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Science

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Dwarf planet   show
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show Large flat areas of the moon  
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show The moon passes between earth and the sun blocking the sun from view over the limited area where the moon cast its shadow  
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Lunar eclipse   show
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show When objects in the solar system spin  
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show In which phase is it when more of the moon's near side is lit each night during this phase (right)  
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Waning phase   show
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show The central ,darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked.  
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show The daily rise and fall of sea level  
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show During full and new moon phases  
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show First and third quarter moon.  
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show Iron, nickel, silicon; 59 days  
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What are the 4 inner planets?   show
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show Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  
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show The natural process that occurs when certain gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradiate thermal energy from the sun  
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show The average distance from earth to the sun -- about 150 million km  
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show The true brightness of an object  
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show Blue - hotter ; red - colder  
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Apparent magnitude   show
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parallax   show
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show Theorized explosion that created the universe and where all energy, matter, and space began.  
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Which two planets go through the greenhouse effect?   show
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show Background radiation and red shift.  
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show Farther away  
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show Rocky materials that has entered earths atmosphere.  
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show Strikes a planet or a moon.  
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show Distance from the eat he to the sun exactly 14597870700 meters = 93 million miles  
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show Dwarf planet  
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show Measure of how much energy leaves a star in a certain period of time.  
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Apparent magnitude   show
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Absolute magnitude   show
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show An apparent change in position ex: tumb  
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How do craters form?   show
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show Western  
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show Full moon  
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What is Mercury mostly made up of?   show
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show Solidified lava  
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show Oxygen and silicon  
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show Iron oxide  
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show Hydrogen and helium  
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show Hydrogen and Helium  
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True or false: Mercury has NO atmosphere.   show
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show Venus  
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True or False: earth is the only planet with water   show
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show Because the soil on Mars contains ion oxide and that makes it red  
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show Hydrogen and helium  
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show Mercury Venus earth Mars Jupiter Saturn urnaus Neptune  
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Geocentric theory is about what?   show
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show A theory about the sun.  
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show Solid rocky materials  
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An object in the solar system orbits of what around anothe object   show
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show Most of the right side is lit  
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show The right half of the moon appears lighted  
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Waxing crescent moon   show
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show The lighted side of the moon faces away from the earth- the moon is almost completely dark.  
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Waning crescent moon   show
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show Sometimes called the last quarter. The left half of the moon appears lighted  
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show ( waning means decreasing or to get smaller) the left side is lit up.  
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show The lighted side of the moon faces the earth. The moon that we see is very bright from the sunlight reflecting off of it.  
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show The daily rise and fall of sea level  
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