Although there are nine planets in our solar system, only one planet has the distinction of being the closest planet to the sun. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. ... The planet probably received this name because it moves so quickly across the sky. ... Facts About Mercury Mercury is so close to the sun that you can only see it near sunrise or sunset. ... Other Interesting Facts The planet Mercury appeared to cross in front of the Sun on May 7, 2003. ...

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Use a Timeline to outline the historical developments of models of the universe from Aristotle to Newton. 330 BC Aristotle described the Earth to be a stationary object or Sphere at the centre of the Universe with the sun, stars and planets moving Around the Earth. ... He basically proved the Sun was bigger than the Earth and based his Theory on that fact. 120 AD Ptolemy wanted a system which would predict the positions of the planets. ... Developed three ...

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Conceived on the doomed planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sent his son Kal-El on a hyper light rocket off into space. ... He can loose his powers if he expends a lot of energy quickly, or if he spends too much time away from the yellow sun while on outer space. ... Learning of Krypton's fate and the fate of both his parents, Clark was further determined to protect his knew planet, Earth. ... After accepting the fact that he was not an ordinary human, Clark decided to use his powers for the common good of mankind. While living in metropolis, he took up a job at the Dailey Planet as a mild...

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Currently, there are over 7 billion people on the planet but by the year 2050 the population is projected to increase to 9 billion. Has the human species taken over too much the planet? ... I also agree with almost all of the information that the chapter provided because it is very hard to disagree with facts, which many people have opted to do so unfortunately. ... I found the quick visualization very interesting. ... The future of our planet is depending on how we use resources such as food, water, and natural energy....

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Released in 2009 the movie Avatar written and directed by James Cameron, tells the story of a paraplegic marine who is dispatched to a distant planet called Pandora to fight against the natives of that planet in support of a greedy corporation. Instead, he learns that the people of Pandora, called Na'vi are harmless but they will go to the extremes to protect anything and everything on their home planet. ... Through several months of learning the way of the Na'vi, Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington, quickly realizes that the lives of the Na'vi are way more important than s...

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Our planets natural balance is extremely important to all plants, animals, humans, and other organisms living here. ... Humanity and the way it has chosen to live are primarily to blame for global warming and the constant destruction of our planet. ... Environmentalists all across the world are afraid that we are quickly destroying our planet and have incredibly convincing arguments for their fear, yet the skeptics still refuse to budge. ... "In fact, eleven of the last thirteen years feature in the top twenty five warmest years on the planet" (Naik). Also with the warmer climates,...

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The speaker describes how light get to the "our cloud-hugged planet" then far and further through everything else then to herself. ... Her tone in the poem is very private since she describes how light travel through our big planet but only come down to her feeling when she saw the light came to her just like as it enter through her private chamber in a medieval castle, a boudoir. Her writing is light and kind of loneliness as a matter fact as quiet as the travel of light. ... The speaker is screaming out the touch of light has on her, "I hear you loud love"same as Minister speeches out God...

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I believe other animals have just as much a right to exist on this planet as we do. ... In fact, so strange is our race today, I would hardly classify it as a race of mammals. ... But obviously, all this comes at an expense, and the ones who are paying it, are all other species that inhabit the planet. ... The meat farms claim they make the slaughter process quick and painless; cows are simply tethered and lined up on a conveyor belt, and roll toward two giant anvils, which pound together, crushing the skull of the cow in a split second. Quick. ...

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Our health is greatly influenced by the conditions of what we live in and since humans live on this planet earth, we need to take care of it. The main issue recently to the planet earth is the growing pollution that is happening every day everywhere. There is a landfill overflow currently happening which means landfills are getting filled to quickly and cannot be broken down in time for more trash to have room in the space. ... They are also meant to be recycled for the sake of the planet. ... Some might say that tap water actually has dangerous chemicals when in fact; about forty percent of b...

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With every solution we come up with to solve global warming and to somehow restore our once green planet, there seems to be consequences with every move we make. ... Polar bears are now drowning due to the horrific increase of seawater because of ice melting so quickly. ... This is the planet we live on; it is our responsibility to treat it with care. ... It is true with the fact that it will reduce the cost of buying gallons of gasoline to fuel your car. ... Listening to Al Gore's speech and seeing the physical change our climate change has done to our planet with the addition of hard ...

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It is at this time, when all parts of the world decide to try to better themselves by reaching new standards of living, that the environment begins to deteriorate at a quicker rate: " the environmental problems [are] brought about by rapid industrialization." ... The staggering fact is that the planet can no longer sustain the rate of development. ... People from these richer places are accustomed to receiving what they wish and thus effectively causing the planets resources to diminish. ... This means that if the countries that can afford the resources use them all up quickly, and then prob...

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It is a known fact that oil is a long natural process and should be taken more seriously by the people. ... Glaciers in Antarctica have been melting for some time now; however, they've been melting much quicker than predicted by scientist. Reason being, as with the Green House, so much pollution covers the planet that when heat enters through sunbeams that same amount of heat is unable to escape; so, the Earth is constantly becoming hotter. ...

