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37 Cards in this Set
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The star nearest earth is?
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Sun
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After our sun burns it's supply of hydrogen it will become a?
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Red Giant
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A white dwarf is a former?
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Low-mass star
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A black hole is?
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The remains of a giant collapse star
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If the sun collapsed to become a black hole, earth's gravitational attract to it would be?
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No difference
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When a star collapses to become a black hole, it's mass?
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Remains unchanged
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The milky way is?
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Spiral Galaxy
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Compared to most stellar objects, quasars are more?
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All of the above
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The temperature of a star evidenced by its?
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Color
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The solar system consist of objects?
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Gravitationally bound to the sun
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The sun contains what percent of the solar system's mass?
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Over 99%
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If the earth were the size of a marble, the sun would be the size of a?
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Baby elephant
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The solar system is like an atom in that both?
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Mainly empty space
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The nebular theory is based upon the observation that the solar system?
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Is highly ordered, indicating it is formed in a highly organized matter
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The ivebular theory tells us that the solar system began to condense from a cloud of gas and dust about?
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5 billion years ago
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Why are the inner planets rocky?
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They are formed from material with high melting points.
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Why do the planets orbit in many different planets?
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The planets orbit in the same planet
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The mononuclear fusion in the sun?
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Is the ultimate source of energy with life in the eath
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The planet with a size most like earth is?
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Venus
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The planet closets in size to the sun?
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Jupiter
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The outermost layer of the sun?
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Plasma
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The solar wind blows in a direction?
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Away from the sun
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Evidence of the solar wind on earth is the?
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Aurora Borealis
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Which of the following is not a planet at all?
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Pluto
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The planet with the least density ?
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Saturn
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Each second, the burning sun mass?
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decreases
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Life is impossible on planet father from the sun than the earth because?
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none of the above
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The planets do not produce their own light because?
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They do not produce nuclear reaction
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A good definition of a planet is a body that orbits a star and is?
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Both A & B
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The fact that one side of the moon always faces the earth is evidence that while revolving about the earth, it?
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Rotates about it's own access
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When the sun passes between the moon and earth, we have the body that is in between the other two is the?
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We would have meet our end
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A small rock in the interplanetary space is called a?
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Meteroid
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Comets orbit about the?
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Sun
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The general direction of a comet's tail is?
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Away from the sun
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Asteroids are?
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Debris left over from the plane-building
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One light year is?
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Distance lights travels in a year
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A blue star is _____ than a red star?
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Hotter
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