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Monday, April 22

Happy Earth Day!
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Section 8: We started today's video at 16:00 (can be found below). Reading will be up tomorrow, you should use it to add to your note taking sheet.
The Disappearing Spoon

Section 9: Answer the following questions:
1) How are the various ways we think water formed on early Earth?
2) Describe the theory of water delivery by comet to early Earth.
3) What are the flaws in this theory? Explain and give proof.
4) Look up "heavy water" and give a brief description of it.
5) What are some current and historical uses of heavy water?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/origins-series-overview.html#origins-earth-born

Section 10: Answer the following questions:
1) How did Newton picture space?
2) Describe Newtonian space and its interactions with the objects in it.
3) How would Newton explain the skaters arms splaying out as she spins?
4) What is special about the speed of light?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html#fabric-space

Section 11: Don't forget to send me your data!
Also, look up the difference between distilled and deionized water and write a short explanation in your notebook. Then, explain how/if you think the experiment would have changed if we used distilled, deionized or tap water.
Finally, think about this:
What was the composition of your solution when it reached its endpoint? What types of ions were in there? Was it acidic? Basic? Neutral?