There have been requests for copies of the Astronomy Post Test study guide, so here it is.
ASTRONOMY REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR MIDTERM AND POST TEST
∙ The contributions of Ptolemy, Galileo, Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, Hubble, Goddard, Von Braun, Hawking, Sagan, Halley
∙ The definition of a galaxy and the classification of galaxies.
∙ Kepler’s Three Laws of Planetary Motion.
∙ The astronomical meaning of rotation and revolution.
∙ What are asteroids, meteors, meteorites, comets, shooting stars, the asteroid belt, black hole, constellations.
∙ How the sun produces energy and the elements of the sun. The parts of the sun. What is a solar flare?
∙ How the universe was formed.
∙ What is a light-year? What is a solar system? How old is our solar system?
∙ The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun.
∙ The effects of the Moon and Earth on each other.
∙ The life cycles of stars and the colors of stars.
∙ Solar and lunar eclipses
∙ The missions of these space programs: Space Shuttle, Apollo, Gemini, Sputnik, Mercury, Vostok 1 and the astronauts associated with these programs, especially John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and Yuri Gagarin
∙ Gravity and the Moon
∙ What is a radio telescope? Optical/reflecting, refracting?
∙ Know characteristics of satellites, probes, space station, space telescope, rockets
∙ Moon Landing – the mission and the important people involved.
∙ What is the space race and the cold war?
∙ What are the names of the planets and their order from the sun? Why is Mars red?
∙ What causes the tides, what causes the seasons?
∙ The features of the moon.
ASTRONOMY REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR MIDTERM AND POST TEST
∙ The contributions of Ptolemy, Galileo, Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, Hubble, Goddard, Von Braun, Hawking, Sagan, Halley
∙ The definition of a galaxy and the classification of galaxies.
∙ Kepler’s Three Laws of Planetary Motion.
∙ The astronomical meaning of rotation and revolution.
∙ What are asteroids, meteors, meteorites, comets, shooting stars, the asteroid belt, black hole, constellations.
∙ How the sun produces energy and the elements of the sun. The parts of the sun. What is a solar flare?
∙ How the universe was formed.
∙ What is a light-year? What is a solar system? How old is our solar system?
∙ The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun.
∙ The effects of the Moon and Earth on each other.
∙ The life cycles of stars and the colors of stars.
∙ Solar and lunar eclipses
∙ The missions of these space programs: Space Shuttle, Apollo, Gemini, Sputnik, Mercury, Vostok 1 and the astronauts associated with these programs, especially John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and Yuri Gagarin
∙ Gravity and the Moon
∙ What is a radio telescope? Optical/reflecting, refracting?
∙ Know characteristics of satellites, probes, space station, space telescope, rockets
∙ Moon Landing – the mission and the important people involved.
∙ What is the space race and the cold war?
∙ What are the names of the planets and their order from the sun? Why is Mars red?
∙ What causes the tides, what causes the seasons?
∙ The features of the moon.
