INNER PLANETS DATA | MERCURY | VENUS | EARTH | MARS | 1. DIAMETER | 3,032m (4,879km) | 7,521m (12,104km) | 7,926m (12,756km) | 7,926m (12,756km) | 2. AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM THE SUN | 57.9 million kms/36 million miles | 108.2 million kms/67.2 million miles | 150 million km (93 million miles) | 228 million km (142 million miles) | 3. ROTATION PERIOD | 59 Earth Days | 0.615 Earth Years (243 days) | 23.93 Hours | 24.63 Hours | 4. ORBITAL PERIOD | 88 Earth days | 225 Earth days |
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in the Big Horn Basin area of Wyoming since the 18th century, as all recent droughts have been mild when compared to those of Wyoming’s past. Droughts in Wyoming’s future are unpredictable and uncertain; however, Richard Guldin of the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in Fort Collins, Colorado, has made some predictions for the water situation in the United States as far ahead as 2040. According to Guldin, 526,600 million gallons of freshwater will be withdrawn per day in the
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PRE-SPANISH ARCHITECTURE OF LUZON BONTOC (Fayu) * Location: Mountain Area of Cordillera * Bontoc is the capital of Mountain Province * Bontoc is derived from two morphemes “bun” (heap) & “tuk” (top) which when taken together means mountain Traditional House of Bontoc * House within a house shelter for rice, chickens, pigs & people * Plan: square in plan & designed to facilitate various activities * Granary (falig) – (2 m2 in area); elevated on 4 posts of about
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Carey McWilliams describes Southern California as a region so different from the rest of state that one would actually feel the difference just by crossing the Tehachapi range from the north or through the El Cajon and San Gorgonio passes in the east. He writes that ”the air is softer, the ocean is bluer and the skies have a lazy and radiant warmth” (McWilliams, 1946) which I think describes the sudden change in climate once entering the region pretty well. He also writes that Southern California
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English Shelby Lee Adams is a well-known and credibly acclaimed American photographer, who has both advocates and critics. He is particularly focused on capturing the Appalachian lifestyle, in areas such as Kentucky, because he wants to give a glimpse of the impoverished lifestyle of his subjects. While it is interesting to see the disparity between our culture and theirs, it’s also shocking to realize that people live like this every day. Although he denies it, Adams’ photographs are frequently
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Task 1: Geography and the Development/Diffusion of Human Societies Part A: Mesopotamia is regarded as the birth place of civilization. “Historians believe that large civilizations began in Mesopotamia between 4,000 and 3,000 B.C.E.” (Wandrei, 2015). The most significant geographical factor that I feel contributed to the development of this society was the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. These rivers are part of a larger area referred to as the “fertile crescent” due to its rich soil. The soil
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“Autumnal” which occur on September 22. 4. How long is your growing season? The growing season of the Costal mountain valleys ranges from mid-February to late November. 5. What was the total rainfall in the area last year? The max that it rain was 0.84 in. The average is 0.01 in. The sum is 3.75 in 6. Name three endangered mammals listed in you state. * The Point Arena Mountain, beaver. * The Sierra Nevada red, fox. * The Pacific pocket, mouse. 7. What is the state’s longest river
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almost every child in the United States has read it or heard it narrated at one time or another. Rip is a simple-minded soul who lives in a village by the Catskill Mountains. Beloved by the village, Rip is an easygoing, henpecked husband whose one cross to bear is a shrewish wife who nags him day and night. One day he wanders into the mountains to go hunting, meets and drinks with English explorer Henry Hudson’s legendary crew, and falls into a deep sleep. He awakens twenty years later and returns to
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Conclusion Chattanooga choo-choo * fall and winter lows approach the Appalachian mountain by a path from the deep south and travels through eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, undergo changes for the worse after they ride northeast along Clumberland plateau, then cross the Appalachian. By the time these lows make it to North Carolina or Virginia, heavy snow, rain, or freezing rain can hit the areas along the storm seem to form so often in eastern Tennessee. Travel far east. * Why does this happen
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Comparison between ‘Lullaby’ and ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ Love often results in physical passion, and as time went on – the description and depth of passion have been more explicitly explored. In Lullaby, Auden presents a post coital situation, which is suggested by the title, as well as the phrase ‘sleeping head’, on the other hand the extract from Tis Pity She’s a Whore reaches its climax by the strong suggestions of consummation of the relationship of Annabella and Giovanni. Although the two
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