Know all vocabulary

Quiz

Homework

I. Tools Astronomy

a. radiation: know the definition and the spectrum (figure 28-1)

b. telescopes: refracting and reflecting

1- know types and instruments

2- know how they work

c. satellites, probes and spacecrafts

1- know each and an example

2- Spinoffs

II. Moon

a. surface: know all characteristics

b. composition

c. history: know important factors mentioned in notes

d. formation theories: Impact theory

III. Sun-Moon-Earth

a. daily motions- earth’s rotation (tilt), solar day etc..

b. annual motions- ecliptic orbit and tilt (figure 28-16)

1- solstices- summer and winter-know how they occur

2- equinoxes- autumnal and vernal

IV. Phases of Moon (know figure 28-19)

a. new moon

b. full moon

c. quarters

d. gibbous

V. Motions and Eclipses

a. solar eclipse- figure 28-22, position of the moon, earth and sun and when it occurs

b. apogee and perigee

c. lunar eclipse- figure 28-24, position of the moon, earth and sun

-when it occurs