Comet

In this week’s reading from chapter 5 ocean sediments, I learned a lot about sediments and different types that I never knew existed. The ocean the floor and particles moving around the ocean are actually called sediments. The sediments accumulate at a rate of centimeters in a year. Sediments are caused by various things happening inside of the ocean such as volcanic eruptions, rocks eroding, chemical reactions in the water and evidence of space matter. These sediments are classified into four…

Extinction, taking place 65 million years ago. The K/T is the event in which the dinosaurs died in. The cause of this event is debated, however it is widely accepted by most scientists that the K/T extinction was triggered when a giant asteroid or comet struck the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico killing off close to 80% of life on Earth. This event was totally random and if it…

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;…

The Six Great Extinctions Extinction is just another word used for the dying off of one species or of many species. Since the beginning of time there have been five mass extinction and then some smaller extinctions. Either big or small, they play a huge role in the evolution of the species around us. Whether they were a common ancestor, or a close relative to an organism, they still helped the organisms we know today evolve and adapt to the environment that we now share. During the extinction…

H.P. Lovecraft and W.E.B. DuBois portray their views of racism in significantly different ways based on discerned racial polarities. In the Early 20th Century, racism centered around white supremacy and social identity. Power was given to people based on their worth. Much of racism can be defined by fear in which both authors demonstrate extreme xenophobic tendencies, hidden bias and social identity. Winter’s defines xenophobia as people being conditioned to fear others who are different from…

Recent revelations in the news over NASA finding “liquid” water on Mars has gotten many people excited about the possibility of sending humans to live on the planet, without much insight into the actual reasons why that idea is still not currently feasible. A planet must have much more than just water in order to be a habitable place, and these factors are often overlooked, in fact the same factors affecting the water supply on Mars are also the factors that factors behind the other reasons it…

Sawyer. Samuel Clemens was born on November 30‚ 1835 on the banks of the Mississippi River in the mysterious and new Missouri. At the time, Missouri was a slave state and was a relatively new addition to the United States He was born following Halley’s Comet, which proved significant later in his life. With Missouri being a slave state, Clemens spent his summer youth with his uncle’s slaves. In these slave quarters‚ he listened to the elder’s tales which sparked his love for storytelling. He…

landing the troops, and prepare for any coming attack from the other planets. The pilots bomb Mars capital Mons, and turned it into the battle field for Venus’s army. Then president Miles of Mars sent an alert message to all of the the planet's, moons, comets, and asteroid fields about the threat of…

Activity 4: Egg Drop Lesson Objective: Students will design, build and implement a safe carrier in which to drop an egg (interplanetary rover). Set-Up: All supplies can be left on a communal table. Students will need to first come up with a design and supply list for their carrier. Once it has been approved by their facilitator they can start to choose what they will need. Demo and discussion: Because it is topical, start your discussion off with a brief synopsis of the New Horizons probe…

As we all know our universe is very vast, every day it unfolds some new secrets in front of us. Like- many new planets, galaxies, asteroids, meteoroid, comets are seen by our great scientists every day. Every new element of universe reveal many secrets such as- proper determination of evolution of earth, about earth's surface, extinct animals, plants, about life on other planets and many more. But all these discoveries totally depend on the instruments which we use to explore the universe. And…