Questionnaire Answers After students have completed the
... The Sun turns off at night. FALSE. We can’t see the Sun at night, but it does not turn off. Earth is always rotating on its axis, so the Sun appears to move across the sky. At sunrise, the Earth’s rotation brings our homes into sunlight. By midday, the Earth has rotated so the Sun is high in the sky ...
... The Sun turns off at night. FALSE. We can’t see the Sun at night, but it does not turn off. Earth is always rotating on its axis, so the Sun appears to move across the sky. At sunrise, the Earth’s rotation brings our homes into sunlight. By midday, the Earth has rotated so the Sun is high in the sky ...
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... The Sun turns off at night. FALSE. We can’t see the Sun at night, but it does not turn off. Earth is always rotating on its axis, so the Sun appears to move across the sky. At sunrise, the Earth’s rotation brings our homes into sunlight. By midday, the Earth has rotated so the Sun is high in the sky ...
... The Sun turns off at night. FALSE. We can’t see the Sun at night, but it does not turn off. Earth is always rotating on its axis, so the Sun appears to move across the sky. At sunrise, the Earth’s rotation brings our homes into sunlight. By midday, the Earth has rotated so the Sun is high in the sky ...
Table of Facts - Portfolio using Bloom`s Revised Taxonomy
... It has been known since prehistoric times It is the brightest object in the sky apart from the sun and moon The rotation of Venus is very slow – 243 Earth days equals 1 Venus day Venus is sometimes regarded as Earth’s sister planet as they are very similar Venus has no magnetic field, possibly due t ...
... It has been known since prehistoric times It is the brightest object in the sky apart from the sun and moon The rotation of Venus is very slow – 243 Earth days equals 1 Venus day Venus is sometimes regarded as Earth’s sister planet as they are very similar Venus has no magnetic field, possibly due t ...
Study Guide 2 - Otterbein University
... 2. Why did Ptolemy have to use epicycles? 3. Why did Copernicus have to use epicycles? Warm-up #13: based on Section 1.2. “The Birth of Modern Astronomy” 1. In which ways were Galileo’s telescopic observations at odds with Aristotelianism? Do not just state some things he observed, but explain why t ...
... 2. Why did Ptolemy have to use epicycles? 3. Why did Copernicus have to use epicycles? Warm-up #13: based on Section 1.2. “The Birth of Modern Astronomy” 1. In which ways were Galileo’s telescopic observations at odds with Aristotelianism? Do not just state some things he observed, but explain why t ...
Solar System Bead Distance Primary Audience
... Our Solar System is immense in size by normal standards. We think of the planets as revolving around the Sun, but rarely consider how far each planet is from the Sun. Furthermore, we fail to appreciate the even greater distances to the other stars. Astronomers use the distance from the Sun to the Ea ...
... Our Solar System is immense in size by normal standards. We think of the planets as revolving around the Sun, but rarely consider how far each planet is from the Sun. Furthermore, we fail to appreciate the even greater distances to the other stars. Astronomers use the distance from the Sun to the Ea ...
Earth`s Revolution and seasons File
... Equinox: The two days that the Earth is not tilted towards or away from the sun (autumnal/fall and vernal/spring). It is the days where daylight and nighttime are about equal (12hr day, 12 hr night). Sun is directly on the Equator. Solstice: The days when Earth is most tilted towards or away fro ...
... Equinox: The two days that the Earth is not tilted towards or away from the sun (autumnal/fall and vernal/spring). It is the days where daylight and nighttime are about equal (12hr day, 12 hr night). Sun is directly on the Equator. Solstice: The days when Earth is most tilted towards or away fro ...
Think and Explain Gravitation
... 6. If the moon were twice as massive, would the effect you get closer to its center, your weight attractive force of the earth on the moon be twice increases. But if you instead burrow into the planet as large? What about the force of the moon on and get closer to its center, your weight decreases. ...
... 6. If the moon were twice as massive, would the effect you get closer to its center, your weight attractive force of the earth on the moon be twice increases. But if you instead burrow into the planet as large? What about the force of the moon on and get closer to its center, your weight decreases. ...
Part II: Ideas in Conflict.
... [Law of Inertia] All objects remain at rest, or move with constant speed along a straight line, unless acted upon by some outside force. The acceleration of a body is proportional to the force applied and the mass of the body ...
