Where is Lake Vostok located? Lake Vostok is located four kilometers under the surface of Antarctica. How many moons does Venus have? Venus has no natural satellites. What is Archimedes’ Principle? Archimedes’ Principle states that "an object is buoyed up with a force equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces." How much weight can a blue whale calf gain in a single day? In the first weeks of life‚ a blue whale calf can gain 250 pounds in one day. Who invented logarithims? Scottish
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Commander Frank Borman. These brave astronauts made history in several ways; they became the first human beings to be launched out of low Earth orbit‚ they were the first humans too see the entire Earth as a planet‚ the first to witness the far side of the moon with their own eyes‚ and the first to view Earthrise. The mission of course received ample press coverage from newspapers‚ magazines‚ and television stations from all over the country. The
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“Leadership in Apollo 13” There are certain events in our lifetime that change who we are as a person and how we view life. During the movie Apollo 13‚ Jim Lovell has a dream that he will walk on the moon. His dream becomes a reality when is promoted to commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. After a series of dangerous events‚ the crew finds themselves in a struggle to stay alive. Jim and Houston control works around the clock to find a solution to the problem. In the mist of all the chaos
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Star Cluster: Spread out Far away Some are brighter than other Not uniformed Different colors Thinking about science: Gather information about the universe through observations and experiments Organize the information we gather Develop theories to explain observations and predict future observations Test these theories with more observations Powerful- sometime beyond intuition Astronomical numbers Light travels at 300‚000‚000 meter per second There are 100 billion stars
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The lunar cycle The Roman Goddess of the moon is named Luna‚ and Luna is the prefix of the word “lunatic”. The Lunar effect refers to real or imaginary correlations between specific stages of the 29.5 day Lunar cycle and behavior and psychological changes in living beings on Earth‚ including humans. People always tend to say that a full moon will drive you wild or that strange things will occur. Some philosophers and historians such as Aristotle and Pliny the Elder once said that the brain was
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Weather and Atmospheric Water Humidity- the amount of water in the air in a particular spot. Relative Humidity- the percentage of water vapor a certain volume of air is holding relative to the max amt it can contain. 80% humidity means that it is holding 80% of the total amt of water that it can hold at that temp. Heat Index- shows what the temperature feels like due to humidity. Dew Point- the point at which air becomes saturated with water. Water will condense from the air as dew‚ if the
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1.Purpose- Why does the moon appear to change over the course of the month? Research-Position of the sun‚ Earth‚ and moon at different times of a month Hypothesis-Relationship of the sun‚ Earth‚ and moon create shadows on the moon Experiment-Light bulb represents sun‚ large beach ball represents Earth‚ and small foam ball represents moon 2.The three variables Lizzie can control are the rotation of the Earth and moon and the position
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Neil Armstrong lied about the famous "one small step for man" words he spoke as he became the first man to take a step on the moon‚ according to new claims by his brother. The astronaut had always insisted that he had not planned those historic words in advance. However‚ in a recent interview‚ his brother has insisted that Armstrong came up with the words months prior to the Apollo mission in July 1969. He also has claimed that the original phrase did include the word "a" as Armstrong had so strongly
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eclipse As seen from the Earth‚ a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth‚ and the Moon fully or partially blocks ("occults") the Sun. This can happen only at new moon‚ when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse‚ the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses only part of the Sun is obscured. If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit‚ a little closer to the
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Jim said‚ “Houston we have a problem.” This is obviously stating there is a problem. Recognitions was a reward for the team of 3 astronauts. Beforehand‚ the thought of going to the moon was unrealistic. Now these groups of three men were given the privilege to make this into a reality. With this in mind‚ going to the moon was a daring and courageous act because of the risk involve. The tension double because the risk ere unknown‚ meaning anything could go wrong. As a matter of fact‚ the three astronauts
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