Astronomy 1 Unit Checks

1. 1
UNIT CHECK
1. Held the common belief that everything
revolved around the Earth
2. Said that the Earth & other planets moved
around the Sun
3. Astronomer who looked at the Milky Way, the
Moon & Jupiter with the telescope
WORD BANK:
Copernicus Ptolemy Galileo

2. 2
UNIT CHECK
1. Largest planet; has a giant red storm
2. Planet closest to the sun
3-4. Two planets closest to Earth
5. Planet with thick atmosphere of greenhouse
gases
6-9. Name the four terrestrial planets
10-13. Name the four Jovian (gas) planets
14. Which planet does the Asteroid Belt come after?
15.Which planet does the Kuiper Belt come after?
16.What is the sphere of ice and gas that surrounds
our solar system called?
Mercury Earth Saturn Mars
Neptune Venus Uranus Jupiter

3. 3
UNIT CHECK
1. Scientist who said:
• Objects move in an ellipse around another body,
faster when closer to it
• A line segment joining a planet and Sun sweeps
out equal areas during equal intervals of time
• The more distant from the sun an object is, the
longer it takes to orbit
WORD BANK:
Newton Kepler Brahe

4. 4
UNIT CHECK
2. Scientist who said:
• objects remain still or in motion until another
force is applied to it
• acceleration happens when a force is acted on
an object. The greater the mass of the object,
the more force is needed to move it. (f=ma)
• for every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction
WORD BANK:
Newton Kepler Brahe

5. 5
UNIT CHECK
2. Scientist who said:
• 1570’s
• Made the most precise observations of space (of
the time period) WITHOUT a telescope
• Not a proponent of the Copernicus’ heliocentric
model of planetary movement
WORD BANK:
Newton Kepler Brahe

6. 6
UNIT CHECK
1. Which tide?
2. Which tide?

7. 7
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LABEL: new moon full moon
first quarter waning gibbous waxing gibbous
Last quarter waning crescent waxing crescent
UNIT CHECK