... [Law of Inertia] All objects remain at rest, or move with constant speed along a straight line, unless acted upon by some outside force. The acceleration of a body is proportional to the force applied and the mass of the body ...
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... If we consider the (m(r)) term, we see that for the earth is directed along the axis of the spinning earth, or in the direction of the North star (which at Memphis, is about 35 above the Northern horizon). The direction of r is straight up. Thus the direction of [r] will be {up and to the N ...
... If we consider the (m(r)) term, we see that for the earth is directed along the axis of the spinning earth, or in the direction of the North star (which at Memphis, is about 35 above the Northern horizon). The direction of r is straight up. Thus the direction of [r] will be {up and to the N ...
Astronomy Exam Reveiw ANSWER KEY
... 9. List the planets in our solar system in order from the sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Remember using a pneumonic like My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nuts) ...
... 9. List the planets in our solar system in order from the sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Remember using a pneumonic like My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nuts) ...
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... (c) Estimate the surface area of your body (in m2). You are welcome to make any reasonable assumptions and approximations, but be sure to state what they are! (d) Assuming your body radiates like a blackbody (OK within a factor of 2-3), estjmate the total power L radiated by your body in Watts. How ...
... (c) Estimate the surface area of your body (in m2). You are welcome to make any reasonable assumptions and approximations, but be sure to state what they are! (d) Assuming your body radiates like a blackbody (OK within a factor of 2-3), estjmate the total power L radiated by your body in Watts. How ...
Practice Questions: This is a series of practice tests that you should
... a. Solstices b. Equinoxes c. Constellations d. Geocentric models 2. The first footprints on the surface of the moon were made by a. Yuri Gagarin in 1961 b. Copernicus in1534 c. Neil Armstrong in 1969 d. Marc Garneau in 1984 3. Compare the geocentric and heliocentric models. Be sure to address the ...
... a. Solstices b. Equinoxes c. Constellations d. Geocentric models 2. The first footprints on the surface of the moon were made by a. Yuri Gagarin in 1961 b. Copernicus in1534 c. Neil Armstrong in 1969 d. Marc Garneau in 1984 3. Compare the geocentric and heliocentric models. Be sure to address the ...
Homework 2 (Due Sept 18, 2014)
... b. Suppose you could enter a vacuum chamber (a chamber with no air in it) on Earth. Inside this chamber, a feather would fall at the same rate as a rock.! c. When an astronaut goes on a space walk outside the Space Station, she will quickly ! float away from the station unless she has a tether holdi ...
... b. Suppose you could enter a vacuum chamber (a chamber with no air in it) on Earth. Inside this chamber, a feather would fall at the same rate as a rock.! c. When an astronaut goes on a space walk outside the Space Station, she will quickly ! float away from the station unless she has a tether holdi ...
Understanding the Biosphere
... • Has 9 planets orbiting around…the Solar System • Each planet – is different from others ...
... • Has 9 planets orbiting around…the Solar System • Each planet – is different from others ...
Einstein on Kepler
... Copernicus had opened the eyes of the best thinkers to the idea that the apparent motions of the planets could most clearly be understood as orbits around the Sun, which itself is conceived as stationary. If a planet simply moved in a circle with the Sun at the center, it would have been conceptuall ...
... Copernicus had opened the eyes of the best thinkers to the idea that the apparent motions of the planets could most clearly be understood as orbits around the Sun, which itself is conceived as stationary. If a planet simply moved in a circle with the Sun at the center, it would have been conceptuall ...
Heliocentric Models and Modern Astronomy
... Kepler’s laws of heliocentric planetary motions consistent will all of Tycho Brahe’s data but obtained very strong support only after vindication by accurate + unprecedented observations taken by Galileo Galilei with the recently invented telescope ...
... Kepler’s laws of heliocentric planetary motions consistent will all of Tycho Brahe’s data but obtained very strong support only after vindication by accurate + unprecedented observations taken by Galileo Galilei with the recently invented telescope ...
EARTH SCIENCE HOMEWORK 11-7 Sun`s surface
... 6. Coronal _______ __________ (CMEs) (2 words) occur when large amounts of electrically charged gas are ejected suddenly from the Sun’s ____________. (pg. 731, P1) 7. CME’s can occur as often as two or three times a day during a ___________ __________. (2 words) (pg. 731, P1) 8. CMEs can damage ____ ...
