Chemistry Introduction Objective: The goal of the chemistry unit is to teach students how to identify when a chemical reaction has occurred. The students should be able to watch a process and determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. They will see (and usually perform) reactions demonstrating every type of chemical change. Background: Chemistry is the study of chemical reactions as a result of molecular interaction. There are four ways to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred
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off the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.[3][4] The resulting tsunami is given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ Asian Tsunami‚ Indonesian Tsunami. CAUSES The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean‚ killing over 230‚000 people in fourteen countries‚ and inundating coastal communities
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“The World is Heading for an Environmental Catastrophe” Task 1 Obtain a working definition for the term ‘environmental catastrophe’ Many people think‚ at the current rate of development the world is heading for an environmental catastrophe. Have humans destroyed‚ polluted and pillaged enough to cause a serious‚ wide scale disaster? Some say we cannot continue forward without changing our way of living. Have we over time exploited nature and it’s creatures for our own benefit? The effects
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What are tsunamis‚ and how can we decrease deaths among the human population? Tsunamis are created when underwater tectonic plates rub up against each other creating potential energy and then when they shift‚ the potential energy turns into kinetic energy which create a very fast wave. Geoscience helps us to better understand them through many ways. Once a tsunami starts‚ they won’t stop because of all the energy but there are ways to warn people about them through the uses of geoscience. First
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TSUNAMI Tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water‚ typically an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices)‚ landslides‚ glacier calving’s meteorite impacts and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami are devastating. They are one of the world’s worst natural disasters that
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when plates collide or move away from one another thus they are usually found at the edge of tectonic plates .Volcanoes can also occur in the interior of plates‚ these volcanoes are commonly known hotspots. MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES 2. Tsunamis can be formed by : Underwater earthquakes Underwater earthquakes are the most common cause of tsunami’s .If an underwater earthquake is large enough‚ significant movements will be made by the ocean floor‚ pushing up the ocean water upward causing
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THE AFTERMATH OF THE TSUNAMI AND CONSEQUENTIAL POVERTY SUBJECT: LAW AND POVERTY SUBMITTED BY: NISHANT K PRASAD 2010-50 SUBMITTED TO: PROFESSOR AMITADHANDA DEAN(ACADEMICS) NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW‚ HYDERABAD A large number of people to the extent of 220‚000 people were killed in the tsunami which hit South Asia in 2004. There were disastrous consequences of this natural calamity. Loss of millions
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Is Kingfisher is heading towards Bankruptcy? The financial agonies for Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) are seeming to become insurmountable. After being forced to massively scale down its operations and ground more than half of its fleet in the month of Feb 2012 when the IT-Dept froze its bank accounts over non-payment of tax dues‚ the estranged airliner has now cancelled all of its international operations and has the aviation regulator (DGCA) as well as the govt. breathing down its throat questioning
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Heading towards a Hockey game one Saturday afternoon‚ my friends and I decided to take the fastest route to beat rush hour. My good friend Anna was driving her luxurious Lexus and I was seating on the passenger seat. While my friends‚ Emily and Dakota were in the back seat. We were listening and singing along to the popular song by Justin Bieber “Sorry”. Anna was using the GPS on her smart phone and at the same time‚ she decided to snapchat the moment. She was recording the sing-along while driving
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The Future of the English Language Throughout history‚ the English language has evolved in many ways through different countries. Anglo Saxon spoken from Tribes in Britain became the common language‚ what we call Old English. Although modern English may sound different from Old English‚ there are several words that are recognizable and similar. However‚ there are also a great amount of changes that were made throughout the past and till this day. In today’s generations‚ media such as‚ Internet
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