factories play a major roll in this issue everyday civilians are also a responsible party. Lead and mercury are one of the most dangerous chemicals that are disposed of imporporly by factories. These two chemcials play a big role in the negative effect in our environment today. With easy access to these dangerous chemicals how can we trust that workers are disposing of them properly? Lead and mercury are found in a variety of products such as car batteries, computers, paint, light bulbs, etc. When
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hydrogen. | caesium | The metal is characterised by a spectrum containing two bright lines in the blue (accounting for its name). It is silvery gold, soft, and ductile. It is the most electropositive and most alkaline element. Caesium, gallium, and mercury are the only three metals that are liquid at or around room temperature. Caesium reacts explosively with cold water, and reacts with ice at temperatures above -116°C. | francium | Francium is extremely rare. Because of this its chemical and physical
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The Kepler Spacecraft The never-ending pursuit of knowledge about our universe has allowed us to attempt to explore the configuration and variety of different planetary systems. This pursuit of knowledge has lead NASA to launch the Kepler Mission. This mission was specifically aimed to yield information on a certain portion of our galaxy (The Milky Way), which would allowed us to discover numerous Earth-like planets the possibly could be habitable. The Kepler spacecraft provides us with crucial
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Living on another Planet GS1140 Problem Solving Theory 05/05/2014 OUTLINE I. Introduction………………………………………………………………………3 II. Heading #1………………………………………………………………………..4 III. Heading #2………………………………………………………………………..5 IV. Heading #3………………………………………………………………………..6 V. Heading #4………………………………………………………………………..7 VI. Heading #5………………………………………………………………………..8 VII. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..9 VIII. Reference…………………………………………………………………………10 Introduction Mars is
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Abstract What could be more innocent than a last minute trip, on a privately-owned jet, to a privately-funded research facility, in northern Alaska to see the magnificent auroras? After Matt’s best friend and college roommate, Bartholomew Jacob Hunt, the third, convinced him that it was the chance of a lifetime, they would surely find out. During their flight to Alaska, the boys are notified that Halley’s Comet’s orbit has been altered by the sun’s photosphere and is headed straight for the research
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For readers who would like a quick reminder of the book and its main storyline, here is a summary of The Little Prince’s travels and those he met along the way. If Saint-Exupéry is to be believed The Little Prince is a book for children written for grown-ups. It can be read on many different levels to provide pleasure and food for thought for readers of all ages. The author, an aviator, crashes with his aeroplane in the middle of the Sahara desert. While he is trying to repair his aeroplane
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In both “All Summer in a Day” and “If only we had taller been”, we learn that in life, if you want something really badly but you can’t have it and you need to do something for it, it can push you to do things that you would never imagine doing in life. All Summer in a Day supports this theme by Margot wanting to see the sun so bad but the sun only comes out once every seven years on Venus. Margot is willing to live just to see the sun again because when the sun isn’t out it’s just rain and rain
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The short story All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury is about a long anticipated event that would later be disturbed by cruelness of another. This reveals that the envy that was introduced when someone believed in something happening would lead to a dramatic sequence. Like in the story All summer in day when Margot, a ten year old school girl knew that the sun would come out despite what her classmates had thought. Margot was a ten year old so called earthling because she wasn't like all the others
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Tycho was born in December 15, 1546 in Denmark and died in October 24, 1601 at the age of 54. Tycho was a Danish nobleman that was well known for his accurate astronomical and planetary observations. At a very young age, Tycho was abducted by his wealthy and childless uncle. He was raised in his uncle’s castle in Tostrup, Scania, financing Tycho’s education, he began with the study of law at the University of Copenhagen in 1559 to 1562. However, certain events made Tycho changed his decision from
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surface is the fact that it looks wrinkled: this is due to the cooling of the planet’s iron core which led to the surface contracting. Mercury lost a third of its radius during this process (was reduced from 1.8 to 1.2 miles). Named “Scarps” by scientists, the wrinkles can be up to one mile high, and stretch over numerous miles. Another particularity of Mercury is that it is covered in craters, making it the most cratered planet in the entire Solar System. All of these craters strongly vary in
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