Universe (Bragg)
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| What planet has iron oxide in its soil? | Mars
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| What planet has water as a solid, liquid, and a gas? | Earth
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| What is the planet that is smallest and closest to the sun? | Mercury
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| What is the planet that is the brightest thing in the sky after the sun and the moon? | Venus
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| What is the planet that has a giant storm called the Great Red spot? | Jupiter
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| What is the planet that orbits on its side? | Uranus
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| What is the planet that has the most rings? | Saturn
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| What is the planet that kidnapped one of its moons from the Kuiper Belt? | Neptune
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| What type of galaxy is the Milky Way? | Spiral
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| What is the galaxy type that has a bulge at the center and spiral arms? | Spiral Galaxies
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| What is the galaxy type that is simply massive blobs of stars? | Elliptical Galaxies
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| What is the galaxy type that describes the galaxies that don’t fit into other types? | Irregular Galaxies
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| What are gas clouds in space called? | Nebula
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| What are groups of older stars that look like a ball? | Globular Cluster
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| What are groups of closely grouped stars that are usually located along the spiral disk of a galaxy? | Open Cluster
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| What is the force that holds matter together? | Gravity
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| What is the force that keeps matter from collapsing in on itself? | Pressure
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| What is the outer atmosphere of the sun? | Corona
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| What is the visible surface of the sun? | Photosphere
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| What percentage of the total mass of the solar system does the sun take up? | 98%
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| Is the sun a solid, liquid, or gas? | Gas
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| Is the sun a planet or star? | Star
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| What is the process that occurs in the core of the sun that produces energy? | Nuclear Fusion
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| What are the two gases that are found in the sun? | Hydrogen & Helium
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| What are the cooler, darker spots on the sun? | Sunspots
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| What are the regions of extremely high temperature and brightness on the sun? | Solar flares
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| What are balls of ice, rock, and cosmic gas? | Comets
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| What are small, rocky bodies that are mostly found between Mars & Jupiter? | Asteroids
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| What are meteoroids called when they enter Earth’s atmosphere? | Meteors
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| What are meteoroids called when they strike the ground? | Meteorites
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| What are Eris, Makemake, and Haumea examples of? | Plutoids
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