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LECTURE 1
     questions before lecture

think about these

  • What is physics?
  • What is the scientific method?
  • Characterize the seasons.
  • What causes the seasons?
  • Name and characterize the phases of the moon.
  • What causes the phases of the moon?
  • Why do we have eclipses of the sun (solar) and moon (lunar)?
  • What is the phase of the moon for each type of eclipse?
  • Why don't we have a solar and a lunar eclipse every month?

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Please email any questions, comments, or suggestions to Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.

Revised September 1, 1997.


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