Questions about intro to Astronomy:
**** also a Pre-test ****
1. Name the 8 phases of the Moon
2. Draw the 8 phases of the Moon
3. Draw the positions of the Earth with relation to the Sun:
for Spring-----Summer---Fall---Winter
4. What are the differences between rotation and revolution of the Earth?
5. From # 4----draw and explain how the Earth rotates and also revolves
6. Give 4 examples in everyday life of how gravity affects what you are doing.
7. What were Newton 's 3 laws of gravity?
8. Give 2 examples to each of Newton s laws?
9. Give 2 examples of how (force, mass/weight, and inertia) affects
gravity?
10. So we have 4 seasons in Iowa.
Name them and also show the position of the Earth with the Sun for each season.
10. Key terms to know for quiz:
phase, inertia, gravity, solstice, equinox, elliptical path, revolution, rotation, axis, tilt, seasons, Newton s 3 laws, NASA
11. Famous people of space (early stories)
Walt Disney, Sally Ride, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Buzz Lightyear, John Glenn, Wernher von Braun, Chuck Yeager
**** also a Pre-test ****
1. Name the 8 phases of the Moon
2. Draw the 8 phases of the Moon
3. Draw the positions of the Earth with relation to the Sun:
for Spring-----Summer---Fall---Winter
4. What are the differences between rotation and revolution of the Earth?
5. From # 4----draw and explain how the Earth rotates and also revolves
6. Give 4 examples in everyday life of how gravity affects what you are doing.
7. What were Newton 's 3 laws of gravity?
8. Give 2 examples to each of Newton s laws?
9. Give 2 examples of how (force, mass/weight, and inertia) affects
gravity?
10. So we have 4 seasons in Iowa.
Name them and also show the position of the Earth with the Sun for each season.
10. Key terms to know for quiz:
phase, inertia, gravity, solstice, equinox, elliptical path, revolution, rotation, axis, tilt, seasons, Newton s 3 laws, NASA
11. Famous people of space (early stories)
Walt Disney, Sally Ride, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Buzz Lightyear, John Glenn, Wernher von Braun, Chuck Yeager