Geology 110: Earth and Space Science
... they may pass through, bounce off (reflect), and/or bend (refract) at boundaries between different rock types. The time it takes a seismic wave to travel from a source in one location to a recording station at another can be used to decipher the internal structure of Earth. Identify three similar me ...
... they may pass through, bounce off (reflect), and/or bend (refract) at boundaries between different rock types. The time it takes a seismic wave to travel from a source in one location to a recording station at another can be used to decipher the internal structure of Earth. Identify three similar me ...
Topic IV: The Solar System & Universe
... About 10-17 billion years old About 25 billion light-years across ...
... About 10-17 billion years old About 25 billion light-years across ...
OGT TYPE QUESTIONS
... A unicellular organism must carry out all of the activities of the organism within the structures of a single cell. Distinct types of cells in one body can have specialized functions in a multicellular organism. Therefore, the development of the ability of a cell to become differentiated led to the ...
... A unicellular organism must carry out all of the activities of the organism within the structures of a single cell. Distinct types of cells in one body can have specialized functions in a multicellular organism. Therefore, the development of the ability of a cell to become differentiated led to the ...
March 2011 - Sunderland Astronomical Society
... and Economic Impacts." For the past several years the sun has been in its most quiescent state since early in the 20th century, said Baker. ...
... and Economic Impacts." For the past several years the sun has been in its most quiescent state since early in the 20th century, said Baker. ...
the space shuttle - Literacy from Scratch
... Shuttle enters atmosphere inclined at 40o to slow down – this is 120 km above Earth The shuttle flies in big S-shaped curves to slow down dramatically in the thicker air of the atmosphere 12 km from the runway and 3 km high, the shuttle deploys its flaps to slow from 682 km/h to 346 km/h A typical j ...
... Shuttle enters atmosphere inclined at 40o to slow down – this is 120 km above Earth The shuttle flies in big S-shaped curves to slow down dramatically in the thicker air of the atmosphere 12 km from the runway and 3 km high, the shuttle deploys its flaps to slow from 682 km/h to 346 km/h A typical j ...
Ch. 26.5 - (www.ramsey.k12.nj.us).
... Dark Matter = Does not give off radiation & cannot be detected Exerts gravitational force on visible matter Universe may be 90% + dark matter Why do we think Dark Matter exists? Galaxies are accelerating faster than they should be (based on the observable matter in the Universe). The acceleration du ...
... Dark Matter = Does not give off radiation & cannot be detected Exerts gravitational force on visible matter Universe may be 90% + dark matter Why do we think Dark Matter exists? Galaxies are accelerating faster than they should be (based on the observable matter in the Universe). The acceleration du ...
Print 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
... Arbor, MI, United States. The first two MESSENGER flybys on 14 January 2008 and 6 October 2008 encountered very different solar wind interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions. During the first flyby the IMF was northward, while during the second it was southward; in addition, during both flybys ...
... Arbor, MI, United States. The first two MESSENGER flybys on 14 January 2008 and 6 October 2008 encountered very different solar wind interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions. During the first flyby the IMF was northward, while during the second it was southward; in addition, during both flybys ...
Chapter 27 PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
... Present Atmosphere: Cyanobacteria and early green plants appeared and began to use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. Oxygen is released as a byproduct of photosynthesis. Fig 5: 78%nitrogen; 21% oxygen; 1% other. As Earth cooled, water condensed to form rain. Over millions of years the water has ...
... Present Atmosphere: Cyanobacteria and early green plants appeared and began to use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. Oxygen is released as a byproduct of photosynthesis. Fig 5: 78%nitrogen; 21% oxygen; 1% other. As Earth cooled, water condensed to form rain. Over millions of years the water has ...
UNIT 4 - Rowan County Schools
... • Have very low energy • Used to gather information about: – Supernova – Quasars/blazars (activie galaxies) – Pulsars – The interstellar medium – The big bang ...
... • Have very low energy • Used to gather information about: – Supernova – Quasars/blazars (activie galaxies) – Pulsars – The interstellar medium – The big bang ...
AY5 Homework for Quiz 4: Spring 2015
... __X__ it is “cold” (i.e. moves slowly compared to the speed of light) __X__ it does not readily interact directly with photons or other matter (i.e. it has a small cross-‐section for interations) _ ...
