ASTRONOMY/SPACE SCIENCE A STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST 1!

CHAPTERS 1-4!

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What to know:!
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How to diagram our solar system and the order of the planets from the Sun!
(Page 3)!
The difference between AU and Light Year (Page 4)!
Galaxies have billions of stars (Page 5)!
The universe began about 14 billion years ago in an event called the big bang!
The sun and planets of our solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago!
The sun and the stars from the point of view from the Earth rises on the east and
sets in the west!
Earth rotates on its axis once a day!
The definition of a constellation and asterisms (Page 12-13)!
Figure 2-3 on Page 14!
The difference between absolute and apparent magnitude!
How to determine what object is brighter in a spectrum like Figure 2-6 on Page
15!
Calculating magnitude and flux, re-read Page 16, know how to do examples!
The definition of precession (Page 17 and Figure 2-7 on page 20)!
How to label Figure 1 on Page 18!
The difference between rotation and revolution (Page 21)!
Pages 34-35 very well regarding the cycles of the moon!
Be able to identify which phase the moon is based on images!
The moon faces the Earth on one side only; we never get to see the other side of
the moon!
Umbra and Penumbra (Page 36)!
The usual length of a solar eclipse!
The usual length of a lunar eclipse!
The diagramming of a solar eclipse!
The diagramming of a lunar eclipse!
All of the answers to the essay questions from Chapter 4: Origins of Modern
Astronomy Homework Assignment!

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