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Evidence of the Earth’s Rotation

Astronomy Project By: Alix Joy. Evidence of the Earth’s Rotation. Four Objects That Show Evidence of Earth’s Rotation. Pendulums. Stars. Winds. Waters. The Pendulum.

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Evidence of the Earth’s Rotation

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  1. Astronomy Project By: Alix Joy Evidence of the Earth’s Rotation

  2. Four Objects That Show Evidence of Earth’s Rotation Pendulums Stars Winds Waters

  3. The Pendulum Pendulum: a weighted object suspended from a fixed point so it has the ability to swing freely to and fro under the action of gravity and commonly used to regulate movements (such as that of clockwork) From www.Webster.com

  4. Foucault, a former French physicist, preformed a demonstration of the pendulum. This demonstration later gave proof to the fact that the earth rotates… Jean Bernard Léon Foucault

  5. FOUCAULT’S DEMONSRTATION Foucault’s demonstration revealed an accurate set of data of earth’s rotation. To demonstrate his pendulum theory, Foucault used a steel ball with a pin mounted on its base. This steel shape weighed a total of 62 lbs. This pendulum was hung from the dome of the Pantheon in Paris from a 220 ft. piano wire. http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page7.htm

  6. FOUCAULT’S DEMONSRTATION On the floor beneath the pendulum, a pit of sand had been placed. This pit of sand was to be marked by the pin of the pendulum’s base, presenting the path at which the pendulum had swung. http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page7.htm

  7. The Sun and The Stars…

  8. Rising and Setting Points of the Sun and Stars The sun appears to move across the sky each and every day and at night the stars also seem to do the same…

  9. Rising and Setting Points of the Sun and Stars But knowing that the sun and stars don’t move gives evidence that the earth has to be moving. This would establish why we have night and day but it also shows that the earth does rotate.

  10. Rising and Setting Points of the Sun and Stars http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/observingsky/motion1.htm

  11. STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS

  12. As many people observe, the stars that we see each month seem to change or be in slightly different places. However, the stars we see each month are all different and this is because of the fact that the earth revolves around the sun…

  13. After a few days, the earth moves further along it’s orbiting path. Therefore, the stars that were visible in the previous days or even months are now behind the earth and the sun now remains in the way. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/es0408page01.cfm?

  14. DOES THE OCEAN MOVE BECAUSE THE EARTH ROTATES?

  15. The Ocean Waters… The ocean moves because of the gravitational pull of the earth’s rotation. As a result of the pull, the water has tidal currents and waves…

  16. What Would Happen If The Earth Suddenly Stopped???

  17. All rockets and airplanes would fly in a straight path exactly where they are supposed to go without the deflection of wind which causes an aircraft to fly in an arc in order to get from point A to point B…

  18. If Earth Stopped Rotating WE WOULD NOT HAVE SUCH STORMS AS CYCLONES HURRICANES TYPHOONS TORNADOES

  19. AND… IT WOULD ALWAYS RAIN IN THE SAME AREAS…

  20. IF THE EARTH STOPS ROTATING...

  21. Bibliography • Beynon, Zinaida. "http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page5.htm." Calacademy. 1999. California Academy of Sciences. May 2006 <http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/index.html>. • Beynon, Zinaida. "http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page7.htm." Calacademy. 1999. California Academy of Sciences. May 2006 <http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/index.html>. • Beynon, Zinaida. "http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page9.htm." Calacademy. 1999. California Academy of Sciences. May 2006 <http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/index.html>. • Beynon, Zinaida. "http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page12.htm." Calacademy. 1999. California Academy of Sciences. May 2006 <http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/index.html>. • "http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/observingsky/motion1.htm." May 2006. • "http://www.webster.com/dictionary/pendulum." Webster. 2006. Merriam-Webster, Inc. May 2006 <http://www.webster.com/>. • Loomis, Jennifer. "http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/es0408page01.cfm?" Classzone. McDougal Littell. May 2006 <http://www.classzone.com>. • Spaulding, Nancy E., and Samuel N. Namowitz. Heath Earth Science. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1994. 457-469. • Tiner, John H. 100 Scientists Who Changed the World. 1st ed. Milwaukee: World Almanac Library, 2003. 54.

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