Planetary Motion and The Corpernican Revolution, Physics Quiz, Physics 11 - Special Relativity Quiz

Geocentric

Earth as the center of the planetary universe

Heliocentric

Sun at the center of the planetary

Crystalline Sphere

Aristotal model of Geocentric Planetary

Aristotle's idea about planetary motion 1

Earth is at the center of the universe

Aristotle's idea about planetary motion 2

Earth is stationary

Aristotle's idea about planetary motion 3

Moon, sun, and other planets revolves around earth

Sublunar Region

Area below the moon with four elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, Watet

Sublunar Region characteristic

By birth, death, changes of all sorts, and objects move in straight line

Celestial Region

Objects beyond the moon - planets and stars revolve around the earth. All celestial bodies are made of Ether.

Celestial region characteristic

No change in this region, objects move in perfect circles

Retrograde motion

Optical illusion of planet moving backward at certain point because earth catch up to them and passing since it have a faster orbital speed

Ptolemaic model

Each planets move on a small circle (epicycle), that move on a larger circle call deferent

Teological world

The universe and everything within it serve a purpose

Truth

Corresponds to reality, the way things really are, absolute and unchanging

Know Truth

Direct observation, Valid Reasoning (Logic), Divine Revelation

Consequences of Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity

Time is dilated, Lengths are contracted, No such thing as absolute simultaneity

Absolute

Something that is definite and unchanging

Relative

Something that is changing because it is being measured/judged in comparison to something else

Postulate of Special Relativity 1

The Laws of Physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference

Postulate of Special Relativity 2

The speed of light in a vacuum (absent of matter) is the same in all inertial frames of reference regardless of the observer of force

Material Causes

What's the object made from

Formal Causes

What's the structure or pattern

Efficient Cause

Who or What cause the change

Find cause

What's the purpose

What is the Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion?

All planets move in elliptical orbits.

What are the two foci of an ellipse in planetary motion?

One focus is occupied by the sun.

What is perihelion?

The point at which a planet is closest to the sun.

What is aphelion?

The point at which a planet is farthest from the sun.

Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion

Planets move fastest when they are closest to the sun, and they move slowest when they are far away from the sun

Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion

The farther a planet is from the sun, the more time it takes to orbit the sun, the closer a planet is to the sun, the less time it takes to orbit the sun