Loz and Megs Solar System Presentation
... from tiny dust particles and rocks. Over many years they have formed the Sun. The Sun has been around for a very long time and will be here for about another 500 million years to come! ...
... from tiny dust particles and rocks. Over many years they have formed the Sun. The Sun has been around for a very long time and will be here for about another 500 million years to come! ...
Chapter 20
... arisen not only on the Earth but also in other locations. The appearance of very simple organisms in Earth rocks that are 3.5 billion years old, and indirect evidence for life as far back as 3.8 billion years (not long after the end of the bombardment suffered by the newly formed Earth), suggests th ...
... arisen not only on the Earth but also in other locations. The appearance of very simple organisms in Earth rocks that are 3.5 billion years old, and indirect evidence for life as far back as 3.8 billion years (not long after the end of the bombardment suffered by the newly formed Earth), suggests th ...
Chapter 25 Teacher Notes
... •The carbon dioxide in the air has been dissolved by Earth’s oceans. Mars •Most like Earth of all of the planets •“red planet” because of high iron content on its surface •Last volcanic activity about 100 million years ago •Olympus Mon is largest volcano in solar system. If on Earth, its base would ...
... •The carbon dioxide in the air has been dissolved by Earth’s oceans. Mars •Most like Earth of all of the planets •“red planet” because of high iron content on its surface •Last volcanic activity about 100 million years ago •Olympus Mon is largest volcano in solar system. If on Earth, its base would ...
are solar system
... The Universe or cosmos is the name used to describe the collection of all matter, energy and space that exists. How the universe was created is not fully understood. Most scientist believe that it began about 15,000 million years ago with an unimaginably violent explosion known as the Big bang. This ...
... The Universe or cosmos is the name used to describe the collection of all matter, energy and space that exists. How the universe was created is not fully understood. Most scientist believe that it began about 15,000 million years ago with an unimaginably violent explosion known as the Big bang. This ...
Sample multiple choice questions for Exam 3
... Multiple Choice: 26 questions, 3 points each. Select the best answer to each of the questions below. Place your answer on the computer answer sheet provided. 1) The approximate dimensions of the frozen nucleus of a typical comet is a) 1-2 millimeters (pinhead-sized) b) 1-20 km (city-sized) c) 300 – ...
... Multiple Choice: 26 questions, 3 points each. Select the best answer to each of the questions below. Place your answer on the computer answer sheet provided. 1) The approximate dimensions of the frozen nucleus of a typical comet is a) 1-2 millimeters (pinhead-sized) b) 1-20 km (city-sized) c) 300 – ...
Physical Geography Exam Review Part 2
... ѺThe Universe (Big Bang) ѺThe Solar System ѺThe Sun and the Earth ѺEarths Age and Uniqueness ѺThe Earth in Motion (Seasons) ...
... ѺThe Universe (Big Bang) ѺThe Solar System ѺThe Sun and the Earth ѺEarths Age and Uniqueness ѺThe Earth in Motion (Seasons) ...
Astronomy 101 Section 4
... educational lectures and activities to talk to someone when something isn’t right ...
... educational lectures and activities to talk to someone when something isn’t right ...
Intelligent life in the Universe
... 2) It reacts to its environment in a complex manner 3) It grows and self replicates 4) It produces a large number of chemical reactions At the core of life is aperiodic complexity and not order. A more accurate definition would be: A living objects are a region of order which use energy to maintain ...
... 2) It reacts to its environment in a complex manner 3) It grows and self replicates 4) It produces a large number of chemical reactions At the core of life is aperiodic complexity and not order. A more accurate definition would be: A living objects are a region of order which use energy to maintain ...
here - Next Wave
... advancing at a breakneck pace. In less than a decade we may well know whether we’re the cosmos’ first and only living progeny, or if there are others. Since the 1990s, we have known what we had long suspected: our solar system is not unique. There are other worlds—more than 700 at last count—shuttli ...
... advancing at a breakneck pace. In less than a decade we may well know whether we’re the cosmos’ first and only living progeny, or if there are others. Since the 1990s, we have known what we had long suspected: our solar system is not unique. There are other worlds—more than 700 at last count—shuttli ...
Center for Origins Studies: CalSpace
... flaming rock smaller than Greece. Wrong! But more important is idea that Sun is a physical body, not a God. ...
... flaming rock smaller than Greece. Wrong! But more important is idea that Sun is a physical body, not a God. ...
NOVA COLLEGE-WIDE COURSE CONTENT SUMMARY PHY 150
... Observing the night sky and astronomical time keeping The history & development of astronomy and related laws of physics The nature & physics of light. Optics, telescopes and spectroscopy The Earth as a planet and its nearest neighbor, the Moon Atmospheric and geological characteristics of planets, ...
