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Title Comment Keywords
Kepler 01:42 - 01:54 (00:12) / 0.2 MB "Johannes Kepler", "elliptical orbit", planet, Sun
Distance From the Sun Matters 08:50 - 09:55 (01:05) / 1.0 MB "David Stevenson", "Earth-like planet", Sun, "outer planet", temperature
Theory Rejected 07:13 - 08:04 (00:51) / 0.5 MB "Gary Ernst", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", "centrifugal force", "Earth's rotation", tide, Moon, Sun, geophysicist
Volcanoes and Magma 02:19 - 03:46 (01:27) / 1.9 MB "James Sadd", volcano, magma, "interior of the Earth", eruption, "volcanic gas", "volcanic ash", atmosphere, climate, Sun, "sea floor", "mid-oceanic ridge", crust
Subtropical Deserts 04:14 - 05:45 (01:31) / 1.3 MB orbit, Sun, tropic, Equator, evaporation, condensation, cloud, rainfall, air, humid
Vegetation 19:00 - 19:48 (00:48) / 2.0 MB vegetation, air, rainfall, Sun, plant
Ice Ages 12:48 - 14:04 (01:16) / 1.3 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", glacier, "glacial ice", "glacial cycle", "geologic time", "Earth's orbit", Sun, "Earth's rotation", "global cooling"
Indicators of Past Ice Ages 14:04 - 15:37 (01:33) / 1.9 MB "Brian Edwards", data, "Ice Age", "Earth's orbit", "drill core", "deep-sea sediment", fossil, microfossil, plant, temperature, ocean, "geologic time", Sun, continent, "plate tectonics", "ocean current", climate, polar, landmass, "ice sheet"
Tides 21:35 - 22:41 (01:06) / 1.6 MB ocean, wave, tide, Moon, Sun, Earth, gravity
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