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The Wonderful Creation
"Explore Science. Meet your Creator" | Statistics: Time: 400 minutes Print: 80 pages |
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We will explore science from God's point of view.
Beginning with nothing, each day of creation God created the next building block needed to
make the rest of the universe.
On the first three days He created the containers needed to hold the systems.
On the next three days He filled these places with life.
On the final day, He started the social environment of love and community with a party.
Science and Technology
Science has a way of finding what might be truth in the physical universe.
This is called the scientific method.
With every discovery made by one scientist, other scientists must be able to do the following:
Evolution
The fact is, evolution is based upon an interpretation of some observations.
However, the quality of specimens observed are few and in poor condition and the evidence on which they base their conclusions are subject to many other interpretations.
For example, the difference in skeleton size of related animals is taken as proof of evolution.
However, the same evidence could be used to show that they are just relatives (like different types of cats)
or that they are built according to the same design.
Evolution requires millions of years for the theories to work.
Because they can make correct guesses about the unknown, such as the existence of objects in space, it is not
proof that the theory of evolution works - it is proof that the physical laws of the universe are stable.
Creationism does not discount physical laws, in fact YHWH is a God of law and order.
Creation only disputes some of the meanings, theories and conclusions scientists place on what they observe especially when they try to extrapolate back to the past
to say when and how the object was formed and how it behaved.
For example, if you go to a new planet one can expect to find a force called gravity because the planet has mass.
Confirming the existence of gravity does not prove how or when the planet was formed, it proves that the theory of gravity is reliable.
Creation
How God created the world.
Creationists and evolutionists believe different things about how the universe started.
Evolutionists rely on the scientific method. Creationists claim that the scientific method is not good enough.
It cannot measure the past accurately and it cannot measure some things that we cannot see.
And God is so great, we cannot even think of a way to measure Him.
As we look at the wonderful things God created, I will try to point out facts that point to a creator.
Proof
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| This symbol will appear whenever we want to suggest an argument in favor of creation. |
The Plan of Salvation
Before the world was created, God also designed a Plan of Salvation to recreate us and bring peace between earth and heaven when man sinned.
This plan was encoded in the design of the creation and follows rules and laws just like any fundamental principles of science.
The Foundations of the Universe
| Creation Day 1 (Sunday) |
In the beginning there was nothing in our region of the universe but darkness. Then God spoke and the power of His voice produced electromagnetic waves that were the basis of all created things. When He spoke there was light. |
Physics: Explore a Tiny Universe
| Physics | The study of the atoms and the basic laws of the universe that govern the relationship between different particles or bodies with mass. |
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| Radio waves | Microwave | Infrared | Visible Light (400-700 nanometers) | Ultraviolet | X-Ray | Gamma | ||||||||
| Ears (sound) | Skin (heat) | Eyes (light, colors) | Invisible | |||||||||||
| Radio phone TV | Oven | Camera | Television, camera | Medical, military equipment | ||||||||||
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Transonic: 1 (Speed of sound) Supersonic: > Mach 1 Hypersonic: > Mach 5 |
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| United States Radio Spectrum Allocations | ||||
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| Instrument | Frequency (MHz) | |||
| Consumer Home Wireless | Infrared Remote | 38 kHz | ||
| Garage door opener | 40 | |||
| Alarms | 40 | |||
| Baby monitors | 49 | |||
| Radio Controlled Toys | Walkie talkie | 49 | ||
| Cars, airplanes, boats | 27 and 49 | |||
| Advanced Models | 72 and 75 | |||
| Radio | AM Radio | 535KHz - 1.7MHz | ||
| FM Radio | 88-108 | |||
