8. Meteorites What are impact craters? Impact Craters are depressions on many planetary surfaces. How are craters formed? They are formed by the impact of chunks of interplanetary matter (meteorites) striking the surface. Upon first impact‚ shock waves dissipate the energy of the meteorite through the ground. The ground is compressed rapidly and severely‚ and may be fractured‚ melted or vaporized Next‚ the surface is decompressed‚ and the material is flung violently out from the impact
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Astronomy: The discovery of Uranus What was the motivation that led to the discovery? The motivation that led to this discovery was simply that the Universe was so big. Herschel knew that there had to be more out there than what has already been discovered. He made the effort to study the universe and came across what he thought was a comet‚ but ended up being planet Uranus. What questions were asked? There weren’t as many questions asked as a normal scientific discovery since it is claimed that
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The Search for Life in the Cosmos Are we alone? For generations‚ humans have asked this question as they looked to the stars for answers. Never have we been so close to finding an answer‚ as we are today. In the field of Astrobiology‚ the search for extraterrestrial life is the top priority‚ and scientists are going to great lengths to find it‚ studying life here on Earth to better understand how it might arise in the universe‚ then scouring the cosmos for any hint of a potentially habitable environment
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Search and Seizure The Legal and Ethical Issues Involved with Search and Seizure in Our Classrooms. Learning Team C Brandon Kennard‚ Christine McGee‚ Joshua Anderson‚ Tammy Romo EDL/535 October 13‚ 2014 Dr. Rahim Jones Agenda • • • • • • • • • • • 8:00 am- Welcome 8:30- Define search and seizure 9:00- Types of searches 9:15- School’s Rights 9:30- Student’s Rights 9:45- BREAK 10:00- 4th and 5th Amendments 10:15- Court cases and scenarios 11:00- Searches at the District and State level 11:30- Officer
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Evidence Of Extraterrestrial Life David Reisinger IADT Online Extraterrestrial Evidence There have been numerous accounts of UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects) sightings in the night sky. There have been crop circles‚ in fields that are unexplained. The ancient civilizations‚ like the Aztecs‚ Mayans‚ Incas‚ Egyptians‚ Celtics‚ and Greeks provide evidence which points toward extraterrestrial life. The very idea of intelligent life existing besides our own and that life being extremely intelligent
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SCOPE OF THE SEARCH DUE TO ITS MOBILITY PROVEN 10 DAYS AFTER THE ARREST Defendant’s RV was considered to be an automobile when the closed container was found in it. In Florida v. Jimeno‚ 500 U.S. 248‚ 251‚ 111 S.Ct. 1801‚ 1803-04 (1991) the Supreme Court held that a criminal suspect’s right to be free from unreasonable searches was not violated when‚ after he gave a police officer permission to search his car‚ the officer opened a dosed container found within the car. Consent to search a vehicle inherently
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Astronomy 1 Name _________________________ Exam 1 (chap 1-5) I. Multiple Choice. Select all correct answers. 1. Which of the planets known to the ancient astronomers can never be seen high overhead at night? a) Mercury b) Venus c) Mars d)Saturn e) Jupiter 2. On the first day of spring‚ the Sun sets a) north of west b) directly west c) south of west d) can’t answer‚ it depends where you are on Earth. 3. One-hundred arcminutes
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Astronomy Kerry Boettcher 6th Grade – Zoller Overview Children are enchanted by the twinkling stars in their night sky. Often one of the first songs we teach them‚ and that they then love to sing over and over‚ is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." This early connection between the music and words of this familiar old song and the actual lights above them is the beginning of understanding the vastness
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take their name from the creature in Greek mythology whose head and torso are human and legs are those of a horse. "Just like the mythical creatures‚ the centaur objects seem to have a double life‚" said James Bauer of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena‚ Calif. Bauer is lead author of a paper published online July 22 in the Astrophysical Journal. "Our data point to a cometary origin for most of the objects‚ suggesting they are coming from deeper out in the solar system." "Cometary
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Brian Mulder Astronomy 248 Term Paper Interstellar Space Travel: What does it hold for the future? Is space travel possible? This seems to be the question that everyone is wondering. If you take a look at the media it’s been all over the place. All sorts of movies depict space travel as easy as riding a bike. All you have to do is hop in your space cruiser‚ kick it in to hyper drive and boom! You are now visiting your friends on the other side of the galaxy‚ only a few ten thousand
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