10_origin_life
... Example of a project: “The Movie 2001 and The Evolution of Man”, by C Horowitz. See paper copy or class web site. You should read this paper! Note, how it discusses the movie “2001 A Space Odyssey” in terms of many of the topics covered in class. ...
... Example of a project: “The Movie 2001 and The Evolution of Man”, by C Horowitz. See paper copy or class web site. You should read this paper! Note, how it discusses the movie “2001 A Space Odyssey” in terms of many of the topics covered in class. ...
Solar System Teacher Notes
... Teacher notes Visiting the Melbourne Planetarium Planetarium shows consist of a 25 minute presentation in a domed theatre. They are followed by a 10 minute practical guide to ‘What’s in the sky tonight?’ If the planetarium show is your first programmed activity at Scienceworks, it is important that ...
... Teacher notes Visiting the Melbourne Planetarium Planetarium shows consist of a 25 minute presentation in a domed theatre. They are followed by a 10 minute practical guide to ‘What’s in the sky tonight?’ If the planetarium show is your first programmed activity at Scienceworks, it is important that ...
How many planets are there in the galaxy?
... What is even more astounding is the notion that the majority of these stars have their own system of planets. For some time, astronomers have believed this to be the case, and ongoing research appears to confirm it. And this naturally raises the question, just how many planets are out there? In our ...
... What is even more astounding is the notion that the majority of these stars have their own system of planets. For some time, astronomers have believed this to be the case, and ongoing research appears to confirm it. And this naturally raises the question, just how many planets are out there? In our ...
NEAR INFRARED CAMERA (NIRCAM) - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... that directly benefits troops of all ages, not only in general science education but also specifically in the astronomical and technology concepts relating to JWST. Since 2003, the E/PO team for JWST’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), in collaboration with the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council, has been trai ...
... that directly benefits troops of all ages, not only in general science education but also specifically in the astronomical and technology concepts relating to JWST. Since 2003, the E/PO team for JWST’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), in collaboration with the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council, has been trai ...
Earth`s Moon and Solar System
... Earth is the only planet that has abundant liquid water The presence of liquid water on Earth may be the reason why living organisms have not been detected elsewhere in the solar system The Earth’s atmosphere is the only planet that has an atmosphere with abundant free oxygen that is released wh ...
... Earth is the only planet that has abundant liquid water The presence of liquid water on Earth may be the reason why living organisms have not been detected elsewhere in the solar system The Earth’s atmosphere is the only planet that has an atmosphere with abundant free oxygen that is released wh ...
Space by Clare and Emma D.C.
... Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is the second smallest planet in the solar system. ...
... Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is the second smallest planet in the solar system. ...
Unit 5: THE SOLAR SYSTEM 1.THE SOLAR SYSTEM
... planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and interstellar dust. 1.2. Our Solar System The Solar System is our Planetary System. The Solar System is about five billion years old. It is an exciting place made up of a star we call the Sun, and celestial bodies, such as planets, dwa ...
... planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and interstellar dust. 1.2. Our Solar System The Solar System is our Planetary System. The Solar System is about five billion years old. It is an exciting place made up of a star we call the Sun, and celestial bodies, such as planets, dwa ...
Glossary (PDF file)
... by many people in the world and by most scientists worldwide. The Celsius temperature scale is based on water. Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C. People in many other countries use Celsius. Scientists all over the world use Celsius so they can share data. constellation A group of stars that se ...
... by many people in the world and by most scientists worldwide. The Celsius temperature scale is based on water. Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C. People in many other countries use Celsius. Scientists all over the world use Celsius so they can share data. constellation A group of stars that se ...
Mars Attacks! - Hubble Space Telescope
... Found evidence of past liquid water. Sedimentary rock layers. Concretions. Concentrations of evaporates (salts). Evidence for past conditions suitable to support simple life if it lasted long enough. ...
... Found evidence of past liquid water. Sedimentary rock layers. Concretions. Concentrations of evaporates (salts). Evidence for past conditions suitable to support simple life if it lasted long enough. ...
Homework 2 (Due Sept 18, 2014)
... 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 holding her to the station.! d. If the Sun were magically replaced with a giant rock that had pr ...
... 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 holding her to the station.! d. If the Sun were magically replaced with a giant rock that had pr ...
PSC101-lecture12
... smaller bodies. • Comets - composed of ice and rock • Asteroids - composed of rock and/or metal • There is also dust in space which can be seen ...
... smaller bodies. • Comets - composed of ice and rock • Asteroids - composed of rock and/or metal • There is also dust in space which can be seen ...
Space - No Brain Too Small
... At the end of its life a star may explode into a cloud of dust and gas. New stars are being formed from the debris of old stars. ...
... At the end of its life a star may explode into a cloud of dust and gas. New stars are being formed from the debris of old stars. ...
Final Exam from 2005
... 35. The Hubble diagram is a plot of a. velocity versus distance of galaxies. b. velocity versus distance of stars. c. magnitude versus size of stars. d. luminosity versus temperature of galaxies. 36. The big bang refers to a. the beginning of the solar system. b. the beginning of the Universe. c. an ...
... 35. The Hubble diagram is a plot of a. velocity versus distance of galaxies. b. velocity versus distance of stars. c. magnitude versus size of stars. d. luminosity versus temperature of galaxies. 36. The big bang refers to a. the beginning of the solar system. b. the beginning of the Universe. c. an ...
