Unit 1 - Astronomy (Fall 2023)

heliocentric

• spinning of Earth on its axis (24 hours = 1 day)
• movement of Earth around Sun (365 ¼ days = 1 year)
• based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe
• Based on the belief that the earth is the center of the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

ellipse

• Based on the belief that the earth is the center of the universe
• oval shape the planets take around the sun
• the point between two objects where they balance each other
• movement of Earth around Sun (365 ¼ days = 1 year)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

nebular hypothesis

• the theory that a solar system evolves from a hot gaseous nebula
• the point between two objects where they balance each other
• moving backwards
• based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

retrograde

• the point between two objects where they balance each other
• the theory that a solar system evolves from a hot gaseous nebula
• based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe
• moving backwards

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

barycenter

• movement of Earth around Sun (365 ¼ days = 1 year)
• Based on the belief that the earth is the center of the universe
• oval shape the planets take around the sun
• the point between two objects where they balance each other

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

geocentric

• Based on the belief that the earth is the center of the universe
• the theory that a solar system evolves from a hot gaseous nebula
• movement of Earth around Sun (365 ¼ days = 1 year)
• the point between two objects where they balance each other

nutation

• Wobbling of the Earth's axis
• Based on the belief that the earth is the center of the universe
• movement of Earth around Sun (365 ¼ days = 1 year)
• spinning of Earth on its axis (24 hours = 1 day)

precession

• Based on the belief that the earth is the center of the universe
• spinning of Earth on its axis (24 hours = 1 day)
• change in the orientation of the rotational axis of Earth
• movement of Earth around Sun (365 ¼ days = 1 year)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

rotation

• the point between two objects where they balance each other
• change in the orientation of the rotational axis of Earth
• spinning of Earth on its axis (24 hours = 1 day)
• oval shape the planets take around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

revolution

• spinning of Earth on its axis (24 hours = 1 day)
• based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe
• Wobbling of the Earth's axis
• movement of Earth around Sun (365 ¼ days = 1 year)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2