| Short Wave Radio | 5.9-26.1 | |||
| CB Radio | 26.96-27.41 | |||
| Deep space radio | 2290-2300 | |||
| Old Analog TV | VHF Analog TV (2-6) | 54-88 | ||
| VHF Analog TV (7-13) | 174-220 | |||
| UHF Analog TV (14-69) | 470-806 | |||
| CATV (Cable) | 54-804 | |||
| New Digital Services | Digital TV (2-13) | 54-470 | ||
| Digital TV (14-51) | 470-608. 614-698 | |||
| Mobile Phones (52-59) | 698-746 | |||
| Emergency Services (60-69) | 746-806 | |||
| Wireless Phone | Cell/Mobile Phone | 824-849 | ||
| 900MHz Cordless Phone | 900 | |||
| Old Cordless Phone | 40-50 | |||
| Wireless Data Networks | WiFi (IEEE 802.11) | 2.4 and 5 GHz | ||
| Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15) | 2.402-2.48 GHz | |||
| WiMax (IEEE 802.16) | 2-11 and 10-66 GHz | |||
| Wireless Business | Business Walkie Talkies | 151-158; 462-469 | ||
| Wildlife tracking collars | 215-220 | |||
| Air traffic control radar | 960 - 1215 | |||
| Satellite Bands | L | Inmarsat, meterology, sea and air traffic, OmniSTAR | 1530-1650 MHz | |
| Global Satellite Navigation Systems | GPS (NAVSTAR) | 1227, 1575, 1176 | ||
| GLONASS | 1602-1615 and 1246-1256 | |||
| Galileo | 1176, 1207, 1278, 1575 | |||
| Digital Audio | WorldSpace | 1467-1492 | ||
| S | XM, Sirius | 2.3 GHz | ||
| Arabsat, Insat, Indostar | 2535 - 2655 MHz | |||
| C | Communications | 3700 - 4200 MHz | ||
| C | Military downlink | 4500-4800 MHz | ||
| C | C band uplink | 5900-7000 MHz | ||
| Ku-1 | Direct to Home | FSS, Intelsat | 10.7 - 11.75 GHz | |
| Ku-2 | DBS, Hotbird | 11.75 - 12.5 GHz | ||
| Ku-3 | Telecom | 12.5 - 12.75 GHz | ||
| Ku | Telecom Uplinks | 12.75 - 13.25 GHz 14-14.8 GHz 17.3-18.1 GHz | ||
| Ka | ACTS, Superbird, N-Star, Italsat, DFS Kopernikus | 18.3 - 21.2 GHz | ||
| K | Future telecom | 27.5 - 31 GHz | ||
| X | Military, NATO | 7200-7750 GHz | ||
| X | Military Uplinks | 7900-8400 GHz | ||
| UHF (300-3000 MHz) has the best coverage indoors and out especially 470-854 MHz. They travel farther and penetrate better in steel, concrete, large industrial or multi-story buildings. They are ideal for cellular phones | ||||
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FCC (Federal Communications Commission) manages and distributes the frequencies for commercial use in the USA.
IEEE manages global standards | ||||
Electromagnetic waves are the basis of all matter.
Depending on the wave length, it can either be seen, felt, heard or is totally invisible to the
human senses.
Long waves (like radio waves) have low energy and are very harmless.
God created ears so that we could recognize them.
Human beings have also created other equipment that can decode these waves.
The shortest, higher energy waves are gamma rays. They are harmful and the ozone layer helps
to keep them from striking the earth.
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Radio Waves. Radio waves are not as harmful to humans as other parts of the spectrum, but they have certain properties that make them ideal for transmitting information.
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| # | Creation | Technology |
| 1 | Light | Wireless technology |
| Atoms | Weapons, energy | |
| 2 | Sky | Communications |
| Water | Hydroelectric, dam | |
| 3 | Earth | Metallurgy, construction |
| Trees | Medicine, construction | |
| 4 | Sun, moon, stars | Light, navigation. Space exploration, energy |
| 5 | Fish, birds | Carrier pigeons |
| 6 | Animals | Transportation (horse, donkey, camel), military |
| Man | Slaves, military | |
| 7 | Sabbath | Vacation |
| Man has learned to harness the power of creation in reverse order. | ||
Consumer Appliances. Engineers have divided up the frequencies of the radio wave and microwave spectrum into different channels for sending and receiving signals in consumer applications. They operate like one way private roads. A broadcaster can send signals to a receiver along this private electromagnetic highway on one channel (lane) and receive signals along another channel. The receiver translates the signals to pictures, sound, text or instructions. e.g. radio, television, phone, garage door opener.
Law and Order.
We explored the application of the radio spectrum to demonstrate the creative power of law and order and organization.
Marconi harnessed the potential of these waves when he realized that he could use them to transmit language.
But if standards were not set about the use of these frequencies there would be interference and chaos and we could not have proceeded as far as we have done in making consumer applications that improve our daily lives.
