Key Understandings:
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Universe is Expanding
- Star Classification/"Evolution"
- Eccentricity (distance between foci/length of major axis)
- Planets move fastest when closest to the sun (gravity is strongest)
- Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
- Galaxies (ex: Our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy)
- Doppler effect (Red Shift)
- Electromagnetic energy (ex. infrared, ultraviolet)
- Heliocentric vs. Geocentric models of the solar system
- Apparent motions of stars (including our sun)
- Seasons
- Angle of Insolation
- Duration of Insolation (length of day)
- Moon Phases
- Eclipses
- Rotation vs. Revolution
- Earth completes one revolution every 365.25 days (year)
- Jovian vs. Terrestrial Planets
