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Earth and Space
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Quick review of Sun, Moon, Earth and solar system
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To revolve means
To travel around something
To rotate
To spin on an axis
To orbit something
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An imaginary line that passes through Earth's poles
axis
line of latitude
equator
line of tilt
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What is a meteor?
dirty snowball with a tail
rock that burns up in earth's atmosphere
giant rocks that only hit the moon
rock orbiting sun
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Season in the Southern hemisphere when Northern hemisphere is tilted away from sun?
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
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difference between stars and planets
stars are hot gases planets are solid
planets orbit stars
stars move, planets don't
planets are smaller
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365 Days
The length of a year on Venus
The length of a year
The length of a month
The length of a day
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Moon passing in front of sun and blocking the sun
Full moon
Lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse
New moon
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Shape of Earth's orbit around sun
oval
eclipse
circular
elipse
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Why do we have seasons?
Because of earth's rotation.
So we can have Christmas.
Because of the moon's orbit.
Because of the tilt and orbit.
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Where on earth are temperatures nearly the same all year?
the equator
Southern hemisphere
The northern hemisphere
Florida
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What is universe
our sun and the planets that orbit
Everything that exists
dust, planets, stars and gases
all solar systems
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The planet with an unusual tilt
Pluto
Mercury
Uranus
Venus
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Why the sun appears so large
The sun is the hottest star
Our sun is the biggest star
The sun is burning out
The sun is the closest star
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Outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Venus
Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Earth
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Earth
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reason we have moon phases
dark spots on moon
shadows on the moon
earth's shadow on the moon
position of moon's orbit relative to sun
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Reason for Neptune's long year
bigger than earth
distance from sun- so long day
it spins slowly
distance from sun- so long orbit
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When the entire earth receives nearly equal amounts of daylight.
solstice
equator
equinox
Equal day
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The longest day
Summer Solstice
Vernal (Spring) equinox
Winter solstice
Autumnal (Fall) equinox
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What is an asteroid?
dirty snowball with a tail
rock that burns up in earth's atmosphere
giant rocks that only hit the moon
rock orbiting sun
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Earth's shadow cast on the moon
New moon
Lunar eclipse
Full moon
Solar eclipse
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What is a comet?
chunk of rock orbiting earth
chunk of ice orbiting sun with a tail
chunk of ice in the asteroid belt
chunk of rock hitting earth
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Planet with the shortest year
Uranus
Venus
Mercury
Earth
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Third planet from the sun
Mars
Venus
Earth
Saturn
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Inner planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Venus, Mercury, Mars, Pluto
Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Earth
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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Time it takes for the moon to orbit Earth
3 weeks
28 days
365 days
24 hours
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a pattern of stars
constellation
universe
astrology
galaxy
