Week 7



1. What did you do in lab today?

In lab, we built a scale model of the sun and the 4 inner planets, as well as our moon. This had to be in scale in size and in distance. We learned that the solar system is really big in both distance and size. Planets are much farther away than we can ever imagine. We found that quite a few illustrations of this are inaccurate. 

2. What was the big question?

How big is the Solar System?

3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?

In lecture, I learned about the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Tropic of Cancer is the northernmost point of direct sunlight (Northern Hemisphere). Tropic of Capricorn is the southernmost point of direct sunlight (Southern Hemisphere). I also learned that for every one revolution, the moon does one rotation, so it spins on an axis similar to how the earth does but much slower. I also learned the most supported theory of where the moon came from. A protoplanet crashed into Earth after Earth had formed and the debris from this crash got trapped in Earth's gravitational pull and became the moon. It is important to note that there are other hypotheses out there for each theory and these could change. 

4. Textbook 

a) What did you learn?

I learned that there are 8 planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These are listed are listed from closest to farthest from the sun. I learned that the rocky planets are much smaller in size and the gaseous planets are larger. 

b) What was most helpful?

It was most helpful to look at the measurements of our solar system as well as the size planets comparison image. This allowed me to better visualize the huge difference in size between planets in our solar system. 

c) What do you need more information on?

After learning more about the planets in our solar system, I am wondering about stars. I am wondering how large stars are and how they play a role in our solar system. 

d) What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have?

What does the text mean by clearing the neighborhood?


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