was California from D.C‚ whereas the sun and earth are only 4” apart. 7. On a scale the Milky Way is approx. the size of a football field and the nearest star is 4mm away. 8. Comparable to the number of grains of dry sand on all the beaches on the planet. 9. A few seconds. Motion in the Universe 10. How fast does the Earth move around the Sun? Compare that to fast things in day-to-day life. 11. How is the Sun moving in the galaxy? 12. How are the
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the planet‚ about 20% of its radius‚ but it is still fifteen times heavier than the Earth. Next comes a layer of liquid hydrogen that is under the pressure of 10‚000‚000 Earth atmospheres. This changes the nature of the hydrogen in such a way that it is able to conduct electricity as metal does‚ so it is called "metallic hydrogen." This generates the planet’s magnetic field which is 20‚000 times stronger than Earth’s. This layer also makes up most of
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came from earth to the planet Mars. It narrates the difficulties that the settlers face in getting accustomed to the different environment and their efforts to create a new set of values and cultural ethos in an alien environment. Through his commentary on American colonization‚ Ray Bradbury conveys the theme of metamorphosis in The Martian Chronicles and
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“Space‚ it says‚ is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean‚ you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist‚ but that’s peanuts to space” (Adams 76). The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is about the president of the universe‚ the two last people from Earth‚ and an alien hitchhiker trying to find the meaning of life without being killed by spaces trials and tribulations. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a fun-filled adventure that
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to travel between B and C. Thirdly‚ □(→┬DE ) Represents the 5 years in which the Astronouts will spend collecting data on the planet‚ that’s why theres no acceleration‚ velocity or distance travel‚ only time. After that‚ the astronouts will repeat the same trip back to Earth‚ starting with the acceleration through □(→┬EF ) leaving Kepteyn b‚ to then travel at a constant speed
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THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANS PLANET OF LIFE SERIES: APES TO MAN (film summary to be filled in class) Humans: Superfamily Hominoidea Family Hylobatidae Family Hominidae Family Pongidae Gibbons Humans Chimpanzees
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responses. 1. Explain three differences between terrestrial and Jovian planets. -Three differences between terrestrial and Jovian planets are first their surfaces. Terrestrial planet’s surface is made of solid and Jovian planet’s surface is made of gas. The terrestrial planets are close to the sun and Jovian planets are further away from the sun. Last is terrestrial planets spin a lot less than Jovian planets. 2. How are the atmospheres of Venus and Mars different than the Earth
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1. Which of the following is not one of Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion? A) As a planet orbits the sun‚ it sweeps out equal areas in equal time. B) The closer a planet is to the sun‚ the slower it moves in its orbit. C) A planet’s orbit is an ellipse‚ with the sun at one focus. D) The more distant a planet’s orbit is from the sun‚ the longer it takes to complete an orbit. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): B 2. What are the three
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The bland aquamarine face of Uranus bears witness to the fact that Uranus is enshrouded in clouds. The planet appears to be blue-green because the atmosphere absorbs the‚ red wavelengths of the visible spectrum‚ . The uniformity of the planet’s appearance confirms that the planet’s atmosphere is composed almost solely of one element‚ methane gas. There is a preponderance of haze‚ composed of ethane and other hydrocarbon ices high in the stratosphere‚ and clouds of methane ice low in the troposphere
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did not agree with Ptolemy and his name was Nicholas Copernicus‚ he believed in a heliocentric system which pretty much means the sun is at the center of everything. Galileo Galilee and Johannes Kepler shortly have noticed other moons of many other planets in the system that proved Copernicus’ theory to be
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