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Baseball Review Astronomy

Grade 8

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Astronomy

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Famous Discoveries

•discovered elliptical orbits- Kepler•sun-centered solar system heliocentric model•Earth-centered solar system geocentric model

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Famous Discoveries

•supported heliocentric view of solar system-

Copernicus•supported geocentric view of universe-

Ptolemy

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Stars

•gas and dust nebula •forms from nebula protostar

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Stars

•stars are classified by:•temperature, brightness, and size

•produces energy in sun and other stars

•nuclear fusion

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Terms

•galaxy shaped like a pinwheel•spiral galaxy•galaxy shaped like a flattened oval

•elliptical galaxy

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Terms

•explains origin of universe•Big Bang Theory •uses mirrors to gather light •reflecting telescope

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Terms

•element that makes up 60% of a star

•hydrogen• length of Earth’s rotation•24 hours

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Terms

•uses lenses to gather visible light•refracting telescope•Earth’s path as it revolves around the Sun

•orbit

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The Lives of Stars

•follows red giant stage of medium sized star

•white dwarf• follows white dwarf stage •black dwarf

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The Lives of Stars

•compares temperature and brightness of stars

•Hertzsprung-Russell diagram•follows supernova of supergiant star

•black hole

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The SunThe Sun

• outermost layer of sun• corona• loops of gases that link sunspot

regions• prominences• explosions that occur when sunspots

connect• solar flares

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Terms

•causes day and night •Earth’s rotation• imaginary line that passes thru. Earth’s center

•axis

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Terms

•movement of one object around another

•revolution•study of moon, stars and other objects in space

•astronomy

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It’s time for the 7th inning stretch !

Take me out to the ball game,Take me out with the crowdBuy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,I don't care if I never get back.Let me root, root, root for the home team,If they don't win, it's a shame.For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,At the old ball game.

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The Sun

• layer of the sun visible during a total solar eclipse

• corona• stream of electrically charged particles sent

out from the corona• solar wind• dark areas on the sun that are cooler than

the layers around them• sunspots

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Terms

• large satellite in which people can live for long periods of time

•space station•main way US launches equipment into space

•space shuttles

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Terms

•rise and fall of water•tides•type of rocket used to send objects into space

•multistage rocket

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The Moon

• round pits formed by meteorites-• craters• dark, flat areas on moon’s surface• maria• depends on how much of sunlit side

of moon faces Earth• phases

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PlanetsPlanets

• made up almost entirely of gases

• gas giants• axis tilted at 90o angle• Uranus

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PlanetsPlanets

• similar to our moon• Mercury• Earth’s twin• Venus

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TermsTerms

• life other than that on Earth• extraterrestrial life• pattern of stars in sky• constellation• energy that can travel thru space

in form of waves• electromagnetic spectrum

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PlanetsPlanets

• famous for its rings • Saturn• most massive planet• Jupiter• only planet with known life

• Earth• retrograde rotation

• Venus