The Ojibwa Tribe and their Dances and Ceremonies “When Ah-ki’ (the Earth) was young‚ it was said that the Earth had a family. Nee-ba-gee’-sis (the Moon) is called Grandmother‚ and Gee’-sis (the Sun) is called Grandfather. The Creator of this family is called Gi’-tchie Man-i-to’(Great Mystery or Creator). The Earth is said to be a woman. In this way it is understood that woman preceded man on the Earth. She is called Mother Earth because from her come all living things. Water is her life blood. It
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Basics scientific notation for distances Earth-Sun distance = 93 million miles = 8.3 light minutes = 1 AU Celestial Spheres & Motions of Stars Zenith- point on celestial sphere directly overhead Nadir- point on celestial sphere directly below Celestial poles- either of two points at which extensions of earth’s axis intersect celestial sphere Circumpolar stars- stars that never set at a given latitude; all stars between Polaris and northern horizon Diurnal motion of stars Means daily Stars
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Sunlight takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth and is responsible for the ocean currents and weather patterns on our planet. The Earth orbits the Sun in an elliptical uneven orbit and the distance between them varies depending on where the Earth lies in that orbit. The Sun is only an average size for a star but still accounts for 98% of the total matter in our solar system. The solar winds produced by the Sun extends to about 50AU‚ where AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. The lightning in the
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We as human beings are very fortunate to be living on this planet that we call Earth. We toil over the land‚ and in return we receive provisions off of which we live. Even though we get all that we need from this bountiful land‚ we still for some reason feel like we need to alter it. In doing so we also end up ruining the land that we thrive on. We reshape the world to fit our individual needs‚ and the earth just doesn’t work that way. Everything on this planet has a purpose‚ from the largest animal
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in the past. Scottish geologist James Hutton’s observation is that the physical process occurring on Earth have not changed‚ but the physical conditions have. Murck‚ B. W.‚ Skinner‚ B. J.‚ Mackenzie‚ D.‚ & National Geographic Society (U.S.). (2008). Earth as a Planet. In Visualizing geology (p. 1.3 The Ever Changing Earth). Hoboken‚ NJ: Wiley. 4.) In this chapter‚ we have suggested that Earth is a close approximation of a natural closed system‚ and we have hinted at some of the ways that living
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Galileo was living in the time when the Catholic Church was the dominant power and strongly supported the theory of a geocentric‚ or Earth-centered‚ universe. As influenced by the Church‚ most people in Galileo’s time believed the cosmology of antiquity‚ which was that the Earth was the center of the universe‚ and that the Sun and planets revolved around it. Galileo was one of the most important figures in the history of science and scientific method‚ his invention of telescopes has supported his
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about how human kind came to be on Earth. In the Judeo-Christian myth‚ God created the Earth first then he created water‚ the sun‚ and the plants and animals. Once everything was created‚ God said‚ “Let us make man in our image‚ after our likeness” (53). When God wanted something created it appeared; no growth or development was necessary. Man was placed on Earth from above. In the Native American creation myths it was not as simple for humankind to come to be on Earth. “They (humans) were living in
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appearances presented by the Moon as seen from Earth‚ determined by the portion of the Moon that is visibly illuminated by the Sun. The lunar phases vary cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth‚ according to the relative positions of the Earth‚ the Moon‚ and the Sun. Since the Moon appears bright only due to the Sun’s reflected light‚ only the half of the Moon facing the Sun is illuminated. The lunar phase depends on the Moon’s position in orbit around the Earth‚ and the Earth’s position in orbit around
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is it affecting the Earth and its inhabitants? Global Warming is sometimes referred to as the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth ’s surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere‚ causing the atmosphere to become warmer. The greenhouse effect is what is causing the temperature on the Earth to rise‚ and creating many problems that will begin to occur in the coming decades. For the last 10‚000 years‚ the Earth ’s climate has been
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The planets orbiting Gliese 581 were named in the order they were discovered and are named Gliese e‚ Gliese b‚ Gliese c‚ Gliese g‚ and Gliese d. The mass of Gliese 581e is 1.9 times the mass of Earth‚ Gliese 581b has a mass 15.8 times the mass of the Earth‚ Gliese 581c has a mass 5.5 times the mass of the Earth‚ Gliese 581g has a mass 3.4 times the mass
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