It took a leap in thinking to realize that one can harness the power of electromagnetic waves and it took rules to make them work better by setting boundaries. And it took a naming and identification system to further increase the capabilities.
e.g. Boundaries allow us to broadcast on walkie-talkies without interference, but personal identification allows us to make private phone calls.
In the same way God set strict standards of behavior between human beings, without these there would be chaos and mistrust.
The laws of God do not take away our freedoms. The laws of God create an environment where we can make great leaps forward to increase freedoms which make our lives much more happy and convenient.
With these we can advance to a greater potential that is beyond our imagination.
So if we embrace the basics of honesty, generosity, respect, contentment and faithfulness we can discover powers from God that we never thought were possible.
God also gave names to each of His creation, setting up the possibility of personal communication.
So love can change things. Hope can see a future. Faith can also move mountains by talking to the personal God named YHWH.
The Composition of Matter. For years scientists believed that the electrons, protons and neutrons in the atom were the smallest objects in the universe. Now the Standard Model of Physics says that everything (all matter and radiation) in the universe is made up of 12 basic particles. These are six quarks and six leptons. Quarks are sociable particles and tend to exist in groups. Leptons are solitary and only pair up with a neutrino.
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| 1 | Up Quark | +2/3 | Proton (positive charge) is 2 up and 1 down quark | 1 | Electron | Negative charge |
| 2 | Down Quark | -1/3 | Neutron (no charge) is 1 up and two down quarks | 2 | Muon | |
| 3 | Strange Quark | -1/3 | Particles with an energy conservation property that allows them to live longer than expected. Lambda particle. It is made from an up, down and strange quark. | 3 | Tau | |
| 4 | Charm Quark | +2/3 | - | 4 | Electron neutrino | No charge (Antimatter) |
| 5 | Bottom Quark | -1/3 | - | 5 | Muon neutrino | |
| 6 | Top Quark | +2/3 | Heaviest quark | 6 | Tau neutrino | |
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Atoms.
One of the smallest items in the universe is an atom. Over 100 atoms have been discovered
and the smallest of these is hydrogen.
An atom is made up of a nucleus in the center, inside the nucleus are protons and neutrons.
Circling the nucleus in orbit is the electron.
The electron has a negative charge, the proton is positive and the neutron has no charge.
Light. Light is the visible part of the electromagnetic waves. These are made by photons. Photons are released when electrons move from one orbit to another.
Color. White light from the sun is made up of many colors. Seeing these colors depends on what the object does to the light that reaches it. The color of the object we see is the color of the light it reflects because the eye recognizes the primary colors of light. We see color by two methods:
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Primary Colors. In all color schemes it takes three primary colors to make all colors. But primary colors cannot be formed by mixing other colors. How color is made depends on the color system or whether we are using pigments or light.
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The additive and subtractive color systems are related. Two primary colors from one system creates a primary color in the other system. This is the combination of both.
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| Imagine | Our visible light is a fairly narrow frequency band. Suppose God and the angels have the ability to operate at other frequencies so that we can not see them. God said that He has to separate Himself from us physically because close contact would destroy us. Do you suppose God normally operates above the gamma ray frequencies? Suppose He can change frequencies at will so that He can be visible and invisible as He chooses? |
| What do you think? |
Since God created the sun, moon and stars on the fourth day, the light that he made on the first day may have been caused by photons.
But since God is a source of light, his presence may have caused the light. However, the universe is bathed in at least two other kinds of energy and it has a microwave background radiation. Are these or the microwave radiation the source of light on the first day? If so, then we have lost the ability to detect this energy with our eyes. God made us partially blind. |
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He will take us from darkness to light through the Word. The Word He spoke to implement the plan was Jesus Christ. He was also the One Who created the world and He will recreate it again. |
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Forces of Attraction
Different types of forces are used to hold different systems together:
Electricity
Electricity is produced when the atoms produce a flow of electrons in one direction.
Magnets
A magnetic force is created in another direction when an electrical force is turned on.
Chemistry: Atoms and Molecules
| Chemistry | The process of combining atoms to form new solids, liquids and gases. |
One of the most important things in chemistry is the periodic table of elements.
It helps us to know how the elements will react.
