...On April 22nd, 2015 Lakeland High School FBLA held a very special meeting to celebrate Earth Day. Our original plan was to go outside on Earth Day and clean up the garbage outside of our campus, unfortunately, we were unable to do this due to the inclement weather. However, Lakeland High School's current president, Marlon Restrepo came up with another way to celebrate Earth Day. His idea was to create a bulletin board which would display all the good deeds to help the environment that the student and faculty members of Lakeland High School did throughout the year. Throughout Earth Day members of FBLA walked the hall and handed out colorful leaves where we asked them to write down one good thing they have done to help the environment. We received...
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...1 cinta untuk bumi kita Happy earth day Hari ini bertepatan pada tanggal 22 april , kita memperingati sebagai hari bumi. Namun apakah selama ini kita hanya memperingati hari bumi pada tanggal itu saja ? apakah kita hanya membuang sampah pada tempatnya, mengurangi limbah, listrik, polusi pada hari itu saja ? kalau jawaban sebagian dari kita adalah ‘iya’ maka kasihan bumi kita, mereka hanya kita perhatikan saat tanggal 22 april saja, sedangkan di hari lain, kita sering menyakiti mereka, kita sering membuang sampah sembarangan, memborosokan listrik, dan memperlakukan pohon dengan seenaknya. Padahal, selama ini mereka telah memberikan udara yang segar, hawa yang sejuk, kerindangan, ketenangan, dan menjadi sumber energi bagi kita kaum manusia dan hewan. Bumi semakin lama, semakin tidak terkontrol, semakin panas dan cuaca tidak menentu, es di kutub utara mulai mencair dan banyaknya lahan-lahan di kota besar dibangun ruko-ruko, perumahan, persawahan, dan lain-lain tanpa diimbangi dengan penanaman pohon-pohon penyerap oksigen. Polusi juga semakin memenuhi udara, hawa menjadi panas dan banyaknya karbon dioksida bertebaran dimana-mana, ditambah lagi dengan tempat pembuangan sampah yang semakin hari semakin menggunung, dan tidak terpisahkan antara sampah organik dan sampah non organik. Mungkinkah anak cucu kita dapat merasakan manfaat dari tanaman hidup ? 1 cinta untuk bumi kita, walaupun hanya 1 cinta saja kita berikan untuk bumi kita, jika setiap dari kita...
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...Problemele sociale ale României de azi * Istoria României are ca moment fondator anul 1989, cînd puterea mondială existentă se prăbușește pentru a da naștere unei noi lumi, unei noi ordini mondiale, în care bipolaritatea puterii din perioada Războiului Rece este înlocuită cu dominația unei singure puteri SUA. Dizolvarea URSS are o influență decisivă asupra țările est-europene, ca România, care renunță la sistemul comunist și se îndreaptă spre înfăptuirea reformelor democratice. * Multiple probleme sociale nu sunt luate în seamă de cei de la conducerea țării care s-au perindat după 1989, şi nu sunt nici pe departe nici în prezent rezolvate, iar între timp altele la fel de grave apar şi afectează din ce în ce mai mult viaţa poporului român. Problemele existente sunt de gen politic, economic și social. * Evoluţia demografică a României Factorii care au contribuit la scăderea natalității României sunt: * modificări în structura forţei de muncă, * manifestarea fenomenul migraţiei forţei de muncă, * modificări în sistemul de protecţie socială a societăţii româneşti, * modificări permanente ale sistemului de învăţământ. * Scăderea natalităţii: Condițiile nefavorabile pentru nașterea copiilor Îmbătrînirea populației * Condițiile nefavorabile pentru nașterea copiilor * - Statisticile oficiale confirmă că numărul noilor născuţi proveneau din mame a căror vârstă era in mediu de 15 ani şi care aveau...
