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    Ray Bradbury: Author of Wonders “Stuff your eyes with wonder‚ he said‚ live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories” (Bradbury‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ quoted in “Goodreads”). With over thirty novels and nearly six hundred short stories‚ Ray Bradbury‚ an overflowing font of creativity‚ has filled the lives of people around the world with wonder (Biography.com Editors). His books live in the hearts of many and have a monumental

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    Johann Gottfried Galle Johann Gottfried Galle was born on June 9‚ 1812‚ in Papsthaus‚ Germany. He was a German astronomer and the very first to sight the planet Neptune and was conscious of at what he saw in the night sky. The detection of Neptune is one of the most extraordinary events of the century. Growing up‚ Galle attended a Gymnasium located in Wittenberg and from 1830-1833 he continued his studies at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat‚ Berlin. Galle then became a teacher and taught physics

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    Partial-thickness skin loss or damage involving epidermis and/or dermis. The pressure ulcer is superficial and presents clinically as an abrasion‚ blister or shallow crater. GRADE 3: Full thickness skin loss involving damage of subcutaneous tissue but not extending to the underlying fascia.The pressure ulcer presents clinically as a deep crater with or without undermining of adjacent tissue. GRADE 4: Full thickness skin loss with extensive destruction and necrosis extending to underlying tissue

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    In 1990 a lava flow from Puu Oo crater in Hawaii buried the village of Kalapana. When they can’t be stopped they create millions of dollars in damage and severe loss of life. After the primary hazards can come more hazards that are triggered by the volcanic eruption. Secondary hazards include lahars‚ Jӧkulhlaups (flooding) and volcanic landslides that can lead to tsunamis. Lahars occurs when heavy rain starts to fall as well as ash or when the release of crater lakes mix with pyroclastic flows.

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    Mercury the closest planet to the Sun: Mercury‚ and the other inner planets‚ condense from the heavier elementes. Condensing closest of all to the sun‚ Mercury is rock solid. Outwardly‚ Mercury is like our Moon: rocky‚ cratered‚ barren. But inside‚ like Earth‚ is an iron-rich core. That core is as big as the Moon and‚ at 70% iron‚ Mercury is the densest planet of all. Also Mercury’s day is twice as long as its year. The day lasts 176 Earth days‚ the year just 88. But it gets stranger... If you

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    burning and freezing temperatures Mercury is also a dense planet‚ composed mostly of iron and nickel with an iron core Its magnetic field is only about 1 percent that of Earth’s The surface of Mercury is similar to that of the Moon; it has many deep craters and is covered by a thin layer of tiny particle silicates The surface temperature of Mercury is hot enough to melt lead on the sunny side of the planet and with its year only taking 88 days‚ it is whipping around the Sun! Mercury’s close proximity

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    Biology Unit 4 Study Guide

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    Biology Unit 4 Chapter 1: “Terrible Lizards” Paleontologist: someone who studies “ancient organisms” Paleobiology – the study of ancient life Paleontology is particularly important with regard to scientific theory‚ since for many children dinosaurs are the first exposure to scientific concepts Early Dino Stuff In 1676- large meat- eating femur (Megalosaurus) was discovered and people thought it was a giant human’s scrotum – “Scrotum humanum” First scientific name given to dinosaur Prior to 1800s

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    Mt. Nyiragongo Essay

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    base of the lithosphere. The rock that comes from Mt. Nyiragongo is melilite nephelinite. The volcano is 2 miles high (or 3‚470 meters)‚ and is at a summit elevation of 11‚365 feet. The sides are sloped up to 50 degrees near the top‚ and the main crater (summit) is 1.3 miles wide (or 2 km). Mt. Nyiragongo is an immense volcano‚ and has an unusual composition in the magma‚ lava‚ and dried rock. In the last 130 years‚ Mt. Nyiragongo has been a very active volcano. It formed from quiet eruptions

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    Volcano Mount Vesuvius

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    Mount Vesuvius is a volcano located in southern Italy‚ near the bay of Naples and the city of Naples. It is the only active volcano on the European mainland. Vesuvius rises to a height of 1277 m (4190 ft). Vesuvio (Vesuvius) is probably the most famous volcano on earth‚ and is one of the most dangerous. Mount Vesuvius is a strato-volcano consisting of a volcanic cone (Gran Cono) that was built within a summit caldera (Mount Somma). The Somma-Vesuvius complex has formed

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    How the Sun Got its Name

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    A solar system refers to a star and all the objects that travel in orbit around it. Our solar system consists of the sun - our star - eight planets and their natural satellites (such as our moon); dwarf planets; asteroids and comets. Our solar system is located in an outward spiral of the Milky Way galaxy. 10 Need-to-Know Things About Our Solar System: 1. Our solar system is made up of the sun and everything that travels around it. This includes eight planets and their natural satellites such as

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