Don’t forget, your extra credit project is due tomorrow.
These are the season worksheets. They have been corrected in class and should be glued into you ISN ready for the test. seasons articles and worksheets
Below is the study guide for the test, the day we get back from break.
Unit 2 Study Guide
- Make a Thinking Map explaining 3 important topics or facts from the 5 major activities of this unit (What is An Orbit Reading, Total Eclipse, Round and Round Gravity Simulations and Readings, and Centripetal Force Reading and Demonstration)
- How does the ball on the string represent movement in space. Make sure to describe each object.
- What is an orbit and what shape do they resemble?
- What force(s) keep objects in orbit? Draw an illustration complete with force arrows and labels.
- What is a satellite?
- What are the 2 types of satellites and what is an example of each?
- Where can a satellite’s orbit be found, if it is orbiting Earth?
- Why do we see different moon phases in the night sky?
- What is an eclipse?
- What are the two different eclipses that we experience on Earth? Explain how each are formed.
- Why does Earth experience seasons?
- Draw Earth’s placement around the Sun during EACH season.
- What is the meaning of the word “centripetal?”
- What is centripetal force and why is it important for orbits?
- What is gravity?
- What two factors influence gravity?
- What happens when you increase one of the factors? Explain it as an IF…THEN statement.
- What is a geostationary satellite? Does it move? Explain.