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Space Science Chapter 1. Bell Work 1/3/11. Welcome Back! I hope you all enjoyed your break. What is something that you will change this quarter to help improve your grades? What grade would you like to get in science this quarter? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Space ScienceChapter 1
Bell Work 1/3/11 Welcome Back! I hope you all enjoyed your
break.
1. What is something that you will change this quarter to help improve your grades?
2. What grade would you like to get in science this quarter?
3. What are at least 3 things that you will do to reach your science goals?
Space Science 1.1 VocabOrbit – the path of an object in space as it
moves around another object because of gravity
Solar system – the sun, the planets, and various smaller bodies make up the solar system
Galaxy – a group of millions or billions of stars held together by their own gravityMilky way – our solar system and the stars
you can see with your bare eyes are part of this galaxy
The universe – space and all the matter and energy in it The Milky Way is just one of many
billions of galaxies in the universe
Constellation – group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Constellations/circumpolar/ursa_major.html
Bell Work 1/4/11Decide if each statement is true. If not, correct it.
(Write each sentence in your bell work then change if it is incorrect)
1. There are 11 planets in our solar system.
2. The stars in the sky are all the same distance from Earth.
3. It takes Earth one year to orbit the sun.
Bell Work 1/5/11Please use complete sentences1. What is a constellation?
2. What is a galaxy?
3. What is an orbit?
Space 1.2 VocabElectromagnetic radiation – energy that travels
across distances as certain types of waves. (radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, and gamma rays)
Spectrum 1. Radiation from a source separated into
a range of wavelengths2. The range of colors that appears in a
beam of visible light when it passes through a prism
Wavelength – the distance between one peak and the next peak on a wave
Telescope – a device that gathers visible light or another form of electromagnetic radiation.
Bell Work 1/6/11Write these sentences and fill in the blanks
1. The moon orbits the ________
2. The Earth orbits the ________
3. ________, _______, ________ also orbit the Sun.
Bell work 1/7/111. What is a telescope?
2. How do scientists use telescopes?
3. List at least 5 different forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Bell Work 1/10/111. What is a solar system?
2. List the planets in our solar system.
Bell work 1/13/111. What are the basic structures in which
objects are grouped together in space?
2. How does Earth’s rotation affect our view of stars?
3. The planet Jupiter is farther than Mars from Earth. Which planet seems to move faster when viewed from Earth? Explain.
Space 1.3 VocabSatellite – an object that orbits a more
massive object
Space station – a satellite in which people can live and work for long periods
Lander – a craft designed to land on a planet’s surface
Probe - a spacecraft that is sent into a planet’s atmosphere
Bell Work 1/14/11(Fill in the blanks)
1. Apollo astronauts practiced important procedures in space to prepare for landing on the _________
2. All of the different forms of electromagnetic radiation together make up the ________ __________
3. Which type of telescope gathers radiation with a metal dish?
4. The stars near the North Pole appear to move in circles around ________
5. The _____ ______ contains only one star.
Bell Work 1/18/11
Make the chart and on the bottom fill in what each of the following is
Probe Lander Orbiter Flyby
Space 1.4 VocabImpact crater – a round pit left behind on
the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes the surface
Bell Work 1/19/111. What causes a constellation to change
positions in the night sky?2. What reduces the evidence of impact
craters on Earth?3. A galaxy is a group of stars held
together by what?4. List one invention made by NASA that
we use today.
Bell Work 1/24/11Answer # 9 -17 on page 37 in
your book.
Please write only the answers on your bell work paper we will be grading this
Bell Work 1/25/111. What advantage does the Hubble Space
Telescope have over visible-light telescopes on Earth?
2. Which type of craft would be most effective in carrying out a detailed study of Venus’s atmosphere?
3. What is the visible spectrum?4. Which type of mission can provide
information about more than one planet?