Equinox

Our galaxy holds important celestial bodies that keep earth stable environment for all living creatures.The earth, moon, and sun are the bodies that are included in everyone's daily lives and they are important for everythings survival. The earth spins on an axis, one full spin is called a rotation.One full rotation takes 24 hours, 24 is one day, 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness. The earth orbits the sun, one full orbit is called a revolution, a revolution is one year, and a year is…

Although technically not invented in the Golden Age of Islamic Culture, the Astrolabe developed its full potential of varying uses during such time. Although no models are known to survive, it is believed that the astrolabe was first developed by the Greek in around 150 BCE. The evidence to support this comes in the form of documented use by the famous astronomer Hipparchus who had used this device to help create a 2D representation of a 3D sky. Moreover, it wasn't until the growing scholarly…

Culture is important because it represents who you are and where you come from. Culture is defined as the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. People see art and entertainment as important parts of life because it is a form of expression and is something to be taken in. It is a source of beauty and pleasure. All human societies have forms of beauty and pleasure. Culture consist of five elements: traditions/customs, art/entertainment,…

1. Define and briefly discuss the significance of the following five terms. In this discussion, please make sure to explain why the terms are important to the development of the philosophy of science. (Five points each, 25 total) 1. Final (or teleological) cause The final cause is “that for the sake of which a thing is done” (13). The final cause of a soup bowl is: holding soup so that it can be eaten. The final cause is an integral component of Aristotle’s explanation of why the…

Most car owners have ever misplaced their car keys at one time or another. This can be very frustrating. You will realize that most car owners rarely have spare keys for their cars. A spare key can greatly help you if you have misplaced your car key. You can actually keep the spare key in your home so that you can readily access it in the event of losing your car keys. However, if you do not have a spare keys, you can greatly get inconvenienced. What do I do? I lost my Chevrolet key. This is a…

This is all shown by the physical evidence uncovered along the Nile Valley and nearby oases. These excavations were carried out by committed Egyptologists. Many of the findings revealed by these meticulous researchers can be categorized by their differing functions. Papyri consists of astrological/religious writings. There were coffin with texts of the Middle Kingdom and the various religious books of the New Kingdom Some individual dates found in other documents might be relevant to this…

Aztec architecture is simple but bold, elegant but powerful, with its mixed colors and symbols that help create a distinctive style. It refers to pre-Columbian architecture of the Aztec civilization. Instead of wrecking the old building that would add on to or built over it the old structure. While Aztec architecture doesn’t have many structures or “buildings” that are too well-known there is some that are still known and visited to this day. Aztecs also built pyramid temples for religion and…

that they would have to rebuild. They often rebuilt on old structures. Their pyramids were built to follow important events in the calendar. For example, El Castillo is 79 feet high and has a staircase with 365 steps. During the spring and fall equinox, a shadow that looks like a serpent…

While many concepts on astronomy of the ancient Greeks are no longer relevant, many of their ideas were used to guide astronomers today in establishing concepts more valid. The ancient Greeks had no clear division of science and philosophy. Neither did they have separate and developed fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy. The formerly deficient range of information the ancient Greeks had, allowed an individual to become an expert in several fields whereas nowadays, there is…

Climate Science 1 Day In today’s time there is something called forcing factors which is the tilt of the Earth's axis which creates seasons but other factors that may impact climate systems are such volcanic aerosols which can cool climate and shorten growing seasons. Some instruments used to track climate patterns are thermometers, rain gauges, and stream gauges. Paleo proxies such as tree rings and cores from corals and ice caps also provide information on a resolution in terms of…