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2. How many planets are in our solar system
eight
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3. What are the terrestrial planets?
Mercury, venus, earth, mars
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4. Between mars and jupiter
Where is the asteroid belt found?
Between mars and jupiter
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5. Name a planet that is less than 1 astronomical unit from the sun
Mercury
venus
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6. This is also known as a shooting star
meteor
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7. The name of the path that planets, moons, comets travel?
orbit
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8. What is the force that keeps planets in their orbits?
gravity
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9. Spinning of earth on its axis
What causes a day?
Spinning of earth on its axis
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10. Which of the terrestrial planets takes the longest to rotate around the sun?
mars
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11. Which of Newton’s laws explains orbital motion?
first
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12. Giant hot balls of gas describe:
stars
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13. The unit used to measure the distance between stars
Light year
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14. Stars are on fire because of:
Nuclear fusion
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15. What are the four ways to categorize stars?
Size, color, temperature, bightness
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16. What is the closest star to the sun?
Alpha centuri
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17. What makes light in the universe?
Stars
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18. Where are stars created?
nebula
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19. What kind of star is the sun according to the H-R Diagram?
Average, main sequence star
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20. What kind of star will our sun become next?
Red giant
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21. What is the name of the explosion of a giant star?
supernova
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22. Cluster of billions of stars
What is a galaxy?
Cluster of billions of stars
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23. What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky way
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24. What type of galaxy are we in?
spiral
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25. What is the scientific theory that explains the origin of the universe?
Big bang
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26. Where is our solar system located in our galaxy?
Orion arm
(not in the center)
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27. Based on its distance from the sun which planet is hotter Saturn or Venus?
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28. Objects with more mass will also have a greater force of .
Gravity
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29. What makes the planets and stars round?
gravity
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30. What do main sequence stars have in common?
They are stable because they are young
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31. What causes the different seasons to occur?
The Earth’s 23 degree tilt on its axis
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