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    what is earth

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    what they are made of. Of what are comets made? And asteroids? A comet usually consists of water and other sediments and gasses. Asteroids are usually made of rock and/or other metals. Asteroids that enter the earth’s atmosphere are called meteors. Meteors usually burn up before reaching the surface of the earth. if you grew up on the moon‚ would your bones be heavier or lighter than they are now? It would be heavier. Look up New Horizons space probe. Where is it heading and where is it right

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    thatsurrounds us. On top of that comes... - The Stratosphere; (10-50 km) Verylittle oxygen or water vapor. Aircraft fly in the lower stratosphere. This isalso where the ozone layer exists. On top of that comes.. - The Mesosphere;(50-80 km) This is where most meteors burn up‚ because the density is higherthan the outer layers. On top of that comes.. - The Thermosphere; (80-650 km)Practically a vacuum. Includes the ionosphere (auroras) as well as space stationorbits. On top of that comes... - The Exosphere (500-2000

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    Summary of each stanza 1st Paragraph in ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’‚ the poet writes about the idea of death‚ and what dying men should do in their last moments. He does this through the frequent usage of imagery‚ illustrating to the readers the final moments of various people’s lives‚ and what they should do in these moments. 2nd Paragraph The writer creates the impression that we should not let death take control over us‚ and that we should fight even in the very last moments of

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    solar panels it will be very difficult to get energy. The moon is not fit for people/humans to live on it. To begin with‚ according to Colonization of the Moon‚ “the lack of an atmosphere increases the chances of the colony being hit by meteor.” Second‚ A higher meteor chance is not the only thing that is dangerous on the moon. Moon dust is also very dangerous to the humans because it destroys inefficient structures on the moon. According to the article‚ “the lack of a substantial atmosphere for insulation

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    Money and effort spent on space research is counterproductive. Do you agree? Throughout the history of mankind‚ we humans have always been eager to explore the world and space around us. Many developed countries have been funding the research programs aim at developing and improving the technology for space exploration. On the other hand‚ several research programs aim at improving the quality of life and providing the basic necessities of life to needy people have not been implemented due to lack

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    In this selection‚ Hawthorne uses irony to convey his point. Dimmesdale‚ the holiest minister in the eyes of the crowd‚ has a constant burden in his heart that tortures him. When he confesses his sin to the townspeople‚ ironically‚ instead of seeing his evil nature‚ they mistake it for a humble degradation. This shows the downfall of human beings: their tendency of being misled and incapability of seeing the truth. Even in the most “holiest” human beings‚ a deep sin is present. This passage personifies

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    Alexandra Dondanville Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” is an example of the poetic form villanelle‚ which is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. “Do not go gentle into that good night” expresses the inevitability of death‚ and how old men should face it‚ but the speaker never talks of death directly. He uses certain tactics such as‚ metaphors to really get his message across to the reader. Though the

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    Qin Shi Huang (also named Ying Zheng before being emperor) became king of Qin in 246 BCE. While the king of Qin‚ Ying Zheng boost Qin’s economy by rewarding people for good service and merit rather than their association. He encouraged the making of cloth for export‚ but threatened anyone who didn’t have a useful occupation to slavery. Ying Zheng offered people farming land and exemption from military service for those who came to Qin. This made him more likeable to the common people than the aristocrats

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    Extinction of Dinosaurs

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    was hit by an asteroid or a comet 65 million years ago. The impact was proposed by a Professor of geology from Berkeley‚ California‚ Walter Alvarez. Alvarez’s conclusion about the extinction was "A giant meteor had struck down the world of dinosaurs" (Bakker 432). Alvarez believed that "…a huge meteor (or asteroid)‚ smashing into the earth at the end of the Cretaceous‚ would blanket an immense area of the earth with its extraterrestrial cargo of iridium because the explosion of the celestial mass would

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    PLANETOLOGY Planetology is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets. Planetology studies include the origin and composition of the planets‚ and the solid bodies of comets and meteors found in the solar system. Comet‚ Asteroid‚ and Meteor An asteroid and a comet are very similar‚ and yet at times they are unique and easily distinguishable from each other. An asteroid and a comet are both a small solar body system‚ rotating around the sun. An asteroid consists

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