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Unit 8: Space Test Review for Science 1 for the International Student

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Universe meaning   Everything that exists in space  
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Science History   1. Geocentric by Ptolemy in 2nd century AD 2. Heliocentric by Copernicus in 1500s 3. Brahe tried to prove geocentric 4. Galileo invented telescope 5. Kepler foudn that Earth orbit = elliptical  
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Difference between geocentric and heliocentric   1. Geocentric = earth is universe center 2. Heliocentric = sun is universe center  
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What is the importance of the Science Revolution   Started with Copernicus (heliocentric) ended with Isaac Newton (Physics) - prove/improve traditional ideas, leading to great discovery  
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Stars:   Giant balls of gas held together by gravity  
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Star formation   Nebula = before a star = a large mass of gas and dust Stars form when nebula collapse and pulls inward Supernova = end star = explosion of the outershell of a star  
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Star types: B-type   blue, short life, mostly live in spiral galaxies' arms  
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Star types: O-type   blue, short life, mostly live in spiral galaxies' arms  
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Star types: Red   live longest, mostly live in elliptical galaxies  
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Star types: Blue ( what is it)   live short, O&B type, mostly live in spiral galaxies  
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Blackholes: What are they?   remains of a massive star  
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Blackholes: How are they formed?   After a supernova explosion  
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Blackholes: What do they pull in?   Everything; all matters around it  
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Blackholes: How big can they get?   billions of times bigger than our sun.  
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Blackholes: Where are they said to be found?   In the ceneter of galaxy  
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Blackholes: What is the point of no return?   The event horizon  
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Blackholes: How do scientists know they exist?   Gravitational lensing  
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Planets: What is a planet   A body that orbits stars  
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Planets: How many planets are in our solar system?   8  
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Planets: What is a dwarf planet?   1. Orbits sun 2. not moon 3. sufficient mass 4. has gravitational pull 5. orbital path not clear  
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Moons: What is a moon   A small body that orbits a planet  
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Moons: How many moons are in our solar system?   + 150  
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Mercury important fact   Mercury is the smalles planet with no moon  
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Mercury location in solar system   closest to sun  
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Mercury suface   Mercury's surface is similiar to the moon's lots of craters has ridges, highlands, mountains, plains color gray has basins filled with magma rocky  
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why Mercury is interesting   smallest planet no wind erosion very thin exosphere resemble's earth's moon bumped into our moon  
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Jupiter: feature to remember   Jupiter is the gas giant that is closest to Earth, and Jupiter has more moons than any other planet  
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Jupiter: location in the solar system   5th from sun  
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Jupiter: surface   not solid, large electric bar magnet, magnet field 20,000 times stronger than earth, 89.8% Hydrogen, 10.2% Helium,  
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Why Jupiter is interesting   largest planet 1,300 Earths could fit inside Jupiter has 3 rings  
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Pluto: feature to remember   It used to be classified as a planet, but is now a dwarf planet  
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Pluto: location in the solar system   9th; furthest from sun  
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What is Pluto's surface?   icy, 98% nitrogen, with small amount of methan and carbon dioxide, blue/brown, exact surface is unknown, surface color is always changing, Pluto core is made of iron, nickel, and alby  
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Why Pluto is interesting   only planet not yet visited by space craft considered dwarf planet has unusual orbit  
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Saturn: feature to remember   Saturn is the famous for its rings of ice, dust, and rock  
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Saturn location in the solar system   6th from sun  
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Saturn surface   Hydrogen = 96%, Helium 3%, with ammonia, acetylene, ethane, phophine, methane gaseous, toxic, outside surface = liquid, yellow, core = rocky,  
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Why Saturn is interesting   2nd largest planet least dense planet, less dense than water no oxygen orbits slowly, because made of gas  
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Neptune feature to remember   It is known for its gread dark spot, has 13 moons  
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Neptune location in the solary system   8th planet from sun  
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What is Neptune's surface?   gas, atmosphere = hydrogen & helium, mantel = hot, dense liquid = water, ammonia, methane, core = hot rock, ice  
