Proficiency #1
Proficiency #1 Extra Thoughts
In the poster I made I gave a few facts on the different galaxies, but never included any of my further thinking. So, this paper is to talk about some of the extra thoughts I had about galaxies.
Why aren’t all galaxies the same in shape?
Ø First of many ways I thought of is if two galaxies were to smash into one another. This would most likely cause matter to be pulled and pushed in different directions ruining the shape and structure of the two colliding galaxies.
Ø Another good reason I thought about is when two galaxies pass one another at a reasonably close distance. The gravity from one galaxy would most likely pull on the other, but at the same time the other galaxy is pulling back, pulling, twisting, and breaking the shape of the galaxies.
Ø My last thought was if a large galaxy encountered a smaller one, if the larger one were to “swallow” the smaller one it would have extra matter from the smaller galaxy to deal with.
Would living on earth be anything different if we were closer the center of the Milky Way?
Ø I found that there would most likely be more gravity and many more sources of gravity because stars have been found forming at the center around the nuclear bulge, most think it’s because of the nucleus found near the center.
Ø There would most likely be rapidly changing temperatures because of all the new stars forming around us. This would also cause rapid fluctuations in our temperature and climate, changing the way we live, and possibly wiping out a series of species on earth.
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Proficiency #2
Space Race on Prezi
Designed, Goddard was the man who, built, and flew the. "Pioneers of Space Travel." CoreComm Internet - Start. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2011.
"Download Space Walk Wallpaper Size 1280x800 - Download Christian Wallpaper." Free Christian Wallpapers - Christian Desktop Backgrounds - Wallpaper4God. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. .
"John F. Kennedy Knew The Truth « AfterAmerica's Blog." AfterAmerica's Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. .
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"Space Station | FYI | ISS Fact Sheet." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2011..
"Space Station | FYI | ISS Fact Sheet." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2011.
Year, the end of this, and the Service Module. "International Space Station Overview ." Shuttle Press Kit. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2011.
Proficiency #3
"The History of UFOs Video—History.com." History.com—History Made Every Day—American & World History. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.
"The Roswell UFO Incident- The Roswell Files." The Roswell UFO Incident- The Roswell Files. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. .
"The Roswell UFO Crash at Area 51 Exposed|Alien-UFO-Research|." Real Alien and UFO Pictures Videos Stories Sightings and News. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.
"Arcadia Club - Alien -- W Roswell UFO sighting ." Arcadia Club - Il luogo dove basta chiedere per avere... TUTTO.... N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.
Proficiency #4
"Asteroids l Asteroid facts, pictures and information." The Nine Planets Solar System Tour. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. .
"Comets." Windows to the Universe. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. .
"Moon & Earth Phase Viewer." HiWAAY Information/Internet Services | Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. .
Planets, crusts of the terrestrial. "Meteors l Meteorites and Impacts." The Nine Planets Solar System Tour. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. .
Romans, the. "The Moon l Phases, Orbit and distance from the Earth." The Nine Planets Solar System Tour. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2011.
Proficiency #5
"Big Bang Theory." Big Bang Theory. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011.
"Big Bang: How Did the Universe Begin?." UGCS - Welcome to UGCS!. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. .
"Creation Theory." BibArch. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. .
Than, Ker. " Recycled Universe: Theory Could Solve Cosmic Mystery
Space.com ." Space, NASA Information & News
Outer Space Flight Videos & Pictures
Astronomy, Solar System Images
Space.com . N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2011.
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"What is Creation Theory?." wiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. .
Proficiency #6
The first steps of our solar system's creation begins with a collapse of a giant molecular cloud. Most of the center forming the sun, while the rest was shot out into a disk-like shape; this disk contained the planets, or what they were made of, the moons, asteroids, and everything else.
The Solar System has done a lot of evolving since its initial form. Many moons have formed from circling discs of gas and dust around their parent planets, while other moons are believed to have formed independently and later been captured by their planets. Still others, as Earth's moon, may be the result of giant collisions. Collisions between bodies have occurred continually up to the present day and have been very important to the evolution of the Solar System.
The positions of the planets often shifted, and planets have switched places. This planetary migration now is believed to have been responsible for much of the Solar System's early evolution. The original placement of the planets is still unknown.
The final result of the migration has left us with eight planets. These eight, although very different in their own ways, can be separated into two groups, the inner and outer planets.
The outer planets, all made of gas are very large. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system with a diameter of 88,846 miles, Neptune is the smallest of the outer planets with a diameter of 30,779 miles. Neptune being the smallest of the outer planets is still over 23,000 miles bigger in diameter than the largest of the inner planets Earth.
The main reason for the major differences in size between the inner and outer planets is because the inner planets are very dense caused by the density of the elements that make them up. Because the inner planets are so densely packed together, they are small but they are solid making them much easier to study because they have an actual surface. Although all inner planets can be stood on, only Earth has a survivable atmosphere.
The atmospheres of the Outer Planets consist mostly of Hydrogen and Helium, with Methane also being present in the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune. Other gases are present although in much smaller quantities. The outer planets do not have a solid surface, they are all made of gas, hence the nickname "Gas Giants".
The inner planets have a faster year just because they are closer to the sun making their lap shorter. Although a day on an inner planet is much slower then one on an outer ones. Uranus spins slowest, taking 17 hours and 14 minutes to spin on its axis. Jupiter takes only 9 hours and 55 minutes to spin on its axis. This rapid rotation causes Jupiter and Saturn to appear squashed, wider across the equator than from top to bottom.
The inner planets spin quite slowly compared to the outer ones. Earth spins the quickest, taking 23 hours and 56 minutes to spin on its axis. Venus takes 243 days to spin on its axis, spinning in an opposite direction to the other planets.
As incredible as these planets are their future is completely dependant on our sun's future. In about 5 billion years the Sun will burn all of the hydrogen in its core. Once this happens, the core will shrink under its own gravity, until it becomes so dense that the helium atoms will begin to collide to form carbon and oxygen. These collisions produce much more energy than the hydrogen fusion that powers the Sun today.
The extra energy will cause big changes in the Sun. The core will become much hotter, causing the Sun to swell to over one hundred times its present size, swallowing up the planets Mercury and Venus. Even though the core will be hotter, the surface will be cooler than it is today, changing in color from yellow to red, becoming a red giant.
It will then cast off its outer layers as a planetary nebula, and leave behind it's corpse known as a white dwarf. But before that, the gravity of passing stars will gradually pull the outer planets away from the sun. Some planets will be destroyed, others ejected into space. Over the course of trillions of years, when a white dwarf, it is likely that the Sun will be left with none of the original planets, asteroids, or moons in orbit today.
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“Our Sun and Our Future." Solar Homes and Solar Collectors. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011.
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"Differences between the Inner and Outer Planets - Bob the Alien's Tour ofthe Solar System ." Bob the Alien's Tour of the Solar System. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011.
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