Lecture11 - UCSB Physics
... This highly magnified image shows a microscopic dust grain that came from interplanetary space. It entered Earth’s upper atmosphere and was collected by a high-flying aircraft. Dust grains of this sort are abundant in star-forming regions like the Orion nebula. These tiny grains were also abundant i ...
... This highly magnified image shows a microscopic dust grain that came from interplanetary space. It entered Earth’s upper atmosphere and was collected by a high-flying aircraft. Dust grains of this sort are abundant in star-forming regions like the Orion nebula. These tiny grains were also abundant i ...
Trivia Question of the Day
... Least (most) hours of daylight - Sun directly over Tropic of Capricorn (23.5°S) Equal (12) hours of day and night - Sun directly over Equator (0°) ...
... Least (most) hours of daylight - Sun directly over Tropic of Capricorn (23.5°S) Equal (12) hours of day and night - Sun directly over Equator (0°) ...
Astrophysics 2012_2013 Grade 10 – Our Solar System
... 26. A meteoroid is a chunk of rock or dust in space. A meteor (shooting star) is a meteoroid that has been captured by the gravity of a planet, moon or other asteroid. What is the name of a meteor that has made impact with the surface of another place? 27. What do you call the place around a star in ...
... 26. A meteoroid is a chunk of rock or dust in space. A meteor (shooting star) is a meteoroid that has been captured by the gravity of a planet, moon or other asteroid. What is the name of a meteor that has made impact with the surface of another place? 27. What do you call the place around a star in ...
B. protostar - University of Maryland Astronomy
... A. stars are not hot enough to emit many X-rays. B. stars are too hot to emit many X-rays. C. X-rays can only be produced by explosions. D. stars do not rotate fast enough to produce X-rays. E. stars are not red shifted enough to produce X-rays. 21. A huge number of impact craters are observed on th ...
... A. stars are not hot enough to emit many X-rays. B. stars are too hot to emit many X-rays. C. X-rays can only be produced by explosions. D. stars do not rotate fast enough to produce X-rays. E. stars are not red shifted enough to produce X-rays. 21. A huge number of impact craters are observed on th ...
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... Correct the quiz with your class, asking volunteers to give and explain their answers. Help students reach general conclusions about planetary movement: all planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as seen from above the Earth’s North Pole), and the farther away a plane ...
... Correct the quiz with your class, asking volunteers to give and explain their answers. Help students reach general conclusions about planetary movement: all planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as seen from above the Earth’s North Pole), and the farther away a plane ...
Your Birthday on Another Planet
... Correct the quiz with your class, asking volunteers to give and explain their answers. Help students reach general conclusions about planetary movement: all planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as seen from above the Earth’s North Pole), and the farther away a plane ...
... Correct the quiz with your class, asking volunteers to give and explain their answers. Help students reach general conclusions about planetary movement: all planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as seen from above the Earth’s North Pole), and the farther away a plane ...
Inner Outer Planets Quiz
... and an incoming piece of solar system debris. The incoming debris could be an asteroid, a comet, or a meteoroid. Most meteors are caused by very small meteoroids entering the atmosphere. 4. The inner planets are also known as the terrestrial planets because they are solid, rocky planets. The gas gia ...
... and an incoming piece of solar system debris. The incoming debris could be an asteroid, a comet, or a meteoroid. Most meteors are caused by very small meteoroids entering the atmosphere. 4. The inner planets are also known as the terrestrial planets because they are solid, rocky planets. The gas gia ...
• Cassini set out to measure the distance of the Solar system. Recall
... • Cassini set out to measure the distance of the Solar system. Recall that all of the ratios of distances between the planets were known. Thus, once one distance was known the others could be determined. The closest planet is Mars and Cassini set out to measure this in 1672 • The method is based on ...
... • Cassini set out to measure the distance of the Solar system. Recall that all of the ratios of distances between the planets were known. Thus, once one distance was known the others could be determined. The closest planet is Mars and Cassini set out to measure this in 1672 • The method is based on ...
