Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Spanish

Querido Qunanish,
Hola mi nombre es Janson tengo 15 anos. Soy de Carolina de norte. Me gusat jugar futbol, Cocinar, y, Hacer ejercios. No me gusta hacer la tarea. Mi casa a para hacer faverta para hacer es nadar. Soy Alot y gordo. Los fines de semana hablo por telefono y paso tiempo con mi amigo. Como estas?
Atentamente
Janson

Friday, May 15, 2009

How it works

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg4hmzt4_15ghhhz5gh

Thursday, May 7, 2009

MPG

1. Which five 2009-model cars get the best overall MPG?
2009 Honda Civic Hybrid CVT AT-PZEV
2009 smart fortwo pure
2009 Toyota Prius Base
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt Base Coupe
2009 Toyota Yaris
Liftback 3-Door MT
2. Which five 2009-model cars get the worst overall MPG?
2009 Ferrari California California
2009 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Coupe
2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster
2009 Bentley Arnage R
2009 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Coupe
3. If your parent asked you for advice in picking out a new car, which car would you recommend? What criteria did you use? (you don't have to tell me what you think I want to hear)
I think that is best price and the MPS's i think the 2009 smart fortwo pure would be the best

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

CAV'S

1. Light moves pretty fast. How far can it travel in two years? (in km) 20 trillion km.
2. How far can light travel in 3 years? (in km) 30 trillion km
3. Why do we call it a light year? What does it have to do with "light" and a "year?" A light-year is a unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year.
4. Which three stars are closest to Earth? The Sun, Proxima, Alpha centauri
5. Which
6. Draw a simple HR Diagram. Label the X-axis in terms of hot and cold, and the y-axis in terms of bright and dim. i will turn this in on another paper
7. Label the main sequence, Sun, red giants, white dwarfs, and black dwarfs. is larger: 1 light year or 1 AU? Light year
8. Scroll down to the first colorful HR Diagram. Is Rigel or Sirius hotter? Which one is brighter? Rigel is hotter and larger
9. What percentage of stars on this diagram are colder than the Sun? Brighter? 31%
10. If we can't see black holes, how can we detect that they're even there? because the light bends
11. Can we see the event horizon of a black hole? No we are not able
12. What would it look like if you were to watch someone else fall into a black hole. Please include details of what you would see. If i saw mr. dunn fall in it would be so fast i would not see him he would be crushed
13. Why do pulsars pulsate?

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Webquest

1. Compare and contrast the geocentric and heliocentric models of the universe. Geocentric is when the earth is the center and heliocentric is when the sun is the then center which we believe in
2. Where, specifically, is the Sun in the geocentric model? it is forth a way from the earth
3. Whose theory had more planets represented: Aristotle's (and Ptolemy's) or Copernicus'? Aristitle's is because he count's the moon


4. Explain what retrograde motion is, and why it occurs. it happens by the orbit
5. Which planet(s) exhibit retrograde motion? Earth and Mars
6. As you can see from the picture, there are two different ways that retrograde motion can appear. Explain what accounts for the difference. by the orbit and the gravity


7. When you spin the Earth on the globe, are you modeling rotation or revolution? revolution
8. Which takes longer, one complete cycle of rotation or revolution? rotation
9. From the perspective of the North Pole, is the Earth rotation clockwise or counterclockwise? How about from the South Pole? Counter for north pole and clockwise for south


10. Diagram Earth as it orbits the Sun. Label the shape its orbit makes, Earth at perihelion, and Earth at aphelion.
11. Does Earth move faster at perihelion or aphelion? Why? the perihelion because you are the the orbit of the sun
12. About how much closer is Earth to the Sun at perihelion than it is at aphelion? (in miles) 91-95


13. When was perihelion in 2003? (date and time)Jan 4 05
14. When will aphelion occur in 2019? (date and time) July 4 22


15. Why do we have seasons? because the way it tiltes
16. As you may recall, the Summer Solstice is on or around June 21 each year. Worldwide (across the northern hemisphere anyway), when is the warmest day of the year? Why?

17. Which star is the North Star right now? polar
18. Which star will be the North Star in 26,000 years? polar
19. What is precession? when it rotates on it's axis

20. Write your own higher-level question about any topic from section 22.3 in your book. Answer your question.