Study Guide for Test #2

Links to the Reading Material

Tycho Brahe

Kepler

Galileo

Newton

Gravity

Einstein

The Forces of Nature

Calendars

Clocks

Key Terms

analemma
aphelion

astronomical unit (AU) - the revised definition
daylight saving time

eccentricity
ellipse
equation of time

Gregorian calendar
gravitational lens
GUTS (grand unified theories or "the theory of everything" ... Einstein's quest)
inverse square law
Julian calendar
Kepler's laws
law of areas
Local Apparent Time
mean solar day
neap tide
perihelion
perturbation
semimajor axis
sidereal day
sidereal time
solar day
spring tide
standard time
string theory (M Theory)
supermoon

tides
tidal forces

tropical year
universal time

Before you take Test #2, please try practice Quiz #2.  This practice quiz has no point value, but gives you a chance to see typical test questions and gauge if you are really ready to take the test.

Once you have taken practice quiz #2 and feel you are ready ... take Test #2


ŠJim Mihal 2004, 2014- all rights reserved