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Earth Science
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Did You Know?
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Cumulus clouds are low clouds which are
usually puffy with very distinct edges?
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The bottom of the ocean is not a level plain,
but consists of mountains and valleys?
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A fault is a weak point in the Earth's surface
where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped?
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Ozone consists of three oxygen atoms; normal atmospheric
oxygen consists of two oxygen atoms?
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The Brazilian Amazon is the largest continuous
region of tropical forest in the world?
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Ice sheets and glaciers cover an area roughly
equal to 10% of Earth's land surface area?
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Some common greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane,
nitrous oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons?
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Some land masses such as islands may owe their existence
entirely to volcanic activity?
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The Great Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario -
span over 750 miles from west to east?
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Wetlands is the collective term for marshes, swamps,
bogs, and similar areas?
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Learn much more with our Earth Science CD
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