Natural Science - Year I
Unit 26: The Copernican Revolution
Homework Assignment for Unit 26
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Homework for Unit 26: The Copernican Revolution
Reading due before our discussion:
History Web Lecture: The Copernican Revolution
Science Web Lecture: The Solar System
Chat Preparation Essay
Post your essay answer to the questions below to the Moodle Unit 26 Forum before chat. Log into the Moodle (if you are challenged, use your own Scholars Online userid and password), click on the Natural Science course link, and then on the forum link for this unit. Read any other forum postings.
What were the main objections Copernicus had to the Ptolemaic system?
REPORT
Two Week Assignment: We will spend the next few weeks looking at individual planets. Please post a planet report to the Moodle site by the start of our chat session on Kepler (the next unit). Be ready to answer questions about "your" planet from your fellow students!
Claim your planet in our session on Copernicus, then and write a short report on it. Describe its basic characteristics, identifying:
- Is it a Jovian or terrestrial planet?
- Describe its relative size, distance from the sun, length of solar year, length of solar day (rotation on its axis), tilt of axis with respect to the plane of its revolution.
- What is its atmosphere made of (if any)? How does the atmosphere affect the planet's surface temperature?
- Does the planet have water or evidence of water in the past? Why would this be of interest to earth explorers?
- Is the planet "active" -- does it have volcanoes or planetary quakes?
- What are its interesting surface features?
- What is its core structure? How do we determine this structure? How does it influence the planet's affects on nearby space?
- Does it have moons?
- What are the past and current efforts to explore this planet?
- Add any other information that you find about the planet that you think is interesting
Worksheet
Instead of uploading a worksheet, you'll enter your answers into a Moodle Exercise. It looks like a quiz, but it is different in several ways:
- There is no limit to how much time you spend on it.
- You can attempt questions you miss several times; you will get immediate feedback.
- You can take it over without penalty.
- It does have the same due date as your past worksheets (Wednesday night following chat).
Lab Exercise
Lab Instructions: Telescope Observations of the Planets.
Unit Quiz
Take the quiz for this unit. Notice the times the quiz opens and when it closes and be sure that you complete it on time!
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