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T/F: Hydrogen nuclei join to form helium nuclei, which releases a large amount of energy.
What is True.
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T/F: Venus has thick clouds and an atmosphere of oxygen.
What is False. Venus has an atmosphere of carbon dioxide, not oxygen.
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T/F: The Sun is a giant-sized star.
What is False. The Sun is a mid-sized star.
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T/F: After a red giant has lost its outer, gaseous layers into space, its next life cycle is the white dwarf.
What is True.
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T/F: The ancient Latinos were the people to name the constellations.
What is False. The ancient Greeks named the constellations.
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An ___________ is a small body of rock and metal that orbits the Sun.
What is asteriod.
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Using __________ ________ we can measure distances in space, such as from the stars to Earth.
What is light-years.
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________ is covered with red _____ and strong ________.
What is Mars, dust, winds.
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_________ is the planet that has the strongest force of gravity.
What is Jupiter.
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A person can tell a star's approximate _________ based on its color.
What is temperature.
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What do we call the measurement of the distance between Earth and the Sun? We use this measurement to measure other distances. (Hint: NOT light-years.)
What is an astronomical unit.
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Explain the relation between the movement of the following space objects: Sun, Earth, and Earth's Moon.
What is the Moon orbits Earth. Earth revolves around the Sun while rotating on its axis. The Moon also rotates around its axis.The Sun moves around nothing.
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What color of star tells you that it's temperature is the hottest.
What is white-blue.
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What color of star has the coolest temperature?
What is RED.
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Compare the Sun's size to other stars in the galaxy.
What is the Sun is a mid-sized star. There are many stars smaller and many stars bigger than the Sun.
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What galaxy do we live in?
What is the Milkyway.
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Name the three types of galaxies.
What is elliptical, spiral, and irregular.
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How are the universe, galaxies, and stars related?
What is The universe is made of billions of galaxies. Each galaxy is made up of billions of stars. There are so many stars in the universe. They cannot be totaled.
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Define composition.
What is what something is composed of or made up of.
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What type of star does not shine? Why doesn't it shine?
What is a black dwarf does not shine because it has used up all of its fuel.
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Why is it difficult to draw the solar system to scale?
What is the distances between everything is too large to draw it to scale on a piece of paper even if Earth was a tiny speck.
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Sketch the three different types of galaxies.
What is ...show me if you are uncertain of the answer.
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Sketch a picture of the big dipper.
What is ...show me to make sure answer is correct.
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How is a star born in the nebula?
What is a star is born inside a nebula when gravity pulls hydrogen and other gas particles together. The clump attracts more particles and heats u. When the core is hot enough, fusion begins and the push of the gases becomes greater than the pull of gravity. Energy from fusion reaches the star's surface and a star is born.
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How is a star born inside of a nebula?
What is a star is born inside a nebula when gravity pulls hydrogen and other gas particles together. The clump attracts more particles and heats u. When the core is hot enough, fusion begins and the push of the gases becomes greater than the pull of gravity. Energy from fusion reaches the star's surface and a star is born.
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