Earth Science Curriculum Unit 1 Maps and Measurements
... 1. Compare the Sun-centered and Earth-centered models of the solar system. 2. Describe current models of the formation of the solar system. Section 6 The Inner and Outer planets Time: 3 sessions 1. List planets in their relative order from the Sun. 2. Describe important characteristics of planets. S ...
... 1. Compare the Sun-centered and Earth-centered models of the solar system. 2. Describe current models of the formation of the solar system. Section 6 The Inner and Outer planets Time: 3 sessions 1. List planets in their relative order from the Sun. 2. Describe important characteristics of planets. S ...
Announcements
... to calculate the gravitational force on this mass from the Earth l What is the direction of the force on the mass? ◆ towards the center of the Earth l What is the direction of the force on the Earth? ◆ along the line joining m1 and the center of the Earth, pointing ...
... to calculate the gravitational force on this mass from the Earth l What is the direction of the force on the mass? ◆ towards the center of the Earth l What is the direction of the force on the Earth? ◆ along the line joining m1 and the center of the Earth, pointing ...
Mars Science Laboratory Makes First Contact Mysterious Particles
... yellow, is a wide double star that you may just be able to resolve with your unaided eyes. If not, the smallest binoculars will do the trick. · Wednesday, Nov. 30 · Far to the lower left of the Moon sparkles 1st-magnitude Fomalhaut. It's due south at its highest soon after dark now. Thursday, Dec. 1 ...
... yellow, is a wide double star that you may just be able to resolve with your unaided eyes. If not, the smallest binoculars will do the trick. · Wednesday, Nov. 30 · Far to the lower left of the Moon sparkles 1st-magnitude Fomalhaut. It's due south at its highest soon after dark now. Thursday, Dec. 1 ...
Numbers to Keep in Mind
... There are many definitions of astronomical time (see Eastman et al. 2010, PASP, 122, 935). Here are the two that are ubiquitous: § Universal Time (UT): Local Standard Time in Greenwich, England. (Actually, the definition is a lot more complicated than that, but this is how to think about it.) The ...
... There are many definitions of astronomical time (see Eastman et al. 2010, PASP, 122, 935). Here are the two that are ubiquitous: § Universal Time (UT): Local Standard Time in Greenwich, England. (Actually, the definition is a lot more complicated than that, but this is how to think about it.) The ...
Science Framework for California Public Schools
... in the Universe (Solar System) Students should previously have studied the star patterns in the night sky and the changes in those patterns with the seasons and lunar cycles. They should also have been intro duced to the solar system; and they can be expected to know that the Sun, which is composed ...
... in the Universe (Solar System) Students should previously have studied the star patterns in the night sky and the changes in those patterns with the seasons and lunar cycles. They should also have been intro duced to the solar system; and they can be expected to know that the Sun, which is composed ...
Test#1
... A shift in the direction of an object caused by a change in the position of an observer is called a) parallax, b) precession, c) the Coriolis effect, d) epicycle motion Newton invented this to help him solve Kepler's equations a) algebra, b) calculus, c) trigonometry, d) protractor At anyone given t ...
... A shift in the direction of an object caused by a change in the position of an observer is called a) parallax, b) precession, c) the Coriolis effect, d) epicycle motion Newton invented this to help him solve Kepler's equations a) algebra, b) calculus, c) trigonometry, d) protractor At anyone given t ...
Adventurer Pathfinder
... the sun. These spots are caused by solar flares, or small explosions on the sun. Solar flares shoot energy into space. When the energy hits the earth, it causes magnetic storms. You cannot feel magnetic storms, but you know one has hit the earth when satellite TV and cell phone signals are disrupted ...
... the sun. These spots are caused by solar flares, or small explosions on the sun. Solar flares shoot energy into space. When the energy hits the earth, it causes magnetic storms. You cannot feel magnetic storms, but you know one has hit the earth when satellite TV and cell phone signals are disrupted ...
Study Guide I (Chpts 1
... The earth’s axis is inclined at 23 ½ º relative to the plane of the earth’s orbit around the sun. It is this tilt that is responsible for the earth’s seasons. (No tilt = no seasons.) The earth spins on its axis once every 24 hrs. The earth revolves in an elliptical orbit around the sun every 365 ¼ d ...
... The earth’s axis is inclined at 23 ½ º relative to the plane of the earth’s orbit around the sun. It is this tilt that is responsible for the earth’s seasons. (No tilt = no seasons.) The earth spins on its axis once every 24 hrs. The earth revolves in an elliptical orbit around the sun every 365 ¼ d ...
Earth`s Moon
... Concept 3: Earth in the Solar System PO1: Explain the phases of the Moon in terms of the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. Earth’s Moon Our moon is the closest celestial object to Earth. A moon is a naturally occurring satellite or an object that orbits another object. It takes o ...
... Concept 3: Earth in the Solar System PO1: Explain the phases of the Moon in terms of the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. Earth’s Moon Our moon is the closest celestial object to Earth. A moon is a naturally occurring satellite or an object that orbits another object. It takes o ...
geol0810 homework 1: early solar system history
... The early Solar System was a happening place: it only took ~ 100 million years (myr) for a cloud of gas and dust to evolve into moons and planets. If all 4.5 billion years of Solar System history were condensed into 24 hours, then the Solar System would have formed in about 30 minutes. Other process ...
... The early Solar System was a happening place: it only took ~ 100 million years (myr) for a cloud of gas and dust to evolve into moons and planets. If all 4.5 billion years of Solar System history were condensed into 24 hours, then the Solar System would have formed in about 30 minutes. Other process ...
