AstronomyTeacher

Today we will review a series of tips on how to take multiple-choice test items. You will be asked to review the California Science Standards that we have covered so far. (scroll down...for some reason the table code is adding unnecessary spaces).

CA science Standard	Unit	Topic	Standard number	Standard letter
Earth Science:1.a	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	1. Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the structure, scale, and change of the solar system over time. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	a. how the differences and similarities among the sun, the terrestrial planets, and the gas planets may have been established during the formation of the solar system.
Earth Science:1.b	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	1. Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the structure, scale, and change of the solar system over time. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	b. evidence from Earth and moon rocks for the solar system’s formation from a nebular cloud of dust and gas approximately 4.6 billion years ago.
Earth Science:1.c	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	1. Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the structure, scale, and change of the solar system over time. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	c. evidence from geological studies of the Earth and other planets that the early Earth was very different from today.
Earth Science:1.d	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	1. Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the structure, scale, and change of the solar system over time. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	d. evidence that the planets are much closer than the stars.
Earth Science:1.e	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	1. Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the structure, scale, and change of the solar system over time. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	e. the sun is a typical star and is powered by nuclear reactions, primarily the fusion of hydrogen to form helium.
Earth Science:1.f	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	1. Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the structure, scale, and change of the solar system over time. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	f. evidence for the dramatic effects of asteroid impacts in shaping the surface of planets and their moons, and in mass extinctions of life on Earth.
Earth Science:1.g	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	1. Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the structure, scale, and change of the solar system over time. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	g.* evidence for the existence of planets orbiting other stars.
Earth Science:2.a	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	2. Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveals the structure, scale, and change over time of stars, galaxies and the universe. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	a. the solar system is located in an outer edge of the disc-shaped Milky Way galaxy which spans 100,000 light years.
Earth Science:2.b	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	2. Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveals the structure, scale, and change over time of stars, galaxies and the universe. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	b. galaxies are made of billions of stars and form most of the visible mass of the universe.
Earth Science:2.c	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	2. Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveals the structure, scale, and change over time of stars, galaxies and the universe. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	c. evidence that all elements with an atomic number greater than that of Lithium have been formed by nuclear fusion in stars.
Earth Science:2.d	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	2. Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveals the structure, scale, and change over time of stars, galaxies and the universe. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	d. stars differ in their life cycles, and visual, radio, and X-ray telescopes collect data that reveal these differences.
Earth Science:2.e	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	2. Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveals the structure, scale, and change over time of stars, galaxies and the universe. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	e.* accelerators boost subatomic particles to energy levels that simulate conditions in the stars and in early history of the universe before stars formed.
Earth Science:2.f	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	2. Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveals the structure, scale, and change over time of stars, galaxies and the universe. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	f.* evidence that the color, brightness and evolution of a star are determined by a balance between gravitational collapse and nuclear fusion.
Earth Science:2.g	Earth Science	Earth’s Place in the Universe	2. Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveals the structure, scale, and change over time of stars, galaxies and the universe. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:	g.* how the red-shift from distant galaxies and the cosmic background radiation provide evidence for the "big bang" model that suggests that the universe has been expanding for 10 to 20 billion years.