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| Sun, Moons, Stars, Planets and Constelations. |
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Why can we see the sun, stars, planets, moons, comets and astroids?
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• The sun and stars make their own light
• The planets, moons, comets and astroids reflect the light from the sun |
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Why is Venus so bright?
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| The clouds on Venus make a very thick atmosphere allowing the suns rays to reflect easily. |
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Whats the brightest star in the night sky and which constellation is it apart of?
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Explain the rotation of contellations.
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| All constellations make a quarter turn every six hour around polaris. |
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What creates apparent movement?
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| The earths rotation creates things like the apparent movement of the sun at sunset to sunrise |
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What should you use when viewing the sun?
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How does a sundial tell the time?
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| As the sun is 'moving' throough the sky it then changes/moves the shadow cast from the rod in the middle. |
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What is the rod on a sundial called and what does it do?
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• A Gnomon
• To create the shadow |
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Where does the sun rise and set on the summer and winter solstice and autumnal and vernal equinoxes?
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• Summer Sostice rises NE sets NW
• Winter Sostice rises SE sets SW
• Autumnal Equinox rises E sets W
• Vernal Equinox rises E sets W |
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What are the dates and names of the start of the different seasons?
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• Summer Sostice June 21
• Winter Sostice December 21
• Autumnal Equinox September 21
• Vernal Equinox March 21 |
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What date and time is the sun at its lowest and highest point in the sky?
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• Lowest Winter Solstice 12:00pm
• Highest Summer Solstice 12:00pm |
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What are the different hours of day light and night on the Winter and Summer solstices and Autumnal and Vernal equinoxes?
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• Winter Solstice 8 day and 16 night
• Summer Solstice 16 day and 8 night
• Autumnal Equinox 12 day and 12 night
• Vernal Equinox 12 day and 12 night
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Why does the moon phases not fall on the same day each month?
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| To complete the moon phase cycle it takes 29.5 days therefor changing the date of the different phases each month |
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What are the 8 moon phases in order and what do they look like?
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• New Moon all dark
• Waxing Crescent ¼ on the right is bright ¾ on the left is dark
• First Quarter ½ on the right is bright ½ on the left is dark
• Waxing Gibbous ¾ on the right is bright ¼ on the left is dark
• Full Moon all bright
• Waning Gibbous ¾ on the left is bright ¼ on the right is dark
• Third Quarter ½ on the left is bright ½ on the right is dark
• Waning Crescent ¼ on the left is bright ¾ on the right is dark
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What are the inner and outer planets/terrestrial and jovian planets in order and what seperates them from one another?
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Inner Planets/Terrestrial Planets
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
Outer Planets/Jovian Planets
• jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• The Astriod Belt
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What are the Jovian Planets made of comparesd to the Terrestrial Planets?
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| Jovian planets are made of Gas and the Terrestrial Planets are made of rocks. |
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What is different about Phobos and Diemos, Mars' moons, from our moon?
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| Phobos and Deimos, are different. While both have nearly circular orbits, they are lumpy and dark. |
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What is the similarity of the earths and other planets moons?
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| They are all natural satelites in which they all orbit a planet. |
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How do we collect info from outer space?
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| Telescopes. Hubble is the most famous telescope. |
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What is our Galaxy called and what shape is it?
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| The Milky Way, it is spiral. |
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How long does it take for earths revoulution?
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How long does it take for earths rotation?
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| What is the Angle of Inclination of the moon? |
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