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    Many people would agree that tornadoes and hurricanes can be, both dangerous and frightening. They can happen at almost any time and cause severe damage and injury. These storms can have minutes’ worth of notice or even sometimes days. We call these storms, natural disasters. While, tornadoe and hurricanes are very similar because of their high winds and ability to do extreme damage, they are tremendously different. Tornadoes can happen almost anywhere; as a matter of a fact, tornadoes have…

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    Amelia Earhart Timeline

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    Amelia Earhart Timeline She was born on July 24, 1897 From Atchison, Kansas. On 25th birthday she bought a new biplane and painted it yellow. Jan 3rd 1921 Flying lessons Oct 1922 First woman to fly to 1400 ft May 15th 1923 Pilot Licence (License No. 6017)1 of 16 women to have one, First woman to fly at 1300ft 1927 500 unaccompanied flight hrs Aug 1928 first women to fly across North America and back Aug 1928 Proposed to by George P Putnam who helped plan and promote her trans-Atlantic…

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    Africa Research Paper

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    Portuguese sailors found coasts off the rivers of Senegal, Gambia, and the Niger, while at the coast they were able to buy gold, ivory, also slaves. During this time Prince Henry died before making to India so the rest of the crew manage to make it to the equator in 1474. Fourteen years in 1488 Bartholomew Dias who was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman of royal house hold, reached the Cape of Good Hope in the southern tip of Africa, Inching closer and closer to their dream. Portuguese sailor…

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    evaporated from the ocean which fuels the hurricane. b. The heat is released in a tropical thunderstorm is carried away by the wind and it takes the top of the storm. This causes the heat to build up forming a low pressure. c. Hurricanes develop near the equator, moving rapidly towards land; the storm system can produce dangerous destructive winds, scaturient rain, and flooding leaving communities completely dismantled. II. Life Cycle of Hurricanes a. Tropical Depression is formed when there…

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    The second puzzle was the likelihood of a northwest passage, an ice-free corridor around Russia and the New World. Navigators, George Best and John Davis, inspired by the habitability of the tropics would argue that “if the equator was not really so hot, then by the same logic the Arctic did not have to be so cold.” They also argued that the whole world had to be habitable by Europeans and that all races of men could safely live in any part of the world. At the time, it was…

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    Located on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, Mount Tambora is in the province of West Nusa Tenggara. The eruption of Mount Tambora on April 10, 1815 marked the most powerful eruption of a volcano in the past 500 years thats has struck Indonesia. The creation and eruption of Mount Tambora can be contributed to the interaction between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plate. The plate with higher density subducts under the plate with lower density. As the plate goes under, it melts and forms a…

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    Jamaica Research Paper

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    Jamaica Location- Jamaica is located in the west indies of the caribbean sea. Cuba is directly North of Jamaica and Haiti is East of it. Jamaica is almost right on the equator and its exact coordinates are 18.1824° North, 77.3218° West. climate/weather-Because Jamaica is very very close to the equator the climate is very warm and very humid basically all year round. The regular four season are very undefined on this island paradise and the average temperatures there vary from being sixty…

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    Temari Observation

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    copies of the user guides. I also provided participants with a screencast with a set of pause points for them to follow along with while they tried to recreate one of the symmetries I provided. Finally, I prepped 20 spheres so that the poles and equators were measured, tacked and outlined with pearl cotton for the participants to create a simple set of eight symmetrical guidelines for their individual spheres. I circulated the room and demonstrated how to recreate portions of a spherical model…

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    Many people know Amelia Earhart as the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lets really get to know the real Amelia Earhart. She was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. She graduated from High School in Chicago. She then attended Ogontz School in Rydal, Pa., and Columbia University. In 1918 she became a nurses aid in a military hospital. In 1921 she started to learn how to fly in California.She then took up exhibition aviation as a hobby in the 1920’s.(Encyclopedia…

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    destiny. So what is it that makes Jamaica such an alluring and intriguing place for millions of persons around the world? Jamaica is considered by many to be one of if not the most beautiful island in the Caribbean. Located smack in the middle of the equator summer never really ends. All year round the wonderful sun warms the white sandy beaches making it the perfect hang out spot for those who are leaving the…

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