All planets except Mercury and Venus have at least one moon. Saturn has the greatest number of moons—18. In 1995‚ the Hubble Space Telescope detected what appeared to be four additional moons of Saturn; however‚ that discovery has yet to be confirmed. Planet | Number of Moons | Names of Moons | Mercury | 0 | | Venus | 0 | | Earth | 1 | The Moon (sometimes called Luna) | Mars | 2 | Phobos‚ Deimos | | Jupiter | 16* | Metis‚ Adrastea‚ Amalthea‚ Thebe‚ Io‚ Europa‚ Ganymede‚ Callisto
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Skill – Reading Comprehension Name: _________________________ Is Pluto a Planet? By: National Geographic Kids (Adapted by Have Fun Teaching) Many people are saying that Pluto is no longer a planet. Are they right? Is Pluto no longer a planet? There’s debate in the scientific world about this issue. National Geographic News says that‚ according to the International Astronomical Union‚ a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the
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Chinese Culture The Forbidden City Introduction The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing‚ and now houses the Palace Museum. It was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third Ming emperor Yongle‚ who upon usurping the throne‚ determined to move his capital north from Nanjing to Beijing. In 1911 the Qing dynasty fell to the republican revolutionaries. The last emperor‚ Puyi溥儀‚ continued to live
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Forbidden Love “There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable” quote by Mark Twain. Michael Ondaatje feels similarly in his poem “The Cinnamon Peeler” because he longs to be with his beloved but this is not possible. We infer that Ondaatje is in a lower caste than his love because he hypothetically states “If I were a cinnamon peeler…” (1). The idea of them being together is what sets off this love poem. He goes on a type of role-playing game in which he and his wife
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Richard Gutierrez From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2012) Richard Gutiérrez Born Richard Kristian Rama-Gutiérrez (1984-01-21) January 21‚ 1984 (age 28) Beverly Hills‚ California‚ US Occupation Actor‚ Commercial model Years active 1987–present Website http://www.richardgutierrez
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EXAMPLE OF TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE OVEN It is a machine that cooks food using microwaves‚ a type of radio wave. The microwave oven uses a magnetron. This is similar to a radio transmitter. It makes very short radio waves which go right into the food to a depth of about 2.5cm. This makes water molecules swing to and fro at about 2.5 billion times a second. This heats up the molecules around it. As they heat up the heat goes to the inside of the food. This process is called conduction. This also
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Paper 3 Basic Composition Sec 32 Lynda Dexheimer October 19‚ 2010 Nature is the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized. Natural is produced by nature with no artificial changes. In the world today it is natural to “Play God”‚ by using technology to save one’s life. The line should be drawn if technology harms or makes one’s life worse. People are so reliant on the advanced medical technology this world possesses because they believe that it could save their lives
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they exemplify. Now‚ we shall explore parallel themes to do with new myths of modernity‚ poetic expressions of technology‚ the reemergence of abstraction‚ and analogies between architecture and other realms such as minimalist sculpture‚ landscape art and nature. Architecture oscillates between the unique and the typical where the old and new may reunite in unexpected ways. Example‚ the Navarro Baldeweg’s Congress Hall in Salamanca which underlines the complexity of ideas‚ fantasies‚ memories
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withstood the test of time for thousands of years. China The Great Wall of China protects different territories of mountainous terrain‚ and it is more than 2‚000 years old. The Great Wall of China is the longest defensive wall in the world. The Forbidden City was completed in 1420. Is is a historic attraction in Beijing‚ and it is home to the largest collection of ancient wooden artifacts. Morocco Marrakesh Medina is a bustling Moroccan City. The city has several alleyways and sightseeing trails
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Alexander Jackson’s Growth in the Novel “Forbidden City” What if you had a one in a lifetime chance to look at the world from a whole new angle? Would you take the opportunity to look at things in a new way‚ or would you simply accept things as you see them now? Alexander Jackson is a seventeen year old Canadian‚ whose view of the world has been drastically changed. My novel study presentation on the book “Forbidden City”‚ will be about the protagonist Alex Jackson and how he grows and changes
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