centered) view of the Solar System UNIVERSE GREEK ASTRONOMY • Greeks seemed to be first culture to study the world in a systematic and logical manner.
• But this was 2000+ years ago
GEOCENTRIC MODEL GEOCENTRIC MODEL • Earth is the center of the universe. • Earth is still. • The planets, Sun, Moon moves in circles around Earth • The stars are fixed onto a giant sphere that surrounds the whole system • There is nothing beyond the stars TERRESTRIAL MOTION
•Movements that the earth makes.
THREE TYPES OF TERRESTRIAL MOTION MOTION WITH RESPECT TO PLACE This can be simply defined as locomotion or movement from one point to another. MOTION WITH RESPECT TO QUANTITY
•This is a change in magnitude
of some quantity; it is an increase or decrease. MOTION WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY