1. Mercury - Smallest and innermost planet. Venus – Second planet from the sun. Rotates in the opposite direction than most other planets. Earth – Third planet from the sun. Known as the only planet to harbor life. Mars – Fourth planet from the sun and the second smallest in the solar system. Jupiter – The fifth planet from the sun and the largest in the solar system. Saturn – Sixth planet from the sun. Only planet with a ring around it. Uranus – Seventh planet from the sun. Third largest planetary
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Chapter 14 Section 2 Notes: The Sun The sun produces energy through nuclear fusion. In the process of nuclear fusion‚ two atomic nuclei combine‚ forming a larger‚ more massive nucleus and releasing energy. Within the sun‚ hydrogen atoms join together to form helium. Such conditions exist in the sun’s core‚ or central region. The sun’s interior consists of the core‚ the radiation zone‚ and the convection zone. The sun’s energy is produced in its central core. The radiation zone is a region
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planet. Chapter 2 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions: 1. The same minerals that are found on Earth and the moon could mean that in the early stages of Earth that the moon broke away as a chunk from Earth. Yes‚ I would expect minerals on Mars or Venus to be very similar to the ones on Earth. 2. Water is not a mineral‚ it is not a solid. Beach sand is a mineral‚ it is made up of broken down rocks. Diamonds are minerals; it is the hardest known substance. Wood is
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In “The Martian”‚ a 2011 hardcore science fiction novel by Andy Weir‚ astronaut Mark Watney must embark on a dogged quest to survive alone on Mars after a freak accident led to him being abandoned by his crewmates. Weir explores an optimistic view of human nature and pays an extreme attention to detail in the composition. One of the major themes that emerge from the novel is human nature. The team-up between NASA and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) emphasizes the author’s belief
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Now how many of you believe in aliens? Well if you don’t‚ here are a bunch of reasons why you should believe that aliens exist. Let’s consider galaxies first. There may be 100‚000‚000 galaxies‚ because an estimated 50 billion galaxies are visible with modern telescopes. Every galaxy must have a number of stars in it‚ as many as hundreds of billions. Now we all know that stars have planetary systems. Then it is also a well known fact that the dimming and brightening of a star is when a planet crosses
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Geometry Puzzles Problem 1 (But first‚ one last logic puzzle). Suppose that you are a prisoner‚ and you are confronted with two doors: one leading to freedom‚ and one leading to the executioner’s chamber‚ but you don’t know which is which. A sentry guards each door. You know that one sentry always lies‚ and one sentry always tells the truth. Again‚ you don’t know which is which. You are allowed to ask one of the sentries one question. What is a question you ask a sentry that will tell you with
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found. Space exploration would eventually lead to colonization of mars‚moon‚ asteroids‚ and other extraterrestrial bodies. It has been part of human nature to explore and colonize the
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“Or we can change Vulcan’s mind if we tell him your little secret‚ huh Venus?” suggested Diana. “What do you mean Diana?” asked Vulcan. “Nothing she is just……making stuff…up!” Venus replied really quickly. The truth was that Venus had a crush on Mars (god of war) still being married with Vulcan (god of forge). Venus thought that she was the most beautiful god just because she is the goddess of love and beauty‚ but is she wrong? Artemis thinks she is the prettiest and bravest. “Fine let’s compete
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people dying every second due to hunger and illness. After some thorough research on the subject‚ I found that in December of 1999‚ $165 million (£10‚338‚999) of the tax payers’ money was wasted when a spacecraft had run out of battery on its way to mars. The craft itself had been designed very well‚ and was aimed to give us information about the red planet‚ but it ran out of battery on its way there‚ and that is not something that should have happened after 165 million was spent on the craft. And
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be the smallest plant In the solar system .the farthest away from the sun 248 year is going to delay. Compared to the pattern of the planets is your terrestrial inner planets which is the solid surface planets Mercury ‚Venus ‚Earth ‚and mars then the outer planets which are the gas giants Jupiter ‚Saturn ‚ Uranus ‚ and Neptune .The person who discovered that Pluto was a dwarf planet was a man named Clyde Tombaugh he basically stated that” all the planets orbit the sun it’s just that dwarf
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