Young Discoverer Series UNIVERSE NICKNAMES OF PLANETS: Mercury – Speedy Messenger. Venus – Morning or Evening Star. Earth – The Blue Planet. Mars – The Red Planet. Jupiter – Jove or the Galilean System. Saturn – The Ringed Planet. Uranus – Father Sky. Neptune – The Windy Planet. Pluto – The Ice Planet. DEFINITIONS: STAR: A huge body made of hot luminous gas that is held together by its own gravity. Compared to other stars‚ our Sun is a star of average size and energy. PLANET: A large
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We have always dreamed about reaching the heavens. From ancient civilizations to the modern day world‚ our obsession of going into space has grown from studying the stars to actual exploration of space. We have come a long way since primitive charts of constellations. From telescopes to satellites‚ we as a population have progressed greatly in the world of technology. In a mere forty years‚ we have had more technological advances than the Industrial Revolution. The Space Race has affected our
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observed : A) an even distribution of globular clusters in all directions. B) more globular clusters in certain directions. C) an uneven‚ random scattering of globular clusters across the sky. 3) Since the stars inside the horse’s head in the Hubble Space Telescope image are considerably fainter and redder than the bright stars surrounding the horse’s head in the ground-based image‚ what would you conclude? A) The stars inside the horse’s head are less luminous than the surrounding
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uranus composition 82.5 percent hydrogen‚ 15.2 percent helium‚ 2.3 percent methane. Revolution The orbit of Uranus takes 84.3 year to complete one revolution around the Sun. In other words‚ 1 Uranian year is 84.3 Earth years. Special feauture Description Uranus was the first planet to be discovered in modern history. It was actually discovered by accident in 1781 by William Herschel. Like the other gas giants‚ Uranus has a very thick cloud cover and an atmosphere made up mostly of hydrogen
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family of three brothers; Edwin as the youngest. From then on Edwin had worked most of his time on the family farm along side of his brothers (Dewey‚ and Lacey). During their free time the three of them would go to their grandfathers’ house and listened to the stories he had talked about during Civil War‚ Gettysburg‚ and Manassas period. When Edwin had turned six years old he and his family had moved to Blanched‚ Washington were they begun another family farm. Afterward Edwin had attend a new high school
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period. This new generation of student is called the “Millennial” student and takes over where the Baby Boomers have left off. The article “The Myth of The Millennials” by Edwin Koc (2008) describes the changes that occur between the Baby Boomer generation and the Millennial generation. In this critique‚ I will discuss whether Edwin Koc’s article is convincing in his analysis of whether or not millennial students do exist; and if not what evidence does is displayed to demonstrate otherwise. Although
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All planets except Mercury and Venus have at least one moon. Saturn has the greatest number of moons—18. In 1995‚ the Hubble Space Telescope detected what appeared to be four additional moons of Saturn; however‚ that discovery has yet to be confirmed. Planet | Number of Moons | Names of Moons | Mercury | 0 | | Venus | 0 | | Earth | 1 | The Moon (sometimes called Luna) | Mars | 2 | Phobos‚ Deimos | | Jupiter | 16* | Metis‚ Adrastea‚ Amalthea‚ Thebe‚ Io‚ Europa‚ Ganymede‚ Callisto
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banishment on this island his self confidence went drastically down. He shut himself down and ignored everyone who cared about him and wanted to help him out of his stressful situation. Cole has started to gain trust in himself because of the island‚ Edwin and Garvey‚ and the Spirit Bear. Cole begins to trust his mother after she went to court and charged Coles father with abuse. Cole’s mother stopped drinking and started to regain her relationship with her son and starting showing Cole how much she
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The Big Bang For decades the Big Bang theory has been the leading theory on the beginning of our universe. Alternate theories come and go‚ but mainly go. As new data and research are continually eliminating alternatives to the standard model of cosmology‚ the Big Bang just keeps getting stronger. Before discussing the alternate theories to the Big Bang theory‚ the basics of the early universe should first be understood. The main points opposing the theory are based around a few aspects that will
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Outcome 1 Essay on a single text In The Snack Bar by Edwin Morgan Kelly Mckinlay I picked this poem because I could picture the main character and his daily struggle clearly as I read the poem. Edwin Morgan used a lot of descriptions within the poem describing the surrounding area of the café and described the main character. The main theme that runs thought the whole poem is one of the daily struggle that an elderly gentleman’s has to go through although people might be aware of
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