Science Study Guide: Space
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| What is a solar system? | needs answer
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| What is a galaxy? | needs answer
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| Which galaxy do we live in? | needs answer
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| What type of galaxy is it? | needs answer
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| What are other types of galaxies? | needs answer
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| What is a planet? | globs of ice, gas, and rock
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| What is the order of the planets? | MVEMJSUN (Pluto is no longer classified as a planet.)
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| What is direct and indirect sunlight? | needs answer
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| What part of the Earth receives the most direct sunlight? | needs answer
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| What is the tilt of the Earth? | the axis
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| When it is summer in Pittsburgh, what season is it in Sydney, Australia? | needs answer
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| When it is summer in Pittsburgh, what season is it in Beijing, China | needs answer
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| What is the Sun? | a star
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| Where is the Sun's energy produced? | needs answer
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| Which layer of the Sun produces visible light? | needs answer
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| What causes day and night? | The Earth rotating around the Sun.
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| How does the Earth move? | It rotates on its axis.
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| How long is Earth's revolution? | one Earth year
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| How long is Earth's rotation? | one Earth day
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| Which direction does the Sun rise? | in the East
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| What is a solstice? And how many times do it occur? | When the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south. It happens twice a year.
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| What is an equinox? And how many times does it occur? | When the Sun is directly above the Equator. It happens twice a year.
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| Does the moon rotate or revolve? | It revolves.
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| About how many times does the Moon go around Earth per year? | needs answer
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| How many different moon phases are there? What are they? | 8 lunar phases: Gibbous, Crescent, Waxing, Waning, New, Full, First Quarter, Last Quarter
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| What does gibbous mean? | needs answer
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| What does crescent mean? | needs answer
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| Does any part of the moon not get sunlight? | Yes, the half we can not see.
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| What is a lunar eclipse? | Whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle.
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| Sketch a solar eclipse... | Can you?
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| Why is there not an eclipse all the time? | needs answer
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| Why doesn't an eclipse happen every month? | needs answer
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| What are the elements needed to create an eclipse? | needs answer
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| What causes tide? | needs answer
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| How often does high tide occur in a day? | needs answer
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| What are neap tides? And when do they occur? | needs answer
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| What are the hottest temperature stars? | Bluish
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| Stars can be characterized be what categories? | Color and temperatures.
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| What kind of star is the sun? | The sun is a Medium Mass star.
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| What most stars made up of? | 73% hydrogen
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