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Slide 1Topic IV: Motions of the Earth, Moon and Sun Slide 2 Learning Objectives EARTH’S MOTIONS: Explain and demonstrate the difference between rotation and revolution.…
1.Motion Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration 2. Frames of Reference The object or point from which movement is determined Movement is relative to an object that appears stationary…
1. Motion Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration 2. Frames of Reference The object or point from which movement is determined Movement is relative to an object that appears stationary…
1. •THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2. This view of the rising Earth was seen by the Apollo 11 astronauts after they entered orbit around the Moon. Earth is just above the lunar horizon…
Slide 1 The Art of Fengshui Aligning the Human and Natural Realms Stephen L. Field, Trinity University Slide 2 Introduction The Correlative Worldview… …is the belief…
Slide 1 Science in Prehistory Mankind has had a long fascination with the ‘heavens’: the motion of stars, Sun, Moon, planets, comets, meteorites, aurora, even observation…
Slide 1 SC/NATS 1730, XII 1 The Copernican Revolution The Earth moves and Science is no longer common sense Slide 2 SC/NATS 1730, XII 2 Nicholas Copernicus 1473-1543 …
Slide 1 Slide 2 Models of the Solar System Geocentric Model - Earth is considered to be the center and everything else revolves around it. Slide 3 Heliocentric Model –The…