Geyser: definition. A geyser is a hot spring that periodically erupts‚ throwing water into the air accompanied by steam. The word geyser comes from Geysir‚ the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur‚ Iceland; that name‚ in turn‚ comes from the Icelandic verb geysa‚ "to gush" or “to spout”‚ the verb itself from Old Norse. How it works. Generally all geyser field sites are located near active volcanic areas‚ and the geyser effect is due to the proximity of magma. Surface water works its way down
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Cause and Effect Essay: Causes of Flood There are many calamities that we experience like storm‚ volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. The most common calamities that our country faces are storms and floods. According to PAGASA‚ flood is a natural hydrological phenomenon. The purpose of this essay is to enumerate and explain the causes of flood‚ which are tropical storms‚ global warming and tsunamis. One of the causes of flood are tropical storms. According to the Forces of Nature website‚ storms
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Causes of Air Pollution Harm from air pollution was first exposed when fires were built in poorly ventilated caves. Since then pollution of the earth’s surface has dramatically increased. Lately‚ ecological pollution harms have been neighboring and slight because of our own planets ability to take in and clean minor quantities of pollutants. The industrialization of civilization‚ motorized vehicles being introduced‚ and the rapid growth of the population‚ is factors contributing toward the growing
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Pompeii and Herculaneum Economy: Economy and Occupations The economy of Pompeii and Herculaneum was primarily agricultural with a smaller number of trade and crafts practiced. Pompeii has been perceived as a bustling commercial centre‚ a vestibule of a house reading‚ “Profit is joy.” The bigger wheel ruts seen in the streets of Pompeii compared to Herculaneum also suggest a busier economy with epigraphic evidence suggestive of trades and guilds around the walls of the town. Herculaneum was a quieter
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“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion” -Edgar Allen Poe- Beauty encompass the normal vision that people have like a beautiful women‚ a field of flowers‚ sunrises and sunsets‚ the relaxing sounds of the ocean and so forth. One can write libraries full of books about these beauties‚ but no one sees the exquisite beauty in ugly. A thing of beauty can be deadly‚ dangerous and deceiving. Like a pretty rose‚ it is attractive and often pleasant to smell but it is surrounded
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One of the most harmful pollution in today’s world is air pollution that is increasing drastically day-by-day. It can also aggravate other human health problems such as asthma‚ emphysema‚ chronic bronchitis and other respiratory problems as well as trigger heart or asthma attacks‚ particulate matter causes cancer and reduced resistance to colds and lung infections. The most commonly monitored pollutants are nitrogen dioxide (NO2)‚ sulphur dioxide (SO2)‚ and particulate matter. Sometimes‚ particulate
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Natural Disasters Throughout earth‚ the life of an average person can change because of one day’s events. Communities that had been established over numerous decades can become a pile of rubble in a matter of hours and even minutes. The effect of a natural disaster can change a community forever. A natural disaster is anything that causes harm or damage from nature. Natural disasters can strike any part of the world‚ sometimes predicted others not. Japan is the one of the countries‚ most affected
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------------------------------------------------- Natural disaster A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ tsunami‚ volcanic‚ earthquakes‚ tornadoes and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. The causes of natural disasters
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Pompeii and Herculaneum are undoubtedly two of the most prolific and valuable archaeological finds of the ancient world. Both sites‚ due to their preservation in the hardened volcanic tufa and undisturbed tonnes of ash expelled by Vesuvius in AD 79‚ have yielded an abundance of archaeological artefacts which include human remains. Archaeologists‚ historians and museum authorities now face a critically urgent question of ethics concerning the excavation‚ scientific study and display of human remains
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Plate Tectonics‚ Earthquakes‚ and Volcanoes Renee Kuraly 1. There are 13 tectonic plates. (several smaller ones) 2. Evidence for continental drift includes: coastline fit‚ alignment of mountain ranges‚ similar rock sequences‚ fossils‚ modern fauna‚ and ancient climates. 3. We know plate boundaries exist because their defined by earthquake data and the depths of earthquakes show what type of boundary they are. 4. Divergent Boundary- places where plates are moving apart. Convergent Boundary-
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