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According to Prot, K-PAX is a planet far beyond the reach of humans, light years away. ... Prot quickly finds himself in a mental hospital, and under the care of DR. ... Nearly every time Prot opens his mouth in the movie, he spews out knowledge and facts that no earth born man could have known at the time. ... On the other hand, if you take all of the odd and extraordinary instances surrounding Prot and piece it together, I am lead to believe that Prot in fact is an extraterrestrial. ...

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He begins to theorize that he was sent to a different planet and it was an alien beam. ... Mark realizes that there are other human like creatures on the planet and he follows the girl to her tribe. ... More time passes and he goes on a quest looking for the blue light that sent him to the planet. ... He notices Willie in the trees but because of the fact he was gone for so long, Willie has no idea who he is. ... Mark falls into a pit of quick sand and is about to die. ...

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During this time three dimensional pieces were figured out and grew quickly. ... With frequent drawings of the skies at night, scientists were able to figure out that the sun didn't revolve around the Earth, but in fact, the moon and the Earth revolved around the sun. ... People had sins on their backs, but they still wanted to get into heaven, and indulgences were supposed to be the quick pass to God and to purism. ... Telescopes were invented, which would eventually allow discoveries of other planets that are farther out in the solar system. ...

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The book differs only in the fact that it is set in space. ... Arthur quickly finds himself in desperate need of knowledge so Ford directs him to the Hitchhiker Guide to the Universe. ... You will be propelled through space and time, and much improbability, as you go with Arthur and Ford as they are thrown into the vacuum of space, retrieved by the Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability Drive, and then taken to most mythical planet known to not exist, Margrathea. ... The fact that something yellow is about to bulldoze his home and his planet is a very good example of an oxymoron. ...

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In the end, all our attempts at 'progress' may in fact be what contribute remarkably to our inexorable demise as a planet. ... Despite the fact that more is being offered as time goes on, we are evolving into a society that does not take the time to explore and enjoy it. ... We are destroying our planet by literally burning the world out if its resources, and justifying it by saying it is 'beneficial' and for the 'greater good'. ... As the workers at the industrial chicken farm care little for the chicks and push them through processing as quickly as possible,...

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Lester Brown, author of World on the Edge and creator of "Plan B"" featured on PBS's series Journey to Planet Earth, details alarming statistics of humans' patterns of destruction, plus his solutions of how to put the brakes on what he fears will be the possible end of civilization. ... In fact, at 104 degrees F, photosynthesis is reported to stop entirely. ... In fact, if the ice sheets of West Antarctica were to melt completely, it's possible the sea levels will rise by 16 feet. ... Ice melting due to rising temperatures, and rising temperatures due to the carbon emissions is ...

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This is how the planet is supposed to work". (9) Then he states that we, humans, changed the equation and this is what is leading us to natural disasters. The authors then bring up that when scientists discovered that humans were heating the planet in 80s, they thought this process would be relatively slow, humans would not even tell the difference and everything would be the same. But it turns out that what matters is if the globe can tell the difference or not, and apparently it can: due to the high temperatures, mainly caused by pollution and the emission of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide), everything...

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Most recently, the European telescope has detailed the composition of Tycho, identifying in the supernova remnant many of the same chemical building blocks used to make the planets and life on Earth. ... In fact, the initial explosion probably appeared as one of the brightest stars in the sky. ... Such explosions also blast debris into space where another generation of stars and planets form, but when it comes to the heaviest elements, such as gold and platinum, astronomers are not sure that supernovae can create enough of them. Most of these metals mus...

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The conflict theory is also on the macro level but opposite from functionalism, it calls for a quick change in society. ... Many things would change in this world if tomorrow all sports were erased from the planet. ... Now those are the obvious facts, what about all the jobs and revenue that sporting events bring to the economy. ... These facts hold true at the high school and college level but can be magnified a lot more at the professional level. ... In fact playing sports all my life has kept me out of trouble. ...

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In this era, the United States became an Industrial powerhouse amongst the world, becoming the most industrialized nation on the planet. ... However, due to the fact that these foreigners would work for such low wages, despite the conditions, caused two things to happen: the owners of the factories to become more wealthy now that they have achieved practically free labor, and the American workers developed a fear and hatred for foreigners, as they thought (as often times this proved to be correct) the foreigners would be stealing jobs from them. ... But because there were in fact so many peopl...

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By believing that they were the fittest nations on the planet due to economic achievements and growth and set up of an functional civilisation, which included democracy within society, they wanted to fulfil their so-called duty to "Improve all people" by showing the appropriate way and level of how society functions. ... Not only did they have to help nations like the Philippines but also they have to do so quickly so the adaptation of American traits and social life will result in a profitable way. ... However, the pure fact that the western civilisation based all cultures on the Darwin Theor...

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It is fast becoming the way of life for everyone on the planet whether they like it or not. ... Information and money flow more quickly than ever. ... Another problem with globalization concerning LDC's is the fact that the newly global market is highly dependent on new technologies. ...

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I consider Sanders" way as not being very beneficial to society due to the fact that if we would have stayed put, we would not be as advanced and knowledgeable as we are today. ... Sanders tries to state that movers are dangerous by declaring, "Those who care about nothing beyond the confines of their parish [ ] those who navigate ceaselessly among postal zones and area codes, those from whom the world is only a smear of highways and bank accounts and stores, are a danger not to their but to the planet"(Sanders 322). ... He leaves his grandfather's precious price-less cane behind just...

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