered yard as if I am swimming through the ocean.I stopped at the door that faced Nelson Street aligned with beautiful fall colored trees‚ silently watching the snowfall. The tiny ice crystals drift peacefully down from the sky. As the door slowly creeps open‚ I carefully
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000 Leagues Under the Sea‚ is a novel by Jules Verne‚ a famous French author and poet. Jules Verne has been one of the most influential authors on the genre of science fiction‚ writing stories that depicted ideas that people from his time found abstract and unusual. In his novel‚ 20‚000 Leagues Under the Sea‚ Jules Verne tells the story of a Frenchman named M. Pierre Aronnax‚ a famous marine biologist that has written many world renown books about the creatures of the deep sea. The story takes place
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iron magnets of equal size and strength‚ * thermometer (minimum range 0–100°C)‚ * tongs for holding magnets (preferably plastic‚ for minimizing heat transfer)‚ * dry ice (frozen CO2)‚ * water ice‚ * insulated containers to hold ice and dry ice‚ * thick insulated gloves for handling dry ice‚ * small pot‚ * water‚ * stove or hot plate for heating water‚ * 2 large plastic bowls‚ * at least one box of standard #1 paper clips‚ * if you have
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from thinking that her husband is as miserable as her. <br><br>In the first passage from the poem‚ The Wanderer‚ it speaks of exile by saying‚ "To the wanderer‚ weary of exile cometh Gods pity‚ compassionate love‚ though woefully toiling on wintry seas with churning oar in the icy wave‚ homeless and helpless he fled from fate." It can be easily seen‚ in this passage‚ how common exile was in the poem‚ but also what a great pain it must have been to deal with the trial. The author continually describes
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