Ape Genius The movie I watched was Ape Genius on PBS. It was a documentary about what separates us humans from our close relatives‚ the apes. Before watching this movie‚ I honestly never found anything interesting about apes at all. I thought they were weird looking animals who just liked to pick at each other all day and eat. However‚ after watching this‚ my perspective on these creatures drastically changed. After seeing the way they interest with humans and how smart and social they are‚ I realized
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Explorer Vocabulary: astronomical unit‚ dwarf planet‚ eccentricity‚ ellipse‚ gas giant‚ Kepler’s laws‚ orbit‚ orbital radius‚ period‚ planet‚ solar system‚ terrestrial planet Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. List all of the planets you can think of in our solar system. Try to list them in order from closest to farthest from the Sun. _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Which planets are most like Earth? Which are most different
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limits of our solar system there is a planet unlike any other‚ Pluto. Pluto was discovered in February of 1930 by an American astronomer‚ Clyde Tombaugh. It is the only planet to have been discovered by an American. All though we have known of the existence of Pluto for over thirty years now‚ there are still many mysteries surrounding this celestial body. Being the farthest planet has made it difficult to study Pluto‚ Adding to the obscurity of this strange planet is that the capability to send spacecraft
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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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Earth-like Planets‚ Life or Lifeless? For centuries man has looked at the sky‚ and wondered‚ is someone looking back? Science is now closer than ever to answering this quest that is nearly as old as mankind itself. In the last century new technologies and scientific break-throughs have showed us that planets do exist in other solar systems and that there is a probability for other earth-like planets. We have also recognized the parameters and building blocks for life as we know them on earth
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Planet Venus and Earth are often called twins because they are similar in size‚ mass‚ density‚ composition and gravity. However‚ the similarities end there. [Photos of Venus‚ the Mysterious Planet Next Door] Venus is the hottest world in the solar system. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun‚ its dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that warms up the Earth. As a result‚ temperatures on Venus reach 870 degrees F (465 degrees C)‚ more than hot
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lot of controversy over whether or not there is life on other planets. An easy way to look at the Earth compared to the Universe is to compare it to fish in a pond. Fish have no knowledge of any other fish existing outside of their pond. How would they? Their minds are not complex enough to understand humans‚ fish‚ or any other things exist besides what is in their pond. We could be just like those fish in a pond ignorant of any more advanced life forms existing outside of our galaxy. The Government
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in de middel tryin ’ to seperate em‚ takin all de woist punches from bot ’ of ’em. Maybe dat ’s whay dey call Hell‚ huh?” Yank from Eugene O’Neill’s‚ The Hairy Ape2 “A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life in Eight Scenes.” This was the subtitle aptly given to Eugene O’Neill’s play The Hairy Ape.1 When reading the play a person might find some parts humorous; the inarticulate dialogue from the workers or maybe the extremely stuck-up‚ almost stereotypical‚ attitude of Mildred Douglas and her aunt
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Report on the Religious Life of Planet Earth Cary C. Coffing SU130350256 Professor Richard Bucher World Religions REL212047VA016-1122-001 January 29‚ 2012 I recently traveled to the planet called Earth to ascertain if people and the planet are religious and what they practice in the aspects of religion. First‚ it is important‚ for you to understand my idea of religion and supporting aspects or views of religion. Religion is not only a way of living but also consider artifacts‚ practices and
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