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Name __________________________________ TEST Date ____________ Space Test Review 1. Write the sentence to help you remember the order of the planets: My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos. 2. List the planets in order List a major characteristic of each Mercury This planets year is only 88 Earth days long. Venus This inner planet spins with a retrograde (clockwise) rotation. Has the hottest surface. Earth Third planet from the sun, only planet with sustainable life. Mars Often referred to as the Red Planet because there is so much iron oxide Gas Giants (below) Jupiter Largest planet in the solar system; Has 63 confirmed moons Saturn Has a spectacular ring system Uranus Has 15 moons; is the coldest planet Neptune Has a storm system called the Great Dark Spot 3. List the two Types of Tides Describe the alignment of the Sun, Moon & Earth Describe the tides How often does this occur in a month? During which moon Phases? New moon and Full moon Spring Tide In a straight line: Sun-moon-earth Sun-earth-moon Exceptionally high and low tides Twice a month Neap Tide When the moon is at a right angle from the earth MOON SUN---------------EARTH High and low tides do not change significantly Twice a month 1st Quarter moon and 3rd Quarter moon 4. What is rotation? When a planet turn on its axis 5. What is revolution? When a planet or celestial body orbits another planet or star. Most orbits are in the shape of an elipse. 6. What is Isaac Newtons Law of Motion? That what is at rest will stay at rest AND what is in motion with remain in motion. 7. Draw and Label a lunar eclipse When the earth is between the sun and the moon 8. Draw and Label a solar eclipse. When the moon passes between the sun and the earth 9. Gravitational pull is influenced by _________gravity_________ and ___________inertia________________. 10. Fill in the number of …. a) days in a lunar month _____~30__(29.5)_____ b) days it takes to go from a new moon to a full moon __~15___ c) hours it takes for the earth to make one full rotation _24___ d) days it takes for the earth to make one full revolution of the sun ____365____ 11. Define the following moon terms: a) waxing-The lit part of the moon is getting bigger b) waning-The lit part of the moon is getting smaller c) crescent-The lit part of the moon is less than 50 percent d) gibbous-The lit part of the moon is more than 50 percent 12. What is the Heliocentric theory of the solar system and who first discussed this? Heliocentric means "sun-centered", or the current way astronomers look at our solar system. Copernicus is given credit for first discussing this. 13. What is the Geocentric theory of the solar system? Geocentric means "earth-centered", or the astrological or pre-Copernicus view of our solar system 14. What is the Big Bang Theory? The theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature. 15. Name the 3 types of galaxies and show which one we live in. a) Eliptical Galaxy b) Spiral Galaxy…..we live here c) Irregular Galaxy 16. What is inertia? The quality in matter (matter is anything you can touch) that lets it stay at rest if it is at rest, or keep moving if it is moving. (This is Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of Motion - INTERTIA). 17. Using the picture below…List the New moon (A), Full moon (D), Waxing Cresent ( B ), Waning Cresent ( E ) , 3rd quarter moon ( F ), Waning gibbous ( E ), waxing gibbous ( between D & C ) Move to FLIPCHART REVIEW & have students fill in phases of the moon. ADD the terms: Gravity-the force of attraction between two bodies that have mass Mass-measures the amount of Matter an object has