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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the steps in the scientific method? |
1. Question 2. Observe 3. Hypothesize 4. Experiment 5. Analyze 6. Conclusion |
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What is a variable? |
Anything in an experiment that can be changed. |
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Can you explain the Milky Way Galaxy? |
Inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. |
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Can you explain the life cycle of a star? |
1. Nebula 2. Protostar 3. Large giant 4. Super giant 5. Explodes 6. Black hole |
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Can you explain the moon? |
A giant, sphere shaped rock with many creators. Orbits Earth. |
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Where is the sun located in our solar system? How big is it and how long does it take light to reach Earth? |
Sun is 26,000 light years away from Earth. Size of 1,000,000 Earths. Takes 8 mins 20 secs for light to reach Earth. |
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Describe gravity. |
A force that pulls you toward the center of a planet. |
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Describe terrestrial. |
Life-like. |
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Describe mass. |
How many atoms in an object. |
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Describe matter. |
Everything in the universe. |
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Describe volume. |
The amount of space something takes up. |
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Describe nebula. |
Cloud of gas or dust with many colors. |
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Describe revolution. |
Spinning or rotation around an axis. |
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Describe asteroids. |
Huge chunks of odd shaped rocks. |
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Describe asteroid belt. |
Several asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. |
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Describe meteoroids. |
Small pieces of rock in our solar system. |
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Describe meteors. |
Small pieces of rock and dust from comets. |
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Describe comets. |
“Dirty snowballs” made of dust, rock pieces, frozen gases, and ice. |
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Describe meteorite. |
A meteor that makes it to Earth without burning up. |
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Describe eclipse. |
Solar eclipse: our moon passing between Earth and the Sun causing darkness on Earth. Lunar eclipse: Earth passing directly between our moon and the Sun causing a red-orange moon. |