The Origin of the Solar System Chapter 8:
... seen directly from Earth because of its dense cloud cover. ...
... seen directly from Earth because of its dense cloud cover. ...
Paush – Indication of Weather Here I would like to
... in the direction YϒM – and twice yearly, at ϒ and M and between M and U the sun is on the north pole side of the equator; its declination is then north. Similarly between U and Y and between Y and ϒ its declination is south. The position ϒ, at which the sun’s declination changes from south to north, ...
... in the direction YϒM – and twice yearly, at ϒ and M and between M and U the sun is on the north pole side of the equator; its declination is then north. Similarly between U and Y and between Y and ϒ its declination is south. The position ϒ, at which the sun’s declination changes from south to north, ...
Chapter 10
... planetesimals, comets were tossed into the Oort cloud by those planets – The shape of the Oort cloud is determined from observations of comet orbits • Some comet orbits seem to come from a flatter, less remote region – the Kuiper belt, which extends from Neptune’s orbit out to some unknown distance ...
... planetesimals, comets were tossed into the Oort cloud by those planets – The shape of the Oort cloud is determined from observations of comet orbits • Some comet orbits seem to come from a flatter, less remote region – the Kuiper belt, which extends from Neptune’s orbit out to some unknown distance ...
Celestial Motions
... What have we learned? • What was so mysterious about planetary motion in our sky? – Like the Sun and Moon, planets usually drift eastward relative to the stars from night to night; but sometimes, for a few weeks or few months, a planet farther from the sun than us appears to turn westward in its ap ...
... What have we learned? • What was so mysterious about planetary motion in our sky? – Like the Sun and Moon, planets usually drift eastward relative to the stars from night to night; but sometimes, for a few weeks or few months, a planet farther from the sun than us appears to turn westward in its ap ...
Carbon Dioxide and Long
... • Deep-Ocean carbon reservoir would also lose. – With this reservoir it would take 278,000 years for a complete termination of volcanic carbon input to completely deplete all reservoirs. • This is 0.01% of all Earth history ...
... • Deep-Ocean carbon reservoir would also lose. – With this reservoir it would take 278,000 years for a complete termination of volcanic carbon input to completely deplete all reservoirs. • This is 0.01% of all Earth history ...
Astronomy 10B Study Guide – by Chapter
... Prominences – loops of magnetic fields sticking up from the Sun We can see them because the stick off to the sides We can see them because the hot plasma moves The Solar Cycle There is an 11-year cycle for magnetic activity on the Sun All magnetic phenomena follow this cycle We have observed this fo ...
... Prominences – loops of magnetic fields sticking up from the Sun We can see them because the stick off to the sides We can see them because the hot plasma moves The Solar Cycle There is an 11-year cycle for magnetic activity on the Sun All magnetic phenomena follow this cycle We have observed this fo ...
Article on Pluto (for 1st science news)
... region (there are thought to be hundreds of thousands), the astronomical community in the early 1850s demoted Ceres and the others and coined the new term "asteroid." Xena was discovered on January 8, 2005, at Palomar Observatory with the NASA-funded 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope. Xena is about 2, ...
... region (there are thought to be hundreds of thousands), the astronomical community in the early 1850s demoted Ceres and the others and coined the new term "asteroid." Xena was discovered on January 8, 2005, at Palomar Observatory with the NASA-funded 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope. Xena is about 2, ...
File - We All Love Science
... • Do now: Describe our Solar System by listing basic details: shape, structure of planets, relationship to the Sun, age. ...
... • Do now: Describe our Solar System by listing basic details: shape, structure of planets, relationship to the Sun, age. ...
FCAT 2.0 Practice/Sample Questions
... shows four layers of Earth. In which layer of Earth are the convection currents that directly result in tectonic plate motion found? A. crust B. mantle C. outer core D. inner core B. Mantle-this is where the first liquid layer begins, as the liquid rock heats it becomes less dense and rises, ...
