scientists Luis (1911-88) and Walter Alvarez (1940- ) discovered in the geological record‚ a distinct layer of iridium (an element found in abundance only in space) that corresponds to the precise time the dinosaurs died. This suggests that a comet‚ asteroid or meteor impact event may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. In the 1990s‚ scientists located the massive Chicxulub Crater at the tip of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula‚ which dates to the period in question. Dinosaurs roamed the
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The Solar System My project is about the Solar System. The Solar System is made up of all the planets that orbits the Sun. The Solar System consists of moon‚ comets‚ asteroids‚ minor planets‚ dust and gas. Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun. The Sun contains around 98% of all the material in the Solar System. The larger an object is the more gravity it has. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. After the sun is Mercury‚ the innermost planet in the
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The Scarlet letter is a book written during the 17th century about a young lady who committed adultery and what occurs in her life because of it. In the book‚ three scenes occur at the scaffold. The scaffold scenes play a very significant part in the story’s events. These three scaffold scenes mark the beginning‚ middle and ending of Hester’s‚ Pearl’s and Mr.Dimmesdale’s awful life story. In the first scaffold scene‚ they are bringing Hester onto the town’s scaffold. As she humiliates herself
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Alyssa Grace A. Layug Professor Rosales ENGL 3173 January 23‚ 2013 An Analysis of the Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery The Little Prince or Le Petit Prince was inspired by the author Antoine de Saint Exupery’s real life experience and just added fictionalized images to make it real and understandable. It became the marvelous book written for children. Sold over 140‚000‚000 copies worldwide into more than
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The electromagnetic spectrum is made up of six different types of waves. Radio waves‚ Microwaves‚ Infrared waves‚ Visible light‚ Ultraviolet light‚ X-rays and Gamma rays. The radio waves are used to transmit radio and television signals. The infrared waves are used to tell temperature of areas. Visible light is all the colors that we can see. Ultraviolet light can help things grow but to much can cause diseases such as skin cancer. X-rays are used as a tool to find broken bones or take pitchers
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1 To what extent does the impact theory explain the extinction of the dinosaurs? Dominic Pharaoh 5A Promoter: Harriet Gibson 2011-2012 Dominic Pharaoh 5A Promoter: Harriet Gibson 2 Table of contents I. II. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 The impact theory and the alternative hypotheses .......................................................... 6 A. 1. The impact
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was‚ they began to inspire and motivate each other in the name of music. Andy‚ however felt music in more of a deep personal way‚ it helped him go through terrible times such as his mother abandoning him years before‚ or more recently Ardor‚ the asteroid only days away. While he was facing those tribulations‚ he then spilled his mind on paper and creating staggering ballads in which he would keep to himself. In conclusion‚ Andy feels a close connection to music‚ almost as if it were in a spiritual
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everglades contain habitats for animals like a crocodile and Florida panther. The southwest region also has some awesome landmarks that you might want to visit. Barring Meteor Creator is one of those cool sights! The Barring Meteor creator had an asteroid traveling 26‚000 miles an hour. It is the world’s best preserved site on earth and it is located in Arizona. One of the other landmarks is the Grand Canyon! The Grand Canyon is also located in Arizona. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles. Its narrowest
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The Age of the Dinosaur is the Mesozoic era. Its’ geological time lasted from 180 million years ago (MA) from 250 MA to 65 MA. The Mesozoic era began after the end of the Permian extinction. It has been estimated that the Permian extinction wiped out approximately 95% of marine life and about 70% of all other species on the plant. The Mesozoic era consists of three geological time periods Triassic‚ Jurassic and Cretaceous. In the era of Mesozoic period the earth’s continents were a supercontinent
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1.|So far as we know‚ the first person who claimed that natural phenomena could be described by mathematics was| |A) Copernicus. B) Pythagoras. C) Aristotle. D) Ptolemy.| |Ans: BSection: Chapter 2‚ Introduction| 2.|The ancient Greek thinker Pythagoras held the view that| A)|triangles do not exist.| B)|natural phenomena are wonderful to watch but cannot be described by mathematics.| C)|the Sun is at the center of the planetary system.| D)|natural phenomena can be described
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