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Problem: Will a child inherit the following mutations from his/her parent?
Discuss some of the complexities involved with a rendezvous between an orbiting spacecraft and satellite that involve a combined plane
McDonald Observatory is located at 30.6719° N, 104.0221° W. What is this star's right ascension?
High-mass stars have an onion-like internal structure, with different layers made of different chemical elements.
Do some light Internet research to find three things we've learned from New Horizons that have changed what we know about Pluto
Explain why 2010 TK7 could be considered a moon of Earth. Include your source (full URL, or book/author/page #) in your answer.
where the Sun is represented by a soccer ball (diameter 0.20 m), how far away is this Kuiper Belt object from the soccer ball Sun?
Suppose you could visit any one of the planets, moons, comets, asteroids in our solar system for a week.
Sketch a detailed map of the moon through a telescope operating at a magnification of 50 times or higher. Note: This sketch can be done at any phase of the moon
Plate tectonics is a concept as basic to geology as evolution by natural selection is to biology. Discuss the influence of each to existence of life on Earth.
What fraction of the energy produced by O burning is lost as neutrinos?
why some stars are Red Giant and others White Dwarfs? Use the H-R diagram to aid your explanation as a star evolves off the main sequence.
Problem: The use of x-ray beams to determine body composition is what type of body composition assessment?
You are observing the sky from latitude 40 degrees north and want to see a star with a declination of -20 degrees. How will it move in the sky?
What is the source of color in Jupiter's cloud? Uranus and Neptune, when viewed through a visible-light telescope, appear distinctly bluish green in color.
Have your group discuss what steps we might take to protect our civilization?
What was Kepler's "choice," the point at which there were two possible paths for him to take, the point at which he made the choice
Problem: Find craters on Earth, Mars, and the Moon. Describe (a) similarities and (b) differences among the three worlds.
Problem: What are Kepler's three laws of planetary motion? What is the significance of each law? (Why are they important?)
star with a temperature of 3,000 K and a star with a temperature of 12,000 K. How does temperature affect line broadening?
Use the Simulator to obtain a view of the positions of Earth, Venus, and the Sun on each of the following dates
How many Suns could fit across the diameter of our solar system? How many Milky Ways can fit between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy?
Your TV has a resistance of 10 ohms and a wall voltage of 120 V. How much current and power does it use?
Problem: Describe your ecological niche. Consider your habitat and your place in food webs.
Problem: What ecosystem would have the lowest decomposition rate?