1. Space Science
Chapter 1

2. Bell Work
Welcome Back! I hope you all enjoyed your break.
What is something that you will change this quarter to help improve your grades?
What grade would you like to get in science this quarter?
What are at least 3 things that you will do to reach your science goals?

3. Space Science 1.1 Vocab
Orbit – the path of an object in space as it moves around another object because of gravity

4. Solar system – the sun, the planets, and various smaller bodies make up the solar system

5. Galaxy – a group of millions or billions of stars held together by their own gravity
Milky way – our solar system and the stars you can see with your bare eyes are part of this galaxy

6. The universe – space and all the matter and energy in it
The Milky Way is just one of many billions of galaxies in the universe

7. Constellation – group of stars that form a pattern in the sky

8. Bell Work 1/4/11
Decide if each statement is true. If not, correct it. (Write each sentence in your bell work then change if it is incorrect)
1. There are 11 planets in our solar system.
2. The stars in the sky are all the same distance from Earth.
3. It takes Earth one year to orbit the sun.

9. Bell Work
Grab a packet from by the sinks and read the last page (Galaxies and the Universe). Then answer the questions at the bottom on your bell work sheet.
Please DO NOT write in the packet.

10. Bell Work 1/5/11 Please use complete sentences
What is a constellation?
What is a galaxy?
What is an orbit?

11. Space 1.2 Vocab
Electromagnetic radiation – energy that travels across distances as certain types of waves. (radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, and gamma rays)

12. Spectrum
Radiation from a source separated into a range of wavelengths
The range of colors that appears in a beam of visible light when it passes through a prism

13. Wavelength – the distance between one peak and the next peak on a wave

14. Telescope – a device that gathers visible light or another form of electromagnetic radiation.

15. Bell Work 1/6/11 Write these sentences and fill in the blanks
The moon orbits the ________
The Earth orbits the ________
________, _______, ________ also orbit the Sun.

16. Bell work What is a telescope? How do scientists use telescopes?
List at least 5 different forms of electromagnetic radiation.

17. Bell Work – Put on last Thursday
What is a solar system?
List the planets in our solar system.

18. Bell work 1/13/11
What are the basic structures in which objects are grouped together in space?
How does Earth’s rotation affect our view of stars?
The planet Jupiter is farther than Mars from Earth. Which planet seems to move faster when viewed from Earth? Explain.

19. Space 1.3 Vocab
Satellite – an object that orbits a more massive object

20. Space station – a satellite in which people can live and work for long periods

21. Lander – a craft designed to land on a planet’s surface

22. Probe - a spacecraft that is sent into a planet’s atmosphere

23. Bell Work – Put on last Thursday (Fill in the blanks)
Apollo astronauts practiced important procedures in space to prepare for landing on the _________
All of the different forms of electromagnetic radiation together make up the ________ __________
Which type of telescope gathers radiation with a metal dish?
The stars near the North Pole appear to move in circles around ________
The _____ ______ contains only one star.

24. Bell Work 1/18/11 Make the chart and on the bottom fill in what each of the following is
Probe
Lander
Orbiter
Flyby

25. Space 1.4 Vocab
Impact crater – a round pit left behind on the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes the surface

26. Bell Work 1/19/11
What causes a constellation to change positions in the night sky?
What reduces the evidence of impact craters on Earth?
A galaxy is a group of stars held together by what?
List one invention made by NASA that we use today.

27. Bell Work 1/24/11
Answer # on page 37 in your book.
Please write only the answers on your bell work paper we will be grading this

28. Bell Work 1/25/11
What advantage does the Hubble Space Telescope have over visible-light telescopes on Earth?
Which type of craft would be most effective in carrying out a detailed study of Venus’s atmosphere?
What is the visible spectrum?
Which type of mission can provide information about more than one planet?