... 6. Coronal _______ __________ (CMEs) (2 words) occur when large amounts of electrically charged gas are ejected suddenly from the Sun’s ____________. (pg. 731, P1) 7. CME’s can occur as often as two or three times a day during a ___________ __________. (2 words) (pg. 731, P1) 8. CMEs can damage ____ ...
Notes 21 Inner Solar System
... Solid Surface High Density (rocky) Few or no moons No Rings Weak Magnetic Field Close to the Sun Slow rotation Closely spaced orbits Small mass/size Mercury: 2nd hottest 1/3 gravity and 1/3 size of Earth has most craters (of all planets) ...
... Solid Surface High Density (rocky) Few or no moons No Rings Weak Magnetic Field Close to the Sun Slow rotation Closely spaced orbits Small mass/size Mercury: 2nd hottest 1/3 gravity and 1/3 size of Earth has most craters (of all planets) ...
Benchmark One Study Guide: Science Benchmark Wed
... 2. How do the inner or terrestrial planets differ from the outer planets in terms of composition (what the planets are made up of) and size? The terrestrial planets are all solid rocky planets that are very close to the Sun. The outer planets are gas giants and are spread far apart, and are far from ...
... 2. How do the inner or terrestrial planets differ from the outer planets in terms of composition (what the planets are made up of) and size? The terrestrial planets are all solid rocky planets that are very close to the Sun. The outer planets are gas giants and are spread far apart, and are far from ...
BENCHMARK 4 STUDY GUIDE
... the other celestial body. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Earth and Sun, casting its shadow on the Earth. A lunar eclipse results from the Moon passing through the Earth’s shadow during its revolution ...
... the other celestial body. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Earth and Sun, casting its shadow on the Earth. A lunar eclipse results from the Moon passing through the Earth’s shadow during its revolution ...
Barycenter Our solar system consists of the Sun and the
... Orbit means to move in a curved path around another something. In astronomy, celestial bodies are generally described as moving or orbiting some other celestial body. For example, the Moon is said to orbit or revolve around the Earth. The Earth doesn’t stays in position as the Moon circles it. Just ...
... Orbit means to move in a curved path around another something. In astronomy, celestial bodies are generally described as moving or orbiting some other celestial body. For example, the Moon is said to orbit or revolve around the Earth. The Earth doesn’t stays in position as the Moon circles it. Just ...
Geocentric model
In astronomy, the geocentric model (also known as geocentrism, or the Ptolemaic system) is a description of the cosmos where Earth is at the orbital center of all celestial bodies. This model served as the predominant cosmological system in many ancient civilizations such as ancient Greece including the noteworthy systems of Aristotle (see Aristotelian physics) and Ptolemy. As such, they believed that the Sun, Moon, stars, and naked eye planets circled Earth.Two commonly made observations supported the idea that Earth was the center of the Universe. The stars, the sun, and planets appear to revolve around Earth each day, making Earth the center of that system. The stars were thought to be on a celestial sphere, with the earth at its center, that rotated each day, using a line through the north and south pole as an axis. The stars closest to the equator appeared to rise and fall the greatest distance, but each star circled back to its rising point each day. The second observation supporting the geocentric model was that the Earth does not seem to move from the perspective of an Earth-bound observer, and that it is solid, stable, and unmoving.Ancient Roman and medieval philosophers usually combined the geocentric model with a spherical Earth. It is not the same as the older flat Earth model implied in some mythology, as was the case with the biblical and postbiblical Latin cosmology. The ancient Jewish Babylonian uranography pictured a flat Earth with a dome-shaped rigid canopy named firmament placed over it. (רקיע- rāqîa').However, the ancient Greeks believed that the motions of the planets were circular and not elliptical, a view that was not challenged in Western culture until the 17th century through the synthesis of theories by Copernicus and Kepler.The astronomical predictions of Ptolemy's geocentric model were used to prepare astrological and astronomical charts for over 1500 years. The geocentric model held sway into the early modern age, but from the late 16th century onward was gradually superseded by the heliocentric model of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler. There was much resistance to the transition between these two theories. Christian theologians were reluctant to reject a theory that agreed with Bible passages (e.g. ""Sun, stand you still upon Gibeon"", Joshua 10:12 – King James 2000 Bible). Others felt a new, unknown theory could not subvert an accepted consensus for geocentrism.