 | Term | Definition |
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The Earth is a Planet and it moves around the ________ which has been called an average sized star. |
Sun |
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Besides the Earth ( including Pluto) there are how many other planets? |
8 |
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How do we know about the existance of these other planets? |
Space Travel, Satilites, Telescopes, Probe Vehicles, and Cameras |
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The whole group of planets, moons, asteroids, and the Sun is called________. |
The Solar System |
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What are enormous groups of stars, gas, and dust are known as? |
Galaxys |
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What are groups of stars that seem to form pictures called? |
Constellations |
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What does the word ASTRONOMY mean? |
The Study of the moon, stars, planets and other space objects |
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List some differences you can think of between ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY. |
Astroogy has to do with the star signs and their effects on human life; it is not a science. Astronmy is a Science that studies actual proven facts. |
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Tell waht the UNIVERSE is. |
An infinite mass of vacuum that contains all the heavenly and celestial bodies. |
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The name of the gfrouping of stars, planets, gas, and dust that the earth is in is called the _________ ________ |
The Milky Way Galaxy |
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What is a star. |
A huge sphere of hot, glowing, gasses. |
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Aside from the Sun, what is our nearest star? |
Proxima Centauri |
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Who first used optics as a sky viewing telescope? |
Galileo |
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A Refracting telescope uses ________ to see the stars. |
Lenses |
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A Reflecting telescope uses ________ to see the stars. |
Mirrors |
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Does the Sun actually rise and set?? |
No |
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Why does the sun appear to set? |
It appears to rise and set. The Earths rotation in a 24 hour period that causes of day and night |
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Which planet moves fastest around the sun? |
Mercury |
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Which planet is the smallest? |
Pluto |
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Which planet is the largest? |
Jupiter |
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Which rock planet is the largest? |
Earth |
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Which rock planet is mosht covered by poisonous cluds? |
Venus |
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The hottest planet is ________. |
Venus |
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Which planet is named for the Greek God of the Sea? |
Neptune |
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The Planet which seems |
Mars |
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Which planet is the THIRD planet from the Sun? |
Earth |
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Who discoverd the planet Pluto? |
Clyde Tombaugh |
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Where was Pluto discovered? |
Streater, IL |
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Which planet is the most often farthest from the sun? |
Pluto |
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Which planet has rings that could stretch from the Earth to its moon? |
Saturn |
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The planet that has thin rings and is located just beyond the BIG ringed planet is _________. |
Uranus |
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The paths that planets move in around the sun are called a planet's___________. |
Orbit |
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Which planet is named THE DOUBLE PLANET? |
Pluto |
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Name the Planets IN ORDER from the Sun |
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, (Pluto) |
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Which are the Gas Giant Planets? |
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune |
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Which are the Rock Planets? |
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
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What word best describes the turning of the earth on its Axis |
Rotation |
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What is the main reason that we have seasons? |
The tilt of the earth on its axis rotating around the sun in 1 full year |
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The first human to set foot on the moon is________-. |
Neil Armstrong |
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The first time any human set foot on the moon is... |
July 20, 1969 |
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List the moon Phases in order starting with New Moon. |
Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full, Wanning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Wanning Crescent, New |
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Tell why the moon has phases. |
The shadow of the earth falling on the moon, as the earth revolves around the sun and the moon revolves around the earth. |
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About how many years ago did our universe begin? |
20 Billion |
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Dr. Fred Hoyle called the beginning of our earth the ______? |
The Big Bang |
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Do we think now, with the evidence we have, that the universe was Hot or cold when it began? |
HOT |
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What is a Meteor? |
A streak of light produced by a meteoroid as it burns throught the earth's atmoshphere. |
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What is a Meteorite? |
A meteor that hits the earth's surface. |
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What is a Meteoroid? |
A chunk of metal or stone that arbits the sun. |
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What is a BLACK HOLE? |
After a SuperNova EXPLOSION, the core remains so massive, that without the energy created by nuclear fussion to support it, the core is swallowed up by its own gravity. The gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. The core has become a blak hole; a cosmic vacuum cleaner |
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Tell how gravity works and what it is. |
Gravity is the force of attraction between objects. The more mass, the stronger the gravitaional pull. |
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Draw a picture of a star |
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What does the color of the stars tell us about them? |
Size, Elements of Matter, Temperature, Brighness, |
