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Space/Astronomy 1

Science CRCT Review

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What is one year? 365 days/1 revolution of the Earth around the sun
What is one day? 23 hours and 56 minutes which is rounded to 24 hours/ 1 rotation of Earth on it axis
What is a equinox and when does it occur? When there is a equal amount of daylight and darkness, around March 21 and September 21
What is a solstice and when does it occur? The longest and the shortest days of the years, around June 21 and December 21
What causes eclipses? Shadows from the earth and the moon?
What has to happen for a solar eclipse to occur? During the day the moon has to be positioned between the Sun and Earth
What has to happen for a Lunar eclipse to occur? At night the Earth has to be positioned between the Sun and the Moon
What is The Big Bang Theory? Theory that the universe started as a point of energy and matter that exploded which allowed everything in the universe to form
Why do seasons occur? Because of the tilt of the Earth's axis
Why do we have day and night? Because Earth rotates on its axis
Why do objects "float" in space? Because Earth's gravity affects objects less and less the farther the object is from the Earth
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