“How the Earth was Formed” video notes: Theory: -sun was surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas -as cloud cooled little grains of minerals started forming -grains of minerals started bumping into each other (Problem was nobody could explain how these microscopic minerals formed a planet) Then in 2003 astronaut Don Pettit performed an experiment onboard the international space station. He put some salt in a plastic bag and found that almost immediately the grains started gathering together into little
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Stephen Aron’s book How the West Was Lost gives a complex and yet insightful view of the transformation of the Western Frontier and the role Kentucky placated on Americas expansion. Aron agrees with in Frederick Jackson Turner’s view of Kentucky’s significance in the westward expansion of America. Aron starts off with “the world of Daniel Boone gave way to that of Henry Clay.”1; this sets the stage with Aron showing a link from one way of life to the transformation to the next stage of the transformation
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Chartism was a campaign in support of a people’s charter it came about in 1838. Its main demand was a vote for all men and was launched by a radical group known as London Working Men’s Association (LWMA) and some radical MPs. It was supported by working classes and some middle classes. The Chartism movement grew out of its own possible success because it tore itself apart and there were many reasons behind its failure. It never managed to obtain parliamentary support for the Charter. In July‚ 1839
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How was Sparta governed? The Spartan Government Ancient Spartan government was a complex system of intertwined elements‚ which affected the power control. In many ways‚ ancient Sparta was a communist state‚ with the lack of luxuries‚ other Grecian states enjoyed and the strict control for equality but was complicated with the almost religious need for a democratic vote. Sparta had three levels of government; the Kings’‚ the Gerousia‚ the Ephors and the Ekklesia‚ each having their own requirements
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centre of a complex site of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments‚ including several hundred burial mounds. Stonehenge was constructed in three stages‚ with each stage being an ‘improvement’ to the site. Recently‚ there have been efforts to restore destroyed or stolen sections of the monument. Theories have been made concerning what Stonehenge was used for. Many people believe it was used as a temple of Sun-worship for various Sun-cults. Modern scientific beliefs state that it may have been used as
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conflict in the story was the narrator getting shot at. Then the conflict was resolved by the narrator finding a way how to kill his enemy. The narrator changed as soon as he seen the face of his beloved brother dead. The theme of the story is when people are in war‚ they are taught to kill each other without hesitation. The main characters in the Crane are Songsam and also Tokchae‚ which used to be his child hood playmate. The conflict in the story was when Songsam was forced to shoot his friend
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1) The functional unit of the kidney is the a- Calyx b- Nephron c- Collecting duct d- Pyramid 2) All of the following are components of the nephron except the: a- Loop of Henle b- Renal corpuscle c- Proximal tubule d- Renal pelvis 3) Plasma proteins are not commonly found in the urine because: a- All proteins are subsequently reabsorbed b- All of the plasma proteins are too large to fit through the filtration slits c- All proteins filtered
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How Iceland was formed Iceland‚ situated on top of a hotspot experiences severe volcanic activity one of the most well known eruptions was in 2010 when Eyjafjallajokull erupted seriously disrupting European air traffic. Iceland is situated is situated in the mid Atlantic ridge a seam in the Earth’s surface under the North Atlantic Ocean where the Eurasian and North American plates slide apart. This island has more than 200 volcanoes which is thought to be what created this island. This picture
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Short Answers 1. According to the church‚ the age of the earth was 6‚000 years old. 2. James Hutton discovered that the earth was much older from the tilted rocks because he knew these rocks was once laid down horizontally on the sea floor and were buried under great depth to be crystalized. Then they were tilted on end by great earth forces and then eroded away. The rocks were
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Reaction Paper How the Earth was Made There were a few things I liked about the video how the earth was made. The video brought up some things that I had previously known about our planet’s development into what it is today. Also it brought about some interesting new theories about our planets ice ages‚ continental alignments and the water world theories. Here are some of the things that I had found most intriguing
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