Science Test!

There is a science test tomorrow: Better study up!

You should know everything up to and including this week’s notes. Please pay
attention to the following:
1. What positions would cause an eclipse of the sun or moon?
2. What are the phases of the moon
3. New moon – Light faces away; Full moon – Light faces towards the earth
4. Geocentric and Heliocentric
5. Foucault Pendulum proves?
6. Rotation, revolution - causes? Means?
7. Polaris shows us what? Located where?
8. Where is Polaris? Ursa Minor- bottom of “kite.”
9. Page 25 reference table
10. Moon phases means? Causes?
11. Who get direct sunlight? Who doesn’t? Why?
12. How does the distance/path of sun effect earth (closer/ further)
13. Length of day is determined by?
14. Know the positions the sun is on earth? What does that mean to us? What
does it cause? December? March? June? September?
15. Which way does the earth rotate? What proof do we have?
16. Coriolis Effect
17. Apparent motion – Sun - Moon - Earth
18. Know where earth is in relationship to the sun during each season
19. Know what the tilt of the axis causes
20. How does the sunrise time change each day during the year?
21. What is the geometric shape of earth?
22. Perihelion and aphelion, which season, is happening at each point in the
north?
23. Apparent size of the sun changes how?
24. Relationship between earth position from the sun and orbital velocity
25. Solor noon time
26. Aims 28-36

Know all aims and homeworks as well as summaries.