Two or more atoms form a molecule. Knowing how these will react is the study of Chemistry.
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Stereochemistry. Did you know that complex molecules can have a mirror image twin. They look the same and react the same in simple experiments. Yet the body is able to recognize them because they are oriented in the wrong direction. It is like trying to put a left handed glove on the right hand. The body uses the left handed versions while laboratory chemical reaction always produces the right handed version. When we die, these chemicals change to the right hand versions. |
| So how did random chemical reactions in nature consistently produce thousands of impossible compounds needed for life? | |
Atoms and Molecules
Periodic Law: When elements (atoms) are arranged in order of increasing atomic weight their properties are repeated periodically.
The periodic table is divided into 7 rows called "periods" and 18 columns called "groups or families".
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| 1 | 1 H 1.008 |
The Periodic Table of Elements | 2 He 4.003 |
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| 2 | 3 Li 6.941 |
4 Be 9.012 |
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5 B 10.81 |
6 C 12.01 |
7 N 14.01 |
8 O 16.00 |
9 F 19.00 |
10 Ne 20.18 |
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| 3 | 11 Na 22.99 |
12 Mg 24.31 |
13 Al 26.98 |
14 Si 28.09 |
15 P 30.97 |
16 S 32.06 |
17 Cl 35.45 |
18 Ar 39.95 |
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| 4 | 19 K 39.10 |
20 Ca 40.08 |
21 Sc 44.96 |
22 Ti 47.88 |
23 V 50.94 |
24 Cr 52.00 |
25 Mn 54.94 |
26 Fe 55.85 |
27 Co 58.93 |
28 Ni 58.70 |
29 Cu 63.55 |
30 Zn 65.38 |
31 Ga 69.72 |
32 Ge 72.59 |
33 As 74.92 |
34 Se 78.96 |
35 Br 79.90 |
36 Kr 83.80 |
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| 5 | 37 Rb 85.47 |
38 Sr 87.62 |
39 Y 88.91 |
40 Zr 91.22 |
41 Nb 92.91 |
42 Mo 95.94 |
43 Tc 97.90 |
44 Ru 101.1 |
45 Rh 102.9 |
46 Pd 106.4 |
47 Ag 107.9 |
48 Cd 112.4 |
49 In 114.8 |
50 Sn 118.7 |
51 Sb 121.8 |
52 Te 127.6 |
53 I 126.9 |
54 Xe 131.3 |
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| 6 | 55 Cs 132.9 |
56 Ba 137.3 |
57 La 138.9 |
72 Hf 178.5 |
73 Ta 180.9 |
74 W 183.9 |
75 Re 186.2 |
76 Os 190.2 |
77 Ir 192.2 |
78 Pt 195.1 |
79 Au 197.0 |
80 Hg 200.6 |
81 Tl 204.4 |
82 Pb 207.2 |
83 Bi 209.0 |
84 Po 209 |
85 At 210 |
86 Rn 222 |
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| 7 | 87 Fr 223 |
88 Ra 226 |
89 Ac 227 |
104 Rf 261 |
105 Db 262 |
106 Sg 263 |
107 Bh 262 |
108 Hs 265 |
109 Mt 266 |
110 Ds 269 |
111 Rg 272 |
112 Uub 277 |
113 Uut 284 |
114 Uuq 289 |
115 Uup 288 |
116 Uuh 292 |
117 Uus |
118 Uuo 293 |
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| 6 | Lanthanide | 57 La 138.9 |
58 Ce 140.1 |
59 Pr 140.9 |
60 Nd 144.2 |
61 Pm 145 |
62 Sm 150.4 |
63 Eu 152.0 |
64 Gd 157.3 |
65 Tb 158.9 |
66 Dy 162.5 |
67 Ho 164.9 |
68 Er 167.3 |
69 Tm 168.9 |
70 Yb 173.0 |
71 Lu 175.0 |
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| 7 | Actinide |
89 Ac 227 |
90 Th 232 |
91 Pa 231 |
92 U 238 |
93 Np 237 |
94 Pu 244 |
95 Am 243 |
96 Cm 247 |
97 Bk 247 |
98 Cf 251 |
99 Es 252 |
100 Fm 257 |
101 Md 258 |
102 No 259 |
103 Lr 262 |
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Non-Metals: The nonmetals are located on the upper right side of the periodic table Transition Elements: These are defined as those that have partially filled "d" orbitals either in the element or any of its compounds. These partially filled "d" orbitals are responsible for the color generating property of the transition elements. Rare Earth Elements (Metals). They are special transition metals. Life Elements. These are necessary for living systems and have important cycles to replenish them. |
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Groups or Families. Columns of elements that are related by the number of valence electrons in their outer shell.
