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Does the moon's appearance wax or wane between a quarter moon and a full moon?
Waxes
In what zone is the earth?
Habitable zone
What galaxy does the sun belong to?
The Milky Way
What is dependent on a star's brightness and distance from the earth?
Apparent magnitude
What does a light year measure?
Distance light travels in one year
What concept map shows similarities and differences between things?
Venn diagram
How old do evolutionists believe the world is?
13.7 billion years
What scientific instrument that uses lenses and light to examine objects that cannot be seen with the human eye?
Microscope
What tool should you use to compare the mass of two objects?
Scale
What is a decision based on evidence called?
Conclusion
What term is used for the data when the results of an experiment are inconsistent, or there is not enough evidence to form a conclusion?
Inconclusive
What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way?
Barred spiral
What is the location on a line graph the represents data called?
Point
What is science put to practical use called?
Technology
Object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun
Asteroid
Object in space made of ice and dust
Comet
Planet orbiting a star not in our solar system
Exoplanet
Copernius, Galileo, and Kepler were among the first to realize that our solar system was what?
Heliocentric
Star system containing millions to billions of stars, as well as gas and dust
Galaxy
What do we call the 4 planets closest to the sun?
Inner planets
Large cloud of gas and dust floating in space
Nebula
Gas giant or ice giant
Outer planet
Any spherical celestial body that has its own orbital path around a star
Planet
What is Pluto now called?
A dwarf planet
Sun and all the planets and celestial bodies that orbit it?
Solar system
What is a reasonable prediction that demonstrates cause and effect called?
Hypothesis
What is the study of the earth, its atmosphere, and outer space called?
Earth science
What is the factor in an experiment that is changed to test the hypothesis called?
Independent variable
What is the factor in an experiment that stays the same?
What is the oval-shaped orbit of a planet around the sun called?
What kind of surface do the inner planets have?
Solid
What is something that orbits another object?
What is a zone of the celestial sphere occupied by a star picture called?
Constellation
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What is the name of the largest and most powerful telescope ever made?
James Webb Space Telescope
What two months of the year have an equinox?
March and September
Which two months of the year have a solstice?
June and December
What is it called when there are equal amounts of daytime and nighttime for the Southern and Northern Hemispheres?
Equinox
What is it called when there is more daylight or darkness than any other time of the year?
Solstice
List the 3 parts of the sun in order from inside to outside...
Core, Photosphere, Corona
List the steps of the scientific method in order...
1. Observe, ask questions, and research.
2. Form a hypothesis.
3. Experiment and gather data.
4. Study data and reach conclusions.
Who was the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin