Unit 5 Galaxies and Cosmology By: Briana Polk Miscellaneous Important Key Words and Facts: I. TYPES OF GALAXIES: Spiral Galaxy (S) Spiral Barred Galaxy (SB) Elliptical Galaxy (E) Irregular Galaxy (In order of importance…) 1. Spiral Galaxies: (Edwin Hubble‚ 1936) “The most common type of galaxy that is viewed by observers; It contains twisted collections of stars‚ stellar remnants‚ and a diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) of gas and dust”. Made up of hot young stars Most spiral
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Out of the major galaxies‚ the Andromeda Galaxy is located nearest to our Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy is two million light years away from us‚ but it can be seen with the naked eye because it is very bright. In this galaxy there are over a hundred billion stars. It is known to be the brightest galaxy. The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy and is part of the Local Group. It has a large star cluster in its heart and a very large hidden black hole deep in the core. The middle is very bright
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Samsung Galaxy S3 BUSM 20 May 29‚ 2013 Ariana‚ Javier‚ Zitlaly Segura Industry and Company Overview Company History Samsung was founded in 1983 by Yung Chull Lee in Korea. When Samsung was first founded it primarily focused on trade export‚ selling dried Korean fish vegetables‚ and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing. In 1970 Samsung began to expand the business by investing in chemical and petrochemical industries‚ and also began to advance in the home electronic business. By the
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Spiral of Silence Theory Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann’s spiral of silence is a theory that was developed in 1974 and as the founder and the director of the Public Opinion Research Center in Allensbach in Germany; she has found evidence of how the spread of public opinion is formed. The term spiral of silence refers to the increasing pressure people feel to conceal their views they think they are the minority. People will be unwilling to publicly express their opinion if they are in the minority and
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title] | The formation of solar systems | | This paper concludes some scientific explanation of how the universe was created. | | | 8/1/2011 | | SCI224 Fundamentals of Astronomy Final Paper ------------------------------------------------- Instructor: William McMullen‚ Ph.D. Name: Johanne Val ------------------------------------------------- Due Date: 8/1/11-Revised Copy For your final paper‚ pick of the three topics below. 1. The formation of solar systems
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Dance’s model emphasized the complexity of communication. He was interested in the evolutionary nature of the process of communication. Dance said that if communication is complex‚ it was the responsibility of the scholar to adapt our examination of communication to the challenge of studying something in motion. Dance includes the concept of time - this model emphasizes time in that each act can be said to be built on the others that come before it. Osgood and Schramm’s Circular model (1954)
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09/16/13 The Meth Epidemic Methamphetamine commonly referred as meth or crystal has been a real and growing problem in the United States. Many of us don’t realize that meth is the most addictive drug worldwide. The main ingredients of meth‚ ephedrine and pseudoephedrine‚ are found in cold medicine. Relatively cheap and easy to get methamphetamine destructively affect your brain. It releases dopamine (the brain’s principal pleasure chemical) which boost up your energy‚ and as describe by many
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The Andromeda Galaxy Introduction/Abstract The Andromeda galaxy is the closest full size galaxy to the Milky Way because of this it is known as our nearest galactic neighbor. The Andromeda Galaxy is also the only galaxy visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. At 2.9 million light-years from Earth‚ Andromeda is also the farthest object that can be seen from Earth. Andromeda is not only known as our closest neighbor but scientists also refer to Andromeda and the Milky Way as sister
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Smallpox Epidemics Lexi Gagne April 17‚ 2013 Dr. Stinson The smallpox disease was a significant life threatening disease that lasted for centuries. Changing the world countries at a time‚ smallpox is one of the top deadliest diseases known to man. It is estimated that it began when humans started gathering in communities and traveling around six thousand years ago (Geddes 152). Until around 30 years ago‚ people were still living in fear of this awful disease (Geddes 157). Knowledge
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The Spirit of the Times: The Gin Epidemic of 18th Century England Beginning in the early 1700s‚ England went on a notorious five-decade gin binge. Gin became the alternative to French brandy after Parliament placed an embargo on French trade. An excess of grain caused corn prices to drop making gin relatively inexpensive and “by 1750 nearly half of all British wheat harvests went directly into gin production.” The spirit was consumed predominantly among those who lived in destitution and worked lengthy
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