finding a thesis

I am trying to come up with a thesis statement, but I am not sure of what to say, I got this so far but i need to make it short and sweet!!!

  people who file false accusations of domestic violence or any other crime similar should have equal or greater punishments to the crime that was falsely filed, also cops should have some kind of physical evidence other than the police officers discretion to make an arrest and file charges for this crime, but to help those who are abused restraining orders and other protective services can be made or used without hard evidence so you can still be protected while in the middle of trial and while convincing the jury that the defendant is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

Possible topics

Here are some topics I am thinking about for my fourth essay.. I'm still not sure what to write about if anyone haves any ideas or think one of these topics is good or better than the other please let me know.

Does boredom lead to trouble?

 Does religion cause war?

Is the cost of college too high?

Is college admission too competitive?

Do violent video games cause behavior problems?

Are we too dependent on computers?

 Are law enforcement cameras an invasion of privacy?

 Is domestic violence increasing or is it all in the mind of the supposed victims?

Work Cited (credibility)

Work Cited

Garlick, Mark. Astronomy. Buffalo New York: Firefly Books Ltd., 2004. 74-114. Print.
1) Yes
2) This is a print source and the author haves a good back round and a good education
3)yes

Spence, Pam. The Universe Revealed. New york NY: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 54-75. Print.
1) Yes
2) This is also another print source were the author has done allot of research and haves a good education and back round books tend to be more credible then most Internet sources
3) Yes

Cooley, Keith . "How The Moon Affects Ocean Tides...." /home.hiwaay.net/. Keith Cooley , 2002. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides>.
1)  yes
2) Cooley received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics and a Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan (U-M) in 1967 and 1972, respectively.  As a U-M graduate student, he founded the Minority Engineering Programs Office, College of Engineering
3) yes

Henney, Paul J. "How Earth and the Moon interact." astronomy today. astronomy today, n.d. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/earthmoon.html>.
1) I'm not sure
2) I'm guessing he isn't very credible because i can not find any back round as far as education in science and or physics all i see is that he works for a hotel and etc. so he probably isn't very professional in this field
3) Probably not

Spudis, Paul D. "Moon." World Book at NASA. World Book, Inc, 2004. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html>.
1) yes
2)  Paul D. Spudis, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute. He seems to have a good back round in science
3) yes

Metcalfe, Travis . "Earth's Tilt Is the Reason for the Seasons." windows2universe. National Earth Science Teachers Association, 31 Oct 2006. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_seasons.html>.
1) yes
2) He has a great education the website i got the info from was an organization instead of another .com and he had received help from Astronomy & Astrophysics Fellowship from the National Science Foundation
3) Yes

Espenak , Fred. "Solar Eclipses for Beginners ." mreclipse. Fred Espenak, 26 Sep 2009. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html>.
1) yes
2) is an American astrophysicist. He works at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He is best known for his work on eclipse predictions. Espenak earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Wagner College, Staten Island, where he worked in the planetarium.
3) yes

Hathaway, Dr. David H. "Coronal Mass Ejections ." solarscience. Solar Physics, 18 Jan 2007. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/CMEs.shtml>.
1) yes
2) he is a DR and has a good education and back round
3) yes

Russell, Randy . "Coronal Mass Ejections." windows2universe. National Earth Science Teachers Association, 29 Mar 2010. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/cmes.html>.
1) yes
2) he is a teacher and i got the info off a good website that seems credible to me
3) yes

Whyte, David B. "A Matter of Degrees: How Does the Tilt of Earth's Axis Affect the Seasons? ." sciencebuddies. Science Buddies, 06 May 2009. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/EnvSci_p051.shtml>.
1) yes
2) he has a good back round and education
3) yes

Work Cited

Work Cited

Garlick, Mark. Astronomy. Buffalo New York: Firefly Books Ltd., 2004. 74-114. Print.

Spence, Pam. The Universe Revealed. New york NY: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 54-75. Print.

Cooley, Keith . "How The Moon Affects Ocean Tides...." /home.hiwaay.net/. Keith Cooley , 2002. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides>.

Henney, Paul J. "How Earth and the Moon interact." astronomy today. astronomy today, n.d. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/earthmoon.html>.

Spudis, Paul D. "Moon." World Book at NASA. World Book, Inc, 2004. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html>.

Metcalfe, Travis . "Earth's Tilt Is the Reason for the Seasons." windows2universe. National Earth Science Teachers Association, 31 Oct 2006. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_seasons.html>.

Espenak , Fred. "Solar Eclipses for Beginners ." mreclipse. Fred Espenak, 26 Sep 2009. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html>.

Hathaway, Dr. David H. "Coronal Mass Ejections ." solarscience. Solar Physics, 18 Jan 2007. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/CMEs.shtml>.

Russell, Randy . "Coronal Mass Ejections." windows2universe. National Earth Science Teachers Association, 29 Mar 2010. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/cmes.html>.

