Where is Lake Vostok located? Lake Vostok is located four kilometers under the surface of Antarctica. How many moons does Venus have? Venus has no natural satellites. What is Archimedes’ Principle? Archimedes’ Principle states that "an object is buoyed up with a force equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces." How much weight can a blue whale calf gain in a single day? In the first weeks of life‚ a blue whale calf can gain 250 pounds in one day. Who invented logarithims? Scottish
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planets in our solar system with the exception of Earth are named after Roman Gods Mercury is the god of travel and thievery in Roman mythology. The planet is probably named after this god because it moves quickly across the sky. Venus is the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus is undoubtedly named after her because it makes a beautiful sight in the sky. Earth is the only planet whose English name does not come from Greek/Roman mythology. Mars is the Roman god of War. The planet probably got this
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Question: Comfort or Confusion? Explain which emotion you think a Roman was more likely to feel in a society which has many gods. In a society with many gods‚ a roman citizen might feel confused as there are too many gods to pray‚ please and respect (polytheistic)‚ e.g. Jupiter the king of Gods. (Who’s responsibility is being God of sky and thunder) Roman citizens would have been powerless against the Gods as if they dishonoured a God‚ they would be punished‚ so they continuously prayed to the
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of Jupiter‚ and Aphrodite by the name of Venus‚ for example. The Roman names are often better known to English-speaking people than the Greek names (Wikipedia)." For the Greeks brought along all of the mythology and created the stories that beliefs are built on and so the Romans took those stories and put their own twist on them with the same morals and changed the names to correlate with the names of Roman origin. "The Roman version of Aphrodite was Venus. The Roman version of Ares is Mars. The Roman
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1. Name of site: The Self-Help Guide to Wagner What it contained: This site explained who Wagner was and his contribution to classical music. What I learned: Richard Wagner was a controversial composure that made lasting changes to the musical arts. He felt that drama should be enjoyed in the dark so he suggested lowering the lights prior to a performance; a custom we still practice today. He also “exploded” the music theater making it much bigger‚ which would have increased the feel and ferocity
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This discovery came as a shock‚ both to conventional science and to the Church. And then‚ in January 1610‚ Galileo’s telescope revealed four of the nine moons of Jupiter; these moons "move... around another very great star (Venus)‚" he wrote‚ in the same way as Mercury and Venus‚ and peradventure the other known planets‚ move around the sun." At the time‚ most scientists believed that the Moon was a smooth sphere‚ but Galileo discovered that the Moon has mountains‚ pits‚ and other features‚ just like
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Lucky Direction North Made by Astrobix.com Pratik Kumar Dutta Planetary Positions at Birth Time Planets Ascendant Sun Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Moon Rahu Ketu Uranus Neptune Pluto Direct Retro Direct Dir Rashi Gemini Aquarius Capricorn Pisces Lord Mercury Saturn Saturn Jupiter Jupiter Mars Jupiter Jupiter Jupiter Mercury Jupiter Jupiter Venus Degrees 21:49:29 7:16:56 19:38:47 19:5:43 4:56:52 2:55:13 6:49:32 15:33:8 0:48:30 0:48:30 6:31:2 15:47:60 18:53:2 Nakshatra-Qtr Punarvasu-1
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a central event in the book. The various parent/child relationships found throughout the poem shape and drive forward the action of Aeneas’ story‚ from his escape from Troy with his own father and son‚ the numerous interventions by his own mother‚ Venus to the tragic stories of both Evander‚ his son Pallas‚ and that of Lausus and his father‚ Mezentius‚ whilst also tying in important themes‚ such as love for the family‚ duty to the father and the struggle for glory Aeneas’ relationship with his
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------------------------------------------------- Introduction Wikijunior books welcomes you to the children ’s book "Solar System". Outer space is perhaps the final frontier for man. Even though the rest of the solar system objects may seem like tiny dots from Earth‚ our celestial neighbors are still important to learn about. The importance of this task has led many experts here at Wikijunior to donate their time and talents to bring this volume together. Wikibooks is a project of the Wikimedia
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AP ART HISTORY EXAM STUDY PACKET KEY BARRON’S BOOK PAGE NUMBERS IN RED TEXTBOOK PAGES IN BLUE YEARS IN GREEN WORKS ARE UNDERLINED LOCATIONS ARE ITALICIZED PREHISTORIC ART Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 68 17 Short‚ fat figure of a woman. It is small and meant to be carried around. Her large stomach and breasts show that she was a symbol of fertility. Lascaux Caves (Dordgone‚ France) 69 21/23 Huge set of cave paintings with many different
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