... shows four layers of Earth. In which layer of Earth are the convection currents that directly result in tectonic plate motion found? A. crust B. mantle C. outer core D. inner core B. Mantle-this is where the first liquid layer begins, as the liquid rock heats it becomes less dense and rises, ...
Earth Science SOL Review
... • Type of sedimentary rock that is made up of fragments of other rocks; includes sandstone, conglomerate, and shale ...
... • Type of sedimentary rock that is made up of fragments of other rocks; includes sandstone, conglomerate, and shale ...
Chapter 17 - Earth`s Place in Space
... moon? • The moon only reflects light from the Sun. • When the moon is at point E (farthest from sun), entire lit face can be seen. • At point A, only dark side points towards Earth. • B-D, F-H, occur in between full moon and new moon. ...
... moon? • The moon only reflects light from the Sun. • When the moon is at point E (farthest from sun), entire lit face can be seen. • At point A, only dark side points towards Earth. • B-D, F-H, occur in between full moon and new moon. ...
Chpt 26- Studying Space:
... space after it is launched in 2011. Other Spacecraft • Since the early 1960s, spacecraft have been sent out of Earth’s orbit to study other planets. • The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft investigated Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and collected images of these planets and their moons. • Th ...
... space after it is launched in 2011. Other Spacecraft • Since the early 1960s, spacecraft have been sent out of Earth’s orbit to study other planets. • The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft investigated Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and collected images of these planets and their moons. • Th ...
Models of the sky—11 Sept Changes in the Sky
... now? You should be able to figure out this question from our model. ...
... now? You should be able to figure out this question from our model. ...
Topic 4: Earth-Moon-Sun
... hours of daylight and has its summer. The Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun causing it to experience more hours of darkness and winter. On about December 21st, the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun so the Tropic of Capricorn (23½ South latitude) is receiving the Sun’s verti ...
... hours of daylight and has its summer. The Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun causing it to experience more hours of darkness and winter. On about December 21st, the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun so the Tropic of Capricorn (23½ South latitude) is receiving the Sun’s verti ...
Stargazing Rules 01162013
... 13. The sun is a star. Unless you are properly equipped with filters and trained in their use, do not look at the sun with a telescope or binoculars. Do not look at the sun with your naked eye, as it is 10,000 times brighter than the eye can stand without causing eye damage. 14. Shooting stars are ...
... 13. The sun is a star. Unless you are properly equipped with filters and trained in their use, do not look at the sun with a telescope or binoculars. Do not look at the sun with your naked eye, as it is 10,000 times brighter than the eye can stand without causing eye damage. 14. Shooting stars are ...
ASK 8 Science
... Ozone Depletion Ozone (O3) is a molecule made up of 3 atoms of oxygen instead of two, which is Oxygen gas (O2). It is found in the upper atmosphere of Earth and protects living organisms from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Certain molecules produced by human activity, such as CFCs, react with ozone ...
... Ozone Depletion Ozone (O3) is a molecule made up of 3 atoms of oxygen instead of two, which is Oxygen gas (O2). It is found in the upper atmosphere of Earth and protects living organisms from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Certain molecules produced by human activity, such as CFCs, react with ozone ...
PHYS103 Hour Exam No. 2 Preview 2 Page: 1 1 According to
... b. Similar to those in Rochester New York. c. Much colder than anywhere on Earth. d. Similar to those in Antarctica. 39 The distance from the Earth to the Sun is a. 100 astronomical units. b. 1/10 of an astronomical unit. c. ten astronomical units. d. one astronomical unit. e. 1/100 of an astronomic ...
... b. Similar to those in Rochester New York. c. Much colder than anywhere on Earth. d. Similar to those in Antarctica. 39 The distance from the Earth to the Sun is a. 100 astronomical units. b. 1/10 of an astronomical unit. c. ten astronomical units. d. one astronomical unit. e. 1/100 of an astronomic ...