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Zachary Youkhana

Around the World: The Great Natural Expedition. Featuring the Spherical Law of Cosines. Zachary Youkhana. Flight Plan. Home (Warren, MI) The Galapagos Islands The Great Barrier Reef Mount Everest Home (Warren, MI). The Galapagos. Wide variety of landscapes and climates

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Zachary Youkhana

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  1. Around the World: The Great Natural Expedition Featuring the Spherical Law of Cosines Zachary Youkhana

  2. Flight Plan • Home (Warren, MI) • The Galapagos Islands • The Great Barrier Reef • Mount Everest • Home (Warren, MI)

  3. The Galapagos • Wide variety of landscapes and climates • Great diversity in wildlife due to varying landscapes, all within 225 miles of each other, which includes penguins living in the Northern Hemisphere • Volcanic craters to explore from the creation of the islands • Diversity among species inspired Darwin’s Theory of Evolution while voyaging on the HMS Beagle

  4. Great Barrier Reef • Largest coral reef system in the world, with a reef structure made up of billions of microscopic organisms • Spans 1,600 miles • Is visible from outer space • Consists of 900 islands and 2,900 separate reefs within its 133,000 square miles • Beautiful underwater sites to see while scuba-diving

  5. Mount Everest • Highest mountain in the world with a summit of 29,029 feet • Highest point on Earth’s surface • Is pushed upward by tectonic plates and grows by 1.6 to 3.9 inches per year • A challenging journey to the peak and an awe-inspiring view from the top

  6. Coordinates

  7. From Home to the Galapagos Distance from Home to the Galapagos = approximately 3,019.5 miles

  8. From The Galapagos to The Great Barrier Reef Distance from the Galapagos to the Great Barrier Reef = approximately 8,275.34 miles

  9. From The Great Barrier Reef to Mount Everest Distance from the Great Barrier Reef to Mount Everest = approximately 5,170.07 miles

  10. From Mount Everest Back Home Distance from Mount Everest to Home = approximately 7,527.57 miles

  11. Bibliography • Use of Google maps allowed calculations to be performed by providing longitude and latitude coordinates • "MNN - Mother Nature Network." MNN - Mother Nature Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. Use of this site inspired chosen locations and provided new and useful information about them as well as images. • "Fight Breaks Out on Everest over Weekend: 100 Sherpas vs. 3 Europeans @ 23,000 Ft." SnowBrainscom. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. • "Galapagos Penguin | Wildlife | The Wildlife." Galapagos Penguin | Wildlife | The Wildlife. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/9760762/Sea-floor-next-to-Australias-Great-Barrier-Reef-close-to-collapse.html

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