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Why Neptune is interesting   3rd largest planet in mass 4th largest in diameter 1 of the 4 gas giants in our solar system stormiest planet  
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Mars: feature to remember   Also known as the red planet  
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Mars: location in the solar system,   4th planet from sun  
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Mars surface   dry, barren wasteland created by many old volcanoes and crater has a rocky body like earth Polar ice caps that grow and recede depending on season Color of mars = red because of iron has tectonci plates 95% Carbon dioxide, 3% Nitrogen, 1.6% Argon  
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What makes Mars interesting   tallest mountain in solar system = Olympus Mons Deepest canyon = Valles Marinetis  
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Venus feature to remember   Venus rotates the opposite direction of most planets, its day is longer than its year  
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Venus location from the sun   2nd from the sun  
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Venus surface   6 mountain ranges Maxwell is highest point ring like structures raised areas where ridges and falleys form in different direction  
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Why is Venus interesting   can rain down sulfuric acid making it inhapitable we can see it with nakad eye during day  
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Uranus: feature to remember   Uranus is located in the milky way galaxy. It is between Saturn and Neptune  
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Uranus Location in the solar system   7th  
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uranus surface   not solid like Jupiter from ice, gas, liquids second most dense blue because of methane 2% methane has rocks to make rings  
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Why is Uranus interesting   spins on side, ice giant, coldest planet, core is size of earth, moon named after Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, Uranus can be ween with nakad eye  
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What cause Seasons   Seasons are caused by the earth's tilted axis Since the axis is tilted, different parts of the globe are oriented towards the sun at different times of the year  
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Moons: Phases: Blue Moon   When two full moons occur in a single month  
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Moons: Phases: Crescent Moon   A crescent moon is part way between a half moon and a new moon  
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Moons: Phases: Full Moon   A full moon appears as an entire circle in the sky  
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Moons: Phases: Gibbous Moon   A gibbous moon is between a full moon and a half moon  
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Moons: Phases: Half Moon   A half moon looks like half a circle  
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Moons: Phases: New Moon   When you can not see the moon  
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Moons: Moonrise   It rises 30 to 70 minutes later each day. New moons rise at the same time as the sun, and the full moon rises when the sun sets. That is why you can see the moon during the day.  
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Galaxies: What are they   large group of stars, gas, and dust helt together by gravity  
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Galaxies: What is the name of our Galaxy   Milky Way  
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Galaxies: How many galaxies do scientists think there are?   + 170 billion galaxies  
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Galaxies: How are they measured?   light years  
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Galaxies: Spiral   resemble pinwheel have bulge at center arms that curve outward contains O&B stars  
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Galaxies: Elliptical   oval-shaped no central bulge older & appear more red little gas & dust to from new stars contains red stars  
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Galaxies: Irregular   no certain shpae or structure contains normal galaxy characteristics  
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Sun   The solar interior, from the inside out, is made up of the core, radiative zone and the convective zone. The strength of the sun's magnetic field is typically only about twice as strong as Earth's field. There are many sunspots. Important in culture  
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What is an asteroid   a small rocky body that has an irregular shape and orbits a star  
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what is a comet   a celestial body of ice and dust, having a long elliptical orbit and thought to come from the Oort Cloud  
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what is a light year   the distance light travels in one year (9.4 trillion km)  
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what are gas giants   an enourmous planet composed of mostly gases and liquids, much larger than Earth and likely without a solid surface (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)  
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terrestrial planets   Terrestrial planets are Earth-like planets made up of rocks or metals with a hard surface — making them different from other planets that lack a solid surface.(Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.)  
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Planets in order   My Very Enormous Mother Jiggles Simultaneously Uncontrolably, Nasty Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune  
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What is a year   1 orbit around the sun  
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What is a day?   1 full spin on the planets' axis  
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What is the importance of gravity?   Gravity holds everything together, without it everything would be random and all the planets would crash into each other, causing us to die.  
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