Samantha Weir NSET 111 Take Home Essay February 16‚ 2014 Our Universe was created billions of years ago. We have no way of knowing exactly how this happened‚ nor how or if it will end. The creation of the universe is greatly debated religiously and scientifically. The future of our universe is a popular topic‚ but still remains a mystery. There are many theories as to what will happen to the universe and factors to be accounted for. The fact that we do not have the ability to travel into the
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Scientific question: How does the incline of a slope influence the acceleration of a cart when it travels down a wooden plank? Introduction: What is an incline plane? Commonly referred to as a ramp or a slope‚ an incline plane is an even surface that is titled at an angle. An object placed on the tilted surface will often slide down the surface‚ accelerating because of an unbalanced force. The rate at which an object travels down the slope is dependent upon how tilted the slope is; the greater
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Humans have always had a fascination with flying since the beginning of time. Hot air balloons were invented in 1783‚ one step closer to the airplane. The balloon is filled with hot air‚ which makes the balloon fly to the air because hot air is lighter than cool air. The only problem with the hot air balloon was that you could not control the direction it was going. The first airplane was actually a glider. This aircraft was launched from a cliff or from any high place. It rode on the wind
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"Butterfly Effect" was perhaps one of the best films I have ever seen. I found it mysterious‚ interesting and fascinating. I wanted to write my reaction paper about "Butterfly Effect" because of the similarity to the film we saw in class called "Donnie Darko". Both films investigate the issue of destiny thoroughly. Both film had a male character that has memories‚ dreams or black outs which make them at first confused. But later on‚ they realized the power they have in order to change their destiny
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The Nature of Dark Matter We observe the universe around us through many scientific means. However it is through the electromagnetic spectrum‚ that is everything from radio waves to gamma waves‚ that we learn about the objects in our world and beyond. However we can also learn about our universe through indirect means‚ such as the effect of gravity on light as well as larger objects like our galaxy. In fact it is this indirect method of observation that has led us to the discovery of extra-solar
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Essay #1: Aquinas’ 3rd Way: Aquinas’ third way argument states that there has to be something that must exist‚ which is most likely God. He starts his argument by saying not everything must exist‚ because things are born and die every single day. By stating this we can jump to the conclusion that if everything need not exist then there would have been a time where there was nothing. But‚ he goes on‚ if there was a time when there was nothing‚ then nothing would exist even today‚ because something
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Dark energy what is it? Dark energy is a unknown energy said to take up 70 percent of the universe. The energy is a repulsive gravitational effect that is causing the universe to accelerate out-ward. No one knows exactly what dark energy is or where it comes from. Dark Energy is a new idea. Little is known about dark energy‚ yet it takes up a huge amount if the universe. Scientist were able to show the universe was expanding at an accelerated rate by measuring the red-shift of an object by comparing
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Since the dawn of man‚ humans have striven to explain the many mysteries of the universe‚ and to explain how it began. Throughout this journey‚ numerous standpoints on existence have evolved and merged into a complex‚ abstract manifestation called religion. However‚ as the human race has grown and advanced itself‚ many ideas expressed by religion seem less and less plausible. Advances in science and technology have yielded a new breed of human thought that has disturbed and shaken the foundations
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Table of Contents Introduction Have you ever wondered how the world came about? Throughout time people have asked the questions: How did our universe begin? How old is our universe? How did matter come to exist? Obviously these are not simple questions and throughout our brief history on this planet much time and effort has been spent looking for some clue. Yet‚ after all this energy has been expanded‚ much of what we know is still only speculation. An individual personal facts are lead
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ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM Week 14: Homework 2 1. A spark can jump between two non – touching difference between them is sufficiently large. approximately 940 V is required to produce a spark How fast would a 1.3 m rod have to be moving in cause a spark to jump across the gap? [151 ms-1] conductors if the potential A potential difference of in an air gap of 1.0 × 10-4m. a magnetic field of 4.8 T to 2. The wingspan (tip – to – tip) of a Boeing 747 jetliner is 59 m. The plane is flying horizontally
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