Newly discovered planet could be a watery world
... surface of our planet probably wouldn't be anything like the surface of Earth and therefore wouldn't host life as we know it." Scientists have previously found hundreds of planets orbiting stars far from our solar system, but the vast majority are gas giants like Jupiter. The number of known super-E ...
... surface of our planet probably wouldn't be anything like the surface of Earth and therefore wouldn't host life as we know it." Scientists have previously found hundreds of planets orbiting stars far from our solar system, but the vast majority are gas giants like Jupiter. The number of known super-E ...
Age and Origin of the Earth
... • Coalescense of these particles made them bigger to form esteroids. Grew bigger in size became planets. ...
... • Coalescense of these particles made them bigger to form esteroids. Grew bigger in size became planets. ...
LESSON PLANS Week/Date: Dec. 1, 2014 Grade/Subject: Science
... Daily Objective Students will discover various parts of the Solar System and how they move through time. ...
... Daily Objective Students will discover various parts of the Solar System and how they move through time. ...
Unit One: Earth Dimensions Although the Earth appears to be a
... ***The atmosphere is the least dense of the Earth’s spheres (lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere) ...
... ***The atmosphere is the least dense of the Earth’s spheres (lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere) ...
January 2015 - Hermanus Astronomy
... Orion blazed into the morning sky at 7:05 a.m. EST, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The Orion crew module splashed down approximately 4.5 hours later in the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 km southwest of ...
... Orion blazed into the morning sky at 7:05 a.m. EST, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The Orion crew module splashed down approximately 4.5 hours later in the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 km southwest of ...
Lecture (Powerpoint)
... Observations can be of the world as it is or of carefully set up situations to see what happens (experiments) In some sciences experimentation isn't possible (astronomy) or is limited (human behavior), and only observations are feasible Making careful observations isn't as easy as it may seem. ...
... Observations can be of the world as it is or of carefully set up situations to see what happens (experiments) In some sciences experimentation isn't possible (astronomy) or is limited (human behavior), and only observations are feasible Making careful observations isn't as easy as it may seem. ...
A time exposure photograph was taken for 8 hours. During that time
... During the time exposure of a photograph, the stars appear to have moved through an arc of 60° around Polaris. How many hours did this time exposure take? 4 hrs Practice 2: A time exposure photograph was taken for 8 hours. During that time, how many degrees of an arc did the stars appear to have mov ...
... During the time exposure of a photograph, the stars appear to have moved through an arc of 60° around Polaris. How many hours did this time exposure take? 4 hrs Practice 2: A time exposure photograph was taken for 8 hours. During that time, how many degrees of an arc did the stars appear to have mov ...
May 2016 - Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers
... features, and the solar system’s only surface with no known impact craters. It also has a very high level of radiation from Jupiter’s magnetosphere. This makes it dangerous to the electronics of probes and potentially fatal to astronauts. It also has an unique doughnut shaped plasma torus within Jup ...
... features, and the solar system’s only surface with no known impact craters. It also has a very high level of radiation from Jupiter’s magnetosphere. This makes it dangerous to the electronics of probes and potentially fatal to astronauts. It also has an unique doughnut shaped plasma torus within Jup ...
The Solar System
... • Johannes Kepler (15711630)- propsed that the orbits around the sun were ellipses ...
... • Johannes Kepler (15711630)- propsed that the orbits around the sun were ellipses ...
Astrobiology
Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe: extraterrestrial life and life on Earth. This interdisciplinary field encompasses the search for habitable environments in our Solar System and habitable planets outside our Solar System, the search for evidence of prebiotic chemistry, laboratory and field research into the origins and early evolution of life on Earth, and studies of the potential for life to adapt to challenges on Earth and in outer space. Astrobiology addresses the question of whether life exists beyond Earth, and how humans can detect it if it does. (The term exobiology is similar but more specific—it covers the search for life beyond Earth, and the effects of extraterrestrial environments on living things.)Astrobiology makes use of physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, molecular biology, ecology, planetary science, geography, and geology to investigate the possibility of life on other worlds and help recognize biospheres that might be different from the biosphere on Earth. The origin and early evolution of life is an inseparable part of the discipline of astrobiology. Astrobiology concerns itself with interpretation of existing scientific data; given more detailed and reliable data from other parts of the universe, the roots of astrobiology itself—physics, chemistry and biology—may have their theoretical bases challenged. Although speculation is entertained to give context, astrobiology concerns itself primarily with hypotheses that fit firmly into existing scientific theories.The chemistry of life may have begun shortly after the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago, during a habitable epoch when the Universe was only 10–17 million years old. According to the panspermia hypothesis, microscopic life—distributed by meteoroids, asteroids and other small Solar System bodies—may exist throughout the universe. According to research published in August 2015, very large galaxies may be more favorable to the creation and development of habitable planets than smaller galaxies, like the Milky Way galaxy. Nonetheless, Earth is the only place in the universe known to harbor life. Estimates of habitable zones around other stars, along with the discovery of hundreds of extrasolar planets and new insights into the extreme habitats here on Earth, suggest that there may be many more habitable places in the universe than considered possible until very recently.Current studies on the planet Mars by the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers are now searching for evidence of ancient life as well as plains related to ancient rivers or lakes that may have been habitable. The search for evidence of habitability, taphonomy (related to fossils), and organic molecules on the planet Mars is now a primary NASA objective on Mars.