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Advanced Placement Earth and Environmental Science
Goal 8
- Objective 8.01
- Analyze the formation of the solar system.
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- Objective 8.02
- Analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain motion.
- Rotation.
- Revolution.
- Apparent diurnal motion of the sun and stars.
- Tilt of Earth's axis.
- Parallelism of the Earth's axis.
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- Objective 8.03
- Evaluate astronomers' use of various instruments to extend their senses:
- Optical telescopes.
- Radio telescopes.
- Spectroscopes.
- Cameras.
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- Objective 8.04
- Assess the current scientific theories of the origin of the universe.
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- Objective 8.05
- Examine the sources of stellar energies.
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- Objective 8.06
- Assess the spectra generated by stars and our sun as indicators of motion:
- Doppler effect.
- Red and blue shifts.
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- Objective 8.07
- Evaluate Hubble's Law and the concept of the ever-expanding universe.
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- Objective 8.08
- Evaluate the life cycle of stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (H-R Diagram).
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