Rebecca McKenney Astronomy 101 Mrs. Alburg 25 March 2017 Chapter 2 Review Questions 1. For each of the following wavelength, state whether it is in the radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-Ray, or gamma portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and explain your answer. (Page 37 – 38) Original Number Nanometer (nm) Micrometer (μm) Millimeter (mm) Centimeter (cm) Meter (m) Kilometers (km) Angstrom (Å) 2.6 μm 2,600 2.6 0.0026 0.00026 0.0000026 0.0000000000026 26,000 34 m 34,000,000,000 34,000,000 34,000 3,400 34 0.034 340,000,000,000 0.54 nm 0.54 0.00054 0.00000054 0.000000054 0.00000000054 0.00000000000054 5.4 0.0032 nm 0.0032 0.0000032 0.0000000032 0.00000000032 0.0000000000032 0.0000000000000032 0.032 0.620 μm 0.62 0.62 0.00062 0.000062 0.00000062 0.00000000000062 6200…
Why is the ocean water blue? The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like afilter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean mayalso take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles inthe water.…
It is in the form of water ice. The planet of pluto actually has more water than the earth's oceans all together. The rest of the Dwarf planet Pluto consist of rock. The surface of Pluto has several mountain ranges. It also has light and dark regions.…
Most Holy Lord Pluto, King of the Underworld. I invoke you to curse (maledictionem) the success of the charioteer on the far right side, called Scorpus of the Green faction, who is twenty seven years old and has acquired many wins he does not deserve. May you bind his body, his mind, his hands, his eyes, his courage, his nerves, his victory, and his legs, so that he may not be able to properly steer his chariot at the Royal Games tomorrow. May you also bind the body, mind, and legs of his horses, so that they are not able to react in the Hippodrome when they are supposed to overtake any other team. If they must collide, let it be with any team of the Red, White or Green factions, but let it not be with any of the Blue.…
“Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto” by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was painted in 1597 ,with oils on a plaster canvas. The painting show three men, in a dark night sky around the moon. The main background of the painting is a night sky with clouds in the background and a large moon in the center of the painting. The foreground of the painting is three men in the sky. The man at the top of the painting is nude with a white robe around him.…
AST 1002 Horizons in Astronomy Unit Two Book Assignment 1. Astropedia 5.4: From the moon, the Earth would appear to have a full moon since it would all be illuminated. The first quarter is the highest point, which is at 6:00 PM. The full moon will rise at 6:00 PM and reaches it highest point at 12:00 AM, midnight. 2.…
The discussion for this assessment is to explain, “Why was Pluto demoted to a dwarf planet?” While searching for another planet to explain irregularities in Neptune’s orbit, Pluto was discovered in 1930 by astronomers. At that time, the astronomers gave Pluto very little consideration due to its size, about the size of earth, and way too small to have any affect in altering Neptune’s orbit. As time passed, and technology improved, the size of Pluto was reexamined through improved satellite images, and found to be less than half of Earth’s diameter. Most recently, calculations established on images obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope, show that Pluto’s about one- fifth the diameter of earth and half that of Mercury (considered the runt of…
Of all of the primary colors, the amount of things that are naturally blue is limited. However, blue is also the color of the sky. The sky covers everyone…
THE COLD PLUTO By : Ethan Garcia Pluto was discovered on February 18th, 1930. By an American astronomer named Clyde William Tombaugh. The name Pluto was given to the planet by an eleven year old girl, by The name of Venetia Burney.…
Center’s Mission and Values The purpose of this field observation study was to examine the educational programming of Horizons for Homeless Children (HHC). Horizons was founded in 1988 to improve the lives of Massachusetts homeless children and their families. With this in mind, the stated missions of Horizons is “to improve the lives of young homeless children in Massachusetts and help their families succeed by providing high-quality early education, opportunities for play, and comprehensive family support services” (n.d.). To accomplish their intended mission, Horizons tells us that they “also advocate on behalf of young children, train educators and human services providers, and provide research on the impact of early education on homeless children” (n.d). Moreover, to support their mission, Horizons adds that their vision if for “every homeless child” to “have the opportunity to learn, play, and thrive.”…
It is very a hot and unpredictable thermal basin, making it one of the most extreme environments on the planet (Yellowstone Park, n.d.-d). It is also home to life forms and minerals that give the water its variety of colors. High silica concentrations in the water give it a milky blue color, while poisonous iron oxides and arsenic compounds give the water red hues, and cyanobacteria add orange color (Utah National Parks,…
On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the US. It was a category 3 storm and caused more than $100 billion worth of damage. The storm started in the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and eventually came to the US. The coast guard had to rescue more than 34,000 people. It killed nearly 2,000 people and affected 90,000 square miles of the USA.…
In the dark underground castle sits Pluto. He's doing the only thing Pluto does well, complaining. Let's listen in. "I’m to attractive to be stuck down here, not that anyone would know because I never leave". His voice is now escalating into a yell.…
Juno is a NASA spacecraft. It is exploring the planet Jupiter. The spacecraft Juno is 3.5 meters tall and 3.5 meters in diameter. In shape it is hexagon that features a two deck structure. The vehicle utilizes composite panel and clip construction, a central cylinder and gusset panels.…
On October 15, 1997 the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission is a joint effort of NASA, the Italian Space Agency, and the European Space Agency. The objective of this space mission is to learn about Saturn’s internal structure, its magnetic fluctuations, and the mass of the rings and also to study the bright and dark surfaces of some of the moons and compare them to other moons within our solar system. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is “one of the largest, heaviest, and most complex interplanetary spacecraft ever built” (Cassini Spacecraft). With the sophistication of the space craft itself, will be able to send back greater amounts of information that helps gain more information…