Planetary Study Guide Mercury * As seen from Earth: * Orbital period of 88 days; rotation to orbit is a 3:2 ratio * Distance from Sun: 0.31 AU to 0.46 AU from the Sun * Eccentric orbit: close and far away (perihelion and aphelion) * 7 percent to the ecliptic * Visible by the naked eye just before sunrise or just after sunset (when the Sun’s light is blotted out) * Never far from the Sun * As a physical body: * Small (about 0.055 Earth’s
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McKibben’s book Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet focuses on these changes to the Earth that have been made‚ how the human population is going to be affected by these changes‚ and the new paths we have to take with agriculture and technology to survive on the new planet we created that McKibben dubbed Eaarth. The main idea of this book is to persuade the audience and help them understand that “by some measures we started too late‚ that the planet has changed and it will change more” (page 181)
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THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS ESSAY: The Urides God Theory Eros Urides paints a very detailed picture of endless imagination in his short science fiction epic‚ “The Planet Mars and its Inhabitants‚” written in the 1920’s. Urides does this by creating a complex yet believable story line of how life on Mars could be in comparison to our planet Earth. Outlining key details‚ which we will cover in this essay‚ Urides explains to us
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“Diet for a Warm Planet” by Julia Whitty is an interesting article. Throughout this article‚ Whitty made her argument for her proposal about reaching a consensus that the earth is currently heating up because of human. According to the author‚ she also discusses many ways that can help people reduce the carbon by installing more efficient lighting‚ heating and cooling in the plants. However‚ Whitty noted that dieting and losing weight were able to reduce the amount of energy‚ which can reduce atmospheric
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USE ALTERNATIVE FUELS‚ SAVE PLANET EARTH We are all aware of the current state of our environment. Mother Earth is on the brink of total destruction brought about by pollution‚ irresponsible use of resources‚ and the excessive use of conventional fuel such as fossil fuel and nuclear energy. Part of the efforts to save our planet is to shift from using conventional fuels to alternative ones such as wind energy‚ solar‚ tidal‚ wave‚ oceal‚ thermal‚ dendrothermal‚ biogas and biodiesel‚ alcohol
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Radha Jalan took over management of ElectroChem‚ a struggling company that researched and developed fuel cell technology‚ after the sudden death of her husband Vinod Jalan in 1992. She did so because she was intrigued by the possibility of participating in the early stages of a growth industry‚ and she looked forward to the intellectual stimulation and challenge. The biggest challenge she faced early on was funding‚ mostly because the company was not profitable and the government grants that had
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How far does curiosity take you?The book is called The Only Alien on the Planet and the Author’s name is Kristen D Randle.Smitty went through a horrible experience when he was little‚ his brother tried to drown him and told him if he ever spoke or told anyone about him trying to drown smitty that a bomb was going to explode in his head.Ginny had started to talk to Smitty because she was so curious that he would never talk and how he was so smart.The theme of the book made me realize how far curiosity
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In Vandana Shiva reading she disuses how the residents of Plachimada fought against the Coca-Cola Planet in their community‚ to help save the water supply and crops. On March 2000 Coca-Cola was granted permission “ to produce 1‚224‚000 of Coca-Cola‚ Fanta‚ Sprite‚ Limca‚ Thums Up‚ Kinley Soda‚ and Maaza” in Plachimada . In addition‚ they were given a license to install a motor to extract water. However‚ To manufacture millions of bottles of soft drinks the started “ to illegally extract million of
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Religions are based on beliefs and they teach us moral lessons that we don’t feel of any worth today. I have gone through all the posts made here. Most of us have put forward views contrary to the beliefs. All the religions of the world teach us to have control over our greed‚ material advancement‚ material prosperity‚ aspirations etc. But we are talking about economic growth which is subject to decay. If we peep into all the religions‚ there is only I mean only one thing is common and that is there
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226 World Review of Science‚ Technology and Sustainable Development‚ Vol. 4‚ Nos. 2/3‚ 2007 Nanotechnology in cancer prevention‚ detection and treatment: bright future lies ahead G. Ali Mansoori Departments of Bio and Chemical Engineering‚ University of Illinois at Chicago‚ 218 SEO‚ 851 S‚ Morgan St. (M/C 063)‚ Chicago‚ IL 60607-7052‚ USA E-mail: mansoori@uic.edu Pirooz Mohazzabi* Department of Physics‚ University of Wisconsin – Parkside‚ Kenosha‚ WI 53141‚ USA E-mail: pirooz.mohazzabi@uwp
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