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Astro Term 3 Periodic 1 Study Guide
You should know the basic ideas and nomenclature associated with these questions.
What are 3 science based cosmological models?
Static, expanding, cyclic.
What is the currently accepted model?
Expanding, Hot Big Bang, Lambda Cold Dark Matter
What observational evidence is there for this model?
Relative abundance of Hydrogen and Helium, CMB, Expansion of Space
What are the 4 known fundamental forces in nature, and which of these forces is responsible for the large scale structure of the universe?
Strong, Weak, Electromagnetic, Gravity
What is the current theory of gravity called?
General Relativity (Einstein, 1916)
Details about the Big Bang
It happened about 13.7 billion years ago.
Space, time, and energy were created at that event.
Inflation happened?
Inflation explains: smoothness, sameness of the universe, absence of magnetic monopoles
What is Dark Matter and why do we think it exists?
What is Dark Energy and why do we think it exists?
You should know the basic ideas and nomenclature associated with these questions.
What are 3 science based cosmological models?
Static, expanding, cyclic.
What is the currently accepted model?
Expanding, Hot Big Bang, Lambda Cold Dark Matter
What observational evidence is there for this model?
Relative abundance of Hydrogen and Helium, CMB, Expansion of Space
What are the 4 known fundamental forces in nature, and which of these forces is responsible for the large scale structure of the universe?
Strong, Weak, Electromagnetic, Gravity
What is the current theory of gravity called?
General Relativity (Einstein, 1916)
Details about the Big Bang
It happened about 13.7 billion years ago.
Space, time, and energy were created at that event.
Inflation happened?
Inflation explains: smoothness, sameness of the universe, absence of magnetic monopoles
What is Dark Matter and why do we think it exists?
What is Dark Energy and why do we think it exists?
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"Fear Inoculum"
Immunity, long overdue
Contagion, I exhale you
Naive, I opened up to you
Venom and mania
Now, contagion, I exhale you
The deceiver says, he says
You belong to me
You don't wanna breathe the light of the others
Fear the light, fear the breath
Fear the others for eternity
But I hear them now, inhale the clarity
Hear the venom, the venom in
What you say inoculated
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Weave my allegorical elegy
Enumerate all that I'm to do
Calculating steps away from you
My own mitosis
Growing through division from mania
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Weave my allegorical elegy
Forfeit all control
You poison, you spectacle
Exorcise the spectacle
Exorcise the malady
Exorcise the disparate
Poison for eternity
Purge me and evacuate
The venom and the fear that binds me
Your veil now, lift away
I see you runnin'
Deceiver chased away
A long time comin'
Immunity, long overdue
Contagion, I exhale you
Naive, I opened up to you
Venom and mania
Now, contagion, I exhale you
The deceiver says, he says
You belong to me
You don't wanna breathe the light of the others
Fear the light, fear the breath
Fear the others for eternity
But I hear them now, inhale the clarity
Hear the venom, the venom in
What you say inoculated
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Weave my allegorical elegy
Enumerate all that I'm to do
Calculating steps away from you
My own mitosis
Growing through division from mania
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Weave my allegorical elegy
Forfeit all control
You poison, you spectacle
Exorcise the spectacle
Exorcise the malady
Exorcise the disparate
Poison for eternity
Purge me and evacuate
The venom and the fear that binds me
Your veil now, lift away
I see you runnin'
Deceiver chased away
A long time comin'
A documentary about Stephen Hawking.
These are not actors.
Brilliant soundtrack by Phillip Glass.
These are not actors.
Brilliant soundtrack by Phillip Glass.
Tuesday 03/24
Please watch the video below.
For some strange reason the video starts over at about 45 minutes.
Please watch the video below.
For some strange reason the video starts over at about 45 minutes.
Wednesday March 18
Find a nice quiet place.
Preferably dark.
Put on your headphones.
And watch the video below.
And ask yourself...
Why are some people obsessed with finding evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life?
Find a nice quiet place.
Preferably dark.
Put on your headphones.
And watch the video below.
And ask yourself...
