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1
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The angular diameter of both the Sun and moon is ____________- degrees.

A

1/2 degrees

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2
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Lunar eclipses only occur at___________ phase.

A

full

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3
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Solar eclipses occur only at __________ phase.

A

new

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4
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When the moon passes through the earth’s shadow a _________ eclipse occurs

A

lunar

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5
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When the moon blocks the suns light , a(n) ______________ eclipse occurs.

A

solar

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6
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The bright hazy light around the moon in a total eclipse is the sun’s __________.

A

corona

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7
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The sun’s energy comes from the fusion of __________ neuclei.

A

hydrogen

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8
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The planet closets to the sun is ________________.

A

mercury

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9
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Planets are held in orbit by_________________.

A

gravitation

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10
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in general the planets and their moons travel in ____________ directions.

A

counterclockwise

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11
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when the earth is between the sun and the moon the __________________ moon phase occurs.

A

full

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12
Q

The time between high tide and low tide is ________________.

A

6 hours and 13 minutes

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13
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The planets move around the sun in ____________- orbits.

A

elliptical

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14
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Explain why only a small area of the day side of the Earth can see a solar eclipse.

A

the moon casts a small shadow

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15
Q

The sun’s HEAT comes from _____________-.

A

Fusion

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16
Q

Solar Energy is stored in the form of all except_____________.

A

Uranium

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17
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The sun’s family includes ______________.

A

asteroids

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18
Q

The planet known for its rings is _______________-.

A

saturn

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19
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The planet with the greatest number of natural satellites is ________________.

A

jupiter

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20
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Asteroids

A

between mars and jupiter

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21
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combustion

A

burning

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22
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comet

A

tail points away from the sun

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23
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corona

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sun’s atmosphere

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24
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energy

A

ability to do work

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25
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fission

A

splitting atoms

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26
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fusion

A

the combining of nuclei to form one nucleus

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27
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Jupiter

A

largest planet

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28
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Mars

A

red planet

29
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Mercury

A

planet closet to the sun

30
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nucleus

A

core of an atom

31
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Saturn

A

rings

32
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Uranus

A

discovered in 1781

33
Q

Pluto

A

dwarf planet

34
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Venus

A

morning and evening star

35
Q

Neptune

A

Uranus’s twin sister

36
Q

photosynthesis

A

plant cells make sugar

37
Q

Stored solar Energy in the form of buried vegetation that flourished in sunlight is represented by ___________________.

A

coal

38
Q

The process by which plants manufacture sugar and release oxygen into the air is ____________________________.

A

photosynthesis

39
Q

The Sun’s energy is the result of _________________.

A

fusion

40
Q

The position of the sun in the sky determines the ____________________ of a location.

A

temperature

41
Q

The temperature of a place greatly affects the ______________________ of that region.

A

weather

42
Q

No atmosphere is on mercury to produce clouds and rain because the ______________ is too low to hold an atmosphere.

A

gravity

43
Q

Venus is located between ___ and ________.

A

Mercury and earth

44
Q

Venus has__________________ like the Earth’s moon.

A

phases

45
Q

Earth is an average distance of __________________ from the sun.

A

150,000,000km

46
Q

Mars has seasons similar to Earth because its ___________ is tilted like Earth’s.

A

axis

47
Q

To the naked eye, the planet ___________ appears to be a red star.

A

mars

48
Q

The discoverer of four of Jupiter’s moons was __________________.

A

Galleleo

49
Q

The planet with rings is _______________.

A

saturn

50
Q

in 1781 with a reflecting telescope, Sir William Hershel discovered the planet ________.

A

Uranus

51
Q

in 1846 Johann Galle located ________________ exactly where Leverrier had predicted it would be.

A

neptune

52
Q

in our solar system are two sets of sister planets . One is Earth and _____________- and the other is Uranus and __________.

A

Venus and Neptune

53
Q

In 1905 Percival Lowell predicted where ___– would be found.

A

Pluto

54
Q

Halley’s Comet was last seen in the year ___________________________.

A

1986

55
Q

Your weight would be greatest on the planet__________________.

A

Jupiter

56
Q

The two planets that are closer together to the Sun than Earth are _____________________ and ______.

A

Mercury and Venus

57
Q

In general. planets revolve around the Sun in a _____ direction.

A

counterclockwise

58
Q

The moon appears to rise in the ________________.

A

east

59
Q

During the time that the earth makes on complete rotation, the moon covers _____________ in its orbit around the earth.

A

13 Degrees

60
Q

the lunar month, from new moon to new moon is _____________

A

27 1/2 days

61
Q

The new moon phase of the moon occurs when the __________________ is between the _________________and the ________________.

A

a. moon
b. earth
c. sun

62
Q

Eclipses occur when the Earth, sun and moon are in a _______________.

A

straight line

63
Q

When the moon blocks the sun’s light a _______________ occurs.

A

solar eclipse

64
Q

What are the 5 benefits of solar energy?

A
  1. light
  2. photosynthesis
  3. heat
  4. fuel or weather
  5. electricity
65
Q

What are 5 theories of how the sun produces solar energy?

A
  1. combustion
  2. contraction
  3. meteor impact
  4. radioactive substance
    5.carbon cycle
66
Q

The planets in order from the Sun:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

A
67
Q

The moon rises and sets 50 minutes ________________ each day.

A

later

68
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The moon takes _______________ days to make one revolution around the earth.

A

29 1/2

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