Peters. In today’s digital society‚ black and white films have gained the reputation of being boring and less value than a colour film‚ but despite this “To Kill A Mockingbird” still holds its place in movie history. The beauty of Harper Lee’s philosophy and Mulligan’s execution‚ heavily out ways any lack of visual effects. Set in the racially divided town of Alabama‚ lawyer Atticus Finch (Peck) is given the task of defending an innocent man from an undeserving rape charge. Throughout all of this
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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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Jaws Film Review ‘Jaws’ is one of Spielberg’s most easily recognisable movies. It is unique in a way that is rarely seen in cinema. He set a new standard for horror films. In this movie‚ the small northern town of Amity is ‘haunted’ by a great white shark which kills its first victim in the abandoned night. It is an attack which‚ when later discovered‚ causes police chief Brody‚ against his will‚ to let the beach stay open for the fourth of July due to the fact that it was the main source of
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Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gives a powerful performance in the action drama Snitch opening in theaters this weekend. The film‚ based on true accounts‚ takes you on a suspense filled ride under the fine direction of famous stuntman Ric Roman Waugh. Although the film does provide insight about how the justice system works‚ the hard knocks story does add a lot of ‘Hollywood’. As the movie opens‚ we find 18-year-old Jason Collins (Rafi Gavron) talking to his best buddy on Skype about
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are found on Dalton’s bed and faces appear in the windows almost nightly. After Josh’s mother witnesses a horrifying red-faced figure herself‚ she recommends the couple phone her old friend Elise. In preparation for her visit‚ Elise sends a two-man team of demon hunters to inspect the authenticity of the haunting claim. Scanning the ceilings for poisonous fumes to weed out the hallucinators and yelling at Josh for taking action figures out of their boxes‚ the Mutt and Jeff pair serve as a strange
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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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