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Exploring Our Universe: Ch 3C

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longest & shortest days of the year   solstices  
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days with equal amounts of daylight & darkness   equinoxes  
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first man to walk on the moon   Neil Armstrong  
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first man to orbit the earth   John Glenn  
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region with such a strong pull of gravity that not even light can escape   black hole  
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imaginary line that runs through the earth from the North to the South Pole   axis  
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what the moon can be called because it orbits a larger object in space   satellite  
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color of stars in order from the coolest to the hottest   red, orange, yellow, white, blue  
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3 types of galaxies   spiral, irregular, elliptical  
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type of galaxy earth is a part of   spiral  
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name of the galaxy earth is a part of   Milky Way  
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first 3 phases of the moon   new moon, crescent, quarter  
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4th & 5th phases of the moon   gibbous & full moon  
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evolutionists' explanation of how earth began   Big Bang Theory  
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what a star's color depends on   surface temperature & mass  
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one complete circle around the sun   revolution  
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one complete circle on earth's axis   rotation  
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large telescope in space that orbits the earth & sends back pictures   Hubble telescope  
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large telescope on a mountain top in Hawaii that takes pics of objects in space   Keck telescope  
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