For Chapter 16
... Formation of the Solar System • Began with a large, swirling volume of cold gases and dust – a rotating solar nebula • Contracted under the influence of its own gravity – into a flattened, rotating disk • Further contraction produced the protosun and eventually accreted the planets • As particles m ...
... Formation of the Solar System • Began with a large, swirling volume of cold gases and dust – a rotating solar nebula • Contracted under the influence of its own gravity – into a flattened, rotating disk • Further contraction produced the protosun and eventually accreted the planets • As particles m ...
Key Stage 2: Teacher`s Pack
... measured by a camera (in the red circle) and being displayed on screen. Explain how exoplanets can be discovered by this method. Telescopes monitor brightness of stars for long periods. If regular dips in light level are detected, this could be caused by a planet orbiting that star. 10. Which planet ...
... measured by a camera (in the red circle) and being displayed on screen. Explain how exoplanets can be discovered by this method. Telescopes monitor brightness of stars for long periods. If regular dips in light level are detected, this could be caused by a planet orbiting that star. 10. Which planet ...
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... • SC.8.E.5.7 Compare and contrast the properties of objects in the Solar System including the Sun, planets, and moons to those of Earth, such as gravitational force, distance from the Sun, speed, movement, temperature, and atmospheric conditions. ...
... • SC.8.E.5.7 Compare and contrast the properties of objects in the Solar System including the Sun, planets, and moons to those of Earth, such as gravitational force, distance from the Sun, speed, movement, temperature, and atmospheric conditions. ...
Astronomy
... Jupiter is like a mini solar system Milky Way is populated by uncountable number of stars Earth-centered universe is too simple Phases of Venus found to disagree with the geocentric model ...
... Jupiter is like a mini solar system Milky Way is populated by uncountable number of stars Earth-centered universe is too simple Phases of Venus found to disagree with the geocentric model ...
Natural Climate Variability
... conditions • During an ice age The polar regions are cold There are large differences in temperature from the equator to the pole Large, continental-size glaciers or ice sheets can cover enormous regions of the earth ...
... conditions • During an ice age The polar regions are cold There are large differences in temperature from the equator to the pole Large, continental-size glaciers or ice sheets can cover enormous regions of the earth ...
Astrobiology - Leiden Observatory
... Early Greek science The greek scienPfic climate was very ferPle and allowed for many hypotheses. Already at the Pme of Thales, the greek philosophers realised the answer had implicaPons w.r.t. Life elsewhere. Thales student Anaximander imagined that the world was not based on water, but instead ...
... Early Greek science The greek scienPfic climate was very ferPle and allowed for many hypotheses. Already at the Pme of Thales, the greek philosophers realised the answer had implicaPons w.r.t. Life elsewhere. Thales student Anaximander imagined that the world was not based on water, but instead ...
planets orbit around Sun.
... about its axis, we should fly off into space. Since we don't, the earth must be stationary. • It would be almost 1900 years before Galileo introduced the concepts of gravity and inertia that explain why these effects are not observed even though the earth does move. ...
... about its axis, we should fly off into space. Since we don't, the earth must be stationary. • It would be almost 1900 years before Galileo introduced the concepts of gravity and inertia that explain why these effects are not observed even though the earth does move. ...
The Hill Sphere
... The Moon, like almost all other moons in the solar system, is in synchronous rotation about the Earth meaning it shows the same face to Earth at all times (its rotation period about its own axis is the same as its orbital period about the Earth), which is a result of tidal forces between the Earth a ...
... The Moon, like almost all other moons in the solar system, is in synchronous rotation about the Earth meaning it shows the same face to Earth at all times (its rotation period about its own axis is the same as its orbital period about the Earth), which is a result of tidal forces between the Earth a ...
The Newtonian Revolution: The discovery of natural law
... Interesting - Aristarchus in ~600BC first deduced the planets orbited the sun, not the Earth • His reasoning is not known – original writings were lost when the great Library of Alexandria was burned by religious zealots • The Greeks had no authoritarian religious problem with a sun-centered univer ...
... Interesting - Aristarchus in ~600BC first deduced the planets orbited the sun, not the Earth • His reasoning is not known – original writings were lost when the great Library of Alexandria was burned by religious zealots • The Greeks had no authoritarian religious problem with a sun-centered univer ...
Solar System Origins
... stars in our galaxy and this suggests that most stars may have planets around them ...
... stars in our galaxy and this suggests that most stars may have planets around them ...
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... Sun, it loses mass—up to 10%. Over time, this produces a band of small particles (a meteoroid swarm) along the comet’s orbit. If the Earth passes through this swarm of particles, we see many meteors—a meteor shower. Meteorites ...
... Sun, it loses mass—up to 10%. Over time, this produces a band of small particles (a meteoroid swarm) along the comet’s orbit. If the Earth passes through this swarm of particles, we see many meteors—a meteor shower. Meteorites ...
Astronomy 101 Exam 2 Form A Name: SUID: Lab section number:
... Copernicus’ heliocentric model is correct. In this problem, you will determine at what time of day the planets appear high in the sky. The planets have phases for the same reason that the Moon does: half of their surfaces are always sunlit, but we may see some, all, or none of this sunlit half, depe ...
... Copernicus’ heliocentric model is correct. In this problem, you will determine at what time of day the planets appear high in the sky. The planets have phases for the same reason that the Moon does: half of their surfaces are always sunlit, but we may see some, all, or none of this sunlit half, depe ...