... __X__ it is “cold” (i.e. moves slowly compared to the speed of light) __X__ it does not readily interact directly with photons or other matter (i.e. it has a small cross-‐section for interations) _ ...
SAP_Paper1_FutureOfUniverse
... Kenneth). Tidal acceleration is where two orbiting bodies gravitational effect on each other is to decelerate each body’s rotation. This can happen from a conservation of energy standpoint because the rotation energy is transferred into potential energy as the bodies are pushed into a more distant o ...
... Kenneth). Tidal acceleration is where two orbiting bodies gravitational effect on each other is to decelerate each body’s rotation. This can happen from a conservation of energy standpoint because the rotation energy is transferred into potential energy as the bodies are pushed into a more distant o ...
NATS1311_112008_bw
... - makes the planetary surface warmer than it would be otherwise extreme on Venus just right for life on Earth weak on Mars - distributes heat around planet scattering and absorption of light - absorb high-energy radiation from the Sun - scattering of optical light brightens the daytime sky creates p ...
... - makes the planetary surface warmer than it would be otherwise extreme on Venus just right for life on Earth weak on Mars - distributes heat around planet scattering and absorption of light - absorb high-energy radiation from the Sun - scattering of optical light brightens the daytime sky creates p ...
sky science study notes
... size star. It makes light, heat and energy for our planet. Without it there would be no life on our planet. :-( Light that leaves the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth. Never look at the Sun directly or through a telescope or binoculars. Your eye has a lens and the Sun’s light energy will f ...
... size star. It makes light, heat and energy for our planet. Without it there would be no life on our planet. :-( Light that leaves the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth. Never look at the Sun directly or through a telescope or binoculars. Your eye has a lens and the Sun’s light energy will f ...
June 2013 Kepler Space Telescope Update
... and actively starforming galaxies were merging into an extremely massive elliptical galaxy. The result, published in the journal Nature, suggests that a merger between gasrich galaxies is an efA pair of merging galaxies in the young Universe discovered with Herschel (left panel) and imfective mechan ...
... and actively starforming galaxies were merging into an extremely massive elliptical galaxy. The result, published in the journal Nature, suggests that a merger between gasrich galaxies is an efA pair of merging galaxies in the young Universe discovered with Herschel (left panel) and imfective mechan ...
Where Stars Are Born
... because the Sun is too cool to produce the large numbers of UV photons required to energize the gas of an emission nebula. 7. i) Collision between clouds. ii) Compression of a cloud by a nearby emission nebula (due to expansion of the hot nebular gas). iii) Compression of a cloud by a nearby superno ...
... because the Sun is too cool to produce the large numbers of UV photons required to energize the gas of an emission nebula. 7. i) Collision between clouds. ii) Compression of a cloud by a nearby emission nebula (due to expansion of the hot nebular gas). iii) Compression of a cloud by a nearby superno ...
PHYSICS 1500 - ASTRONOMY TOTAL: 100 marks Section A Please
... (c) the Earth's axis is tilted by about 23 degrees from the plane of its orbit. (d) the pull of the other planets makes the Earth wobble significantly during the course of a year. (e) the land mass of the Earth is more concentrated in the northern hemisphere. Question 2 The Earth's core is more dens ...
... (c) the Earth's axis is tilted by about 23 degrees from the plane of its orbit. (d) the pull of the other planets makes the Earth wobble significantly during the course of a year. (e) the land mass of the Earth is more concentrated in the northern hemisphere. Question 2 The Earth's core is more dens ...
Where is the antimatter?
... Missing monopoles Magnets have two “poles”—a north pole and a south pole. A “monopole” is a hypothetical (no one has ever found one) massive particle that is just like a magnet but has only one pole. So a monopole would have either a north pole or a south pole, but not both. ...
... Missing monopoles Magnets have two “poles”—a north pole and a south pole. A “monopole” is a hypothetical (no one has ever found one) massive particle that is just like a magnet but has only one pole. So a monopole would have either a north pole or a south pole, but not both. ...
Unit 3: Understanding the Universe
... Enduring Understandings The solar system contains planets, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, and other small solar system bodies. ...
... Enduring Understandings The solar system contains planets, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, and other small solar system bodies. ...
Objects In Space -- research questions
... 5. Can we see them from Earth? If so, what do they look like? ...
