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In weather terms --- "La Nina" refer to: |
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A cooling of the coastal waters of off the Pacific Peru and Ecuador |
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Octopuses, Cuttlefish, and Squids are: |
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Cephalopods |
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How many people in the USA live near the ocean? |
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More than one-half of the U.S. population now live and work within
50 miles of the coastline. |
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How much have the earth’s temperatures risen since 1860? |
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Temperatures have risen between 0.5 and 1.1 degrees F since about 1860. |
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The term Extra-Solar Planet refers to: |
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A planet rotating around a star other than our sun. |
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The mole is the standard method in chemistry for communicating how much of a substance is present. How many molecules are in a mole? |
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6.022 times 10 to the 23rd power |
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How long is the coastline of the USA? And how many million square miles of ocean does the USA control? |
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The United States has more than 95,000 miles of coastline and more than 3.4 million square miles of ocean within its exclusive economic zone. |
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Crystalline carbon structures composed of 60 carbon atoms and having a hollow, soccer-ball shape are called: |
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Fullerenes |
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What energy source is the major generator of electric power
in the USA? |
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Coal |
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In weather terms -- "El Nino" refers to: |
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A massive warming of the coastal waters off the Pacific near Peru and Ecuador. |
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What is the Greenhouse Effect? |
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Many chemical compounds found in the Earth’s atmosphere act as "greenhouse gases." These gases allow sunlight, which is radiated in the visible and ultraviolet spectra, to enter the atmosphere unimpeded. When it strikes the Earth’s surface, some of the sunlight is reflected as infrared radiation (heat). Greenhouse gases tend to absorb this infrared radiation as it is reflected back towards space, trapping the heat in the atmosphere. |
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