Science 9 Chapter 13 and 14

Below, I have detailed the pages from our text book you are responsible to study for the final space test. Please keep in mind, if you are unable to access my homework blog at home, my classroom computers are available to you. The computers are connected to printers in the school.

We have come to the end of our Space Unit. The final test will be on Wednesday, October 7th BEFORE Thanksgiving weekend.

Here are the text book pages and topics you are responsible for:

Chapter 13
Page 400 - 402, 13.1 (What can we see in the sky?)
* VOCABULARY WORDS universe, astronomy, constellations, solar system, nonluminous, luminous, star, plane
* the difference between planets and stars (Table 1, page 402)

Page 404 - 405, 13.3 (The effects of Planetary Motion)
* VOCABULARY WORDS rotation, axis, revolution, Polaris, Sirius, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, zodiac constellations, constellations
* understand the difference between rotation and revolution, and be able to give examples of each relating to space

Page 418 - 419, 13.10 (The Solar System)
* VOCABULARY WORDS Sun, orbits, orbital period, ellipse, elliptical orbit,
* Why do surface temperatures differ?

Page 424 - 428, 13.14 (A closer look at the planets)
* VOCABULARY WORDS terrestrial planets, inner planers, outer planets
* main features of each planet (taken from the group handouts we took notes from in class)
* how the planets orbit
* the order of the planets from the sun

Page 430 - 433 (Other objects in the solar system)
* VOCABULARY WORDS sattelites, moon, asteroids, asteroid belt, meteroid, meteor, meteorite, comet

STUDY THE TEST WE WROTE LAST WEEK AS YOUR STARTING POINT FOR CHAPTER 13

Chapter 14
Page 438 - 439 (Ideas about the Universe)
* VOCABULARY WORDS galaxy, Milky Way, Galileo, Sun-centred solar system

Page 452 - 45, 14.7 (The Sun: An Important Star)
* VOCABULARY WORDS nuclear fusion, photophere, chromosphere, corona

Page 458 - 460, 14.10 (Characteristics of Stars)
* VOCABULARY WORDS stars, color, temperature, spectroscope, visible spectrum, apparent magnitude, absolute magnitude
* What does the color of a star tell us about temperature?

Page 461 - 463, 14.11 (Galaxies and Star Clusters)
* VOCABULARY WORDS giant spiral galaxy, spiral galaxy, barred-spiral, quasars, star clusters

We also watched Bill Nye The Moon, Bill Nye The Seasons, Bill Nye The Planets.
You are able to see many of Bill Nye clips on YouTube if you want to reference back.