The problem of saving the planet is nowadays very urgent. Global warming‚ pollution of the great oceans – these things are undoubtedly influencing or lives and might erase us‚ human beings‚ from the surface of the earth. Totally. And very soon. Mother Nature cannot stand or our behavior anymore and now it is time for us to think about our future. All the processes which have been launched already of course cannot be reversed or even stooped‚ but we can and we must slow them down in order to spend
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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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In the outer limits of our solar system there is a planet unlike any other‚ Pluto. Pluto was discovered in February of 1930 by an American astronomer‚ Clyde Tombaugh. It is the only planet to have been discovered by an American. All though we have known of the existence of Pluto for over thirty years now‚ there are still many mysteries surrounding this celestial body. Being the farthest planet has made it difficult to study Pluto‚ Adding to the obscurity of this strange planet is that the capability
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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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Planet Venus and Earth are often called twins because they are similar in size‚ mass‚ density‚ composition and gravity. However‚ the similarities end there. [Photos of Venus‚ the Mysterious Planet Next Door] Venus is the hottest world in the solar system. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun‚ its dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that warms up the Earth. As a result‚ temperatures on Venus reach 870 degrees F (465 degrees C)‚ more than hot
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Applying Leopold’s Ethic to our Planet Earth The world is changing. It is a fact that humans have been slow to accept‚ but based on scientific experiments‚ the environment of planet Earth is undergoing massive changes in temperature and climate‚ landscape‚ molecular distribution‚ and species diversity. The planet Earth is very different than it used to be‚ based on the actions of one species among possibly millions that inhabit the earth. Humans have managed to transform everything they touch
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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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Is Our Atmosphere Unique? The planet Jupiter has the biggest atmosphere in our solar system. Jupiter’s atmosphere is composed of 90% hydrogen and 9.9% helium and .1% other gases such as sulfur‚ methane‚ ammonia‚ and water vapor. It is able to hold its atmosphere in because of its massive gravitational pull that is around 2.5 times stronger than earth’s pull. To put that into perspective‚ if you weigh 100 pounds on earth you would weigh 250 pounds on Jupiter. The atmospheric layers are the
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were all types of fish and of all colors. Years later I now have a fish tank of my own that is a little smaller‚ and I have had to learn how to take care of it. One of the hardest things to deal with is cleaning the fish tank. When cleaning the tank it is important to follow all the steps so that all the fish may live long healthy lives. First of all have a clean bowl ready to put the fish in while cleaning the tank. Make sure that the water that is put into the bowl is of the right temperature and
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criteria. HOW should green computing be brought in limelight? Not everybody can afford to install solar Panel or get a new Toyota Prius‚ but there’s definitely one place where we spend the majority of our day i.e. sitting in front of the keyboard‚ without radically changing our lifestyle we can take some few small steps which can go a long way towards reducing its negative impact on the environment. We definitely can make our computing Green; here are a few ways we can compute in a Planet positive
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