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If you are reading this, you are probably involved or interested in the WP:APBIO project. If you would like to contribute to our topic, please use the talk page. We are all new to this and any help would be appreciated.
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest and most massive of its four rocky planets. About 29 percent of Earth's surface is land, with the remaining 71 percent covered with water and much of Earth's polar regions covered in ice. Earth's interior is active with a solid-iron inner core, a liquid outer core that generates Earth's magnetic field, and a convective mantle that drives plate tectonics. Earth formed more than 4.5 billion years ago. Within the first billion years of Earth's history, life appeared in the oceans and began to affect Earth's atmosphere and surface. Since then, the combination of Earth's distance from the Sun, its physical properties and its geological history have allowed life to evolve and thrive, including more than 8 billion humans as of 2024. Earth is orbited by one permanent natural satellite, the Moon, which orbits Earth at a radius of 384,400 km (238,900 mi) and is roughly a quarter as wide as Earth. This photograph of Earth straddling the lunar horizon was taken in 2015 by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter while located 134 km (83 mi) above the crater Compton, visible in the foreground. To capture the image, the spacecraft had to be rolled 67 degrees to its side, and slewed with the direction of travel to maximize the width of the lunar horizon, while traveling more than 1600 m/s (3600 mph) relative to the surface. Photograph credit: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center / Arizona State University; edited by Bammesk
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Why am I here?
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| I'm here because I want to be here. Why else?
My main reason for creating this fabulous user page, and for joining the Wikipedia community is because of school. This year, my AP Biology Class has been assigned the seemingly impossible task of promoting a stub article to good article or (hopefully) featured article status. In groups of three, we will select an article and edit it to improve it's quality.
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About Me
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Hmm, what can I say about myself? First, what you probably know just from looking at this page, I have a slight knowledge of html, photo editing, and computers in general. You could say technology is an interest of mine, however it is not the only thing I do. I am also very interested in music. I play many instruments, but mainly the horn and piano. I actually enjoy marching band, something not many people can say. I look forward to band everyday, and spend most of my free time working on something related to it. Basically, am the stereotypical "band geek," but I prefer to think of myself as a musically inclined individual.
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AP Biology 2009
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Why We Chose This Topic
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Hypertrichosis
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Rationale: We chose this to differ from others in our class. This seems to be a very interesting medical condition, and not much is known about it. There is no recent activity on the article or talk pages. Our group is interested in the field of medicine as well.
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AP Biology 2010
- Loggerhead sea turtle
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The WikiProject Barnstar
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| Yet another arises from the ashes! Excellent collaboration - delighted to see your efforts rewarded with a GA on the loggerhead --JimmyButler (talk) 19:01, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar
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| For your awesome efforts to bring the loggerhead sea turtle to FA status!--TimHAllstr (talk) 00:02, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar
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| I hereby award you, Vancemiller, The Working Man's Barnstar because of your diligent editing of the loggerhead sea turtle article. Congratulations on your supreme success. NYMFan69-86 (talk) 15:10, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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This user accepts evolution as a biological fact.
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| °C | This user uses the Celsius scale, as he finds it superior in every way to Fahrenheit. |
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