Whyte, David B. "A Matter of Degrees: How Does the Tilt of Earth's Axis Affect the Seasons? ." sciencebuddies. Science Buddies, 06 May 2009. Web. 27 Oct 2010. <http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/EnvSci_p051.shtml>.

essay 3

How The Moon Effects The Earth And The People On It

The most famous theory of the moons creation was thought out to be called the giant impact hypothesis. This proposes that the Moon was created out of the debris left over from a collision between the young Earth and a Mars-sized body. Due to the creation of the moon, the Earth and the people on it are affected in many ways, because of the moon the earth has changes in its ocean tides, a nice stable axial tilt, and total solar eclipses.

Ocean Tides are the result of the gravitational pull of the moon and the Sun. Although the moon is much smaller than the Sun, it is also much closer to the Earth so its effect is about twice that of the Sun (Spence 54-75).  Spring tides are when the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are lined up. At this point the Sun and Moon reinforce each others gravity causing the tides to be more drastic, water levels are very high when the tide is in and very low when the tide is out (Garlick 74-114). Neap tides, by contrast, occur when the Moon, Sun and Earth form a triangle in space. At this time the gravities of the Sun and Moon cancel each other out by some degree, and the water levels are then at their least extreme (Cooley).

It is considered likely by many scientist that the current 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation is a relic of the oblique collision which produced the Moon we see today (Henney). Furthermore it is argued that the presence of the orbiting Moon has, help to keep this axial tilt of the Earth’s axis (Spudis). One of the significant consequences of the axial tilt is the creation of a variety of seasons (Whyte). The seasons are caused as the Earth, tilted on its axis, travels in a loop around the Sun each year. Summer happens in the hemisphere tilted towards the Sun, and winter happens in the hemisphere tilted away from the Sun (Metcalfe). If Earth had no tilt it is likely that the conditions would be a lot less stable, it could go from one extreme to the other. Thanks to the moon we have our steady tilt on Earths axis which produces seasons for the northern and southern hemispheres.

A total solar eclipse is another effect the moon has on the Earth. This happens up to twice a year, but you need to be in the path of totality to witness a total eclipse, and it is only about 100 miles wide and can be up to 10,000 miles long (Espenak ). A total solar eclipse happens when the moon comes directly in between the Earth and the Sun, and when the geometry is just right and you are in the path of totality, the moon blocks out the whole Sun, only leaving only the corona (Garlick 74-114). This is when scientist realized the importance of the total solar eclipse. When the Sun is blocked out scientist can observe the outer atmosphere of the Sun and this is when they discovered the dangers of Coronal mass ejections. Coronal mass ejections (CME’s) are explosions in the Sun's corona that spew out solar particles (Hathaway). CME's can seriously disrupt the Earths atmosphere and environment (Russell). Intense radiation from the Sun, which arrives only 8 minutes after being released, can alter the Earth's outer atmosphere, which can destroy long-distance radio communications. Energetic particles pushed along by the shock wave of the CME can put astronauts in danger, and fry satellite electronics (Hathaway). The actual coronal mass ejection arrives at the Earth one to four days after the initial eruption, resulting in strong geomagnetic storms, auroras and electrical power blackouts. Thanks to the moon and the total solar eclipses we now know about the dangers of CME’s and we can prepare for them. NASA now has satellites that mimic solar eclipses so the space administration can monitor the Sun at all hours and warn people of these storms so we can hopefully dodge a deadly blackout.

We may not know exactly how we got the moon we have today, weather it was a collision between Earth and a Mars sized body, or just the gravity luring in satellites closer to our planet, or maybe we just always had it. Either way, we know that we take the moon for granted and don’t realize how it effects the Earth and the day to day life we live on it. In the long run the moon gives us ocean tides, a stable tilt on Earths axis and a beautiful solar eclipse, which helped us realize the dangers that hide in the Suns corona.

outline for essay 3

Intro-   The most famous theory of the moons creation was thought out to be called the giant impact hypothesis; this proposes that the Moon was created out of the debris left over from a collision between the young Earth and a Mars-sized body. Due to the creation of the moon, the earth and the people on it are effected in many ways something’s are less obvious than others; because of the moon the earth has changes in its ocean tides, a nice stable axial tilt which promotes a nice even seasonal change, and because of the total solar eclipse's scientist now know the dangers that hide in the suns corona

Paragraph 1- Ocean tides
what causes them
what that did for us
how is it important and why does it happen

Paragraph 2- The stable Axel tilt
What is it
why this is so important to us
how it causes a nice flow of seasons instead of a drastic leap from cold to hot all the time.

Paragraph 3- total solar eclipses
what is a total solar eclipse when do they occur and how is the moon involved
how does this affect us? (We now know about the deadly magnetic storms the sun throws at us also known as coronal mass ejections) now we can monitor the sun and be prepared for a deadly magnetic storm.

*conclusion*

Thesis statement for essay 3

  Due to the creation of the moon, the earth and the people on it are affected in many ways somethings are less obvious than others; because of the moon the earth has changes in its ocean tides, a nice stable axial tilt which promotes a  good seasonal change, and because of the total solar eclipse's scientist now know the dangers that hide in the suns corona