Download Grade 9 Chapter 10 Review

Grade 9 Science Chapter 10 - Review
Terms to know:
1. asterism
2. astrolabe
3. celestial body
4. circumpolar constellation
5. constellation
6. ecliptic
7. ellipse
8. geocentric
9. heliocentric
10. orbit
11. planet
12. retrograde motion
13. star
14. telescope
15. zodiacal constellations
Students should also:
1. Know the major contributions of Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo,
Kepler and Newton to our knowledge of space.
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Know which type of universe each person believed in (heliocentric
versus geocentric)
2. Know Kepler's three laws of planetary motion.
3. Know the 8 planets in our solar system in order from closest to furthest
from the Sun.
4. Identify the four inner planets and the four Jovian planets.
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Know each groups characteristics.
5. Know how many constellations there are and how many we can see. Have an
understanding of why we are limited to only seeing a certain amount of
constellations.
6. Be able to identify the major constellations we discussed in class.