Review for Final

• Motions
  • Daily Motions
  • Annual motions (Sun)
  • Moon's motions
  • Planet motions
• Size of Solar System and Beyond
• What is science and how does it work?
• Laws of Motion:
  • Newton
  • Conservation of energy, momentum and angular momentum
  • Gravity/tides
  • Kepler's laws
• Planet formation
  • Overview/challenges
  • Role of temperature
  • How planet properties come about
• Geology
  • Basics (structure of planets, formation properties/controlling factors
  • Four key processes
  • Which processes play roles on which planets
• Atmospheres
  • Structure
  • Energy sources for the layer
  • Winds
  • Sources and losses
• Jovian Planets
  • Properties
  • Structure
  • Winds, clouds
  • Moons: heat sources, geology
  • Rings: what shapes them and makes them?
  • Difference between jovian planets and why
• Comets
  • Where from
  • Tails
  • Role in terrestrial atmospheres
• Asteroids
  • Where found
  • Structure of the belt and why
• Collisions: role in life on Earth and how
• Earth
  • How we're unique in atmosphere and geology
  • Basics of life
• NASA/Telescopes/Spacecraft: what they're for and what they cost