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...Was she a strong or weak day master? Billie Holiday was born on a戊 Wu earth day in the辰 Dragon month. This meant that she was born during the spring month when the wood element was strong. Her戊 Wu earth day master was considered to be weak in spring because the wood controlled the earth. Billie Holiday 7-4-1915 时 Hour 日 Day 月 Month 年 Year 癸 Gui Water 戊 Wu Earth 庚 Geng Metal 乙 Yi Wood 丑 Chou Ox 辰 Chen Dragon 辰 Chen Dragon 卯 Mao Rabbit 已 癸 辛 Ji Gui Xin Earth Water Metal 戊 乙 癸 Wu Yi Gui Earth Wood Water 戊 乙 癸 Wu Yi Gui Earth Wood Water 乙 Yi Wood There was also a seasonal wood combination...
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...Let’s save the ‘Mother Earth’ The noble ‘Earth’ has bestowed the human beings with incredible and beautiful nature in the form of mountains, rivers, forests and various natural resources that helped human beings to survive and initiated our evolution. So, now it’s our time to save our planet from the challenges which are threatening the existence of the earth… The life of Human beings originated on the planet Earth .The “Mother Earth” is calling us for her protection. People have become selfish and they are killing the beautiful forests, damming the rivers and making more concrete walls without even realizing that by doing these activities, they are giving invitation to the termination of their own existence. Our earth is burning from both ends as the river beds are running dry. The plants and mammals are like us-living things. The biggest challenge that our earth is facing today is ‘global warming’, the glaciers are melting, sea level is rising, & the climate is changing on a fast pace. So, we must help to save them all. World Earth Day is celebrated all over the world annually on 22nd April. This time; it will be the 40th anniversary of World Earth Day. | Origin It was first launched by honest efforts of the US senator Gaylord Nelson on April 22, 1970 from Wisconsin along with Denis Hayes as the main organizer of the activities for the grand event. It is really heartening to know that even at the commencement of the Earth Day; approximately twenty million...
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...According to “Earth Day” by Claudia Atticot and Alexandra Manning, “The average American produces more than four pounds of garbage per day.” A lot of the trash thrown away is recyclable. We throw away paper or plastic that could be used today. Our Earth is being trashed and Gaylord Nelson wanted to help it by having Earth Day to encourage people to recycle and make our world better. In fact, plastic is a big factor and part of all of the recycling trouble. According to the passage “Earth Day” by Claudia Atticot and Alexandra Manning, “In 2012 the U.S. produced 32 million tons of plastic. Only 9% was recovered from recycling.” If we had recycled more of that plastic, we could power a computer for 25 minutes. This shows that we can take trash...
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...LECTURE 2 Earth-Sun Relationships and Illumination of the Globe I. Earth-Sun Relationships: Why we have to understand? Because by understanding earth-sun relationships one will be able to determine the apparent path of the sun in the sky, the angles at which sun's ray (light) strike, the lengths of day and night, and the occurence of seasons. The earth is turning on its axis at the same time that it is moving in a path about the sun, and because the earth's axis is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit, therefore, it will be much easier for us to view these relationships in 3-dimension, or to view the earth from space. II. Motion of the Earth: Rotation and Revolution A. Rotation: The spinning of the earth on its polar axis. Direction of Rotation: is from west to east (eastward), eastward rotation of the earth. Looking down upon the North Pole - it is counterclockwise rotation; clockwise movement on the South Pole. Time of Rotation: Mean Solar Day - consisting of 24 mean solar hours, it is the average time required for the earth to make one complete turn (rotation) in respect to the sun. Velocity of Rotation: rate of travel of a point on the earth's surface in a circular path due to rotation. Angular velocity (constant on earth) and linear velocity. Equator: 25,000 miles / 24 hrs = 1050 miles / hr 40,000 km/24 hrs = 1700 km/ hr 60 N & S = 525 miles / hr = 850 km / hr 90 N & S = 0 mile / hr We are unaware of this motion because the...
