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    How Did Dinosaurs Disappear

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    others eat plants? Why did dinosaurs disappear? There are three main theories that explain dinosaur’s extinction, and they each have crucial evidence to support them. These are the mysteries of the dinosaurs. The extraterrestrial theory, or the asteroid theory, was created by a team of scientists that sought out evidence and came to an astronomical conclusion. They discovered that…

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    space station on the moon or mars, it is not the brightest idea. It is not such a magnificent idea to put time and money into building a space station on the moon or mars because not many people fly to space, the space station could mess up, and asteroids could damage the space station. First and foremost, time and money put into building a space station on the moon or mars is not a superior idea because not very many people fly to space. Very few people have the money to get up and take a trip…

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    Comets Vs Kuiper Belt

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    According to the Nice theory, The Kuiper belt lies out past the orbit of Pluto. Instead of asteroids, The Kuiper belt has millions of icy comets that circle the Sun very fast, and because of that fast motion, they were flung outward by encounters with the giant planets. Scientist believe that the comet Pluto is a part of the Kuiper belt. The Oort cloud is not really a cloud, but a mass of a over a trillion comets that circle the Sun at a great distance. In fact, the Oort cloud extends over…

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    Sixth Great Extinction. In the comic, there is a forest with a monkey sitting on a tree. Behind the monkey, which has its attention directed at something not seen in the comic, is an asteroid which is crashing into the ocean. The…

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    larger asteroids that underwent differentiation. 8. The Kuiper Belt is a ring of comets that orbit the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune. The Oort cloud is located in the the outer solar system and the comets orbit around the Sun.These were developed from planetesimals that were thrown outward after their formation between the Jovian planets. However the Kuiper Belt comets that formed still remain in the outer regions of the planetary realm. 14. If Jupiter did not exist, the threat from asteroids…

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    many say meteors are the reason, is that true? The many theories about dinosaurs disappearing is a huge meteor or asteroid,climate change, volcanic eruptions, lava,and fractured crystals. At the same time there are over 40 theories of why the dinosaurs disappeared, but I only listed the most important ones that were mentioned the most. The biggest theory of all of them is the Asteroid , people think the meteor collided with earth consequently it, struck it so hard that enough dust…

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    theories; Asteroid impact; Volcanism; I. INTRODUCTION Dinosaurs are the certain group of reptiles which influenced and ruled the earth for more than 160 million years, which are descendant from the species called Archosaurs. These huge reptile creatures were of various shapes and sizes, from frightening huge Spinosaurus to the small sized Microraptor. Dinosaurs were lived in a…

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    NASA Persuasive Essay

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    NASA has a 19.1 billion dollar budget, which goes towards space exploration. Furthermore, 98% of those rockets are successful. Overall, the 98% of rockets go towards exploring and learning about Space. Space exploration enhances national security and protects us from danger. In other words, imagine cops trying to catch dangerous criminals without satellites being able to track and videotape every movement of the suspect. Nowadays, NASA has researched and developed a satellite that has…

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    another, without the other they could not occur. If the extinction of the dinosaurs was gradually over millions of years “both process probably played a role”(DinoBuzz). Most scientists do agree that an asteroid was a factor, it’s also acknowledged thaDinosaurs roamed the earth for 163 million years.(Dinosaur Worlds). They thrived as one of the most successful groups of animals in the history of life on land(PBS). Then, 66 million years ago, the last group of dinosaurs disappeared forever;…

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    Essay On NASA Budget

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    Should NASA’s budget be cut? They spend billions of dollars every year and we have not saw a major leap like we did with Apollo. Well, that's not true. NASA has had amazing breakthroughs and some that are still in the works. If anything NASA should be receiving a larger budget so that they can complete their missions on schedule. The main reason why NASA has not had another Apollo is because of the lack of funding. NASA’s budget should not be cut because of how it contributes to the general…

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