The Sidereal Day is 4 minutes shorter than the Mean Solar Day, because the rotation of the Earth on its axis, and the orbiting of the Earth around the Sun, are both counterclockwise, as viewed from above (or north of) the Ecliptic Plane. See planetary retrograde motion for an example of the opposite situation.
The reason that the Solar Day varies around the Mean Solar Day is that the Earth moves at different speeds through its orbit around the Sun. This is in keeping with Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion.
Please note that the Mean Solar Day changes over a long period of time, due to the slowing of the rotation of the Earth due to tidal forces exerted on the Earth primarily by the Moon. For example, the Mean Solar Day was about 23 hours about 250 million years ago.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is the best place to find information about the hazards that are associated with a compound. It is a document that gives the information on the potential hazards such as health, fire, reactivity and environmental and how to work safely with the chemical products.
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A great amount of Antarctic animals feed on them. Whales, penguins, fish, birds, etc. They eat phytoplankton.
Have a control. You have to have something to compare your experimental results or else your results could be random chance.
The temperature of tropical areas relative to places more distant to the equator. Another reason why is higher nutrient cycling, which is also an effect of higher temperature.
