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what is this?
The moon
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what is the seventh planet from the sun
uranus
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What planet is bigger Mars or Mercury?
Mars
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What is the closest star to earth?
The sun
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what planet ranges from really cold to really hot because it barely has an atmosphere
mercury
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what planet is surrounded by rings?
Saturn
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What kind of galaxy is the milky way
A spiral galaxy.
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what is a galaxy
a galaxy is a collection of stars planets asteroids
solar systems and there are 2 trillion in the universe!
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True or false: One half of the moon is always lit.
True
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What is bigger venus or earth
earth
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Where would you find earth in our universe. Be specific.
The third planet from the sun, located on Orion's arm in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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what planet is larger Earth of Saturn?
Saturn
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what is the largest planet
jupiter
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what is the center of our solar system
sun
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what is the storm on jupiter
the great red spot
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What blocks out the sun in a solar eclipse
The moon
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Name the phases of the moon in order and the days they occur in the lunar cycle.
new moon- day 1, waxing crescent days 2-6, first quarter day 7, waxing gibbous days 8-13, full moon day 14, waning gibbous days 15-20, third quarter (last) day 21 waning crescent days 22-28.
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Name the planets in our solar system in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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what planet has the biggest mountain and is known as the Red planet
mars (olympus mons)
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What is an "AU"? (astronomical unit)
A measurement we use to measure distances in space. It is the distance from the sun to the earth. about 93,000,000 miles.
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what planet has most moons
saturn
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What is a solar eclipse and what phase of the moon can it occur?
When the moon passes between the earth and the sun in its revolution. New Moon.
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what is the closest planet to earth
venus
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Why would it be difficult to make a true scaled model of distance and size for our solar system?
It would take up too much space because the sizes and distances are too large.
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You will never be able see the other side of the moon T/F
True
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What are the three classifications for our planets?
small/big
close/far
rocky terrain/gas or ice giants
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What side of the moon is lit in the Waning phases?
The Left side
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Why isn't there always a total solar and lunar eclipse every moon cycle?
The moon's revolution pattern has a 6 degree tilt so it doesn't always pass directly between the earth and sun or through the earth's shadow.
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If full moon occurs on May 12nd when would the next full moon occur?
June 9.
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Explain the difference between the following: a galaxy and a universe.
A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity. The Universe consists of billions of galaxies.
A galaxy would be considered small when compared to a universe.