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Astronomy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When do Equinoxes occur? | - When the sun is directly over the equator and there is equal amounts of day and night. |
| What is the name of the most widely accepted theory which talks about how the moon was formed? | - The Impact Theory |
| What causes tides in the ocean? | - The moon's gravitational pull. |
| During what phase of the moon is the right side of the moon visible? | - Waxing Phase |
| During what phase of the moon is the left side of the moon visible? | - Waning Phase |
| What is it called when the moon blocks the sunlight and a shadow falls on Earth? | - Solar Eclispe |
| What is it called when the Earth blocks the sunlight and a shadow falls on the moon? | - Lunar Eclispe |
| All planets have moons with the exception of these two planets, name them. | - Mercury and Venus |
| What is the term for combining two hydrogen to make helium? | - Fusion |
| The sun is made up mostly of these two elements. What are they? | - Hydrogen and Helium |