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41 Cards in this Set
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What is the only planet with life? |
earth |
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What planet is the red planet? |
mars |
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When you are facing the North Star, what is on your left? What is on your right? |
west; east |
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Which planet has rings? |
saturn |
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Twelve constellations that encircle the earth: |
Zodiac |
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All the things which God created: |
Universe |
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Part of the Milky Way galaxy which includes the sun and 8 planets: |
Solar System |
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A Heavenly body which revolves around the sun: |
Planet |
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Our galaxy; containing all the stars which are visible without a telescope: |
Milky Way |
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A large group of stars: |
Galaxy |
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A picture made by stars: |
Constellation |
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The scientific study of the stars, planets, and all the other Heavenly bodies: |
Astronomy |
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A false belief that tells people their future by studying the sun, moon, and stars: |
Astrology |
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How far is the Sun from the Earth? |
93 million miles |
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How long does it take for the Earth to travel around the Sun? |
365 1/4 days |
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How many hours do we have in a day? |
24 hours |
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The Big Dipper is part of what consellation? |
Great Bear |
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What Heavenly body helps us divide our year into 12 months? |
moon |
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What is the closet star to earth? |
sun |
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What is the smallest constellation of all? |
Southern Cross |
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What is the smallest Heavenly body: Sun, Moon, or stars? |
moon |
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What is the sun made up of? |
gas |
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What movement of the earth gives us a day? |
1 complete revolution of the earth spinning around |
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What movement of the earth gives us a year? |
revolving around the sun |
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What speed does light travel from the sun? |
186,000 miles per second |
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Which of the following is on the moon? |
mountains and rocks |
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Which word tells what light-colored objects do to heat and light? |
reflect |
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Who are Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin? |
first people to walk on the moon |
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Why do we have seasons? |
the earth on its axis |
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What keeps the planets circling the sun? |
the sun's gravity |
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What do we see when the Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon? |
full moon |
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What are craters? |
a hole |
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What determines our length of the week? |
God, the Creator of all |
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What did God make on Day 1: |
Day1: Day and Night |
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What did God make on Day 2? |
Day 2: Atmosphere |
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What did God make on Day 3? |
Day 3: Land, water, plants |
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What did God make on Day 4? |
Day 4: Sun, Moon, stars, and other Heavenly bodies |
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What did God make on Day 5? |
Day 5: Birds and water animals |
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What did God make on Day 6? |
Day 6: Man and land animals |
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What did God make on Day 7? |
Day 7: Nothing . . . God rested |
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Name the 8 planets in order from the sun: |
1. Mercury, 2. Venus, 3. Earth, 4. Mars, 5. Jupiter, 6. Saturn, 7. Uranus, and 8. Neptune |
