Universe and Solar System

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Universe and Solar System
MOON THEORYS and LAWS EARTH OTHER OBJECTS PLANETS
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What causes a lunar eclipse?
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The shadow of the Earth falls upon the Moon.
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The force that causes high tide and low tide in
the Earths oceans.
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What is the gravity of the moon?

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When the moon is between the Sun and the Earth,
what phase do we see?
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New moon
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When the moon is on the opposite side of the
Earth from the Sun, what phase do we see?
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Full moon
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When the lighted part of the moon gets larger, is
it waxing or waning?
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waxing
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This theory of the solar system stated that the
Earth was in the middle and the sun and planets
moved around it.
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What is geocentric?
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This theory of the solar system stated that the
Sun was in the middle and all of the planets and
objects move around it.
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What is heliocentric?
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The great force in the Solar System that keeps
all the planets orbiting the Sun.
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What is the gravity of the Sun?
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How does distance from the Sun affect the
temperature of the planets?
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Temperature decreases when distance from the Sun
increases.
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Put these objects in order from largest to
smallest galaxy, universe, solar system
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Universe, galaxy, solar system.
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What has to happen for an eclipse to take place?
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When the moon, the sun , and the Earth are
directly lined up
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Which storm is longer lived, larger in size and
generates more rainfall tornadoes or hurricanes?
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Hurricanes
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Why do hurricanes lose energy when they travel on
land for a few days?
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The air above the land is dry and cooler than the
ocean where it forms.
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The reason the constellations seem to change
position in the sky throughout the year.
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What is the revolution of the Earth around the
Sun?
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The three factors on the Earth that make it
livable.
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What are liquid water, moderate temperatures, and
atmospheric oxygen?
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A large space rock that orbits the Sun in a large
group called a belt.
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What is an asteroid?
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A space rock that falls to Earths surface?
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What is a meteorite?
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A dirty snowball with two tails..
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What is a comet?
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One small space rock that burn up in Earths
atmosphere, also called shooting stars.
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What is a meteor?
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When the rocks and dust from a comet fall into
Earths atmosphere this results.
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What is a meteor shower
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The largest planet.
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What is Jupiter?
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This planet is the second largest and has many
icy rings that formed a flat disk at its equator.
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What is Saturn?
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These four belong to which group Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
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What are the Gas Giants?
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What characteristic of Earth is responsible for
the seasons?
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the tilt of its axis
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How does the tilt of the Earths axis affect
differences in daylight and weather at the poles?
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• Since the Earths axis is tilted, the poles are
  farther away from the sun in winter and the light
  is spread out over the land, closer to the sun in
  summer, more daylight.

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