Electrons. The number of electrons orbit the nucleus are equal to the atomic number. Shell. The electrons orbit singly or in pairs in different levels called shells. They are named by a series of four letters, "S", "P", "D", and "F". By looking at the periodic table you can tell which type of orbit is probably in the outermost valence shell. Metals are in the "S" block, transition metals are in the "D" block, non-metals are in the "P" block and the rare earth elements are in the "F" block. These shells are filled according to rules.
Transition Elements. The transition metals are the only elements that fill the "d" orbitals. They have the same arrangement of outer electrons, but the lower "3d" orbitals are different. The ten "3d" orbitals are filled before the lower "s" orbital. |
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| Silver Standards: Fine silver is 99.9% silver. Britannia (95.84% silver and 4.16% copper). Mexican (95% silver and 5% copper). Sterling (92.5% silver and 7.5% copper). Coin silver (90% silver and 10% copper). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other precious metals: Platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium. Radioactive : Plutonium, uranium. |
Metal Alloys: Mixture of metals that increases their hardness and durability.
Brass is a mixture of copper and Zinc. Bronze is a mixture of copper and tin. Iron. There are three basic grades of iron with varying degrees of brittleness and hardness. Pig Iron. Hard, brittle, raw iron with about 3.5% carbon made by melting iron ore with limestone and coke. Iron (90% or more), carbon (4-5%), manganese, sulfur, phosphorus, and silicon (roughly 3% in total). Wrought Iron. This is a softer, pure iron with about 0.15% carbon and some impurities. Cast Iron. Purified pig iron. 95% iron, 2.1-4% carbon and 1-3% silicon. Steel is a mixture of iron and up to 5.1% carbon. Stainless steel also includes chromium and nickel. |
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Temperature is generated by the movement of atoms. Absolute Zero (0ºK) (-459.67ºF and -273.15ºC) is the temperature when no molecular activity occurs and the volume of the "perfect gas" vanishes.
| Experiment | Bake a cake. The air bubbles that are released when the baking powder reacts with the flour causes the cake to rise. Cooking is chemistry. |
Color
Color can be caused by many different interactions of light or heat with different elements.
Metal ions, oxides, sulfides, halides and chlorides of metals and organic compounds are used as coloring agents.
Metal oxides are generally used in glass and metal chlorides in fireworks.
The transition metals tend to be coloring elements because the electrons in their outer "d" orbit absorb light to move from one orbit to another.
| Color | Crystals | Glass | Fireworks | Artificial Organic | Natural Organic | |
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| Red | Cr3+, Mn3+, Mn2+ | Cd | Au, Cu, Se | Sr, Li | C20H6I4Na2O5H20 Erythrosine (Red 3) | |
| Pink | Mn2+, Ti4+ | Mn, Li | Se, Co + borosilicates | - | ||
| Pink-Orange | - | Mn | - | - | C18H14N2Na2O8S2 Allura Red (Red 40) | C2952H4664N812O832S8Fe4 |
| Reddish Brown | Fe2+, Co2+ | - | - | - | ||
| Brown | Fe2+, Ce3+ Pr3+ Nd3+ | V, Fe | Carbon oxides, Iron oxides, S | - | C17H18N4Na2O9S2 (Brown 3) | |
| Orange | Fe3+, Ce3+ Pr3+ Nd3+ | Cd | Se | Ca | C16H10N2O7S2Na2 Acid orange (Orange G) | Crocine (C44H64O24) saffron |
| Amber | Fe3+ | - | Carbon oxides, Fe, S | - | C16H9N4 Na3O9S2 Tartrazine (Yellow 5) | |
| Gold | - | - | - | Fe, C | C18H9N Na2O8S2 Quinoline (Yellow 13) | |
| Yellow | Fe3+,Fe2+,Ni2+, UO22+ | N,V,Cd,As | Se, Pb + Sb | Na | ||
| Yellow Green | Mn2+ | Zn, Ni, Cd | Uranium | - | C37H34N2O10S3Na2 Fast Green FCF (Green 3) | C55H72O5N4Mg |
