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Astronomy (1)
All sorts of information about Astronomy
Question | Answer |
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What are the two types of planets in our solar system? | Terrestrial and Jovian |
What are Asteroids? | Pieces of a broken planet |
What is the order of the planets from the Sun? | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
What are Comets? | Comets are frozen gases that orbit the sun |
What are Meteoroids? | Meteoroids are left over pieces of a comet's tails floating in space |
What is a Solstice? | When the sun is at its most northern point or at its most southern point |
What is the Impact Theory? | States that the Moon formed when a large object struck the Earth and material from inside the Earth was ejected out in space and this material formed the moon. |
When sis the right side of the moon visible? | During the Waxing Phases |
What is a Solar Eclipse? | Occurs when the Moon's blocks the sunlight and a shadow falls on the Earth |
What is Fusion? | Fusion is combining two hydrogen to make helium |