Chapter 16 Assignment

Announcements

We will have a midterm (midterm quiz) over Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 16, and 17.  It will be available on July 3 until the due date July 9 11:00PM with two attempts available. 

Chapter 4 will not have an assignment (there will not be a Ch 4 discussion).  Chapter 4  will have an extra credit quiz (5 points).

Instructions

1. Take a look at videos linked below that discuss our Sun.

2. Complete Discussion 16 found here.  Instructions for completing Discussion 16 found here. Download here.

3. Complete Chapter 16 Quiz found here.

Sections

16-1. Sources of Sunshine: Thermal and Gravitational Energy  - (How Does Fusion Power the Sun? with Dr Michelle Thaller, Mike Rowe, Prof Lawrence Krauss found here Links to an external site..), (Where does the sun get its energy? found here Links to an external site..), (What is energy really? found here Links to an external site.), and (What the heck is energy? found here Links to an external site.)       

16-2. Mass, Energy, and the Theory of Relativity - (How the Sun Shines: The Nuclear Reactions that Power the Sun found here Links to an external site.), (Detailed Explanation - The Real Meaning of E =mc²  found here Links to an external site.), (What is energy really? Found here Links to an external site.), and (What the heck is energy? found here Links to an external site.)

16-3.  The Solar Interior: Theory  -  (Dr Phil Plait gives us much information about how the sun works here Links to an external site.), Links to an external site. (Seeing inside the Sun here. Links to an external site.), and (NASA is Flying into the Sun here Links to an external site.)

16-4.  The Solar Interior: Observations  - (Highlights from SDO’s 10 years of Solar Observation here Links to an external site.) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGCRbLo7dyk  (Inside the sun here Links to an external site.)