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Diamonds

A Diamond is one of the two natural minerals that are produced from carbon. The other mineral is Graphite. Even though both of these minerals are produced from the same element ,carbon, they have totally different characteristics. One of the most obvious difference is that Diamond is hard and ...

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Earthquakes

An earthquake is shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin. "A broadly satisfying explanation of the majority of can be given in terms of what is called plate tectonics. The basic idea is that the Earth's outermost part also called the lithosphere consists of ...

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Every Gain There Is A Loss

A solitary snowy crystal slowly drifts and whirls towards the waiting ground below. Its graceful decent symbolizes so much; the first snowflake of winter, cold, solitude, gloom, sorrow, the beginning of the end. In an instant, it's crushed within the merciless death-grip of progression. In one ...

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The Aztec Nation

A distant sound is heard. It sounds like a deep drum being hit with a heavy instrument. You hear it again and strain your eyes in the direction of the sound. All around you is dense jungle. Snakes slither between your legs. You hear the sound once again. In front of you is a dense stand of ferns. ...

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The Noble Gases

are the far right elements on the periodic table. On the earth they are scarce so we donšt see much of them. They are do not react well with anything. In fact until around the 50šs they hadnšt found anything that they would react with any of the gases. But then someone found out that Fluorine ...

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Destruction Of The Ozone Layer

Concern with the environment is being voiced by people throughout the world. Today, it is not unusual to read about environmental problems. One problem that is important to all of us is the depletion of the ozone layer. One question being asked is, does the depletion of the ozone cause a danger ...

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From Village To City

Over the years of history, there have been many civilizations. We will look at the earliest of all civilizations known to man. From Village to City began in 8000BC and spanned all the way into 3000BC. Throughout this report we will look at the 6 key features of this civilization as outlined in ...

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Charles Darwin: His Life Story Of Dicovery

"The Catholic church has absolutely no view on 'Darwin's Theory of Evolution' or 'Darwinism' what is commonly believed by the magistarium is that one should not necessarily take the Bible in a literal sense ..." -An excerpt from Robert Richard's ...

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The Importance Of The Ozone Layer

The February 17, 1992 edition of time magazine's cover story started like this: "The world now knows that danger is shining through the sky. The evidence is overwhelming that the earth's stratospheric ozone layer-our shield against the sun's hazardous ultraviolet rays-is being eaten away by man ...

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Nostradamus And A Grim Future

Outline I. Introduction A. Thesis sentence B. Marc Hopkins opinion on the validity of Nostradamus's predictions II. Background information on Nostradamus A. Source of Nostradamus's education B. Nostradamus's trip to Montpellier C. Tragedies strike Nostradamus ...

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How Mountains Are Formed

Mountains are formed over long periods of time by forces of the earth. Mountains just don’t appear in any place. Most are formed when plates, or huge pieces of the Earth’s crust, pull and push against each other. Great mountain ranges are formed by the movement of tectonic ...

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Continental Drift

is the theory that the positions of the earth's continents have changed a lot through geologic time. The German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed the first comprehensive theory of in 1912, on the basis of the way the continents fit together on the opposing Atlantic coasts and paleontology ...

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Mt. St. Helens

There are many volcanoes in the world today. The volcano we chose to do a report on is . is a volcano in Washington State, U.S.A. It's 8,364 feet above sea level. is a volcano in the Cascade Range. It's also a volcano in the Ring of Fire. is a composite volcano. That means it's a layered ...

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Geothermal Energy

Physics 009 Professor Arns The human population is currently using up its fossil fuel supplies at staggering rates. Before long we will be forced to turn somewhere else for energy. There are many possibilities such as hydroelectric energy, nuclear energy, wind energy, solar energy and ...

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Our Solar System At A Glance

INTRODUCTION From our small world we have gazed upon the cosmic ocean for untold thousands of years. Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the stars. They called these objects planets, meaning wanderers, and named them after Roman deities -- Jupiter, king of the ...

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Mt. St. Helens

Top of Volcano Blown Off In Blast! 18/04/82. 60 people were killed today when Mt. St Helens blew its top Mt. St Helens erupted two years ago today in a blast that caused the volcano to be reduced by 451 metres (1313 feet). The volcano is south-western Washington and is part of the Cascade ...

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Japan

is a country made from four major islands. Though its area is small, each region has different tastes. The country has the population of 123.6 millions according to the 1990 census, or 2.5 % of the world total, and it is the seventh most populated nation according to The Cambridge Encyclopaedia ...

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Russia

is the largest country in the world, extending from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the East. is bordered on the west by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, and Ukraine; on the south by the Black Sea, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China; on the east by ...

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The Destruction Of The Ozone Layer

The February 17, 1992 edition of time magazine's cover story started like this: "The world now knows that danger is shining through the sky. The evidence is overwhelming that the earth's stratospheric ozone layer-our shield against the sun's hazardous ultraviolet rays-is being eaten away by man ...

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Ancient Egyptians And The Norsemen: Creating The Past

Ancient Egyptians and Norsemen along with all other cultures believe that the world and all that lies there in was created by a supreme being or force. For most people faith alone is not enough to base their very existence on; people want to know why, how, and all of the details. It is only ...

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