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There are many ways on how the plate tectonics work throughout our earth. Earth is the main source for the plates being able to move around like they do. There are many things that these plates can do if they have come in contact, drift a part, or ride below one another. One of these things is when the plates come into contact with each other some sort of power is released in to the earth. When these plates decide to actually drift off from one another they would cause restraint and a little bit

have a reason for the creation of the earth. No one knows personally, but there are myths. Various Native American tribes have written and recorded how they believe this heavenly body was originated. Nature plays a big role in the Native American theories. As mentioned in the narrative, “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,” the earth was considered to be located beyond the waters. A little muskrat risked her life to go down deep in the water to grasp a piece of earth ,for the woman that was falling out the

Global-Warming Mother Earth is burning as we speak; humanity has killed our precious Earth. Global-warming is a vicious killer that was created by the humans on this Earth, and there 's no way to cure it. We,as humans, have the power to cleanse the Earth, but instead we destroy it. Heat is absorded by carbon dixide and greenhouse gases. A greenhouse gas absorb thermal radiation emmited by the Earth 's surface. As the sun 's energy reaches the Earth’s surface some of it goes back out into space

In “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” there were many attempts by bring up earth from the depths of the waters. The plot of the story was a Native American myth of how Life on Earth Began. Just as in Adam and Eve the Ancient Chief’s Wife led him to do something that altered the world as it was known. The woman falling from the Skyland could be interpreted as being Mother Nature. It is another example of Good vs. Evil. The great and beautiful tree was to the chief’s wife what the apple was to Eve, a

Analysis of The Earth on Turtle’s Back Myths are fascinating pieces of literature. They are very creative, and give an insight on what different cultures believe. As we dig into the story of “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” (retold by Michael Caduto and Joseph Bruchac), we are looking into what some Native Americans believe is how the earth came about. These types of stories are past down to generating to generation, which is what keeps a culture thriving. In the beginning of this story we can see

The film, Between the Earth and Sky, directed by Paul Allen Hunton in 2017 showcases climate change in Alaska and round the world. The idea for the film originally came from Dr. David Weindorf, a professor at Texas Tech University. Dr. Weindorf frequently took students to Alaska for field trips led by Chein Lu Ping, professor of soil science at the University of Alaska and a one of the leading experts in permafrost. While on these fieldtrips, Weindorf became curious on how climate change was affecting

Throughout the history of the earth, there has been a continual change in the climate of the earth. According to Nasa, there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat within the last 650,000 years. One of them being the last ice age that abruptly ended about 7,000 years ago which marked the beginning of modern civilization. The changes in climate are normally caused by slight variations in the orbit of the Earth around the Sun which causes there be an increase or decrease in the amount

"The Earth Is Flat, Explained" is an opinion piece written by Ashley Feinberg published on the website named “Black Bag” on January 25, 2016. In the article, Ashley convinces the argument that the earth is flat, and provides several reasons and evidence to support her flat earth theory. In the article, she points out that NASA and U.S Government offers incorrect information in order to conjure up money for profits "GPS readings? Faked. Photos and videos from space? Faked. Lunar eclipses. An invisible

Bruchac, Jospeh. “ The Earth on a Turtle’s Back” After reading “The Earth on a Turtle’s Back”, I learned that different cultures have different beliefs whether they are truths or myths. In this story, a chief’s wife had a dream. It was their belief that dreams foretold the future and they must act upon their dreams to make them come true. The dream was if they native Indians could up root the tree great powers would come from it. After the Chief up rooted the tree the young wife fell in

To sustain life on earth, the earth temperature must be maintain at a very delicate figure. But what if the unthinkable happens? What if the earth’s temperature was to increase by a just mere half a degree, maybe a full or even two or three, the effects could be devastating to the environment, to me and to you. Unfortunately we may have the opportunity to see the effects of the earth temperature rising a few degrees in this lifetime. According to scientist, for hundreds of thousands of years, a phenomenon