Download The Earth and Moon

Test 1 Review
•No math requiring a calculator
•No dates
Prologue – Charting the Heavens
•Basics of the celestial sphere
•Solar day vs sidereal day
•What is the ecliptic?
•Understand the reason for the seasons
•Speed of light and definition of the light year
•Lunar phases and eclipses (orientation of Earth-Moon-Sun)
Chapter 1 – Modern Astronomy and Planet Motions
•Know basic equations of planetary motion, Newton’s laws and law of gravity
•What are Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Brahe, and Galileo known for?
•What is Retrograde Motion and how did early earth-centered models account for it?
Chapter 4 – The Solar System
•Know the difference between Comets, meteors, meteorites, meteoroids, asteroids
•Know the theory for solar system formation
•Differences between the inner (Terrestrial) and outer (Jovian) planets & why
Chapter 5 – The Earth and Moon
•Formation of the Moon
•Orbital path of the Moon and rotation period
•How the Moon effects tides
•Earth’s interior and atmosphere
•Earth’s magnetic field and aurora
Chapter 6 – The Terrestrial Planets
•Mercury, Venus and Mars – rotation direction, relative speed, axis tilt
•Lander/spacecraft visits
•Main surface features and characterizations of each
Chapter 7 and 8 – Jovian Planets + Pluto
•Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto - rotation direction, relative speed, axis
•Voyager and Galileo spacecraft visits
•Internal heating of Jupiter and Saturn
•Main atmospheric constituents of each
•Jovian moons and rings information from overhead
•Pluto information from overhead