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Can you guess where in the world this destination is from the clues below? Word Clue This beach is a paradise for snorkelers and scuba divers, providing a visual feast of sponge gardens, reef systems, and marine life to observe. There is even an underwater snorkel trail. This beach features a large pinnacle rock which has been sculpted by wind and water over the centuries. It now looks like the bow of a large ship steaming onto the beach. The walls of the beach cave were formed from volcanic…

Hurricanes happen when the oceans are warmed during summer. According to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, “In the North Atlantic, hurricane season is from June 1 to November 30.” This means that most hurricanes happen in late summer to the middle of fall. How big can Hurricanes get? There are five categories of hurricanes. Category 1 (74-95 mph), Category 2 (96-110 mph),…

The construction of the Panama channel came from a French construction team in the 1880s, but around 1896, the President and the Senate of the United States were interested in establishing a canal across Panama to South America, with some favoring a canal across Nicaragua and others advocating the purchase of the French interests in Panama. The French manager of the New Panama Canal Company, Phillipe Bunau-Varilla, who was seeking American involvement, asked for $100 million, but accepted $40…

Continental Drift Gondwana was an ancient supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. It was made of many continents that we know today. It broke up a long time ago because of something called Continental Drift. Continental drift is what it is called when the tectonic plates move around and rearrange and reshape the continents. Gondwana was made up of 5 main pieces; Africa, South America, Australia, India, and Antarctica. Gondwana existed roughly 300-180 million…

18971° N, -70.13672° E) November 2nd, 2012. The Storm was a Category 3 major Hurricane and was the 18th named hurricane in the 2012 season. The origins of Sandy go back to a tropical wave that had moved off the western coast of Africa into the eastern Atlantic Ocean on October 11th. With the extended low pressure conditions, condition was…

Safe passage to Cambodia would be guaranteed -- no one could touch them. The Fabachers could pretty much tell Stevie and the feds, investors, plus everyone else to go jump off a bridge and that was exactly what they intended to do. But everything depended on the rendezvous point. Getting to that spot would be harder than they thought -- three of the four people on the yacht wanted the other three dead. THE THIEVES HAD nearly a hundred million dollars, as well as merchandise scattered all…

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as “The Devil’s Triangle” is an area in the Western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where hundreds of planes and ships have mysteriously disappeared. It covers approximately 500,000 square miles of the ocean. The three points of the triangle include Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Bermuda Islands. Many of the ships and planes that have passed through are said to have encountered strange occurrences or severe weather. Most ships and planes that disappear in the…

Also it gave power to the U.S. and exemplified them as a world power also. In the video it summarizes how the U.S. has been gaining power throughout countries in the Pacific, and the Panama Canal would allow it to grow even more power linking it to Atlantic Ocean countries also. This evidence basically summarizes of how the Panama Canal gave the US power and linking the oceans would create easier paths for US…

Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were pronounced legally dead on January 5, 1939, after the two most expensive air and sea searches in American history. The first search for Amelia Earhart started on July 2, 1937, and was led by the U.S Navy and Coast Guard (“Happened”). George Putnam, Amelia Earhart's husband of six years, led a second search of the Phoenix and Gilbert islands which was also unsuccessful (Lovell 290). At the time of Amelia’s disappearance, she was one of the world's most famous…

The effects of pollution on the ocean Global plastic pollution and consumption has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on marine environments. Plastic is one of the most prominent materials used in manufacture. This man-made, non-biodegradable material is often produced in mass amounts to meet global supply and demand. In effect global plastic pollution has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on the environment. This has led to strategies being undertaken to…