Name Instructor Course Date Environmental Conservation Major points in Avatar, Avatar was a film released in 2009 and was produced by David Cameron. Surprisingly, the film development began in 1994 and, as such, taking fifteen years from conception of the idea of the movie to the actual production of the same. The film had the earth’s environment and the lengths to which the human race would go to ensure its survival. Resources Development Administration sends human avatars to a resource-rich…
three stable isotopes, the most abundant being neon-20 (90.5%). It has no color, odor, or taste. It changes from a gas to a liquid at -245.92°C and from a liquid to a solid at -248.6°C (Chemical Elements). It is found in the sun and the atmospheres of earth and mars, and also is produced in stars during nucleosynthesis (Mowat 130). Businesses have no way of advertising at night, dropping sales. When it is dark, consumers cannot see regular printed signs. Neon is used in lighted signs. This…
The goal of this lab was to compare the differences of temperature effect on a plant's growth rate. In this experiment, the materials used were water bottles, seeds, and cotton. One half-cut bottle with the seed was placed in room temperature, while the other in cold temperature. The plants were equally watered every other day after for 2 weeks (at the same time). Throughout this experiment, the results led to the conclusion that a plant placed in room temperature had a higher germination rate…
is nothing to fear in Iowa when it comes to volcanos. 1630 B.C. Santorini, Greece, however, is a completely different story. Not only was the Santorini eruption one of the biggest in Earth’s history, but it quite literally changed the face of the earth and created the infamous myth of Atlantis. Santorini is volcanic small island group located 200 km southeast of Greece in the southern Aegean Sea composed of five islands (Thira/Thera, Therasia, Aspronisi, Nea Kameni, and Palea Kameni). It lies…
The Rio Grande Rift is a major component of the Sourthern Rocky mountain region. that extends from the center of Colorado, U.S.A., all the way down into Chihuahua, Mexico (Chapin, 1994) (figure 1). The area has long been used by humans as a north south trade route and also goes by the name “El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro” (“The Royal Road of the Interior Land”). The understanding of this rift zone is also an area of importance because it contains valuable resources such as hydrocarbons,…
race has found nearly 2000 confirmed extrasolar planets by the year 2016, and this has fuelled the search for extra-terrestrial life as we scour the universe for anything out there. How do we discover these planets that are light years away from the earth? An extrasolar planet detection technique is the Doppler technique, also known as the wobble method or the radial-velocity method. The influence of a planet’s gravitational pull on its parent star causes the star to wobble slightly, and this…
The editorial group at Salon shares an article, "Will we discover a twin Earth? 20 big questions about the future of humanity", originally published by Scientific American, an American popular science magazine. Amongst these thought-provoking inquiries, the question of whether we will ever colonize outer space stands out the most. The exhilarating thought of inhabiting a planet beyond Earth calls upon for assessment of which planet, when, and how. However, most fail to take into consideration…
“Noct wants to clear out the area and get rid of a Behemoth, called Dead Eye. Those things are huge, and will probably kill us!” Prompto told me that Noct wanted to clear the area out of the Behemoth so the Chocobo’s won't have to fear it. “This doesn’t sound very safe,” I pointed out, crossing my arms over my chest. I didn’t want to go through this at all, even hearing the name Behemoth made me scared…they were violent creatures…they were also very powerful to probably put an end to an Iron…
is Orion’s brightest star. It is a B81 star with a magnitude of 0.11. It marks the left leg of Orion. At 815 lt-yr, it has a 7th magnitude friend 9” away. It is also a binary star. Orion holds the great nebula. It is 1,344 light years away from earth. Betelgeuse is a star in Orion. It is a red supergiant. A red supergiant is among the brightest stars out there.They have large masses and low…
formation of the Earth and its inhabitants. The phenomenon of the universe’s existence greatly impacts cultures in the world. Some believe that they have to worship a certain god (or gods) to reach a heavenly state while others believe in logic. While some creation myths are very similar, others are very different. For example, one Chinese creation myth tells of their creator, Pangu, being born of a cosmic egg. Pangu stood up and split the egg in half. This created Heaven and Earth. The…