8th grade MSA study review
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Why is a comet consitered a dirty snowball? | It s made of Ice, gas, rock, and dust
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| What is a neap tide? | It is a tide with a lower water level than usual. The sun, Earth, and Moon form a right angle.
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| What is a spring tide? | Tides are higher than usual. The Earth, sun, And Moon make a straight line.
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| What layer of the sun is only visible during a solar eclips? | the corona
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| A ___ ____ is a dark spot on the sun that is cooler than the surrounding area and has a higher magnetic field? | sun spot
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| Describe the path of a comet. | It makes an eliptical orbit arround the sun.
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| Where do comets "refuel?" | The Oort cloud
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| What happened tothecomet "Shoemakerlevy9?" | Jupiters gravity broke it into 20 pieces and those 20 pieces crashed into Jupiter.
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| What is the difference between a meteorite, a meteor, and a meteoroid? | A meteorit strikes the Earth, a meteor is a fragment of a meteoriod that burns up in the atmosphere, and a meteoroid is a rock in space.
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| How many planets don't have moons? | 2, mercury and venus
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| Which planet has the most moons? | Jupiter
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| What type of galaxy is the milkyway? | Spiral galaxy
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| How many years does it take for Halleys comet to make a compleete orbit? | 76 years
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| What year will Halleys comet return? | 2062
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| Do all outer planets have rings? | yes
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| How many moon phases sre there? | 8
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| Define the term "Galaxy" | A collection of stars, gas, and dust
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| Name the planets from the closest to the sun to the farthest from the sun? | Mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
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| Between which two planets is the astroid belt? | Juputer and mars
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| Which planet is farthest from the sun? | Neptune
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