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...Earth Day, Then and Now Thirty Years ago, 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Fifth Avenue in New York City was closed to automobiles as 100,000 people joined in concerts, lectures, and street theater. More than 2,000 colleges and universities across America paused their anti-war protests to rally instead against pollution and population growth. Even Congress recessed, acknowledging that the environment was now on a political par with motherhood. Since that first Earth Day, the celebrations have only gotten bigger, if somewhat less dramatic: The organizers of Earth Day 2000, to be held April 22, expect 500 million people around the globe to participate in celebrations, workshops, and demonstrations. This year's theme is "clean energy" and the master of ceremonies for the big celebration on the Washington Mall is none other than Leonardo Di Caprio. Earth Day 1970 provoked a torrent of apocalyptic predictions. "We have about five more years at the outside to do something," ecologist Kenneth Watt declared to a Swarthmore College audience on April 19, 1970. The day after Earth Day, even the staid New York Times editorial page warned, "Man must stop pollution and conserve his resources, not merely to enhance existence but to save the race from intolerable deterioration and possible extinction. Three decades later, of course, the world hasn't come to an end; if anything, the planet's ecological future has never looked so promising. The prophets...
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... 4) What is meant by the phase “looking out in the universe is looking back in time?” a. When viewing the universe we see a vast amount of stars. b. The light from stars must travel great distances to reach us, and these distances take years. c. So when we see a star we are seeing the star as it was when the light first started traveling. b. Where are we in the universe? 1) What is Earth’s place in the solar system? a. The Earth is our home. b. The Earth is the only planet known to sustain human life. 2) How close are the nearest stars to the Sun as compared to the distance between the Sun and the Earth? 3) How large is our Milky Way galaxy? a. The Milky Way galaxy is home to our solar system. b. The Milky Way galaxy has a 100,000 light-year diameter. 4) How many stars are estimated to exist in our galaxy? a. There are roughly 100 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. b. So many stars that it would take someone’s entire life plus many more years to count them all. 5) How old is the earth compared to the universe itself? a. The Earth is...
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...Did you know that the Earth has only one natural satellite? The moon is a celestial object that orbits around the Earth. The moon was named after an ancient and powerful deity, Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon. The moon is an interesting celestial object because of its history, composition, and the research that has been conducted on it. According to Universe Today (2015), the moon was discovered on July 20,1961. Since its discovery, 24 people have visited the moon. The moon is the fifth largest satellite in our Solar System. To date, there has been no life found on the moon. The Moon formed into a hardened solid about 4.1 to 4.6 billion years ago. The moon is our closest cosmic neighbor. Humans have been exploring its surface ever since they first discovered telescopes....
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...Outline I. Our place in the universe A. The modern view of the universe 1. The Sun is a star in our solar system that generates heat and light to our planet, Earth through nuclear fusion. 2. Our Milky Way galaxy is an island of stars in space with hundreds of billions of stars like our Sun. 3. The Big Bang is a theory of when the universe started expanding about 14 billion years ago. 4. The phase “looking out in the universe is looking back in time,” refers to the light from other stars we see at night happened in 1913 because light takes time to travel through space. B. Where are we in the universe? 1. Earth’s place in the solar system is the third planet nearest to the Sun, a star. It is very small but the only dense planet with life forms. 2. The nearest stars to the Sun and compare the distance between the Sun and Earth a. The nearest star system is Alpha Centauri that is 4.4 light-years away. b. The distance between the Earth, and the Sun is 92,600,000 miles; it takes eight minutes for light from the Sun to reach Earth. 3. The Milky Way galaxy is about one hundred thousand light-years in diameter. 4. It is estimated that one hundred billion stars are in our galaxy. 5. The Earth is only four and one-half billion years of age in comparison to the universe is 14 billion. C. Motion in the universe 1. Earth orbits the Sun at 66,000 miles per hour that is equal to 107,000 kilometers per hour, which is one hundred times faster than a speeding bullet. 2. Our Sun...
