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Revolves |
To travel in a closed path around an object such as Earth does as it revolves around the sun |
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Orbit |
The path one body in space takes as it revolves around another body; such as that of Earth as it revolves around the sun |
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Rotate |
The spinning of Earth on its axis |
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Axis |
An imaginary line that passes through the Earth's center and it's north and south poles |
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Eclipse |
The passing of I Ne object through the shadow of another |
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Solstice |
Point in Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight are at their greatest or fewest |
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Equinox |
Point in the Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal |
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Planets |
Large round bodies that revolve around a star |
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Asteroids |
Chunks of rock that look like giant potatoes in space |
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Comets |
Balls of ice and rock that circle the sun from two regions beyond the orbit of pluto |
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Telescope |
An instrument that magnifies distant objects or makes them appear larger |
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Satellite |
A natural body, like the moon, or an artificial object that orbits another object |
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Space probe |
A robot vehicle used to explore deep space |
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During the new moon phase, a person on earth cannot see the moon because the sun is shining ___. |
On the far side of the moon. |
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What is a solar eclipse? |
When the Earth passes through a new moons shadow. The moon appears completely over the sun. The sky darkens, and only the suns outer atmosphere is visible. |
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What is a partial solar eclipse? |
When the Earth passes through part of the moons shadow. |
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What is a lunar eclipse? |
When the full moon passes through the Earth's shadow. This makes the moon look like a dim red circle. |
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What are the dark flat areas on the moon called? |
Maria |
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How is maria on the moon formed? |
When hot molten rock flowed from the interior through the cracks in the moons surface, covering some craters and spreading across the moons surface |
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Molten lava on the moon that has hardened into a dark moon rock called __. |
Basalt |
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How are the Earth and moon different? |
The moon has no atmosphere nor water, so the moon has not been eroded by wind or water. The moons surface weathers slowly and stays the same for millions of years, unlike the earth. |
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The path that the Earth takes around the sun is called the |
Orbit |
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How does the earth and moon revolve? |
By the suns gravity |
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Explain the new moon phase. |
The moon is between the earth and the sun, the moon can't be seen because the part that is shining is on the other side. |
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What is the waxing cresent phase? |
The moons sunlit surface first appears as a growing cresent. |
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What is the first quarter moon phase? Why is it called the first quarter? |
Moon looks like a half circle. It's called the first quarter because the moon is a quarter of the way around Earth. |
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List the 8 moon phases in order. |
New moon, waxing cresent, first quarter,waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, wing cresent |
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How many time zones does the United states have? |
7 time zones. |
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The appolo flights gave scientists first hand knowledge of |
The moon. |
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Which of the following must a spacesuit provide for an astronaut? |
Life support, including air, and protection from intense heat and cold |
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What is the sun? |
The sun is the center of the milky way and contains all the matter of the soler system |
I'm thirst for matter and milk |
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What is a comet made of |
Ice |
Brrrrrrr |
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What is the rings of Saturn mad of |
Ice chunks |
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What are the 4 planets you can see with the naked eye |
Murcury, earth, Saturn, Neptune, |
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What is 459230 devised by 10 |
45923 |
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How many time zones are on the earth |
24.3 |
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In 1957 the Soviet Union launched a satellite named |
Sputnik I |
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What did the appolo mission do? |
Landed 12 humans on the moon between 1969 and 1972 |
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What were the names of the two space probes launched in 1977? |
Voyager 1 and 2 |
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What did the voyager 1 and 2 send back to earth? |
Pictures of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. |
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What were the name of the two space probes that landed on Mars? |
Viking 1 and 2 |
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What space probe launched in 1990 provides images five time sharper than those from any telescope on earth? |
The Hubble space probe |
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