THE EARTH AND MOON
... FUN FACTS • The moon actually does have a little bit of atmosphere and if you piled it all up you would get 10,000 kg. • Because of the moons effect of the tides the highest tide was 53.38 ft. high. • The moon actually has 6% of water. ...
... FUN FACTS • The moon actually does have a little bit of atmosphere and if you piled it all up you would get 10,000 kg. • Because of the moons effect of the tides the highest tide was 53.38 ft. high. • The moon actually has 6% of water. ...
1 UNIT 3 EARTH HISTORY - POSSIBLE TEST QUESTIONS OUR
... 42. How long does it take light from our Sun to arrive to Earth? Classification of Stars 43. Based on temperature and brightness, our Sun is _________. 44. What are the two types of super-giant stars? Fate of Stars 45. Over time, what is the fate of our sun? 46. What might be the fate of our sun if ...
... 42. How long does it take light from our Sun to arrive to Earth? Classification of Stars 43. Based on temperature and brightness, our Sun is _________. 44. What are the two types of super-giant stars? Fate of Stars 45. Over time, what is the fate of our sun? 46. What might be the fate of our sun if ...
STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS
... c. Spica 230 light years away d. In the constellation is a source of powerful x-rays e. An elliptical galaxy in Virgo - Libra, the balance a. Scales of Justice b. Constellation with a green star, not too many green stars known. c. Constellation is a logo for the US Justice System - Scorpio, the Scor ...
... c. Spica 230 light years away d. In the constellation is a source of powerful x-rays e. An elliptical galaxy in Virgo - Libra, the balance a. Scales of Justice b. Constellation with a green star, not too many green stars known. c. Constellation is a logo for the US Justice System - Scorpio, the Scor ...
Name - MIT
... B) The telescopes are above a significant amount of the Earth’s atmosphere C) You do not have to worry at all about the distorting effects of the Earth’s atmosphere D) Gamma-rays from stars can be observed on Mauna Kea E) The telescopes are much close to the objects they will study ...
... B) The telescopes are above a significant amount of the Earth’s atmosphere C) You do not have to worry at all about the distorting effects of the Earth’s atmosphere D) Gamma-rays from stars can be observed on Mauna Kea E) The telescopes are much close to the objects they will study ...
Stars and Their Characteristics
... • particles move closer together under gravity • increase density = increase temperature • if nebula glows, called protostar • center will become hotter until fusion takes place and a star is born ...
... • particles move closer together under gravity • increase density = increase temperature • if nebula glows, called protostar • center will become hotter until fusion takes place and a star is born ...
Law of Universal Gravitation
... • The sun also contributes to ocean tides, but since it is further away, it influences tides to a lesser extent • Spring Tides – A high or low tide that occurs when the sun, Earth and the moon are all lined up so that the tides due to the sun and the moon coincide, making the high tides higher than ...
... • The sun also contributes to ocean tides, but since it is further away, it influences tides to a lesser extent • Spring Tides – A high or low tide that occurs when the sun, Earth and the moon are all lined up so that the tides due to the sun and the moon coincide, making the high tides higher than ...
Chapter 1 Daily Note Sheets Completed Power Point
... 7. Which way does the Earth Rotate ? How do you know ? • Sun shows on Eastern coast of US first. Must be going counterclockwise ...
... 7. Which way does the Earth Rotate ? How do you know ? • Sun shows on Eastern coast of US first. Must be going counterclockwise ...
galaxy
... Only three galaxies outside the Milky Way are visible with the unaided eye. People in the Northern Hemisphere can see the Andromeda Galaxy, which is about 2 million light-years away. People in the Southern Hemisphere can see the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is about 160,000 light-years from Earth, ...
... Only three galaxies outside the Milky Way are visible with the unaided eye. People in the Northern Hemisphere can see the Andromeda Galaxy, which is about 2 million light-years away. People in the Southern Hemisphere can see the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is about 160,000 light-years from Earth, ...
