The new moon occurs when the moon is positioned between the earth and sun. The three objects are in approximate alignment (why "approximate" is explained below). The entire illuminated portion of the moon is on the back side of the moon‚ the half that we cannot see. At a full moon‚ the earth‚ moon‚ and sun are in approximate alignment‚ just as the new moon‚ but the moon is on the opposite side of the earth‚ so the entire sunlit part of the moon is facing us. The shadowed portion is entirely hidden
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Moon Project Jessica Davidson Astronomy 7 Observation Time: 8:50 p.m. Obervation 1 A) Date & Location: September 24‚ 2012. Mt.SAC Campus B) North determined by IPhone App C) Altitude: 37 degrees D) Azimuth: 143 degrees E) F) Waxing Gibbous
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One of the most interesting theories that cannot be observed is the Moon’s magnetic field‚ and why there is not one anymore. Moon rocks Colwell 7 brought back from the Apollo age astronauts shows that at some point the moon did have a magnetic field as strong as the Earth’s at some point. From analyzing the way the rock formed‚ the scientists can determine how long the Moon had a magnetic field. From their research they have discovered that a magnetic field persisted for much longer than it should
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Moon Micro is a small manufacturer of servers in Santa Clara‚ California. Lately‚ the demand for servers has increased‚ and the company needs to find a way to capitalize on the situation. The current plant has reached capacity of 10‚000 units. The two options to capitalize on the situation are to either expand the plant to a capacity of 20‚000 units or outsource the process to Molectron‚ an independent assembler. Expanding the Santa Clara plant would have an annualized fixed cost of $10‚000‚000
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way of green plants. Directly or indirectly‚ it provides us with energy to light and heat our homes and power our machines. For centuries‚ people dreamed of visiting the Moon. These dreams became a reality in the second half of the 20th century. First‚ the United States and the Soviet Union sent unmanned spacecraft to the Moon‚ to photograph its surface and help determine the best sites for landings. Meanwhile‚ manned spacecraft were being launched into orbits around the Earth‚ to give people a
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Unit 4 1. keep their head: remain calm and sensible 2. as right as rain: absolutely fine 3. feeling a bit under the weather: not feeling well 4. look the picture of health: look very healthy 5. as fit as a fiddle: completely healthy 1. My father always keeps his head in difficult situations. 2. Drink this cup of hot tea and you’ll be as right as rain. 3. I’m afraid I have been feeling a bit under the weather for weeks. 4. Have you seen Jane lately? She looks the picture of health
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As Jim and Bob came running down the boulevard‚ they saw an elderly women struggling with carrying her groceries into her house. She had been hard of hearing‚ so Jim had to repeat himself about three times until she understood what they were saying. She mumbled‚ “Thank you so very much for extending an olive branch to a helpless women like me.” The old woman wound up giving them a little tip for helping her without her asking. Since they are young‚ and have never seen her before they did not respond
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ENGLISH SLANG/IDIOMS SLANG: Nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture. In other words‚ slang is typically a nonstandard word‚ not a phrase as is an idiom. Slang would include words like pooped‚ to down a drink‚ boob-tube‚ threads‚ bonkers‚ basket case‚ to name a few. Slang words may or may not have alternative literal meanings. They may be "made up" words. IDIOM: A phrase that is commonly understood in a given culture or subculture to have a meaning different
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Lady Gregory’s‚ The Rising of the Moon The Rising of the Moon was a very interesting play. The setting takes place on a dock at night. There is very little lighting on the dock and the only object on the dock is a barrel. We start with three policeman‚ a Sargent and two regular officers. The two regular officers are posting fliers of an escaped prisoner. There is a reward mentioned on the fliers which is substantial and the officers talk about this and the possibility of a promotion for the one
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As the moon orbits around the Earth‚ from its perspective‚ it comes out of nowhere‚ grows in size‚ then shrinks back down to nothing as the month goes on. Whether it’s day or night‚ the phases of the moon can be observed from all around the world. Many people have tried to understand why the moon goes through its phases. Across the world‚ there are many different explanations of why the moon changes‚ but nothing gives us a better explanation than what science has to say about it. The light from
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