The Sun
... • Gases in sun are in constant motion • Energy and gravity are main reason • Sun also rotates on its axis • Parts of the sun rotate at different speeds • Equator rotates faster than the poles – Equator ~25 days – Poles ~33 days ...
... • Gases in sun are in constant motion • Energy and gravity are main reason • Sun also rotates on its axis • Parts of the sun rotate at different speeds • Equator rotates faster than the poles – Equator ~25 days – Poles ~33 days ...
Terrestrial planet formation In the inner Solar System, think dust (no
... Cores of the giant planets (M ~ 10-20 Earth masses) form just as the terrestrial planets, but faster because of the additional surface density of icy materials beyond the snowline. Cores then capture envelopes of gas from the disk before the gas is lost (within ~10 million years): ...
... Cores of the giant planets (M ~ 10-20 Earth masses) form just as the terrestrial planets, but faster because of the additional surface density of icy materials beyond the snowline. Cores then capture envelopes of gas from the disk before the gas is lost (within ~10 million years): ...
The Solar System Around Us - Grosse Pointe Public School System
... • Sunspots: are temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions. – They are caused by intense magnetic activity, which inhibits convection ...
... • Sunspots: are temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions. – They are caused by intense magnetic activity, which inhibits convection ...
How does the Earth rotate and revolve?
... that demonstrate rotation, revolution, and the orbit of planets and moons in our solar system. This includes information about day/night cycles, rotational periods, constellations, moon phases, and telling time. INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS ...
... that demonstrate rotation, revolution, and the orbit of planets and moons in our solar system. This includes information about day/night cycles, rotational periods, constellations, moon phases, and telling time. INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS ...
The Gas Giant Planets
... storms rage above the planet. Once, Neptune had a Great Dark Spot as big as Earth. It was a storm that blew across the surface at over 700 miles per hour. It has disappeared, but a new spot is now visible. ...
... storms rage above the planet. Once, Neptune had a Great Dark Spot as big as Earth. It was a storm that blew across the surface at over 700 miles per hour. It has disappeared, but a new spot is now visible. ...
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... 24. True or False (circle) Time of rotation is how long it takes something to get all the way around the sun one time. 25. How is it possible for Venus to have a negative period of rotation? ___________________________________________________________________ 26. Which inner planet tilts the least on ...
... 24. True or False (circle) Time of rotation is how long it takes something to get all the way around the sun one time. 25. How is it possible for Venus to have a negative period of rotation? ___________________________________________________________________ 26. Which inner planet tilts the least on ...
Solar System Cornell Notes - CE Williams Middle School
... Earth's atmosphere and reaches Earth's surface. asteroid - large pieces of rock with same composition of planets. Large What is the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter believed to be from unformed Kuiper Disk? planet. Life Beyond Earth * Space exploration began in 1957 with the Soviet launch of t ...
... Earth's atmosphere and reaches Earth's surface. asteroid - large pieces of rock with same composition of planets. Large What is the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter believed to be from unformed Kuiper Disk? planet. Life Beyond Earth * Space exploration began in 1957 with the Soviet launch of t ...
Chapter 5 Concept Review - Cambridge University Press
... » Kepler formulated three empirical laws of planetary motion (Sec. 5.5a–c): (1) The orbits are ellipses with the Sun at one focus. (2) (The law of equal areas.) The line joining the Sun and a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times. Thus, a planet moves fastest when ...
... » Kepler formulated three empirical laws of planetary motion (Sec. 5.5a–c): (1) The orbits are ellipses with the Sun at one focus. (2) (The law of equal areas.) The line joining the Sun and a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times. Thus, a planet moves fastest when ...
Summary from last lecture
... • Tilt b/w equatorial and orbital planes ~ 177deg! • As atmosphere developed, it could be significantly ...
... • Tilt b/w equatorial and orbital planes ~ 177deg! • As atmosphere developed, it could be significantly ...
planet earth
... How can we represent a sphere like the Earth on the flat surface of a map with little distortion? Investigate map projections on the Internet and answer the questions below. a. Why do the three projections in the illustrations work better for some regions than for others? Which is the most useful ...
... How can we represent a sphere like the Earth on the flat surface of a map with little distortion? Investigate map projections on the Internet and answer the questions below. a. Why do the three projections in the illustrations work better for some regions than for others? Which is the most useful ...
SUN-EARTH-MOON SYSTEM Earth`s Daily Motion
... ____________________________________ –one body orbits around another body. - _______________________________________________ – time it takes a planet to orbit the sun in reference to a distant star. - Earth’s sidereal period is _____________________________________ Seasonal Cycle - Due to Earth’ ...
... ____________________________________ –one body orbits around another body. - _______________________________________________ – time it takes a planet to orbit the sun in reference to a distant star. - Earth’s sidereal period is _____________________________________ Seasonal Cycle - Due to Earth’ ...
Mercury - High Point University
... 7. How many Earth days have passed since it was last noon? Solution: 176 Earth days. 8. How many times does Mercury orbit the Sun in one solar day (Mercurian day)? Solution: It orbits the sun two times. ...
... 7. How many Earth days have passed since it was last noon? Solution: 176 Earth days. 8. How many times does Mercury orbit the Sun in one solar day (Mercurian day)? Solution: It orbits the sun two times. ...
A ______ is a solar system object that enters Earth`s atmosphere
... 27. Meteors are a) falling stars, b) cosmic rays, c) type of atmospheric lightening, d) small rocks and dust entering our atmosphere 28. Sea-floor spreading and continental drift are believed to be caused by which of the following? a) tides, b) convection currents in the mantle, c) changes in the Ea ...