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE
... third-largest planet in the solar system. • The orbital period of Uranus is almost 84 years. • Uranus has 24 moons and at least 11 thin rings. • Discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781, Uranus is a difficult planet to study because it is nearly 3 billion kilometers from the sun. • The Hubble Spac ...
... third-largest planet in the solar system. • The orbital period of Uranus is almost 84 years. • Uranus has 24 moons and at least 11 thin rings. • Discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781, Uranus is a difficult planet to study because it is nearly 3 billion kilometers from the sun. • The Hubble Spac ...
notes
... placed it at the same distance that it currently is from our Sun (T = 5800 K) • We moved it to an M-type star (T = 3000 K) and placed it at the same distance that it currently is from our Sun • In each of these cases, where should we place the Earth to prevent these effects? ...
... placed it at the same distance that it currently is from our Sun (T = 5800 K) • We moved it to an M-type star (T = 3000 K) and placed it at the same distance that it currently is from our Sun • In each of these cases, where should we place the Earth to prevent these effects? ...
Kepler`s Laws and Galileo 8/31/2016
... • No telescopes, just “long sticks” where one could easily measure both angular coordinates at once by “flipping” the device • Measure relative location of planets to stars (and moon). If do at dusk and dawn for saw Mars have a distance measurement using parallax • As far as I can tell Brahe was mos ...
... • No telescopes, just “long sticks” where one could easily measure both angular coordinates at once by “flipping” the device • Measure relative location of planets to stars (and moon). If do at dusk and dawn for saw Mars have a distance measurement using parallax • As far as I can tell Brahe was mos ...
Galaxies • Test 3 (New date) – Thurs, 9 April
... • For there to be O stars, there must have been gas 20 Myrs ago. (Compare to age of the sun, 4.5Byrs.) ...
... • For there to be O stars, there must have been gas 20 Myrs ago. (Compare to age of the sun, 4.5Byrs.) ...
Models of the Solar System
... circling in perfect circular orbits. • They believed the Earth was the most important object in space and therefore assumed it to be the center of the universe. ...
... circling in perfect circular orbits. • They believed the Earth was the most important object in space and therefore assumed it to be the center of the universe. ...
Fun Facts: Sunshine
... The sun supports all life on this planet. If the sun didn’t exist, neither would we! Without the sun, all the water on earth would freeze and the earth would be a giant ball of ice. ...
... The sun supports all life on this planet. If the sun didn’t exist, neither would we! Without the sun, all the water on earth would freeze and the earth would be a giant ball of ice. ...
hw5
... p. 458 RQ # 6 Why do we think that liquid water is necessary for the origin of life? All life on earth is made of the same organic materials and comprised mostly of water. The basic building blocks of living matter are theorized to have come together in the oceans. Most importantly, the Miller exper ...
... p. 458 RQ # 6 Why do we think that liquid water is necessary for the origin of life? All life on earth is made of the same organic materials and comprised mostly of water. The basic building blocks of living matter are theorized to have come together in the oceans. Most importantly, the Miller exper ...
Rare Earth hypothesis
In planetary astronomy and astrobiology, the Rare Earth Hypothesis argues that the origin of life and the evolution of biological complexity such as sexually reproducing, multicellular organisms on Earth (and, subsequently, human intelligence) required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances. The hypothesis argues that complex extraterrestrial life is a very improbable phenomenon and likely to be extremely rare. The term ""Rare Earth"" originates from Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe (2000), a book by Peter Ward, a geologist and paleontologist, and Donald E. Brownlee, an astronomer and astrobiologist, both faculty members at the University of Washington.An alternative view point was argued by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, among others. It holds that Earth is a typical rocky planet in a typical planetary system, located in a non-exceptional region of a common barred-spiral galaxy. Given the principle of mediocrity (also called the Copernican principle), it is probable that the universe teems with complex life. Ward and Brownlee argue to the contrary: that planets, planetary systems, and galactic regions that are as friendly to complex life as are the Earth, the Solar System, and our region of the Milky Way are very rare.