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Astronomy Regents Review

1. What is the difference Jovian and Terrestrial planets?

2. What planet is closest in density to the Earth?

3. Describe the geocentric and heliocentric models of the universe.

4. What do the Coriolis Effect, Foucault pendulum, and retrograde motion all do?

5. What is the name and type of galaxy we live in?

6. If it is noon in Los Angeles what time is it in New York?
7. What is the latitude and longitude of the sandwich tectonic plate?
8. How and when did the universe form?

9. How does red shift of distant galaxies prove the universe is expanding?

10. What else can prove the formation of the universe?

11. Describe how the solar system formed.

12. Measure the eccentricity of the planet’s orbit. Where is the planet traveling fastest? Why?
13. How long does it take the moon to go through on cycle of phases? One revolution?

14. What causes tides?

15. What is the difference between a spring tide and a neap tide?

16. Draw a solar eclipse. Include the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

17. In what phase can a lunar eclipse occur?

18. What is the difference between the umbra and penumbra?

19. What causes major impacts on the Earth?

20. Why can the pattern of sunspots be predicted?

21. Describe the life cycle of the Sun from birth to death.

22. What is nuclear fusion?

23. What is the dimmest coldest star in the star chart?

24. Describe Polaris in terms of temperature, luminosity, and type of star?

25. Draw a waxing gibbous moon diagram with the Sun, Moon, and Earth.