empower-maine-grade7-reading-practice-test
... 17 Since 2006 there’s been an explosion in the number of these extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, known ...
... 17 Since 2006 there’s been an explosion in the number of these extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, known ...
old_exam_questions - Winthrop Chemistry, Physics, and
... Which kind of Main Sequence star burns longer, a small red star or a big blue star (circle one)? How do main sequence stars form? Be sure to include all of the important processes. ...
... Which kind of Main Sequence star burns longer, a small red star or a big blue star (circle one)? How do main sequence stars form? Be sure to include all of the important processes. ...
A Modern View of the Universe
... Our solar system belongs to the huge, disk-shaped collection of stars called the Milky Way Galaxy. A galaxy is a great island of stars in space, containing from a few hundred million to a trillion or more stars. The Milky Way is a relatively large galaxy, containing more than 100 billion stars. Our ...
... Our solar system belongs to the huge, disk-shaped collection of stars called the Milky Way Galaxy. A galaxy is a great island of stars in space, containing from a few hundred million to a trillion or more stars. The Milky Way is a relatively large galaxy, containing more than 100 billion stars. Our ...
Amherst County Public Schools Earth Science Curriculum Pacing
... The student will plan and conduct investigations in which d) volume, area, mass, elapsed time, direction, temperature, pressure, distance, density, and changes in elevation/depth are calculated utilizing the most appropriate tools; e) technologies, including computers, probeware, and geospatial tech ...
... The student will plan and conduct investigations in which d) volume, area, mass, elapsed time, direction, temperature, pressure, distance, density, and changes in elevation/depth are calculated utilizing the most appropriate tools; e) technologies, including computers, probeware, and geospatial tech ...
Folie 1
... Using the probability manifolds discussed previously, one can represent this planet with the following parameters: very high accretion rate! ...
... Using the probability manifolds discussed previously, one can represent this planet with the following parameters: very high accretion rate! ...
The barycentric motion of exoplanet host stars
... that they are dynamically interacting, the orbits must then be determined, at least over the longer term, by N-body integration. This is a complication that we ignore in this study. Equation (1) shows that low-mass, short-period planets naturally have a smaller effect on the Sun’s (or star’s) displac ...
... that they are dynamically interacting, the orbits must then be determined, at least over the longer term, by N-body integration. This is a complication that we ignore in this study. Equation (1) shows that low-mass, short-period planets naturally have a smaller effect on the Sun’s (or star’s) displac ...
ASTR-100 - Jiri Brezina Teaching
... Tidal heating slows the bodies' rotation until it becomes tidally locked, and the tidal bulge does not change any more (68). Two (from many) examples of tidal heating: Moon’s rotation, originally faster than now (the Moon showed all sides earlier), has been tidally locked to the Earth since 3.5 bill ...
... Tidal heating slows the bodies' rotation until it becomes tidally locked, and the tidal bulge does not change any more (68). Two (from many) examples of tidal heating: Moon’s rotation, originally faster than now (the Moon showed all sides earlier), has been tidally locked to the Earth since 3.5 bill ...
Lecture 1a: Class overview and Early Observations 8/27
... the fixed stars, with a period of roughly 26,000 years. This gyroscopic motion is due to the tidal forces exerted by the Sun and the Moon on the solid Earth, which has the shape of an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere. The Sun and Moon ...
... the fixed stars, with a period of roughly 26,000 years. This gyroscopic motion is due to the tidal forces exerted by the Sun and the Moon on the solid Earth, which has the shape of an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere. The Sun and Moon ...
Lecture 28: The Galilean Moons of Jupiter
... Is there liquid water under Europa’s ice? Young surface with few craters, recently repaved Chaotic and flooded terrains suggestive of liquid upwelling from below. Weak magnetic field caused by currents in an electrically conductive medium – a salty liquid water ocean? Tidal heating calculations show ...
... Is there liquid water under Europa’s ice? Young surface with few craters, recently repaved Chaotic and flooded terrains suggestive of liquid upwelling from below. Weak magnetic field caused by currents in an electrically conductive medium – a salty liquid water ocean? Tidal heating calculations show ...
