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