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What are the main objects in our Solar System?

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Sun - 8 planets - dwarf planets - moons - asteroids - comets

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What kind of object is the sun?

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Star

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What galaxy is our solar system in?

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The Milky Way

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What do all stars start off as?

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Huge cloud of gas and dust called a nebula

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Which force is responsible for forming a protostar from a nebula?

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Gravity

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What kind of reaction causes the expansion of a star?

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Nuclear fusion

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How does a main sequence star remain stable?

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Fusion reactions produce outwards forces which balance the gravitational forces pulling it inwards

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What determines the life cycle of a star?

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Mass

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What is the life cycle of a star with about the same mass as the sun?

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Protostar - main sequence star - red giant - white dwarf - black dwarf

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What is the life cycle of a star with much more mass than the sun?

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Protostar - main sequence star - red supergiant - supernova - neutron star or black hole (if mass big enough)

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How are naturally occurring elements formed?

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From nuclear fusion during the life cycle of stars

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Which elements are only produced in a supernova?

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Elements heavier than iron

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How are the elements distributed throughout the universe?

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Massive stars going supernova (exploding)

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How does the force of gravity make objects in orbit change their velocity but not their speed?

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Gravity provides a centripetal force which keeps orbiting objects moving in a circle - they are constantly changing direction

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To change the speed of an object in stable orbit, what factor must change?

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Radius of the orbit

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What is red-shift?

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Wavelengths of light get longer if the light source is moving away from the observer

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What evidence suggests that the universe is expanding?

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Light from more distant galaxies is more red-shifted, so more distant galaxies are moving away faster

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What is the name of the scientific theory for the origin of the universe that suggest it started off as an extremely small, hot, and dense region?

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The Big Bang Theory

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