Why is the ocean water blue? The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like afilter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean mayalso take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles inthe water.…
The first major pattern that is seen is how the blue…
Myths show the values of a culture along with a life message. People usually decide what stories they think are worth retelling to their children, with these stories strangers can figure out what that culture valued. The stories of the two Greek figures Apollo and Utnapishtim demonstrate decision-making and their aftershocks. The Story of Apollo’s tree shows that if you brag then you will suffer the consequences and Utnapishtim’s story of the great flood shows that if you are kind and courteous you will live a happy life.…
Most algae blooms are caused by blue-green algae. Blue-green algae is actually not algae at all, it is a cyanobacteria. A bloom can lead to a green, blue-greenish or reddish discoloration of the water, and if the algae bloom lasts long enough streaks or scums may appear on the water surface. (UBA. 2016) One harmful element of algae blooms is that they…
The Discovery of Uranus It was the year 1781. William Herschel had just made an incredible discovery. He had discovered the planet Uranus. But, what led him to this discovery?…
Should Pluto be a dwarf planet or a planet? There has been lots of debate on whether it should be a dwarf planet or a planet. Their is not a big difference between the dwarf planets and the planets. The only difference between the two is that a dwarf planet has an orbit around it which is not cleared out and the orbit around a planet is cleared out. Pluto has been a dwarf planet since 2006.…
On March 13, 1781, William Herschel was looking at the sky through one of his telescopes that he had built himself, looking for anything interesting, when he noticed something that wasn’t a star and he thought it was a comet. A year later astronomer A.J. Lexell calculated its path and discovered that it was actually a planet. Herschel wanted to name it after the king, but other astronomers wanted to name it after Herschel, which it was for a time until they changed it to Uranus after the sky-god of Greek mythology. Astronomers made predictions about the movement of Uranus, but after a few years, they saw that it wasn’t moving in the exact way that they thought it would. The way planets move is affected by the pull of other planets.…
It was believed that it was colored brightly in gold and blue, but after time…
As an ice giant, uranus is made up of more ice than gas. Uranus has a much different composition than saturn or jupiter even though they are all gas giants. Jupiter and Saturn are mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, while uranus is composed of ices like water, ammonia and methane. Astronomers think that between 9.3 and 13.5 earth masses of Uranus mass is made up of these ices. Hydrogen and Helium only account for about 0.5 to 1.5 earth masses(Cain).…
19. Pluto is no longer considered a planet, and is considered a dwarf planet because it has not “cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. This saying pretty much means that Pluto has gained control of the gravity around it. So astronomers made a name for these planets known as the dwarf planets, to show that it is a planet that continues to orbit the sun, but it hasn’t cleared the neighborhood. 20.…
What would you do if you were the god of all of the sea and freshwater? Also married to a woman who is the goddess of the salt water. “Neptune was the Roman god of the sea and freshwater. He is a piece of Poseidon the greek version of this god and was married to the goddess of salt water, Salacia and the child of Ops and Saturn. Neptune was the god of the sea and was a very powerful man.…
Is the coastal eroding? Yes, along with the power of the waves and wind the coast is eroding. The coast is not only eroding because of the water and wind, it’s also eroding because of human activity. The one activity that we do causing erosion is dredging; it’s when we get shipped to us.…
I did my research on William Herschel, who discovered Uranus. Herschel developed a fascination for astronomy. He obtained books and studied how to make telescopes. Through these books, and process of trial and error, he was constructing the most advanced telescopes of the time. As an amateur, he was seeing farther into space than the experts.…
The discovery of Uranus made a huge impact on astronomy and the science community, and especially with the discovery of Neptune, which happens a little more than 60 years later. William Herschel, born in 1738 and the man behind the discovery of Uranus, would change history forever, and it all happened because of his excellent telescope making capabilities. Herschel was a very talented organist and musician, but his true passion lied with searching and recording the night sky. He was a telescope maker, and loved studying the different stars at night. His sister Caroline played a huge part in his discoveries by taking notes for him, and searching for comets.…
Many people saw Uranus but viewed it as a star. When William Herschel, who many viewed as an amateur astronomer, first saw it he thought it was a comet. Through further observation he realized that its motion was not that of a comet. They continued watching it, Herschel and many others, and in November of 1781, they realized that it was orbiting the Sun.…