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• The Nature of Waves: Rarefaction and compression

  
  • 3-5

  When a sound wave moves from left to right, air particles collide with nearby air particles and form an area of compression. The first sent of air particles move to the left while the second set vibrates…  » more info

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• The Nature of Waves: Transverse wave II

  
  • 3-5

  In a transverse wave, particles move across, or perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.  » more info

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• The Nature of Waves: Wave amplitude

  
  • 3-5

  Amplitude indicates how much energy a wave has. It is determined by measuring the distance between a wave's resting point and its trough or crest.  » more info

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• The Nature of Weather: Global winds

  
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  The spinning of Earth causes wind to bend to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. The curving of wind directions is called the Coriolis effect.  » more info

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• The Nature of Weather: Land breeze

  
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  With a land breeze, wind moves from the land to the ocean because warm air over water rises and is replaced by cooler air from the land.  » more info

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• The Nature of Weather: Radiation

  
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  • 9-12

  Heat is distributed via radiation, which is the transfer of energy waves.  » more info

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• The Nature of Weather: Sea breeze

  
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  With a sea breeze, wind moves from the ocean to the land because cooler ocean air replaces warm air over the land, which rises.  » more info

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• The O.J. Verdict.

  
  • 9-12

  On October 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people stopped what they were doing to witness the televised verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial. For more than a year, the O.J. saga transfixed the nation and…  » more info

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• The Outer Planets: Earth and Moon Revolving Around Sun

  
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  The moon revolves around Earth, which together revolve around the sun. It takes Earth 365 days to make one revolution.  » more info

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• The Outer Planets: Earth in solar system

  
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  • 9-12

  Earth is the third planet from the sun.  » more info

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