Earth Science Honors Homework due Fri., Dec. 13

Period 1 Only:  Read REVIEW BOOK pp 81-84; pp 84-85, Q #'s 1-12--due Fri., Dec. 13
Periods 2/3 & 7/8 Only: Astronomy Unit Test (Topics 3 & 4) - Fri., Dec. 13

What to study for Astronomy Unit Test:
Test will include lots of “Motions” questions (Earth and celestial objects), but know the big ideas from the beginning of the unit.
Electromagnetic spectrum, Doppler effect…what do these tell us?
Big Bang…when, what’s the evidence of…
Life cycle of stars, process that fuels stars...
Don’t forget pp 14, 15 of your ESRT
Kepler’s Laws—also, know how to calculate P2 = D3
Newton’s Law of Gravitation
Evidences and rates of Earth's rotation, revolution
Moon – periods of rotation, revolution, tilt of moon's orbit, lunar month vs moon’s period of revolution, tides, eclipses, why moonrise is 50 min later each day