Earth's Rotation
List 3 results of Earth's rotation: (LSD)
length of the day; direction of sunrise and sunset; change from daylight to night time
List the proof of Earth's rotation:
1. Foucault Pendulum 2. Coriolis Effect
what are the two evidences of revolution?
1. parallax 2. change in constellations with seasons
what is earth's rate of rotation?
15 degrees per hour
Where does the sun appear and disappear?
appears in the east and moves westward
how does time change westward of the prime and eastward?
as you move east, times are later, as you move west, times are earlier
In what direction does Earth rotate?
counterclockwise, from west to east
where is the speed of rotation the greatest? Why?
equator, because it has the most distance to cover
What does the change from daylight to night time represent?
the Earth being lighted by the sun one half at a time
What does a day represent?
the Earth spinning once around its axis
What is the Coriolis Effect?
the bending of fluids due to Earth's rotation
what is parallax
the difference of the apparent position of an object from two different locations
what does a city's solar noon depend on?
the latitude
what is the starting point for standard time zones?
the prime meridian
where is solar noon?
when the sun is at its highest position on the arc