... 27. Meteors are a) falling stars, b) cosmic rays, c) type of atmospheric lightening, d) small rocks and dust entering our atmosphere 28. Sea-floor spreading and continental drift are believed to be caused by which of the following? a) tides, b) convection currents in the mantle, c) changes in the Ea ...
The Inner Solar System
... • Crust (lithosphere): igneous rocks Tectonically - active • Radioactive decay and settling heats core • Mantle convects heat to surface • Crust floats on mantle • Crust is created and destroyed ...
... • Crust (lithosphere): igneous rocks Tectonically - active • Radioactive decay and settling heats core • Mantle convects heat to surface • Crust floats on mantle • Crust is created and destroyed ...
solar system millionare
... Question # 14 A comet is visible in the sky only when it is close to … A) Earth B) The moon C) Chelsea School D) The sun ...
... Question # 14 A comet is visible in the sky only when it is close to … A) Earth B) The moon C) Chelsea School D) The sun ...
Integrative Studies 410 Our Place in the Universe
... – From the weight of objects (i.e., the force of gravity) near the surface of the Earth, and known radius of Earth RE = 6.4103 km, we find ME = 61024 kg – Your weight on another planet is F = m GM/r2 • E.g., on the Moon your weight would be 1/6 of what it is on Earth ...
... – From the weight of objects (i.e., the force of gravity) near the surface of the Earth, and known radius of Earth RE = 6.4103 km, we find ME = 61024 kg – Your weight on another planet is F = m GM/r2 • E.g., on the Moon your weight would be 1/6 of what it is on Earth ...
Astronomy NJASK REview Packet
... A. The path of a circle B. The path of an ellipse C. The path of a spiral D. Planets do not move around the sun 24. The Earth’s temperature appears to be colder in the winter because: A. The Sun is lower in the sky and the length of day is shorter B. The Earth is further from the Sun in the winter C ...
... A. The path of a circle B. The path of an ellipse C. The path of a spiral D. Planets do not move around the sun 24. The Earth’s temperature appears to be colder in the winter because: A. The Sun is lower in the sky and the length of day is shorter B. The Earth is further from the Sun in the winter C ...
d. Demonstrate the relative size and order from the sun of the
... Sample Assessment Items This is not meant to be printed off and given as a test…this document is to give you ideas of how this standard might be assessed. Please use these as an example when you are developing your own formative assessments. Remember formative assessment is to be given throughout th ...
... Sample Assessment Items This is not meant to be printed off and given as a test…this document is to give you ideas of how this standard might be assessed. Please use these as an example when you are developing your own formative assessments. Remember formative assessment is to be given throughout th ...
The Geological History of the Moon
... The lesson to be learned for the rest of the solar system • The rate of crater-producing impacts was far higher early in the history of the solar system (4.5 - 3.8 Gyr ago) • A planet (like Earth) which is geologically active will have nearly obliterated evidence of ancient impacts • So, if a plane ...
... The lesson to be learned for the rest of the solar system • The rate of crater-producing impacts was far higher early in the history of the solar system (4.5 - 3.8 Gyr ago) • A planet (like Earth) which is geologically active will have nearly obliterated evidence of ancient impacts • So, if a plane ...
Earth, Moon and Sun
... moon look like it has changed shape. These different shapes are called PHASES OF THE MOON. Remember that the moon does not make its own light, we see it because the sun’s rays are lighting it up. ...
... moon look like it has changed shape. These different shapes are called PHASES OF THE MOON. Remember that the moon does not make its own light, we see it because the sun’s rays are lighting it up. ...
PART I: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (50 pts
... by six signs due to A. leap years. B. precession. C. elongation. D. stellar parallax. E. retrograde motion. 9. According to the solar nebula theory, the planets in our Solar System formed A. in outer space and were captured by the Sun. B. out of a flattened, rotating disk of gas and dust. C. as anot ...
... by six signs due to A. leap years. B. precession. C. elongation. D. stellar parallax. E. retrograde motion. 9. According to the solar nebula theory, the planets in our Solar System formed A. in outer space and were captured by the Sun. B. out of a flattened, rotating disk of gas and dust. C. as anot ...
How fast do the Planets move?
... 2. Need to know: The orbital distance of each Planet and the time it takes for the planet to move around the sun. 3. What units should we use to represent speed? What´s appropriate? ...
... 2. Need to know: The orbital distance of each Planet and the time it takes for the planet to move around the sun. 3. What units should we use to represent speed? What´s appropriate? ...
Chapter One Technology, Science, and Scientific Measurement
... in diameter, that travel through space Definition: a small chunk of rock, no larger than a few feet in diameter, that is traveling through space and enters the Earth’s atmosphere; commonly known as a shooting star Definition: a meteor that does not burn up in the atmosphere, and strikes the Earth’s ...
... in diameter, that travel through space Definition: a small chunk of rock, no larger than a few feet in diameter, that is traveling through space and enters the Earth’s atmosphere; commonly known as a shooting star Definition: a meteor that does not burn up in the atmosphere, and strikes the Earth’s ...
Earth's rotation
Earth's rotation is the rotation of the planet Earth around its own axis. The Earth rotates from the west towards east. As viewed from North Star or polestar Polaris, the Earth turns counter-clockwise.The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. This point is distinct from the Earth's North Magnetic Pole. The South Pole is the other point where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface, in Antarctica.The Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the sun and once every 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to the stars (see below). Earth's rotation is slowing slightly with time; thus, a day was shorter in the past. This is due to the tidal effects the Moon has on Earth's rotation. Atomic clocks show that a modern-day is longer by about 1.7 milliseconds than a century ago, slowly increasing the rate at which UTC is adjusted by leap seconds.