Kepler’s Laws—20 Jan • Homework 1
... same periods. Draw their orbits on a single picture. 1. Grading: sun’s position A. Centered for comet B. Offset for comet ...
... same periods. Draw their orbits on a single picture. 1. Grading: sun’s position A. Centered for comet B. Offset for comet ...
Absolute Ages of Rocks
... it cannot contain any contamination of daughter product from other sources. Potassium -argon dating is good for rocks containing potassium, but what about other things? Radiocarbon Dating Carbon-14 is useful for dating bones, wood, and charcoal up to 75,000 years old. Living things take in carbon fr ...
... it cannot contain any contamination of daughter product from other sources. Potassium -argon dating is good for rocks containing potassium, but what about other things? Radiocarbon Dating Carbon-14 is useful for dating bones, wood, and charcoal up to 75,000 years old. Living things take in carbon fr ...
A. Sedimentary Rock
... All of these natural events are still going on today - We see evidence in the rock record that these events have been occurring for a long time. Geologists call this uniformitarianism. The physical laws governing the universe operate uniformly through time. Some events which occurred in the past, an ...
... All of these natural events are still going on today - We see evidence in the rock record that these events have been occurring for a long time. Geologists call this uniformitarianism. The physical laws governing the universe operate uniformly through time. Some events which occurred in the past, an ...
Creating the earth atmosphere in other planets
... called the ecliptic plane. The Solar System also contains regions populated by smaller objects. The asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, mostly contains objects composed, like the terrestrial planets, of rock and metal. Within these populations are several dozen to more than ten thous ...
... called the ecliptic plane. The Solar System also contains regions populated by smaller objects. The asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, mostly contains objects composed, like the terrestrial planets, of rock and metal. Within these populations are several dozen to more than ten thous ...
Goal: To understand what comets are and to explore the Oort cloud.
... km) that go into the inner solar system. • How many don’t go to the inner solar system? • How many are a bit smaller? • There are probably billions of them out there. ...
... km) that go into the inner solar system. • How many don’t go to the inner solar system? • How many are a bit smaller? • There are probably billions of them out there. ...
Week 2 Essential Reading
... Sem:ca. Srraho, Xenophallcs, and many ot.hers dis coursed on topics such as the origin of river valleys and deltas, and the presence of seashells in moumains. Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 580-480 1lC) speculated thar. as seashells are fOllnd on the tops of moun tains, the surface of the Earth must h ...
... Sem:ca. Srraho, Xenophallcs, and many ot.hers dis coursed on topics such as the origin of river valleys and deltas, and the presence of seashells in moumains. Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 580-480 1lC) speculated thar. as seashells are fOllnd on the tops of moun tains, the surface of the Earth must h ...
Comets People were very superstitious in ancient times. They
... Comets come from places in the outer solar system called the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud are made up of chunks of ice and rock. Comets that orbit the Sun in less than 200 years come from the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is just beyond the planet Neptune. Comets ...
... Comets come from places in the outer solar system called the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud are made up of chunks of ice and rock. Comets that orbit the Sun in less than 200 years come from the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is just beyond the planet Neptune. Comets ...
Name: Date Assigned: 3/25/13 Period: This scavenger hunt will
... prominence, solar flare, and corona. B) Then, define each feature. (8-4.2) 15) Create a cause and effect graphic organizer (flow chart) to a) explain what solar winds are , b) tell what phenomenon they cause near the earth’s poles, c) and then explain the effects of solar winds on Earth. (8-4.3) 16) ...
... prominence, solar flare, and corona. B) Then, define each feature. (8-4.2) 15) Create a cause and effect graphic organizer (flow chart) to a) explain what solar winds are , b) tell what phenomenon they cause near the earth’s poles, c) and then explain the effects of solar winds on Earth. (8-4.3) 16) ...