... Observing the night sky and astronomical time keeping The history & development of astronomy and related laws of physics The nature & physics of light. Optics, telescopes and spectroscopy The Earth as a planet and its nearest neighbor, the Moon Atmospheric and geological characteristics of planets, ...
technics
... in Switzerland, measures atoms with speeds from about one hundred thousand to 1.5 million mph. “Just after we got IBEX-Hi turned on, the moon happened to pass right through its field of view, and there they were,” said Dr. David J. McComas, IBEX principal investigator and assistant vice president of ...
... in Switzerland, measures atoms with speeds from about one hundred thousand to 1.5 million mph. “Just after we got IBEX-Hi turned on, the moon happened to pass right through its field of view, and there they were,” said Dr. David J. McComas, IBEX principal investigator and assistant vice president of ...
Novel technique water on exoplanets
... water molecules in the atmosphere of a planet in orbit around another star. The discovery using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), endorsesa new techniquethat will let astronomersefficiently search for ,water on hundreds of worlds without the need for space-basedtelescopes. Since the early 1990s scie ...
... water molecules in the atmosphere of a planet in orbit around another star. The discovery using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), endorsesa new techniquethat will let astronomersefficiently search for ,water on hundreds of worlds without the need for space-basedtelescopes. Since the early 1990s scie ...
File
... Startled by the oscillating intensity, she originally labeled the wave “little green men.” ...
... Startled by the oscillating intensity, she originally labeled the wave “little green men.” ...
Standard Form - Fastest Planet
... Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter. Like Jupiter, it is a Gas Giant and so does not have a solid surface. It is famous for its dramatic and beautiful rings. The rings are not solid, but are made up of many millions of small lumps of ice and rock, varying from a fe ...
... Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter. Like Jupiter, it is a Gas Giant and so does not have a solid surface. It is famous for its dramatic and beautiful rings. The rings are not solid, but are made up of many millions of small lumps of ice and rock, varying from a fe ...
Word doc - UC-HiPACC - University of California, Santa Cruz
... 847 and counting: that’s the number of planets confirmed as existing around 642 stars within several hundred light-years of our Sun. And more than 2,000 additional detections are awaiting confirmation by follow-up observations. By far, the most potential exoplanets have been found by the NASA spacec ...
... 847 and counting: that’s the number of planets confirmed as existing around 642 stars within several hundred light-years of our Sun. And more than 2,000 additional detections are awaiting confirmation by follow-up observations. By far, the most potential exoplanets have been found by the NASA spacec ...
AstroLesson4Slides
... Can you understand why Ptolemy saw the Earth as the center of the Universe based on what you can see of the Sun, the Moon, and the stars? What major shift occurred with the Copernican view of the Universe? ...
... Can you understand why Ptolemy saw the Earth as the center of the Universe based on what you can see of the Sun, the Moon, and the stars? What major shift occurred with the Copernican view of the Universe? ...
Document
... of clay and silicate. S-types are made of silicate rocks and nickeliron mixtures. M-types are made of metallic nickel-iron. ...
... of clay and silicate. S-types are made of silicate rocks and nickeliron mixtures. M-types are made of metallic nickel-iron. ...
Relative sizes of astronomical objects
... This image represents the relative sizes of our Sun and Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), Pollux (Beta Geminorum) and Arcturus (Alpha Bootes). ‘Giant’ Jupiter is just 1 pixel in this perspective. Earth is invisible on this scale. ...
... This image represents the relative sizes of our Sun and Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), Pollux (Beta Geminorum) and Arcturus (Alpha Bootes). ‘Giant’ Jupiter is just 1 pixel in this perspective. Earth is invisible on this scale. ...
Chapter 11
... given amazing views of far away galaxies and stars in space Using this they were able to find that the universe is ...
... given amazing views of far away galaxies and stars in space Using this they were able to find that the universe is ...
Earth-Sun Relationship
... away from the Sun • Winter Solstice - December 21 - beginning of winter. • Summer Solstice -June 21 - beginning of summer ...
... away from the Sun • Winter Solstice - December 21 - beginning of winter. • Summer Solstice -June 21 - beginning of summer ...
What is the universe???
... 1. An object in motion tends to stay in motion UNLESS an outside forces acts upon it 2. An object accelerates in the same direction of the force applied 3. For every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction ...
... 1. An object in motion tends to stay in motion UNLESS an outside forces acts upon it 2. An object accelerates in the same direction of the force applied 3. For every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction ...
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.