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What is the description of atmospheric conditions over a long period of time?
Climate
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One astronomical unit averages about ?
150 Million Kilometers
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Which of these planets is not a terrestrial planets?
Uranus
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Which type of radiation has the shortest wavelength?
gamma rays
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The dark regions on the surface of the photosphere ______.
Sunspots
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The average kinetic energy of all the atoms and molecules that make up a substance is referred to as?
Temperature
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What type of eclipse occurs when the moon casts its shadow on Earth?
Solar
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of Jovian planets?
Lack of moons
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Which of the following is not a property of optical telescopes?
Reflecting Power
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The arrangements of waves according to their wavelengths and frequencies ________.
Electron Magnetic Spectrum
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Describes the 3 types of heat transfer in the atmosphere
Conduction/ Convection/ Radiation
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What is the difference between a solar rotation and revolution?
Rotation is day and night. Revolution is season.
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How do terrestrial planets differ from the jovian planets?
Terrestrial planets are small and rocky, jovian planets are gas giants.
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Distances to stars are usually expressed in units called?
light-years
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Splash marks that radiate outward for hundreds of kilometers _______.
Rays
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Why are temperature variations greater over dry land than they are over water?
Land heats more rapidly and to higher temperatures than water. Land also cools more rapidly and to lower temperatures than water.
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How do craters form?
From the impact of rapidly moving debris
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Describe the Nebular Theory
According to the nebular theory, the sun and planets formed from a rotating disk of dust and gases.
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Which type of star is the sun?
Main sequence
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Is the science that studies the universe _______
Astronomy
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The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity ________
Conduction
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What is the Big bang Theory ?
States that about 13.7 billion years ago, the universe began at one point and has been expanding at close to speed of light ever since.
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A cloud of dust and gas in space _____
Nebula
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What happens during nuclear fusion?
Some matter is converted to energy, and energy is released.
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Groups of stars, dust, and gases held together by gravity. _______
Galaxies
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