Question 1

What space instrument orbits around Earth?

Accepted Answer

Satellite

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Spectroscope

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Space Probe

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Comet

Question 2

What space instrument is able to collect information on Mars?

Accepted Answer

Space Probe

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Spectroscope

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Meteor

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Satellite

Question 3

What causes Earth's seasons?

Accepted Answer

Earth's 23.5 degree tilt

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Orbit around the Sun

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Rotation of the Sun

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Rotation on it's axis

Question 4

What movement does Earth take around it's own axis?

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rotation

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does not move around it's axis

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orbits

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revolution

Question 5

During the summer, the sun's rays are ____________________ hitting the Northern Hemisphere

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directly

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indirectly

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autumnal

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vernal

Question 6

How many stars are in our Solar System?

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one

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eight

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hundreds

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billions

Question 7

Chunks of rock, dust & ice that orbit the Sun

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Comets

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Meteors

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Asteroids

Question 8

When a chunk of rock enters Earth's atmosphere, it is called a...

Accepted Answer

meteor

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meteorite

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comet

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meteoroid

Question 9

A chunk of rock that strikes a planet's surface...

Accepted Answer

meteorite

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meteor

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meteoroid

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comet

Question 10

Where is the Asteroid Belt located?

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Between Mars & Jupiter

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Between the Sun & Mercury

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Between Neptune & the Kuiper Belt

Question 11

What instrument can help determine the chemical composition of a star?

Accepted Answer

Spectroscope

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Satellite

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Space Probe

Question 12

What phase of the moon immediately follow a full moon?

Accepted Answer

waning gibbous

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waxing gibbous

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new moon

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waning crescent

Question 13

If the half of the moon that is lit up is facing the Earth, we are seeing a ...

Accepted Answer

full moon

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new moon

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waxing gibbous

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waning gibbous

Question 14

During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur?

Accepted Answer

full moon

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waxing gibbous

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first quarter

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new moon

Question 15

What does waxing mean?

Accepted Answer

The moon will get "lighter" going from a new moon to a full moon

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The moon will get "darker" going from a full moon to a new moon

Question 16

Which two phases are crescent moons?

Accepted Answer

2 & 8

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3 & 7

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4 & 6

Question 17

What phase is shown at 4 & 6?

Accepted Answer

Gibbous

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Half moon

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Crescent

Question 18

Where is the moon in relation to the sun during a full moon?

Accepted Answer

The moon is on the other side of the Earth from the Sun

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The moon in between the Sun & the Earth

Question 19

A tide that has the greatest tidal range (the highest high tides)

Accepted Answer

Spring Tide

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High Tide

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Neap Tide

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Low Tide

Question 20

Tide which occurs twice a day in which the water level recedes down the beach

Accepted Answer

Low Tide

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Spring Tide

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Neap Tide

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High Tide

Question 21

What is a prominence?

Accepted Answer

Looping explosions that link one sunspot to another

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Spots that you cannot see during an eclipse

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Explosions that move away from the Sun towards Earth

Question 22

When is the Northern Hemisphere in Summer?

Accepted Answer

When the Earth is tilted towards the Sun

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When the Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun

Question 23

the Earth, Sun, and Moon are aligned ________ times a month?

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2

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1

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3

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4

Question 24

Where is our Solar System located in the Milky Way galaxy?

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on a spiral arm

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in the middle of an irregular galaxy

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in the center of an elliptical galaxy

Question 25

What layer of the Sun's atmosphere can we see any day?

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Photosphere

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Chromosphere

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Corona

Question 26

What two layers of the Sun can we see ONLY during a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Chromosphere & Corona

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Photosphere & Chromosphere

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Corona & Core

Question 27

Why don't we have Solar and Lunar Eclipses every New & Full moon?

Accepted Answer

Because the Moon, Earth, & Sun have to be perfectly aligned. The Moon's orbit is tilted.

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I thought we did...

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Because we do not have a new moon and full moon that often.

Question 28

What causes moon phases?

Accepted Answer

The Moon's revolution around the Earth

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The Earth's revolution around the Sun

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The Earth's rotation on its axis

Question 29

How much of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun at all times?

Accepted Answer

half

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all of it

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depends on the moon phase

Question 30

What is the difference between High & Low tides and Spring & Neap tides?

Accepted Answer

High & Low tides occurs twice a day while Spring & Neap tides occurs twice monthly.

Answer

High & Low tides occurs twice a moth while Spring & Neap tides occurs twice a day.

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