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Study Guide: General Science, Semester Exam
Your exam will be on Tuesday, December 20. Please know the following:
Chapter 1: About Science
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Controlled experiment
Fact
Integrated science
Law
Know the steps of the scientific method
What is a scientific hypothesis?
Why is it important to experiment?
What are the limits of science?
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Science
Technology
Theory
Chapter 38: The Solar System
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Inner planets
 Meteoroid
Kuiper belt
 Oort cloud
Lunar eclipse
 Outer planets
Meteor
 Solar eclipse
Meteorite
Know the phases of the moon and why we see what we see
How did the solar system form?
How did the moon form?
Planets:
o Which takes the shortest trip around the sun?
o Which is the largest?
o Which has a tilted axis?
o Which is the farthest from the sun?
o Which is red?
o What makes a planet suitable for life?
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a comet?
Chapter 39: The Universe
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Black hole
Constellation
Galaxy
Nova
What is diurnal motion?
What’s a nebula?
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Protostar
Star
Supernova
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What determines the stages a star will go through?
Know the stages a star can go through.
Know the three kinds of galaxies and what makes them different.
What is the big bang theory?