NSCI 314 - LIFE IN THE COSMOSSTUDY GUIDE FOR BASIC SCIENCE QUIZThe basic science quiz will occupy the first 20 minutes of class on Monday, October 13. It will consist of 20 multiple choice questions. Please remember to bring a Scantron (blue, 8.5" X 11") and a #2 pencil. Most of the material covered on the basic science quiz is basic science that you should have learned long before entering this class. You can find a quick review of most of it in the power point slides from the first two classes. You will be well prepared if you can say a few sentences about each of the following topics:basic ideas of the scientific method.relationship between speed, distance traveled, & time needed to do itspeed of lightdefinition of a light yearaccelerationforces and how they affect motiongravitational forceselectrical forcesconservation of energyforms of energyelectrons, protons, and neutrons; and their role in atomic structuredefinitions of atom, nucleus, ion, and moleculedefinitions of elements, isotopes, and compoundsdensity, pressure, and temperaturethe nature of light: photons vs. wavesamplitude, wavelength, frequency, and speed of a wavethe electromagnetic spectrumdefinitions of star, planet, moon, Sun, and Milky Waydefinitions of solar system, galaxy, and universe (make sure you understand the difference!)Big Bang: how the universe beganvery rough age of the universevery rough age of the earthwhich objects orbit around which other objects in the solar systemmeaning of day and year for a planetcause of day and nightcause of
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