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The Earth's mantle comprises the bulk of the Earth.
13.5 billion years
pigments
machines
The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.
The type of erosion that is caused by moving masses of ice is called glacial erosion.
Engineer
All carbon based fuels produce carbon dioxide when burned. These include:
- fossil fuels (coal. oil, natural gas)
- alcohols
- bio-fuels (wood, charcoal, waste burning including cremation)
- specialty industrial fuels (acetylene etc.)
- carbon monoxide
Coal and petroleum are the two primary fossil fuels. Oxidizing methane also releases CO2, but that is 25 times better than releasing methane, itself an even more potent greenhouse gas.
The distance of the Earth from the sun does not contribute to the changing seasons. Although this distance does change (since the Earth's orbit is elliptical, not perfectly circular) the amount of the change is not great enough to affect the seasons. It is the angle of incidence of solar radiation, which in turn is affected by the axial tilt of the Earth and its revolution around the sun, which creates the changing seasons.
environmental engineer :)
In 2006, a planet became defined as a body orbiting the Sun that has a mass of self gravity sufficient enough to make it nearly round, and has a clear orbit.
A+ planet
Water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor that air could hold at a given temperature.
Supernova
summer solstice
hail
