What is the difference between inner and outer planets?
What is INNER PLANETS ARE MOSTLY ROCK AND OUTER PLANETS ARE MOSTLY GAS
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What are gas giants?
What are THE FOUR OUTER PLANETS. JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, AND NEPTUNE
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How does rain form?
What is IF THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS WARM BENEATH A CLOUD WHEN PRECIPITATION FALLS IT WILL FALL AS RAIN.
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How does snow form?
What is WHEN THE TEMPERATURE BENEATH A CLOUD IS FREEZING COLD WHEN PRECIPITATION FALLS IT WILL FALL AS SNOW.
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What is a planet?
What is AN OBJECT THAT IS NEARLY ROUND, ORBITS A STAR, AND THAT IS BIGGER THAN AN ASTEROID
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What is a galaxy?
What is STAR SYSYTEM THAT CONTAIN LARGE GROUPS OF STARS
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What are the Terrestrial Planets?
What are THE FOUR INNER PLANETS. MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, AND MARS
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What are mountains?
What is A LARGE LANDFORM THAT STRETCHES ABOVE THE SURROUNDING AREA IN A LIMITED AREA. THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN THE COLDER THE TOP IS. SOME AHVE SNOW ON TOP
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What are coastal areas?
What are AREAS OF LAND THAT BOARDER THE WATER. LIKE FORT MYERS BEACH IS COASTAL.
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What is a moon?
What is A LARGE ROCKY OBJECT THAT ORBITS A PLANET
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What are all the planets in order FROM the Sun?
What is M.V.E.M.J.S.U.N
MY VERY ENERGETIC MOTHER JUST SERVED US NACHOS
MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, AND NEPTUNE
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What are constellations?
What are GROUPS OF STARS THAT FORM PATTERNS OR RECOGNIZABLE SHAPES IN THE NIGHT SKY
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What is a desert?
What is A BARREN AREA WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL. THEY CAN BE HOT LIKE THEH SAHARA OR COLD LIKE THE ARTIC TUNDRA.
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What is a swamp?
What is AN AREA OF WET LOW-LYING GROUND THAT IS FORESTED. VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES WHICH RESULT IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION
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What is a dwarf planet?
What is AN OBJECT THAT ORBITS THE SUN/STAR, IS LARGER THAN AN ASTEROID, BUT SMALLER THAN A REGULAR PLANET, AND HAS A NEARLY ROUND SHAPE
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Why does our Sun appear so large if it is only a medium sized star?
What is IT'S THE CLOSEST STAR TO EARTH
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What did ancient people use constellations for long ago?
Name at least two things.
What is KNOWING WHEN TO PLANT CROPS, NAVIGATION, RELIGOUS PURPOSES, MARK THE CHANGING OF SEASONS
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How does sleet form?
What is sLEET STARTS IN CLOUDS AS SNOW. WHILE FALLING IT PASSES THROUGH A LAYER OF WARM AIR AND MELTS. IT THEN PASSES THROUGH A LAYER OF FREEZING AIR AND FREEZES INTO LITTLE BALLS OF ICE CALLED SLEET.
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How does hail form?
What is HAIL STARTS IN CLOUDS AS LITTLE ICE CHIPS. AS IT FALLS IT IS BLOWN BACK UP INTO THE CLOUD BY A STRONG WIND. UPON ENTERING THE CLOUD IT STICKS TO OTHER PIECES OF ICE MAKING IT LARGER. THIS HAPPENS UNTIL IT CAN NO LONGER BE PUSED BACK UP INTO THE CLOUD. IT THEN FALLS TO THE EARTH AS HAIL
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What are the outer planets?
What ARE JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, AND NEPTUNE
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Tina and her father look at stars at the same time every night in their back yard. Using the old oak tree as a reference point for star gazing they are able to locate the Big Dipper each night. After about 8 weeks Tina noticed that the Big Dipper was in a different spot in her backyard. She wonder why this would happen if she was looking at stars at the same time. What do you think?
What is THE EARTH IS ORBITING AROUND THE SUN CAUSING THE STAR TO APPEAR IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE SKY. THIS IS ALSO WHAT CAUSES SEASONS.
STARS DO NOT MOVE! EARTH DOES :)
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What is larger, the universe or a spiral galaxy?
What is THE UNIVERSE IS LARGER. IT CONTAIN ALL GALAXIES, STARS, PLANETS, ASTEROIDS, COMETS, ETC. EVERYTHING IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE UNIVERSE
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What are the 3 factors that effect climate?
Must name and explain at least 2.
What is:
LATITUDE - ITS DISTANCE FROM THE EQUATOR.
ELEVATION - HOW HIGH ABOVE SEA LEVEL IT IS.
NEARNESS TO LARGE BODIES OF WATER - HOW CLOSE IT IS TOO WATER.
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How does latitude effect climate?
What is PLACES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE EQUATOR WILL BE WARMER THAN PLACES THAT ARE FARTHER AWAY. tHE EQUATOR RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH LEFT TO RIGHT. PLACES REALLY FAR NORTH AND REALLY FAR SOUTH WILL BE THE COOLEST.