| Green | Cr3+, Mn3+, V3+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Fe2+ | Cd, Li, Be | Cu, Iron oxide, Co + iodides | Cu, Ba | ||
| Forest Green | - | Cr, Fe | - | C27H25N2NaO7S2 Food Green S (Green 4) | ||
| Olive Green | Ti4+ | - | - | - | ||
| Blue | Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, VO2+, Ti3+ | Cu | - | C37H34N2Na2O9S3 Brilliant Blue (Blue 1) | | |
| Blue | U4+, Co2+ | Cu, Ti, Be | Copper oxide | Cu | ||
| Dark Blue | - | S | Cobalt oxide | - | C16H10N2O2 Indigo Blue | (C15H8O6-sugar) (cyanidin) |
| Purple | Fe3+ | Fe | Mn oxide | K, Sr+Cu | - | (C15H9O6-sugar) (cyanidin) |
| Silver | - | - | - | Al, Mg, Ti | - | |
| Black | - | Iron oxide | Mn + Co + Fe | - | C28H17N5Na4O14S4 | |
| White | - | Titanium | Sb, Sn | Mg, Al, Ba | TiO2 | |
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Isomers (Twins). Carotene and lycopene have the same chemical formula, but a different structure.
Stereoisomers (Chemical Identical Twins). Same formula and structure but mirror images |
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| Anthocyanins + Carotenoids | |
| Carotenoids | |
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| Iris | Pink | Violet | Grey | Blue | Green | Amber | Hazel | Brown | Black | |||
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| Front | No Pigment | Lipofuscin |
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| Back | Blood | No Pigment | Melanin |
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Hair and Skin Color.
Human skin color is due to melanin, but hair color is due to Eumelanin for black and brown colors and Phaeomelanin for red and yellow colors.
The low concentration or absence of either pigment causes gray or white hair.
Birds.
Feather color is due to the structure of the feathers and the pigments.
There are four types of pigments:
Fish. Color is achieved by the pigment cells and how many layers of skin in which they occur. These four chromatophores are melanin (black), xanthin (yellow), lipochrome (orange), and erythrin (red).
| Imagine | Will our skin, hair and eye color change with our emotions or at our will? |
Air, Land and Water
| Creation Day 2 (Monday) |
On the second day God separated the land and the sky from the water, creating the sky, the sea and the earth. |
| Layer | Details | Deep space |
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| Exosphere | New Jerusalem 1500 miles (2400) |
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| 800 miles (1286) | ||
| Ionosphere | 400 miles (643 Km) | |
| 380 miles (610 Km) Hubble Telescope | ||
| 200 miles (320 Km) Space station | ||
Aurora Borealis Space shuttle 150 miles (241 Km) | ||
| Thermosphere | 60 miles (97 Km) | |
| Mesosphere | 50 miles (80 Km) | |
| Stratosphere | 31 miles (50 Km) | |
| Ozone layer | ||
| Tropopause | ||
| Troposphere | 11 miles (18 km) | |
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| Earth | ||
| Lithosphere (Crust) | Surface to 200 m | Euphotic sea |
| 200 m to 1500 m | Bathyal zone | |
| 1500 m to floor | Abyssal zone | |
| Asthenosphere | 200-300 km | Mantle |
| Mesosphere | 650-2890 km | Mantle |
| Core | 2890-6370 km | Iron |
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Atmosphere
The air is made up of several layers.
Weather
Our weather is affected by the large amount of water exposed to the heat from the sun.
Warm air rises and cold air falls, causing a cycle of flowing air. The combination of air mass, pressure,
the flow of air, moisture from the oceans and lakes and ocean temperature creates our global weather patterns.
Air Mass.
A block of air with the same temperature and moisture. The boundary of an air mass is called the "front".
At the boundary of two fronts, the difference in the air causes the most severe weather as the molecules try to reach equilibrium.
Air Flow. Winds are named by the direction from which they flow.
