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Main Author: Holt, Geoff (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Arlington, Va. National Science Teachers Association ©2011
Edition:Rev. 2nd ed
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Previous ed. by P. Sean Smith
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index
Introduction -- Activities. Measuring the moon indirectly ; Light year as distance ; Solar system scale ; The speed of light ; How far to the star? the parallax effect ; The formation of the solar system ; Habitable zone: how distance and temperature are related ; The greenhouse effect ; Creature feature: comparing earth to Mars and Venus ; Reasons for the seasons ; Phases of the Moon -- Readings. Angular diameters ; What is a light year? ; Hubble space telescope ; Scale measurements ; The Goldilocks effect: the earth is just right ; The parallax effect ; Earth as a system ; Global warming ; The water cycle ; The greenhouse effect ; The coming climate crisis? ; Reasons for the seasons ; Phases of the Moon
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 174 pages)
ISBN:1936137526
9781936137336
9781936137527

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