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Space Exploration - Unit Review Questions:
Topic 1:
1. What is the solstice?
2. What is the equinox?
3. Label the winter/summer solstice and
autumnal/vernal equinox on the
diagram:
4. What are altitude and azimuth?
5. Outline the geocentric and heliocentric
models of the solar system. Who
proposed each model?
Topic 2:
1. What are the two different types of telescopes and how are they different?
2. What shape are the orbits of the planets?
3. What were the discoveries/developments associated with these scientists:
a. Copernicus
b. Galileo
c. Kepler
d. Newton
4. Describe how planets stay in stable orbit around the sun.
Topic 3: 1. What is a spectroscope?
2. How is an emission spectrum produced?
3. How is an absorption spectrum produced?
4. Using spectral analysis, identify the elements that are present in the bottom spectra.
5. What is the Doppler effect? How is it related to red shift-blue shift that we see in
space?
Topic 4:
1. What is radiation?
2. Describe the purpose of each of the following technologies:
a. Optical Telescopes
b. Radio Telescopes
c. Space Telescopes
d. Satellites
e. Space Probes
f. Space Stations
3. How do we use triangulation to measure the distance from Earth to far away stars?
Topic 5:
1. What is space debris and where does it come from?
2. What are some of the risks associated with space debris?
3. What is a geosynchronus orbit?
Topic 6:
1. What is an astronomical unit? A light year?
2. What is escape velocity?
3. What is the International Space Station?
4. Describe two challenges of living in space.
5. Describe two ways that living in space can affect the human body.
Topic 7:
1. What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
2. What is the biggest planet in the solar system?
3. What is the difference between a terrestrial, jovial and dwarf planet?
4. Choose two planets in in our solar system. Compare them with Earth in terms of
their:
a. composition
b. rotation and orbit
c. satellites
d. size