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Slide 1 Astronomy Early insights and A context for Humanity Slide 2 Do you know what this is? Slide 3 What is the basis for each of the following units of time? Day Week…

Slide 1 How do black smokers work? Let’s take a look at this animation… http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/expedit ions/blacksmokers/animation.html#animatio nhttp://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/expedit…

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THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUN 4 layers from the inner core to the outer corona CORE: Centre: gaseous Site where nuclear reaction occur Temperature: 150 000 000C PHOTOSPHERE: The…