Earth Science Current Event “Dino-era Delivery At Sea” By: Sid Perkins Source: www.sciencenews.org Reptiles that lived in the sea during the dinosaur-era evolved successfully because their ancestors decided the gender of the offspring by genetics other than incubation temperature. Now‚ there are about sixty species of sea snakes‚ which are the only reptiles to spend their entire lives underwater. They even give birth in the water. Reptiles such as turtles and crocodiles have to go to shore
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mythical beliefs‚ the main conflict between the two is when they overlap and you do not know which one to believe. i. Let’s attempt to explore the overlapping differences when dealing with the creation of the Earth; what happened to the dinosaurs; the decision to have an abortion; homosexuality; and the near death experience. II. Topic Sentence #1 b. How was the earth formed? ii. Religion – Genesis 1:1 less than 10‚000 years ago iii. Science –
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How do you think the principle of uniformitarianism accounts for occasional catastrophic events such as meteorite impacts‚ huge volcanic eruptions‚ or great earthquakes? Because uniformitarianism shows us that if our earths plates are moving today‚ they were moving in the past. This moving of the plates causing things such as earthquakes. In what ways do geologic processes affect your daily life? Geology is the study of earth‚ which is where we live. Understanding geology and how it works‚ helps
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topic for discussion. If they were brought back then there would be an overpopulation of them‚ cloning could be harmful‚ and a price would be paid not only with money but with God too. In “Jurassic Park” they tried to keep the population of the dinosaurs to a limit by creating only females. They just didn’t think things through when they thought of this plan. “All vertebrate embryos are inherently female‚ anyway. They just require an extra hormone given at the right developmental stage to make them
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well-known posters like Harry Potter‚ E. T.‚ Jurassic Park‚ and Star Wars still make me wonder how one pictures something new that does not exist‚ so new that he has to rely solely on raw‚ not inspired‚ imagination? How does one come up with a live dinosaur theme park? Having seen one‚ I now have a source of inspiration‚ but he didn’t. John Alvin was one of the most talented cinematic artists‚ with a number of world-famous movie posters that we instantly recognize. His posters effortlessly enticed
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In the story “A Sound of Thunder‚” Ray Bradbury tells the tale of Eckles‚ a hunter‚ who went back in time to shoot a dinosaur. Set in the year 2055‚ the story ends with Eckles returning home after a dictator gets elected changing everything‚ which causes Travis‚ the safari guide‚ to shoot him. Through the character of Eckles‚ Bradbury takes a close look at Eckles’ attitude and their results. Bradbury demonstrates that having a careless attitude toward different circumstances will lead a person to
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we might combine science and mathematics in a dinosaur study‚ where the science component could explore dinosaur habitats‚ and the mathematics component could explore the lengths and heights of dinosaur bodies. Together‚ these two subject areas contribute unique and specific understandings to an overall understanding of dinosaurs. If we take this two-subject area idea a bit further we can combine a variety of subject areas--even within the dinosaur unit. We can study science‚
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not easy to really get a "feel" for 4‚600 million years! One way to try to get a "feel" for how big it is‚ is to break the number down into smaller pieces that perhaps we can understand. Plants and animals have changed many times‚ from amoebas to dinosaurs to people. The age of Earth is so long compared to all periods of time that we humans are familiar with‚ it has been given a special name: Geologic time. Geologic time is the time measure used by geologists‚ paleontologists‚ and other earth scientists
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Safari‚ a company that sends people in the past for hunting trips‚ and the main character‚ Eckles‚ schedules a trip‚ and travels with two others‚ to kill a prehistoric dinosaur. Nethergrave by Gloria Skurzynsk’s focuses on Jeremy‚ a boy who plays sports‚ and chats with his friends from the internet‚ later‚ Jeremy is faced with a life-changing choice‚ to stay in the real world‚ or leave it for Nethergrave. When comparing and contrasting both A Sound of Thunder and Nethergrave’s science fiction elements
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outdoors. The location in “sound of thunder” is back in time when dinosaurs were around. The location in “being prey” is in a swamp where the crocodiles are. The similarities of “sound of thunder” and “being prey”. The both of the stories are similar because the characters do not follow the directions that were given to them. One way that they are similar is when Eckels gets frightened when he steps off of the path because the dinosaurs were coming and that is what caused him to step off the path and
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