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What does day mean?

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The time taken for a planet to complete one rotation on its own axis.

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What does Orbit mean?

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The path that objects follow around the Sun or other objects.

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What does solstice mean?

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The longest or shortest day of the year.

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What does equinox mean?

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The days of the year where night and day are of equal length.

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What does hemisphere mean?

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Half the earth divided along a continuous plane, e.g the Northern and Southern Hemispheres divided by the equator.

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What does equator mean?

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An imaginary line that runs around the Earth at ninety degrees to the axis of rotation.

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What is the first stage of the phases of the moon?

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New moon

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What is the second stage of the the phases of the moon?

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Crescent moon

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What is the third stage of the phases of the moon?

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Half moon

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What is fourth stage of the phases of the moon?

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Full moon

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What is the sixth stage of the phases of the moon?

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Gibbous moon

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What is the seventh stage of the phases of the moon?

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Half moon

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What is the eighth stage of the phases of the moon?

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Crescent moon

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What is the last stage of the phases of the moon.

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New moon

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Put these in order with smallest first:

Moon, star, planet, galaxy, solar system and universe

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Moon
Planet 
Star 
Solar system 
Galaxy universe
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Which planets are terrestrial?

rocky

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Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars

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Which planets are gas giants?

Gaseous

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Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus

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Is Pluto a normal or dwarf planet?

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Dwarf

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Name three dwarf planets

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Pluto, Eris, Ceres

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Is this true or false?

There are 9 planets and one asteroid belt?

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False

There are 8 planets and one asteroid belt

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Which planet is the closest to the sun?

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Mercury

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Which planet is the largest?

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Jupiter

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Which planet is the furthest away from the Sun?

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Neptune

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Which planet has the biggest rings?

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Saturn

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Which two planets are closest to the Earth?

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Venus and Mars

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Which planet is the only one which has living things?

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Earth

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