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    his hot fit of pride were those" (5). He observes those who will soon be apart of his domain and soon peers at the most extreme regions of Earth. "And now upon his western wing he leaned, Now his huge bulk o'er Afric's sands careened, Now the black planet shadowed Arctic snows" (6-8). In the Bible, it states that the promise of Christ will come from the East, implying that perhaps Lucifer will come from the other side. Lucifer is essentially floating on the seas of the "rolling ball," which is again

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    The Journey to the Center of Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System and the 5th planet from the Sun. It is a very unique and interesting planet. Its famous 'Red Spot' and raging gas storms give it a cool look. Jupiter is an outer planet and a gas giant. Most gas giants have many moons and are surrounded by a set of rings or a thin disk of small particles of ice and rock. Like all gas giants, Jupiter has a thick atmosphere made up of mostly hydrogen and helium. Jupiter is much

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    Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life When I look up at the stars at night, I just have to wonder who or what is looking back at me from some distant planet in some distant galaxy. We’ve all probably wondered what lies beyond our small, self-contained little world. The question many have pondered is whether or not there is intelligent life beyond earth. In the words of Metrodorus, a Greek philosopher of the fourth century, "To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite

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    Scene: In an artificial bubble on the surface of Ganymede (one of Jupiter's moons), an alien explorer describes the planet "Earth" to his species. Can you give us a general picture of Earth and its inhabitants? The planet is rather pretty, with lots of natural resources. "Fertile" isn't too strong a word, especially when compared with most places in the local system. There are lots of energy sources, easily accessed, and lots of chemical resources as well. And we think this

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    our galaxy equals Nfpnef1fifcfL, where N equals the number of stars in the Milky Way, fp equals the fraction of those stars having planets, ne equals the number of those planets that can support life, f1 equals the number of those planets on which life arises, fi equals the fraction of those planets on which intelligent life evolves, fc equals the fraction of those planets where intelligent life developed into a technologically advanced civilization and fL equals the fraction of time a technical civilization

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    winds are due to the earth's rotation about its axis and the day-night cycles of solar heating and subsequent cooling. Earth is very different from the other planets in the universe in the way that the planet possess complex systems that dissipate and maximize the use of the abundant energy available from the sun that are missing on other planets. Life on earth is in general an open system that is supported by these complex systems and the continuous flow of energy from the sun. We as a part of the

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    Lesson Plan in Science 5

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    Appreciate God’s creation. II. Subject Matter: Unit: The Solar System Topic: Members of the Solar System A. Science Concept/Idea: ❖ Sun Planets, planetoids, comets, meteor and meteorites are the members of the solar system. B. Science Processes: Observing and Identifying C. Materials: Illustration of nine (9) planets, sun, meteor, meteorites comet and activity card References: Science and Health V, Module by: Jessie Villegas and Celia Nacpil p. 100; Into

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    Geology Of Mars Essay

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    The planet Mars is a red plant that is found in the Solar System in the Milky Way Galaxy one planets farther from the sun than Earth. The planet Mars has a very thin atmosphere full of primarily carbon dioxide. The surface of Mars is very dusty and rocky because of volcanoes. The geology of Mars is different from Earth in many ways including the amount of volcanoes, mountains, valleys, and internal makeup. Mars has a great multitude of volcanoes on the surface including one, three times bigger than

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    sources of most meteorites that have struck Earth. In addition, these objects will continue to collide with the Earth in the future. This is well documented in Asteroid Strike, which does more than enough to make us become aware of how vulnerable planet Earth is when considering an infinitely larger universe and that our existence came to be by coincidence. The narrator of the documentary Tony Robinson stated, “It’s extraordinary that we owe our very existence to one freak event”. I find irony in

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    “Life On Venus” This story is a science fiction story about a girl named Margot and she use to live on earth and now she lives on venus. Every seven years, the sun will come out for only two hours and then wait seven more years and the sun will come out from hiding and reveal itself for two more hours. Margot made a poem that read “The sun is like a flower, that blooms for just one hour”. Margot was bullied by many different students. Throughout the story, the bullies did not believe Margot about

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