Read an excerpt from the book
... sing all the tools available, geologists have now identified most of the terranes that make up North America. The next step is to construct a terrane accretion diagram. The notional continent (Leaflandia) is made up of four superterranes (Oileria, Ottavia, Habsia, and Canuckia). Ottavia and Habsia a ...
... sing all the tools available, geologists have now identified most of the terranes that make up North America. The next step is to construct a terrane accretion diagram. The notional continent (Leaflandia) is made up of four superterranes (Oileria, Ottavia, Habsia, and Canuckia). Ottavia and Habsia a ...
COMETS - Mount Holyoke College
... solar wind and are dragged away from the comet in a direction approximately radially outward from the sun. III. Origin of comets Comets formed at the same epoch as the planets, roughly 4.6 billion years ago, in the outer parts of the solar nebula, from about 5 AU (near Jupiter) to 50 AU. In these re ...
... solar wind and are dragged away from the comet in a direction approximately radially outward from the sun. III. Origin of comets Comets formed at the same epoch as the planets, roughly 4.6 billion years ago, in the outer parts of the solar nebula, from about 5 AU (near Jupiter) to 50 AU. In these re ...
KASD Gr 8 Science Curriculum
... 3.3.10.A7 Interpret and create models of the Earth’s physical features in various mapping representations. Scale: apply an appropriate scale to illustrate major events throughout geologic time. 3.3.8.A.3 Explain how matter on earth is ...
... 3.3.10.A7 Interpret and create models of the Earth’s physical features in various mapping representations. Scale: apply an appropriate scale to illustrate major events throughout geologic time. 3.3.8.A.3 Explain how matter on earth is ...
Solar System
... 4-5SYSA Systems contain subsystems and are themselves parts of larger systems 4-5 SYSB A System can do things that none of it’s subsystems can do by themselves 4-5 ES1A The earth is a huge ball in space. People are held on it’s surface by gravity. 4-5 ES1B Earth spins on it’s axis once a day and orb ...
... 4-5SYSA Systems contain subsystems and are themselves parts of larger systems 4-5 SYSB A System can do things that none of it’s subsystems can do by themselves 4-5 ES1A The earth is a huge ball in space. People are held on it’s surface by gravity. 4-5 ES1B Earth spins on it’s axis once a day and orb ...
Presentation
... 2.49 deg., 0.77 deg. and 1.77 deg. So it is not so necessary for Uranus to be near line of nodes as it is for Saturn and Neptune. Alignment of gas giants at lines of nodes can only rarely happen as Neptune has a 165 year orbit. Partial line-ups well away from their lines of nodes can occur every few ...
... 2.49 deg., 0.77 deg. and 1.77 deg. So it is not so necessary for Uranus to be near line of nodes as it is for Saturn and Neptune. Alignment of gas giants at lines of nodes can only rarely happen as Neptune has a 165 year orbit. Partial line-ups well away from their lines of nodes can occur every few ...
Late Heavy Bombardment
The Late Heavy Bombardment (abbreviated LHB and also known as the lunar cataclysm) is a hypothetical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years (Ga) ago, corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth. During this interval, a disproportionately large number of asteroids apparently collided with the early terrestrial planets in the inner Solar System, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The LHB happened after the Earth and other rocky planets had formed and accreted most of their mass, but still quite early in Earth's history.Evidence for the LHB derives from lunar samples brought back by the Apollo astronauts. Isotopic dating of Moon rocks implies that most impact melts occurred in a rather narrow interval of time. Several hypotheses are now offered to explain the apparent spike in the flux of impactors (i.e. asteroids and comets) in the inner Solar System, but no consensus yet exists. The Nice model is popular among planetary scientists; it postulates that the gas giant planets underwent orbital migration and scattered objects in the asteroid and/or Kuiper belts into eccentric orbits, and thereby into the path of the terrestrial planets. Other researchers argue that the lunar sample data do not require a cataclysmic cratering event near 3.9 Ga, and that the apparent clustering of impact melt ages near this time is an artifact of sampling materials retrieved from a single large impact basin. They also note that the rate of impact cratering could be significantly different between the outer and inner zones of the Solar System.