Earth

Frost wedging is the process by which water/ ice weathers and erodes landscapes through repeated freeze and thaw cycles. As water freezes it expands by…
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Organic matter (OM) is known to be one of the primary factors involved in the global carbon cycle as well as a mechanism for carbon…
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Boreal regions of the Earth are found in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere, usually below arctic or sub-arctic regions. It is these areas of…
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Wind erosion in boreal environments often takes the shape of snowdrifts that impact locality of vegetation and topography. Aeolian processes entail work done by the…
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A phenocryst is a large crystal that visually stands out compared to the rest of the minerals. Phenocrysts are found in porphyritic textures where large…
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The 5 themes of geography are location, place, human, movement, and regions. These themes provide an educational resource for teachers to categorize and summarize geography….
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The 3 types of volcanoes are stratovolcano (also known as a composite volcano), cinder cone volcano, and shield volcano. Each one is different in its…
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