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...Days on the Planets We are all accustomed to thinking of a day as a period of 24 hours. Many people often wonder how and why a an hour consists of 60 minutes and a day is divided into 24 hours. We can all tell time and we schedule our appointments and dates around time and day all the time. No one ever really stops to look into the history of the origin of time and how it was determined to be divided upon. However, that definition is a narrow one that only applies to planet earth., but what about other planets? One day is the length of time it takes for a planet to complete one single rotation on its axis which is 360°. Since all of the planets rotate at different speeds, the length of a day on each one differs. The definition of a day will explain just how many hours are in a day for Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus , Neptune, Mercury and Pluto. Explanation of the units of an hour and day There is documented evidence of the use of sundials that were used by Egyptians as early as 1500 B.C.. Sundials were stakes that were strategically placed in the ground so that they can indicate the time by the length and direction of the resulting shadow. A duodecimal system was used to divide the time period between sunrise and sunset into 12 parts. The number 12 was significant because it is the number of lunar cycles in a year. The night sky was divided by 12 and a circle into 360 degrees. They divided the day and night each into 12 hours. The hour was split...
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...Living on Venus Venus is the second planet from The Sun. The Earth is the third. This means that the two bodies are close to each other in comparison to the size of the universe. The distance between The Earth and Venus is constantly changing, because they are both in orbit around The Sun and are orbiting at different velocities. The farthest distance between Venus and Earth is 2.61 x 1011 meters. The closest distance between them is 3.8 x 1010 meters. This is a wide range; therefore the time it takes to travel to Venus from Earth would be determined based on the distance between the two planets. The average time it would take to travel is 7.3 months. Gravity is an important factor in daily life. The gravity on Venus is 8.87 m/s2. One’s...
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...contained within eight relatively solitary planets whose orbits are almost circular and lie within a nearly flat disc called the ecliptic plane. THE SUN The Sun is the most prominent feature in our solar system. It is the largest object and contains approximately 98% of the total solar system mass. Did you know? The Sun is big enough to hold over 1 million Earths. Many rituals and monuments are devoted to worshipping the Sun and/or marking important times in the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Mercury * Moon * No satellite * Giovanni Zupi * Has magnetic field * Mariner 10 * Revolution: 88 days * Rotation: 59 days Venus * Earth * No satellite * Galileo Galilei * No magnetic field * Mariner 2 * Revolution : 224.7 days * Rotation : 243 or (242 days) Mercury * Roman messenger of the gods * Smallest planet * Shortest year * Core: iron * Mantle: silicates * Crust: cratered terrain from meteors and small comets. Venus * Roman goddess of beauty * Hottest planet * Longest day * Core: iron and nickel * Mantle: unknown composition * Crust: Silicious rocks Mercury * Caloris Basin -largest crater * The sky of mercury is always black because it has no virtually atmosphere to cause scattering of the light * November 3, 1973 – Mariner 10 was launched * Prograde rotation – spin from west to east * Wandering...
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...complete emptiness. The Norse creation begins with a darkness, emptiness combined with a fieriness of Muspell, where nothing can grow. In Genesis the first book in the Holy bible, the earth was dark, empty, formless matter. It began when the Spirit of God covered the waters to prepare and perform his most creative work. God spoke and his creation was formed. (Genesis 1979) On the first day, "God created the light and separated the light from the darkness, calling light "day" and darkness "night". On the second day, "God created an expanse to separate the waters and called it "sky". On the third day, "God created the dry ground and gathered the waters, calling the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters, "seas”. God also created the plants, flowers, trees, and grasses on day three. On the fourth day, "God created the sun, moon, and the stars to give light to the earth and to govern and separate the day and the night". These also serve to mark the years, days, and seasons. On the fifth day, "God created every living creature of the seas and every winged bird, blessing them to multiply and fill the waters and the sky with life". On the sixth day, "God created the animals on the earth”. Then God created man in his own image, both male and female, and instructed them to multiply and replenish the earth (Genesis 1: 27-28). He made them rulers over the...
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