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Science Units
Contest
Unit #
Date
Topics
Pages
Sections Read
Sections
Omitted
# Pages
1
Introduction,
Heliocentric Model of
the Universe
1-28
Intro. Chapter (E),
1.1
-
28
2
Copernican
Revolution, Newton's
Laws, Telescopes,
Radio Astronomy
29-41
 omit box 1-1 "More
Precisely", p 39
68-76, 83-87
1.2 - 1.4, 3.1, 3.4
3.2, 3.3
24
3
Electromagnetic
Radiation and
Spectroscopy, Other
Astronomies
44-55, 58--65, 88-92
2.1 - 2.3, 2.5 - 2.8,
3.5
2.4
22
The Solar System,
The Earth and Its
Moon
100-115, 134-146, 153-157,
 omit boxes 4-1, pp 106-107,
5-1, p 138,
5-1, p 141
& 5-2 p 142,
also see "Additional Reading
Material for Week 4"*
4.1 - 4.2, 5.1 - 5.4,
5.7 - 5.8
4.3, 4.4, 5.5,
5.6
27
The Terrestrial
Planets, the Jovian
Planets
162-166, 171-184, 192-204
 omit boxes 6-1, p 172
6-2, pp 182-183,
7-1, p 193,
also see "Additional Reading
Material for Week 5"*
6.1 - 6.3, 6.6 -6.7,
7.1-7.5
6.4, 6.5, 6.8,
7.6
25
8.1 - 8.2, 8.5
(see "Additional
Reading Material
for Week 6"* replaces 8.5)
9.1, 9.3 - 9.4
8.3, 8.4
9.2, 9.5
26
7
The Heart of the Sun,
Measuring the Stars,
The Interstellar
Medium (Part 1)
257-259, 266-279, 281-285,
290-301
 omit boxes 9-1, p 258,
10-1, p 269,
10-1, p 270,
10-2, p 278
10-3, p 283
11-1, p 293
9.5 (Partial),
10.1 - 10.5, 10.7
11.1 - 11.3
10.6,
11.4 - 11.6
25
8
The Interstellar
Medium (Part 2),
Stellar Evolution –
The Lifecycle of a Star
301-309, 318 - 335
11.4 - 11.5,
12.1 - 12.5
11.6,
12.6, 12.7
25
9
Neutron Stars and
Black Holes, the Milky
Way Galaxy (Part 1)
346-352, 355-367, 376-384,
386-389
 omit boxes 13-1, p 356
13-1, pp 360-361,
13-2, p 366,
14-1, p 382.
13.1 - 13.3,
13.5 - 13.7,
14.1 - 14.3,
14.5
13.4, 13.8,
14.4
26
10
The Milky Way Galaxy
(Part 2), Normal and
Active Galaxies,
Galaxies and Dark
Matter
389-393, 402-422, 432-437,
445-451
 omit boxes 14-2, p 390
15.1, p 418
16-1, p 449.
14.6,
15.1 - 15.4,
16.1 - 16.2, 16.5
14.7, 15.5,
16.3-16.4
26
4
5
6
Moons, Rings and
Plutoids,
The Sun
214-223, 233, 242-243, 247-256
 also see "Additional Reading
Material for Week 6"*
* Note: this material should be regarded as an up-to-date replacement of the indicated reading material in your textbook, following new discoveries new NASA
missions and the International Astronomical Union’s decision not to refer to Pluto as a planet, and its creation of a new category of dwarf planets.