Astronomy – Mr. Caplin Solar System Concept Maps Name: Date: Directions Create two concept maps for the following sets of words. See below the word sets for examples of how to create a concept map and for examples. Solar System ASTEROIDS ASTRONOMICAL UNITS COMETS COMETS COSMIC DUST DOPPLER SHIFT ELLIPSE EUROPA EXOPLANETS GRAVITY HABITABLE ZONE HIGH DENSITY JOVIAN LOW DENSITY METEOR SOLAR SYSTEM METEORITES SOLID SURACE NATURAL SATELLITES SPECTROSCOPY PLANETOIDS STAR'S WOBBLE REVOLUTION SUN RINGS TEMPERATURE ROTATION TERESTRIAL The Sun 11 YEARS 4.6 BILLION YEARS CORONA CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS FUSION GRANULATION GRAVITY HYDROGEN INTERNAL PRESSURE MILKY WAY NORTHERN LIGHTS POLES REVERSAL HYDROGEN INTERNAL PRESSURE MILKY WAY NORTHERN LIGHTS POLES REVERSAL PROMINENCE PROTOSTAR RED GIANT SOLAR ECLIPSES SOLAR WIND SUN SUNSPOTS PROMINENCE PROTOSTAR RED GIANT SOLAR ECLIPSES SOLAR WIND SUN SUNSPOTS Concept Maps – Concept maps are used to help establish links between topics and concepts we learned about throughout the unit. The major concepts from the above list are linked to each other using key phrases which you create. The maps are used to “see” and organize the topics in the means that best suits you. COSMIC VOID WAS FILLED AFTER THE BIG BANG TOOK PLACE CREATING OUR KNOW UNIVERSE, WHICH IS CONSTANTLY EXPANDING FROM ITS CEN TER ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS MOVING AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL BULDGE WHO’S THEORY IS SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE COLLECTED BY COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND WHICH WE KNOW BECAUSE OF The SHIFTING COLOR SPECTRUM OF STARS KNOWN AS COSMOLOGICAL REDSHIFT
