Everything Gathers (galaxy)

Everything Gathers It seems that everything we talk about on Coasmos4Kids is coming together at one point or another. Stars are made of gas and dust that come together. Planets are bits of small rocks and asteroids that come together. Even galaxies are made of...

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Galaxies

Looking At Galaxies We've already covered the universe. Let's focus on something smaller, a galaxy. Right now, you're sitting on a planet that orbits a star in the Milky Way galaxy. As you know, there are loads of galaxies in the universe. Each is different...

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Fields Of Magnetic Forces

We glossed over the idea that the outer core of the Earth creates the magnetic field and the magnetosphere for the planet. How does it do it? The molten iron flows like a huge river. If you take a physics course, you'll learn that magnetism and electricity are very...

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Energy Around Us

Energy Around Us There are waves of energy and light moving around us in the form of TV and radio transmissions, gamma radiation from space, and heat in the atmosphere. Scientists call them all electromagnetic radiation. The waves of energy are calledelectromagnetic (EM)...

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Bose-Einstein Basics

Bose-Einstein Basics The Bose-Einstein state of matter was the only one created while your parents were alive. In 1995, two scientists, Cornell and Weiman, finally created the condensate. When you hear the word condensate, think about condensation and the way...

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Plasma Basics

Plasma Basics Plasmas are a lot like gases, but the atoms are different, because they are made up of free electrons and ions of an element such as neon (Ne). You don't find naturally occurring plasmas too often when you walk around. They aren't things...

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solar wind

Solar Wind Particles Did you know that the Earth is constantly bombarded with pieces from the Sun? They aren't rocks and flames. The Sun is sending very small particles (usually protons and electrons) into the Solar System. Those particles are called...

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Ribosomes - Protein Construction Teams

Cells need to make proteins. Enzymes made of proteins are used to help speed up biological processes. Other proteins support cell functions and are found embedded in membranes. Proteins even make up most of your hair. When a cell needs to make proteins, it looks for...

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Relationships Between Organisms

Relationships Between Organisms Everything on Earth doesn't exist in its own little bubble. Species interact every day. That interaction is a vital part of how organisms develop and change over time. When you study species, it is important to watch the way they interact with...

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The Top Four Kingdoms

Now we get down to details. We already explained that kingdom is the general way that organisms are described. It is the broadest category for normal classification. Don't forget about the domain grouping, but we aren't talking about the subtle differences between prokaryotic...

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Logical Reasoning

Logic has you thinking with reason and arguments (statements). Scientists use logic because it shows the relationships between the parts of an idea and the whole idea. Therefore, if you use logic, you can see a relationship between a few trees and...

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Reasoning in Science

Learning about the scientific method is almost like saying that you are learning how to learn. The scientific method is a process used by scientists to study the world around them. It can also be used to test whether any statement is accurate. You can use the scientific...

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Velocity

Velocity  Velocity and speed are very similar ideas, but velocity is a vector, and speed is not. Suppose we knew that someone was driving at thirty-five kilometers an hour (35 km/hr), but the direction wasn't given. How would you draw an arrow to represent...

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