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Self-tutoring about snow and ice on mountains: the tutor wonders about the height of freezing. The temperature at height is approximated by T=Tsea_level – 0.0065h, h in metres, T in °C. In a tropical place let’s imagine a sea-level temp …
Self-tutoring about provincial identity: the tutor mentions an issue about the noble Steller’s jay. I recently realized that the Steller’s jay is our provincial bird here in BC. To quote John Lennon, “I ain’t too surprised.” After moving to BC …
Self-tutoring about the Earth: the tutor begins about its surface temperature. Nasa suggests that Earth’s average surface temperature is 15.0°C, while space.com seems to suggest it’s 14.9°C.
Self-tutoring about geography: the tutor inquires why deserts exist mainly outside the tropics. The sun is most intense at the equator, so air rises most dramatically from the Earth’s surface along the equator. Rising air causes low pressure, which facilitates …
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Self-tutoring about thermodynamics: the tutor imagines the temperature in space and why it’s meant to be so cold. The temperature in space, away from any heat-producing features, is meant to be around 2.7K. By comparison, 0°C is 273K. Temperature, as …
Self-tutoring about welding: the tutor mentions a fact check. I took a week of welding during a heavy-duty mechanics pre-app course, a lifetime ago. I learned a tremendous amount during that week of welding, as in pretty much every week …
Self-tutoring about Thanksgiving: the tutor reflects…. My earliest memories of Thanksgiving are from the Maritimes, in elementary school. My elementary teachers loved to decorate their rooms to point to a coming occasion: cardboard cutouts of turkeys, cornucopia, and pumpkins went …
Self-tutoring about mammals in Canada: the tutor mentions the striped skunk. The striped skunk lives in most of Canada, although not here on Vancouver Island. It can grow more than 2 feet long and reach over 7 pounds. Skunks eat …
Tutoring English, new words, especially short ones, are always interesting. The tutor mentions subsume. subsume: to include in a set of similar cases, perhaps for the purpose of classification or unification. Source: Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary …
Self-tutoring about deserts: the tutor mentions Earth’s two largest ones. As I mention in my post from October 1, a desert is either 1) a place that releases more moisture than it receives, or 2) a place with less than …