Also read all the information in the texbook about Mercury, Venus and Earth.
This is what is essential to know from every chapter. Please refer to my notes on line. If you know everything in the notes you should be in good shape.
The formulae to memorize are shown in bold.
CHAPTER 1
1) Light is a time machine, because of its finite speed looking far away is looking back in time.
2) Why we see different constellation at different times?
3) Scietific Method. Define and explain.
CHAPTER II
1) Property of light and how we use light (and all from of Electromagnetic radiation) to gain information on the Universe
2)Light is an Electromagnetic wave.
3) Speed of light; x10^8 m/s
4) Definition of velocity v=d/t (distance/ time). You should be able to calculate distance if time is given or time if distance is given. Example: time light takes to travels between Sun and Earth.
5) c= wavelength * frequency relationship. Nature of light. Inset at pag 23 of textbook.
6) The spectrum of light and types of Electromagnetic waves (know the spectrum roughly not the exact frequencies but you should know that radio waves are low frequency and long wavelength, x-rays are high frequency and short wavelength. and so on for all the different types of EM waves.
7) Balck-body radiation. How is measured and how it depends on the temperature of the emitting object.
8) Wien's law. It is useful to calculate the maximum of the blackbody curve (the wavelenght where most of the energy is emitted) given a certain temparature or viceversa. .Memorize the FORMULA and know how to use it. Black-Body radiation. Inset pag 25 of textbook.
9)Stephan-Boltzman law. It is useful to estimate the energy emitted by a body. Memorize the FORMULA and know how to use it. You don't have to memorize the value of the constant sigma. Black-Body radiation. Inset pag 25 of textbook.
10) What can we learn about the Universe from light?
11) Bohr atom. Explain model of the atom, and components and how atom interacts with and produces light.
12) Absorption and emission lines.What do they tells us about the stars?
13) Doppler effect. Yous should be able to explain it in words, know how is applied to Astronomy and use it in calculation similar to example and howework. Memorize the FORMULA and know how to use it. See example in notes.
14) Temperature scales. Know how to go from one scale to other (Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin).
Concept of absolute zero.
CHAPTER III
1) Different kind of telescope to observe different kind of EM radiation.
2) Why we have telescope in space?
3) Reflectors and Refractors.
CHAPTER IV
1)Phases of the Moon and planets
2)Eclipses why they occur and when.
3)Magnitude of the stars.
4) Celestial coordinates
5) Cause of season. Be able to do drawings of the motion of the Earth and show how the tilt of the Earth causes the seasons.
PLANETS
Be responsible of all that is contained in the textbook for what concern the planets Mercury, Venus and Earth (don't worry about rembering data as size and so on , but you should know the relative sizes, who is bigger and smaller and etc.)
Important facts about planets as do they have moons, atmospheres, how long is the day, the year on these planets. Important features like are there volcanoes, tectonic activity?
Are thy hot, cold?