1. Astronomy Test TOMORROW

2. Astronomy Test 34 Questions – Multiple Choice  18 – Matching  7 – Short Answer  6 – Put in Order  1 – Select Which Ones  2

3. Astronomy Test Topics – Universe / Gravity / Objects (12 pts) – Sun (13 pts) – Reading Charts (8 pts) – Planets (16 pts) – Moon (19 pts)

4. Topics to Study Objects in the Universe – Mass vs Weight – Our Galaxy – Gravity – Comet, Asteroid, Meteor, etc

5. Topics to Study Sun / Stars – Suns Importance – Color – Type – Nuclear Fusion – Time – Seasons – Features (Sunspots, CME’s, Flares, Prominances)

6. Topics to Study Planets – Rotation vs Revolution – Inner versus Outer Planets – Characteristics of Planets – Asteroid Belt

7. Topics to Study Moon – How it was formed – Solar vs Lunar Eclipse – Labeling Moon Phases – Putting the phases in order – ½ is Always Lit – We only see one side

8. What to Study Past Quizzes Notes Study Guide This Review & Similar Questions

9. Row Race Rules 1. Get in a row/group of 3-4 students 2. Get out a sheet of paper 3. Make sure everyone has something to write with 4. Put your notes away 5. When questions come up, – 1st person in the row answers 1st question and passes paper back – 2nd person answers 2nd question and passes paper back… – 3 rd person answers the 3 rd question and passes paper back – 4 th person gets to change 1 previous answer 6. When 4th person is done, pass the paper all the way up to the front 7. First group to get the most correct wins the round!

10. Round 1 1. Between mass and weight which one changes depending on where you are? 2. What galaxy are we in? 3.List 2 reasons gravity is important

11. Round 1 1. Between mass and weight which one changes depending on where you are? - Weight 2. What galaxy are we in? - Milky Way 3.List 2 reasons gravity is important -Keeps objects in orbit -Keeps water on earth -Keeps atmosphere around earth -Keeps us and objects on the ground

12. Round 2 1.Which object is nicknamed a “dirty snowball? 2.Which object is smaller than an asteroid and is still in space 3.Which object doesn’t burn completely when entering our atmosphere and ends up hitting earth?

13. Round 2 1.Which object is nicknamed a “dirty snowball? - Comet 2.Which object is smaller than an asteroid and is still in space - Meteoroid 3.Which object doesn’t burn completely when entering our atmosphere and ends up hitting earth? - Meteorite

14. Round 3 1.What color is our sun? 2.List 2 reasons our sun is important. 3.What type of star is our sun?

15. Round 3 1.What color is our sun? - Yellow 2.List 2 reasons our sun is important. -Provides vitamin D -Provides light -Provides heat -Provides energy for plants -Provides seasons 3.What type of star is our sun? - Main Sequence

16. Round 4 1.Why do we have seasons? 2.Which feature is a large arching column of gas? 3.What is nuclear fusion?

17. Round 4 1.Why do we have seasons? - Earths axis is tilted 23 o which provides areas of direct and indirect sunlight 2.Which feature is a large arching column of gas? - Prominence 3.What is nuclear fusion? - Sun fuses hydrogen atoms into helium which provides the sun (star) with energy

18. Round 5 1.List the 4 inner planets 2.List 3 characteristics of inner planets 3.Define rotation

19. Round 5 1.List the 4 inner planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars 2.List 3 characteristics of inner planets - Close to the sun, small orbit, terrestrial, dense and rocky, warn 3.Define rotation -Spinning of a planet on its axis -1 day

20. Round 6 1.Which planet is called the red planet? 2.Which planet has the smallest orbit? 3.Which planet has the strongest winds?

21. Round 6 1.Which planet is called the red planet? - Mars 2.Which planet has the smallest orbit? - Mercury 3.Which planet has the strongest winds? - Neptune

22. Round 7 1.Draw a solar eclipse? 2.Describe what happens during a lunar eclipse 3.During which moon phases do eclipses occur?

23. Round 7 1.Draw a solar eclipse? - SUN  Moon  Earth 2.Describe what happens during a lunar eclipse - The Earth creates a shadow on the moon 3.During which moon phases do eclipses occur? - New Moon and Full Moon

24. Round 8 1.Name the phase. 2.Name the phase. 3.Name the phase.

25. Round 8 1.Name the phase. - Waxing Crescent 2.Name the phase. - Waning Gibbous 3.Name the phase. - 3 rd Quarter

26. Round 9 1.Name the phase. 2.Name the phase. 3.Name the phase.

27. Round 9 1.Name the phase. - Full Moon 2.Name the phase. - Waxing Gibbous 3.Name the phase. - Waning Crescent

28. Round 10 1.How was the moon formed? 2.Why do we only see one side of the moon? 3.Defend the statement “the moon is always ½ lit”

29. Round 10 1.How was the moon formed? - A Mars sized planet hit earth, pieces flew off, the pieces fused together and cooled forming the moon 2.Why do we only see one side of the moon? - The Moons rotation is the same as the moons revolution (27 days) 3.Defend the statement “the moon is always ½ lit” - Even though we see different amounts ½ of the moon is always facing the sun (lit) and ½ the moon is always facing away from the sun (dark)

30. Final Jeopardy! The Moon…

31. Final Jeopardy Put the moon phases in order starting with Waning Gibbous

32. Final Jeopardy Put the moon phases in order starting with Waning Gibbous – Waning Gibbous – 3 rd Quarter – Waning Crescent – New Moon – Waxing Crescent – 1 st Quarter – Waxing Gibbous – Full Moon – Waning Gibbous