Constellations
Eclipses and Shadows
Life of a Massive Star
Earth's Orbit
Asteroids, Meteors,and Meteoroids Oh My!
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What is a constellation?
A cluster of stars in the sky that are grouped together in a particular pattern or shape, and have been given a name.
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What type of eclipse casts a shadow on the moon?
A lunar eclipse
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What is the death of a star?
A supernova
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What does rotate look like?
Use your hand to show me
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What do you call a meteoroid that enters earth's atmosphere, sometimes called a shooting star?
A meteor
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What can constellations be used for?
Story telling and navigation.
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What can shadows tell us?
They can tell us what time of day it is.
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What is the birth of a star?
A Stellar Nebula?
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What does the earth revolve around?
The sun
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Where are asteroids and dwarf planets located?
In the Main Asteroid Belt or the Kuiper Belt
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What is Polaris?
The north star.
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Where is the earth located in a lunar eclipse?
The earth is between the sun and the moon.
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What can a massive star turn into after it dies?
A Blackhole or a Neutron Star
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How long does it take earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
365 days or one year.
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What is it called when a meteoroid lands on the Earth's surface?
A meteorite
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What is the name for the scientific name for the "Little Dipper"?
Ursa Minor
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The moon covers the sun in what type of eclipse?
A solar eclipse
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What's the main gas in a stellar nebula?
Hydrogen Gas
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How long does it take for earth to complete one rotation?
24 hours or one day.
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What round rocky objects have a type of orbit that has to go through a messy path of asteroids.
Dwarf Planets
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What constellation looks like bull?
Taurus
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What kind of eclipse did Earth experience in August?
A solar eclipse.
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What comes first a Red Super Giant or a Massive Star?
Massive Star
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What space object has a tail that forms from ice vaporizing in the sunlight.
A comet
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