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| How far is the moon from Earth? |
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| When was the moon formed? |
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| In the Giant Impact Hypothesis, a collision between the Earth and another body is the theory for the formation of what? |
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| When did Galieo use a telescope to see the Moon's features? |
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| What happens every 29 days? |
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| The moon goes through its cycles |
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| What are the moon's temperatures? |
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| What is the moon's diameter? |
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| What is the moon's rotation? |
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| 27 days 7 hours and 43 minutes |
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| What is the moon's revolution around Earth? |
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| Bowl shaped features left from collisions |
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| How thick is the moon's surface? |
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| What type of rock makes up the moon? |
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| What is the moon's core made up of? |
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| The crust of the moon made up of crushed rock is called what? |
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| Does the moon have an atmosphere? |
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| What are rays on the moon? |
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| Materials that fall back down after being ejected by a collision |
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| A flat dark area on the moon formed by lava filling in a displacement |
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| How much of the moon's crust is made up of regulus? |
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| What is the moon's mantle made up of? |
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| Silica, Magnesium and some Iron |
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| The Iron in the moon's core can be described as what? |
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| What kind of orbit does the moon have? |
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| When the moon is closest to Earth |
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| What happens when the moon is farthest from Earth? |
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| What is the large shadow portionduring an eclipse? |
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| What is the partial shadow of the moon on Earth? |
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| Sun gravitation + moon gravitation = High tides = What? |
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| How many moon phases are there? |
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| What is the order of the moon cycle? |
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- New Moon
- Waxing Crescent
- First Quarter
- Waxing Gibbous
- Full Moon
- Wanning gibous
- Last Quarter
- Wanning Crescent
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| What is half way through the moon cycle? |
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| What happens in a Lunar Eclipse? |
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| Earth blocks sun light from the moon |
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| What happens in a Solar Eclipse? |
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| Moon blocks sun from Earth |
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| How many partial eclipses are there each year? |
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| Small deposits in the surface |
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| A large dark area of basalt |
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| How many moons does Mars have? |
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| Uranus has how many moons? |
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| Neptune has how many moons? |
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| What two moons are bigger than Mercury? |
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| What is the largest moon? |
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| What is the fifth largest moon? |
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| What are the features of Phobos and Deimos? |
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Irregular shaped
Cratered
Dark Line Maria |
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| Somethink Phobos and Deimos might have been what? |
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| What is the name for the class that makes up Jupiter's moons? |
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Ganymede
Callisto
Io
Europa |
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| Ganymede's iron core's most notable trait is its? |
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| Callisto is _____ cratered and is similar to ______? |
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| What moon has a magnetic field and active volcanoes? |
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| What moon is covered in a thick crust of ice and possibly have oceans? |
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| What moon has a thick nitrogen atmosphere? |
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| What is the second largest moon in the Solar System? |
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| What moon shows evidence of past geologic activity? |
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| What moon has a retrograde orbit? |
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| Asteroid belief is located between what celestials? |
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| What are Trojan asteroids? |
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| Asteroids ahead or behind Jupiter |
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| What are Near-Earth Asteroids? |
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| Asteroids that get close to Earth |
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| What are three asteroid types? |
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Silicate
Nickel and iron
Carbon Materials |
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| Describe Carbon Material Asteroids? |
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| Describe iron and nickel asteroids? |
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| The tail of comets point where? |
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| The comet head is made of ice and rock, what is the tail made of? |
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| What are rocky bodies that fly through space? |
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| What rocky bodies enter Earth's atmosphere? |
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| What rocky bodies collide with Earth? |
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| What are the types of Meteorites? |
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| How do Iron Meteorites look? |
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