Pluto Not a Planet‚ Astronomers Rule Pluto has been voted off the island. The distant‚ ice-covered world is no longer a true planet‚ according to a new definition of the term voted on by scientists today "Whoa! Pluto’s dead‚" said astronomer Mike Brown‚ of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena‚ as he watched a Webcast of the vote. "There are finally‚ officially‚ eight planets in the solar system." In a move that’s already generating controversy and will force textbooks to be rewritten
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To Save a Life is a story that I feel could transform lives if viewed by teens. Since I first watched this I have shown to my children and my youth group and can honestly say that it impacted at least two. The movie is about Jake Taylor‚ a senior at Pacific High School. Jake is the typical high school jock that has it all popular friends‚ a beautiful girlfriend and is planning on attending college on a basketball scholarship. He parties with the most popular and everyone looks up to him. He is
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population. 2. What percentage of the species on this planet consists of insects? Animals? Plants? 53% are insects; 20% are other animals; 18% are plants. 3. Give three examples of how we benefit from microbes. Soil bacteria convert nitrogen gas into usable forms for plants; they decompose wastes into nutrients we use; they help produce various foods such as bread‚ cheese‚ wine‚ beer‚ and tofu. 4. What percentage of the biomass on this planet accounts for microbes? 90% of earth’s living mass.
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energy the producers respire • Biomass- The total mass of living matter in a specific area. • standing crop • Ecological efficiency- The proportion of consumed energy • trophic pyramid • Biosphere- The region of our planet where life resides‚ the combination of all
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APES Ecological Footprint Lab In the Ecological footprint lab I had learned that my family uses a lot of resources‚ goods and etc. In some parts of the calculations for the ecological footprint my family would either use less and in some parts of the footprint my family would use more of. That my ecological footprint is 5.6 hectares. 5.6 hectares is about 14 acres. Just for the goods‚ housing‚ food‚ transportation‚ services and waste my family is spending about 56‚285. My ecological footprint
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Tomorrow when the war began movie review Tomorrow when the war began is an adventure movie written and directed by Stuart Beattie. It is about the occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The film began in the Hunter Region and the Blue mountains‚ in tNew South Wales‚ Australia on 28 September 2009 with early shooting in Dungog. The film starts with a video recorded by Ellie Linton (Caitlin Stasey). She said a sentence at the beginning‚ “from the beginning” to tell us the story. She is
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I’m here to talk about the little planet named Pluto. I personally think it’s unfair to the planet to be named something and then drawn back‚ Then again they had hard evidence on to why they did it. So I am going to give you the top reasons on why they took its righteous calling of a planet back. One of the main problems is its size. Many people thought it was too small to be called a planet and referred to it as the star. Ryan C. of the planetary society said: “ Pluto is a Disney character who has
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For many centuries humans have lived on planet Earth and being environmentally friendly is the least we can do. Earth must cope with various problems due to the constant change of society and it is unfortunate to say that it is us who has created the troubles. It is important that Earth stays healthy and we can always do our part to protect planet Earth. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” So goes the ancient Native American’s saying‚ a phrase that
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Running head: Case 2 Able Planet Case 2 Able Planet Kelly Raines Devry University SBE 560 Contents Abstract 3 The difficulties entrepreneurs face when raising between over $100‚000 for their businesses 4 Ways Kevin Semcken can raise $1.5 million in capital 5 Memo to Kevin Semcken 7 References 9 Abstract This paper will analyze Case Study 2 Able Planet. In this case study‚ Kevin Semcken‚ Able Planet’s CEO and chairman is seeking capital to finance existing operations
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of Zeus (Jupiter); • The only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology rather than Roman mythology: II. Characteristics • Dim; • Slow orbit; • Atmosphere contains more "ices" such as water‚ ammonia and methane‚ along with traces of hydrocarbons; • Coldest planetary atmosphere in Solar System; • Axis of rotation is tilted sideways; • Uranus’s rings can sometimes appear to circle the planet like an archery target and
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