Descriptive writng. The Beach The beach is a relaxing getaway. There are various things about the beach that stick into my mind. The three main things that stuck to me was the view, smell, and the sound. All the way from beauty of the ocean, how the colors in the sky blended with the motion of the water. I will always remember the sound of pelicans calling each other as they swooped just in front of the orange sunset to scoop the sea water in their flabby necks. Even the taste of the air mixed
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Ecosystem Out of all of the large and natural resources available for generating electricity in the United States, it is the ocean. Ocean energy may be the last investigated for its potential. The ocean is so vast and deep, until recently, it was assumed that no matter how many chemicals or how much trash humans dumped into the ocean, the effects would be negligible. Dumping into oceans have even got the catchphrase: “The solution to pollution is dilution” (National Geographic, 2013) Impacts Associated
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over the past thousand years and its changing the face of the earth as we know it, the polar ice caps are melting at an astonishing rate, faster than ever before. The fresh water that is being melted and dumped into the salty ocean is disrupting the natural flow of the deep ocean currents by changing the salinity of the water. More and more animals are going extinct due to the climate change, for example, the reefs all over the world are getting to hot from the sun and dying off, some of these reefs
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Final Essay California, and Florida are similar in some ways but difference in others, per example The beauty of California if I compared to Florida it is the Mediterranean, tropical weather, its vast ocean front waters, the beauty of its coastlines, the Agricultural land, and the reaches of the Employment opportunities, all in contrast makes California more desirable place to live than Florida. Introduction California is one of the best and desirable places to live in
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chloramine) may be added in order to kill any remaining parasites, bacteria, and viruses, and to protect the water from germs when it is piped to homes and businesses. Throughout history humans have been directly or indirectly influenced by the oceans. Ocean waters
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“Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas” written by Kenneth R. Weiss, he discusses the rapid spread of trash pollution, specifically plastic, in our oceans. Weiss not only addresses the spread of pollution, but also the damaging consequences it has in our ecosystem. In the following paper, I will address the threats of plastic debris gyres throughout the oceans, the vast amount of synthetic nets threatening wildlife, the spills and toxic chemicals in plastic pellets, and our nation’s obsession in materialism
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The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the 14 Mariana Islands (11"21' North latitude and 142" 12' East longitude ) near Japan. As you probably already know, it is the deepest part of the earth's oceans, and the deepest location of the earth itself. It was created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust. The deepest part of the Mariana Trench is the Challenger Deep
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A day at beach Everyone has a place where they go to escape all the pressures and worries of life. There is always that one spot that can soothe all your problems and troubles in times of stress. For me, the beach is the ultimate cure to all of my problems. While I am there, all of my obligations are suddenly erased. The day was warm and muggy; it was the perfect weather to go to the beach. The water was clear and a rich deep blue in color. Not a patch of seaweed in sight. The fine white sand
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degrees C * Cell/body temperatures from -2 to 132 degrees C * High pressure the water is not boiling * Range of pressure: 1 atm to 1100 atm * At the deepest part of the ocean the pressure is 1100 atm * The deep ocean is the most common habitat for life * Conditions at the average death of the ocean is about 2-4 degrees C * 380 atm * no sunlight * Organisms confront a variety of problems due to their environment * Example * Antarctic fishes
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Symbolism in Theater and Cinema Arts 100 Daniel Jacobson What if I never saw the movie Jaws? Would I still feel the same way about sharks and the ocean? These are some of the questions I feel a lot of people can ask themselves after they have seen Jaws. What does this mean? Can the shark in Jaws represent or symbolize something more than just being a hungry shark? I remember watching Jaws as a kid, as you can imagine I was pretty scared. I think I was eleven at the time, and was living in
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