The goals:
1. Understand properties of the moon.
2. Understand properties of the solar system and universe.
3. Understand properties of light.
AND Use vocabulary from all three chapters correctly.
The first section is about the moon. It is multiple choice and then you need to draw pictures. Here are things you should study...
1.The definition of a "moon."
2. How the Earth and Moon are different.
3. How the Earth and the Moon are the same.
4. What a crater is and how it is made.
5. What is the “far side of the moon?”
6. Space exploration of the moon.
7. When the moon rotates, what it rotates around, and how often it rotates
8. Moon phases. You should know every phase and be able to draw it.
9. You might need to draw a picture of the moon phases, craters, the moon, a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse, or the moon rotating around the Earth.
The second section is about the solar system and the universe. It is also multiple choice and drawing pictures You should study...
1. What the universe is and what it is made of.
2. All about our sun.
3. All about stars and the life of stars.
4. What the Milky Way is.
5. What a galaxy is. Learn the different types... you might need to draw it!
6. What is a constellation?
7. What an "asteroid" is and what a comet is. You also need to know where the asteroid belt is in our solar system.
8. The names of planets and the properties of each planet.
9. You should be able to draw the planets in order in the Solar System.
10. You should know what gravity is and how it keeps everything in place in the universe.
11. You need to know about space exploration and the competition between the Americans and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
12. You should be able to draw our Solar System, the different types of galaxies, a comet, and the structure of a star.
HINT: Something I mentioned but that might not be in your notes... When a Red Giant explodes, it is called a supernova.
This is a supernova:
The crab nebula below was a supernova (a star that exploded) and then it became a nebula (where stars are created). This one is called N49, and it will be a nebula someday.
Okay, so you also need to know about light. Basically, you need to know exactly the same things for light on the final as you did for last week's quiz. It is also multiple choice and you will need to draw pictures.
1. You should know the electromagnetic spectrum and be able to draw it.
2. You should know the properties of light... like, it's fast, we can feel it and see it, it can't move things, etc.
3. You should know the definition of energy, radiation, and light.
4. You should know how long it takes light from the sun to reach Earth.
5. You should know what opaque, translucent, and transparent are.
6. You should know what materials reflect light, refract light, and absorb light.
7. You should know the difference between a laser and regular light.
8. You should be able to draw the electromagnetic spectrum, a convex and concave lens, a laser, a light bulb, and light refracting.
The last part of your exam is over vocabulary. Know these words:
orbit
refraction
dwarf
planet
color spectrum
absorb
energy
eclipse
telescope
black hole
satellite
galaxy
moon
star
atmosphere
gravity
I'll post more tomorrow to help you study!!
4 comments:
Miss Melody, me too, i like very much the chapter of the space but I´m having dificult with the chapter of the light. and I have a question:
the competition between the Americans and the Union during the Cold War.
I liked your answer.
thanks,
Antonia Arcila Duque.
The competition between the Americans and the Soviet Union was called the Cold War. It was a competition to see who could have the best technology the fastest, and who could land on the moon first. The Soviets (now they are Russians) sent the first satellite, called Sputnik, into space. Then they sent up dogs, monkeys, and people. They circled the moon and landed things on the moon, but no people.
The Americans were always slower than the Soviets, until 1969. In 1969 the Americans landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldridge on the moon.
It was a very scary competition because at the same time the United States and the Soviet Union were building nuclear bombs. Thankfully, they never actually had a war. That is why it is called the "Cold" war... it wasn't a real guerra, it was just two countries acting very angry with each other and competing to have the best technology. It was called the "Space Race" because they were racing to get into space first.
The Soviet Union eventually collapsed and now it is called Russia. Russia and the United States work together now and help each other with space technology.
Miss Melody thanks, I am very happy with this blog!!
Antonia
No problem, Antonia. Let me know if you have more questions! I received your extra credit, but I am not going to post it because I want other students to answer me, too, and I don't want them to take your answer.
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