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Region | Water | Air Flow | Air Mass |
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| Arctic | Ice | Easterlies | Polar ![]() | |
| Polar | Polar Jet | Ferrel | ||
| 35º-65º | Gulf Stream | Westerlies | ||
| 25º-35º | Subtropical jet ![]() | Hadley ![]() | ||
| 25º | Trade Winds | |||
| Equator | Doldrums | |||
| 25º | Humboldt | Trade Winds | Hadley ![]() | |
| 25º-35º | Ocean Conveyor Belt | Subtropical jet | ||
| 35º-65º | Westerlies | Ferrel | ||
| Polar | Polar Jet | |||
| Antarctic | Ice | Easterlies | Polar ![]() | |
Ocean Temperature
Ocean temperature affects the weather by bringing moisture and changing the temperature of the air.
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| Location | Name | Appearance | Composition | ||
| High | Cirrus | White filaments | Ice crystals. (6,500-23,000 feet or 2,000-7,000 meters) | ||
| Cirrocumulus | Small Ripples | ||||
| Cirrostratus | Transparent sheets | ||||
| Medium | Altocumulus | White, layered ripples | Ice crystals and water droplets. (18,000-45,000 feet or 5,500-14,000 meters) | ||
| Altostratus | Thin, grey layer | ||||
| Nimbostratus | Thick, low, dark with rain or snow | ||||
| Low | Stratocumulus | White, layered rolls | Water droplets. (6,500 feet or 2,000 meters) | ||
| Stratus | Grey, layered sheets | ||||
| Cumulus | Vertical towers | ||||
| Cumulonimbus | Cauliflower shaped towers and anvil tops. Thunder storm, ice crystals, snow, rain | ||||
| Pyrocumulus | Produced by fires, volcano and industries when they cause the air to heat up with a lot of moisture and no wind | ||||
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Clouds bring much of the weather we experience.
There are different formations of clouds.
A cloud is a collection of water droplets or ice crystals.
They are formed when water evaporates from the surface of the earth.
As this moist air rises it expands and cools because of the lower pressure of the upper atmosphere.
Cooler air holds less water.
Clouds are named based on their appearance, contents and the altitude (height) at which they form.
They have at least one of the following characteristics in their appearance.
Clouds are named by combining the descriptions of several of these features.
Pyrocumulonimbogeostratus Megacell.
This is the name we created for the cloud that surrounds God.
It is a huge fire producing system of clouds that covers the earth and rains fire.
God always describes Himself as being surrounded with fire, clouds, rainbow, a blue floor and elements from the weather.
He is His own gigantic weather system. Lightning and thunder come from His throne.
This weather system can rain fire and stone.
What would you name it?
Smog.
A cloud formation that has occurred since the twentieth century because of the burning of fossil fuels in cars and electric plants.
It is a mixture of exhaust gases, dust and moisture in the air that generally forms over big cities situated in valleys.
In these locations, the air is not easily refreshed by winds. The air remains trapped in the valleys because it cannot get over the high mountains.
So, since these clouds of pollution can travel thousands of miles, this same problem causes pollution to be trapped in the mountains, forests and national parks.
The air quality changes because of the amount of modern pollution in the atmosphere from automobiles and factories.
This caused scientists to develop a system to measure the air quality.
It was necessary because ozone damages the lungs and quickly affects the breathing of people with respiratory illnesses.
On hot summer days when there is no rain, the air quality becomes the most dangerous.
Five causes of pollution are measured.
| Air Quality Index | ||
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| Color Code | AQI | Category |
| Green | 1 - 50 | Good |
| Yellow | 51 - 100 | Moderate |
| Orange | 101 - 150 | Unhealthy for sensitive people |
| Red | 151 - 200 | Unhealthy for all |
| Purple | 201 - 300 | Very Unhealthy |
| Maroon | 301 - 500 | Hazardous |
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Climate Change: Pollution has contributed to several global effects on our planet.
| Greenhouse Gas | % Gas |
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| Water | 65% |
| Carbon Dioxide | 33% |
| Methane | 2% |
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| Ozone |
| The Body Earth | |
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| Resource | Function |
| Ocean Conveyor Belt. Jet stream | Circulatory Respiratory |
| Tropical Forests | Respiratory |
| Trees | Digestive |
| Ozone Layer | Skin |
| Crust, plates | Skeleto |