6 results for “temperature”

1. Planet Earth

   The Atmosphere

   temperature. The troposphere, the lowest layer, holds nearly all the water vapour and all the weather

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2. Planet Earth

   Weather and Climate

   temperatures meet, rivers of fast-moving air form at the altitude of airliners. These jet streams

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3. Planet Earth

   The Oceans

   temperatures just above freezing and under pressures that would crush a car. Yet it is full

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4. Planet Earth

   Inside the Earth

   temperatures of 4,000 to 5,000 degrees. Below it, the inner core is a solid

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5. Planet Earth

   Rocks, Minerals and Fossils

   temperature mount. The streaky, folded rocks of ancient mountain roots are metamorphic. These are not separate

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6. Planet Earth

   Volcanoes

   temperatures dropped by about half a degree. After Tambora in 1815, the largest eruption in recorded

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