Astronomy Review
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| A | New Moon
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| Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
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| Gravity | The attractive force between objects
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| What's gravity's strength depend on? | Their masses and distance
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| What did Kepler do? | Found out that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse
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| What keeps planets in orbit? | Gravity and Inertia
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| Inner planets | Mercury,Venus,Earth,and Mars(Terrestrial)
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| Outer planets | Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune,and Pluto (gas giants)
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| B | Waxing Crescent
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| C | First Quarter
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| D | Waxing gibbous
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| E | Full moon
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| F | Waning Gibbous
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| G | Third Quarter
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| H | Waning cresent
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| Neap | This tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon
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| Eclipse | Occurs when the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon
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| Penumbra | A person standing in this driection would see a partial solar eclipse
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| Umbra | A person standing in this position would see a total solar eclipse
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| Spring tide | Occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth line up
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| Lunar Eclipse | Occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun
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| Solar eclipse | Occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun
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| Rotation | Movement of Earth around its axis
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| Equinox | The sun is farthest north or south of the equator at this time
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| Solstice | The noon sun is directly overhead at the equator at this time
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| What causes seasons? | The earth is tilted and because it revolves around the sun
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| Revolution | The movement of an object around another object
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