... 5. Can we see them from Earth? If so, what do they look like? ...
Teacher`s Guide The Solar Empire: A Star is Born
... 1. Ask your students how they think astronomers can make inferences about the life of a particular star, from its birth to its death, taking into consideration that it is impossible to observe a star’s evolution through its entire lifetime. 2. Make sure students understand that because a star’s init ...
... 1. Ask your students how they think astronomers can make inferences about the life of a particular star, from its birth to its death, taking into consideration that it is impossible to observe a star’s evolution through its entire lifetime. 2. Make sure students understand that because a star’s init ...
Topic/Objective: ______ _____ Full Name: __________ Class: __
... objects with telescopes and experimenting with matter on Earth Approximately 10-20 billion years ago all matter in the universe existed in an incredibly hot and dense state, from which it expanded and cooled slowly condensing into stars and galaxies. It is expanding at a very slow rate and is st ...
... objects with telescopes and experimenting with matter on Earth Approximately 10-20 billion years ago all matter in the universe existed in an incredibly hot and dense state, from which it expanded and cooled slowly condensing into stars and galaxies. It is expanding at a very slow rate and is st ...
Document
... the temperature at which the water's equilibrium vapor pressure equals the surrounding atmospheric pressure. Since the average atmospheric pressure decreases with increased elevation, less energy input is needed to reach water's equilibrium vapor pressure at an elevation of 10,000 feet. This means t ...
... the temperature at which the water's equilibrium vapor pressure equals the surrounding atmospheric pressure. Since the average atmospheric pressure decreases with increased elevation, less energy input is needed to reach water's equilibrium vapor pressure at an elevation of 10,000 feet. This means t ...
Star
... 1. Stars are so far away that stellar parallax is too small for naked eye to notice 2. Earth does not orbit Sun; it is the center of the universe Unfortunately, with notable exceptions like Aristarchus, the Greeks did not think the stars could be that far away, and therefore rejected the correct exp ...
... 1. Stars are so far away that stellar parallax is too small for naked eye to notice 2. Earth does not orbit Sun; it is the center of the universe Unfortunately, with notable exceptions like Aristarchus, the Greeks did not think the stars could be that far away, and therefore rejected the correct exp ...
space tech - Project Jugaad
... One of the first people to make a good measurement of the distance to a planet was the great astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini. In 1672, Cassini used a technique called parallax to measure the distance to Mars. You can understand parallax by holding your thumb up at arm's length and looking at it f ...
... One of the first people to make a good measurement of the distance to a planet was the great astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini. In 1672, Cassini used a technique called parallax to measure the distance to Mars. You can understand parallax by holding your thumb up at arm's length and looking at it f ...
Outer space
Outer space, or just space, is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust and cosmic rays. The baseline temperature, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is 2.7 kelvin (K). Plasma with a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic metre and a temperature of millions of kelvin in the space between galaxies accounts for most of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in outer space; local concentrations have condensed into stars and galaxies. In most galaxies, observations provide evidence that 90% of the mass is in an unknown form, called dark matter, which interacts with other matter through gravitational but not electromagnetic forces. Data indicates that the majority of the mass-energy in the observable Universe is a poorly understood vacuum energy of space which astronomers label dark energy. Intergalactic space takes up most of the volume of the Universe, but even galaxies and star systems consist almost entirely of empty space.There is no firm boundary where space begins. However the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level, is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties and for aerospace records keeping. The framework for international space law was established by the Outer Space Treaty, which was passed by the United Nations in 1967. This treaty precludes any claims of national sovereignty and permits all states to freely explore outer space. Despite the drafting of UN resolutions for the peaceful uses of outer space, anti-satellite weapons have been tested in Earth orbit.Humans began the physical exploration of space during the 20th century with the advent of high-altitude balloon flights, followed by manned rocket launches. Earth orbit was first achieved by Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union in 1961 and unmanned spacecraft have since reached all of the known planets in the Solar System. Due to the high cost of getting into space, manned spaceflight has been limited to low Earth orbit and the Moon.Outer space represents a challenging environment for human exploration because of the dual hazards of vacuum and radiation. Microgravity also has a negative effect on human physiology that causes both muscle atrophy and bone loss. In addition to these health and environmental issues, the economic cost of putting objects, including humans, into space is high.