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Unit 4: Solar System
Notes:
Formation Theories
Universe Organization
Earth’s Shape
Climate
Rotation/Revolution/Season
Sun/Earth/Moon
Eclipses & Tides
Energy & Magnetism
Kepler’s 3 Laws
Activities:
Expanding Balloon Activity
Oblate Sphere Activity
Climate Graphic Organizer
Seasons WS & WebQuest
Ellipse Lab
Kepler’s 2nd Law WS
Kepler’s 3rd Law WS
Star WebQuest
Objectives:
1. Briefly describe the 3 formation theories: Steady State, Inflation, & Big Bang. Which is most accepted?
2. State whether the universe is shrinking or expanding. What evidence do scientists use to support this?
3. Describe the actual shape of our Earth and what causes this shape.
4. For each of the 3 climate zones, state where the zone is and why it is located there.
5. Describe how latitude, elevation, & windward and leeward side of a mountain each affects climate.
6. Explain differential heating of Earth. (water temp vs. land temp)
7. Why do ocean currents affect the climate on land? What is the ocean current that affects NC’s climate?
8. What is rotation? How long does it take? What is revolution? How long does it take?
9. Explain what causes the seasons on Earth. Describe/draw each season.
10. State what causes the phases of the moon. Draw & label the 8 phases in order.
11. Know how a lunar eclipse and solar eclipse occur. Draw a lunar eclipse. Draw a solar eclipse.
12. State what causes our tides. Draw a diagram of spring tide and neap tide.
13. Describe the 3 ways heat energy is transferred on Earth.
14. Describe the geocentric model and heliocentric model of the universe AND state who came up with each.
15. Explain what different measurements of eccentricity mean.
16. Briefly describe Kepler’s 3 laws: Kepler’s 1st Law, Kepler’s 2nd Law, and Kepler’s 3rd Law.
17. State the similarities and differences between the perihelion and aphelion of an orbit.
18. T2= R3 solve when the distance to the Sun = 1.75 AU
Vocabulary:
1. Steady-state theory
2. Inflation theory
3. Big bang theory
4. Doppler effect/shift
5. Universe
6. Star
7. Geocentric model
8. Heliocentric model
9. Precession
10. Nutation
11. Barycenter
12. Oblate sphere
Additional Vocabulary:
1. Galaxy
2. Solar system
3. Terrestrial planet
4. Gas giant planet
5. Aristotle
6. Nicolaus Copernicus
7. Tycho Brahe
8. Johannes Kepler
9. Polaris
10. Köppen classification
11. Temperate zone
12. Tropical zone
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Centrifugal force
Climate
Orographic effect
Rotation
Foucault pendulum
Coriolis effect
Revolution
Season
Summer solstice
Winter solstice
Autumn equinox
Vernal equinox
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Solar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
Spring tide
Neap tide
Ellipse
Perihelion
Aphelion
Kepler’s 1st law
Kepler’s 2nd law
Kepler’s 3rd law
Law of Gravity
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Polar zone
Mild zone
Continental zone
Latitude
Longitude
Specific heat
Differential heating
Sea breeze
Waxing
Waning
Crescent
Gibbous
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Leap year
Corona
Umbra
Penumbra
Combustion
Fission
Fusion
Radiation
Wavelength
Radiant energy
Focus (foci)
Eccentricity
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