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The object that the planets orbit around.
The Sun
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What does waning mean?
To get smaller
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The sun rises on what side of the earth? North, south, east or west?
East
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The northern hemisphere is the bottom half of the earth. True or False?
False, it is the top half of the earth.
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A tool for making distant objects appear nearer and larger.
A telescope
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The path than a planet takes when it goes around the sun.
An orbit
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What does waxing mean?
To get bigger
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The sun sets on what side of earth? North, south, east or west?
The west.
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Does the earth's tilt ever change?
No, it stays the same throughout the revolution even though it rotates.
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What is the space telescope used to take pictures of distant galaxies?
The Hubble Space Telescope.
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A system made up of the sun, the planets and their moons and other objects that orbit the sun.
The Solar System
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What does gibbous mean?
Hunchback or bigger than half.
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What time is the sun right above you making your shadow look very small?
Noon, 12 o'clock
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What season has the most direct sunlight from the sun?
Summer
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When the earth spins, half is dark and the other half is light. The dark half is ______ time and the lit half is _______ time.
Night time and day time.
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This planet has a great dark spot that scientists think is a hole in its atmosphere.
Neptune
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The waxing crescent moon is after the full moon. True or False?
False. The waxing crescent moon is before the full moon.
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If an object's shadow is very long and pointing to the west, it the sun rising or setting?
Rising
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What season has the most indirect sunlight?
Winter
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The earth makes a full rotation in how many hours?
24 hours, one day.
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One complete spin on its axis.
A rotation.
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The waning gibbous moon is before the waning crescent moon. True or false?
True.
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If an object's shadow is long and pointing to the east, is the sun rising or setting?
Setting
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True or False. It is summer when the earth is closest to the sun and it is winter when the earth is farthest away from the sun.
False. We have summer when the northern hemisphere is closest to the sun and winter when the northern hemisphere is farther away from the sun because of the tilt of the earth.
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The earth makes a full revolution in how many days?

365 days, one year.