Skill – Reading Comprehension Name: _________________________ Is Pluto a Planet? By: National Geographic Kids (Adapted by Have Fun Teaching) Many people are saying that Pluto is no longer a planet. Are they right? Is Pluto no longer a planet? There’s debate in the scientific world about this issue. National Geographic News says that‚ according to the International Astronomical Union‚ a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the
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are 8 planets in our solar system; these are divided into two types‚ large gas giants (Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus and Neptune) and smaller rocky terrestrial planets (Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth and Mars). The order from closest to the Sun outwards is; Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus and finally Neptune. Until 2006 Pluto was also classed as a planet‚ however it is now classified as a dwarf planet (meeting the first two requirements of the definition but not the third). A planet is currently
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that enfolds a larger group of people‚ than only the ones that want to lose weight. The definition says a diet is a special course of food to which a person is restricted‚ either for weight control or for medical reasons. For whatever reason a diet is followed‚ when can we conclude it is or isn’t recommended to follow a diet? Only a small group of people are restricted to following a diet. It’s not the people we think of first‚ the ones who need to lose weight‚ but it’s the ones who need it for
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Richard Gutierrez From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2012) Richard Gutiérrez Born Richard Kristian Rama-Gutiérrez (1984-01-21) January 21‚ 1984 (age 28) Beverly Hills‚ California‚ US Occupation Actor‚ Commercial model Years active 1987–present Website http://www.richardgutierrez
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Planets of our Solar System The Earth: The earth is the fifth largest planet of the solar system. The life is possible on the earth because its gravity is sufficient to hold atmosphere and best conditions for sustaining life. It contains a large amount of water in the form of oceans. 71% parts of the total area is covered with water and the remaining 29% is covered with land. The temperature of the centre of the earth is 2000° C. The circumference of the earth is 40‚000 km. The earth completes
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Diets The sad reality of today’s world is there is too much of an importance on being pleasing to the eye. In a typical day you are likely to hear or see the word diet in some form of media usually accompanied by a picture of a fit man or woman. This has become the american dream. Businesses want people to feel inadequate‚ to feel as though their dreams can’t be achieved without looking thin and flawless. The illusion that dieting is the answer to all of life’s problems seems to be stuck
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What is a Balanced Diet? Eating a balanced diet means choosing a wide variety of foods and drinks from all the food groups. It also means eating certain things in moderation‚ namely saturated fat‚ Trans fat‚ cholesterol‚ refined sugar‚ salt and alcohol. The goal is to take in nutrients you need for health at the recommended levels. Requirements for different age groups: Diet for Kids and Weaning Diet for Toddlers Starting from a toddler‚ a child after age one should be slowly weaned to solid
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The Science Behind Eating Habits Weight and eating right are constantly thrown at us today. Many diet and exercise plans claim to be based in scientific fact‚ that the findings have been completed in a lab under controlled circumstances to produce results. Some of these articles are titled “Weird Reasons We Gain Weight” and “The Psychology of a Restaurant Menu.” These articles are everywhere on the Internet‚ and make various claims behind the science of eating‚ food and things it can do to our
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A Warm Golden Brown In the short story ‘A Warm Golden Brown’ by Alexander Reid I extremely dislike one of the characters. The characters name is Mrs Preedy. Reid uses characterisation and structure to make the reader feel this way towards Mrs Preedy. She behaves in a horrible way‚ she is rude racist and a controlling person especially towards her son‚ Ben‚ and these are all character traits I dislike in a person. The story is about a relationship between Ben Preedy and Daisy. Ben is white
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growing and reproducing plants that live in the top layer of the ocean. These are eaten by zooplankton. Then so on and so forth which feeds the fish that then feeds the mammals. Most artic mammals are warm blooded animals‚ known as endotherms‚ and they maintain similar internal body temperatures to warm blooded animals in any other climate zone. Their body temperature
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