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Lectures Outlines and Practice Quiz Questions with Answers

Physics 20A: Intro to Astronomy by Fix.

H.Tahsiri

Chapter Outlines

• Chapter 1- Journey's Starts
• Chapter 2- Patterns in the Sky
• Chapter 3- Ancient Astronomy
• Chapter 4- Renaissance Astronomy
• Chapter 5- Gravity and Motion
• Chapter 6- Light and Telescopes
• Chapter 7- Processes at Work in the Solar System
• Chapter 8- The Earth
• Chapter 9- The Moon
• Chapter 10- Mercury and Venus
• Chapter 11- Mars
• Chapter 12- Jupiter and Saturn
• Chapter 13- The Outer Planets
• Chapter 14- Satellites
• Chapter 15- Solar System Debris

• Scientific Notation
• Power of 10
• Notation, Conversion, Weights & Measures
• Calculating Angles in Sky
• Sun Angle
• Astronomical Distances (and the time it takes to get there)
• Basic Geometry
• Scientific Method
• What is the " Scientific Method"?
• This week's sky at a glance
• Sky Tonight
• Your Sky (Excellent site for a sky map)
• Every Night Sky
• Constellation Photos
• Constellations (by month)
• Constellation Quiz
• Monthly star charts
• Astronomical pronunciation Guide-1
• Astronomical pronunciation Guide-2
• TheTides. page 1
• TheTides. page 2

• UCI Professor Garden: " A Brief Lecture Outline " on Line . ( Highly Recommended ).
• Elementary Astronomy (Excellent site. Please use this site as a reference guide (1 ) to your textbook)
• Gettysburg College Astronomy site (Excellent site. Please use this site as a reference guide (2 ) to your textbook))
• Eyes on the Sky, Activities in Astronomy
• Backyard Astronomy Tips
• Anelemma

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