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What is the cause of Earth's seasons?
Tilt of Earth's axis
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What are the first four planets closest to the Sun made of?
Land-terrestrial planets
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Which of Kepler's Laws says that a planet sweeps out equal are in equal time?
Kepler's 2nd Law
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What is the center of mass between two orbiting objects?
Barycenter
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What is the name of the NFL quarterback that went to NC State for three years and one the 2014 Super Bowl.
Russell Wilson
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What is the period of time called when the northern and southern hemisphere receive equal sunlight?
Equinox
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What is the planet that is closest in size and surface features to the Earth?
Venus
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What happens to the orbital period of a planet as the distance from the Sun increases?
Increases in time
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What is the periodic change in temperature and weather due to the tilt of Earth's axis?
Season
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What is the name of the moon formation theory that says the moon formed from a molten piece of Earth that spun off?
Fission Theory
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What seasons are most closely related to the word solstice?
Summer and Winter
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How does the speed of the planet change as it gets closer to the Sun?
Increases
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What is the difference between the focal points of a circle and ellipse?
An ellipse has two focal points
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What changes in ocean level are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon?
Tides
300
What is a piece of space junk that lands on the Earth's surface?
Meteorite
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When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
Winter
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What causes night and day on Earth?
Rotation of the Earth
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How does the increased eccentricity of an ellipse change the shape of the ellipse?
It makes it more oval shaped
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What is the name of the most accepted Moon Formation Theory?
Giant Impact Theory
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What is the unit used for measuring the distance between the Sun and a planet? One equals the distance between Sun and Earth.
Astronomical Unit
500
What is the angle of Earth's tilt?
23.5 degrees
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What outer space object acts to stabilize the Earth and regulate seasons?
The moon
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What is located at one of the focal points of an ellipse according to Kepler's first law?
Sun/star
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What is the wobbling of Earth on its precessional axis that causes a slight change in the seasons?
Nutation
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What is the name of the new move in which Matt Damon is stranded on Mars?
The Martian