Why are some people obsessed with finding evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life?
ASTRONOMY TERM 2 FINAL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOVIE THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
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ISM ASTRONOMY TERM 2 PERIODIC 1 STUDY GUIDE
You can make an A on this exam if you can tell me...
- The general structure of the Earth.
- The age of the Earth.
- The composition of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- The composition of the Earth's current atmosphere.
- What the greenhouse effect is.
- How the solar system was formed.
- The estimated age of our solar system.
- The composition and structure of the Sun.
- The name of the process that powers the Sun.
- How nuclear fusion works.
- How long it takes a photon created in the sun's core to reach the surface of the Sun.
- The ultimate fate of the sun. How and when the Sun will die.
- Everything about the movie Contact.
What? No click? How will I ever learn this stuff?
If you have been paying attention in class, you already know this material.
But you can always...
1. Look at your class notes.
2. Read the relevant chapters in your textbook.
3. Copy and paste the topics above into a search engine and READ.
Pretty much all of the images on ISM ASTRONOMY are clickable.
Questions about these images and other content links will be on the Term 2 periodic 1 and 2 as well as the Term 2 final.
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Questions about these images and other content links will be on the Term 2 periodic 1 and 2 as well as the Term 2 final.
CLICK AND READ
The Second Law
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Pluto Declaration from Travis Wilkerson on Vimeo.
Created with My Pocket Galaxy
This planet – Fomalhaut b, recently given the name Dagon by the International Astronomical Union as part of its public process for giving proper names to exoplanets. Dagon was a Semitic deity that was half man and half fish.
What is going on with Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon?
Star Date 09/07/2019
The image above was captured from a program called STELLARIUM.
The Pumpkin Spice colored line is the Ecliptic.
You need to know what that term means.
The image below is an actual photo of the sky on 9/5/2019.
The Pumpkin Spice colored line is the Ecliptic.
You need to know what that term means.
The image below is an actual photo of the sky on 9/5/2019.
I was thinking about asteroids.
That reminded me of potatoes.
Which reminded me of a song about Bobby.
Me too.
Lots of Stuff in Space.
Lots of Junk.
Space Junk.
That reminds me of a song!
Lots of Junk.
Space Junk.
That reminds me of a song!
The sun's magnetic field in near real time. Click on the image above to see more.
The sun viewed in near realtime.
Why is it blue?
Click on the image to find out.
Why is it blue?
Click on the image to find out.
Hello Earth
Kate Bush
Hello earth
Hello earth
With just one hand held up high
I can blot you out
Out of sight
Peek-a-boo,
Peek-a-boo, little earth
With just my heart and my mind
I can be driving
Driving home
And you asleep
On the seat
I get out of my car
Step into the night
And look up at the sky
And there's something bright
Traveling fast
Look at it go
Look at it go
Hello earth
Hello earth
Kate Bush
Hello earth
Hello earth
With just one hand held up high
I can blot you out
Out of sight
Peek-a-boo,
Peek-a-boo, little earth
With just my heart and my mind
I can be driving
Driving home
And you asleep
On the seat
I get out of my car
Step into the night
And look up at the sky
And there's something bright
Traveling fast
Look at it go
Look at it go
Hello earth
Hello earth
The choral section, performed by the Richard Hickox Singers, is taken from a Georgian folk song called 'Zinzkaro' ('By The Spring'), which Kate heard performed by the Vocal Ensemble Gordela on the soundtrack of Werner Herzog's 1979 film Nosferatu The Vampyre. The lyric translates as:
'I was passing by the spring.
There I met a beautiful woman with a jug on her shoulder.
I spoke a word to her and she left, offended.
I was passing by the spring.'
'I was passing by the spring.
There I met a beautiful woman with a jug on her shoulder.
I spoke a word to her and she left, offended.
I was passing by the spring.'
POEMS ABOUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM BY ISM STUDENTS
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Another one of my songs about space! Samples are from the classic sci-fi movie FORBIDDEN PLANET.
Small changes in Initial conditions can profoundly effect final conditions.