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| The force of gravity on the moon is what fraction of the gravity on the earth? |
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| What is the definition of mass? |
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| the amount of matter an object has |
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| Why does the moon have no atmosphere? |
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| Shapes formed by dark areas on the moon. They are broad plains. |
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| What is the largest Mare on the moon? |
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| The distance from the center of the moon to the center of the earth is how far? |
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| How many times does the moon rotate during one revolution around the earth? |
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| During the first half of the lunar month the moon is said to be: |
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| The moon must be in what phase of its cycle for a total lunar eclipse to take place? |
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| What is the longest that a solar eclipse can walk? |
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| The idea that the earth and moon both accumulated from the same original cloud of dust and gas: |
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| Compared to the earth, the average density of the moon is: |
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| The nearest natural satellite that orbits the earth continuosly is the: |
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| The moon shines by ________ the light of the sun. |
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| The ________ is the line that divides the light and dark sides of the moon. |
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| What is the name of the crater, found by the moon's south pole? |
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| Large, narrow, valleys on the surgace of the moon |
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| What is the length of the lunar month? |
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| The cusps of a crescent moon point ______ from the sun. |
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| The copper colored moon that usually occurs around September 21-23 |
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| An eclipse of the _______ occurs when the moon is between the earth and the sun. |
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| It is very rare to see what kind of eclipse? |
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| In a lunar eclipse the ______ is between the _____ and the sun |
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| The capture theory says what? |
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| The earth captured the moon from the sun |
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| What are the two motions of the moon? |
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| Depressions on the surface of the moon surrounded by circular walls |
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| Depressions on the surface of the moon surrounded by circular walls |
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| When the moon blocks a star's light by passing in front of it. |
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| the most moon's most distant point from earth |
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| The point in the moon's orbit where it is closest to earth |
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| The points of a crescent moon. |
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| Sunlight that reflects from the earth to the moon and back again |
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| Is the moon more sperichal than the earth? |
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| When one astronomical body is in the shadow of another |
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| True or False: The moon's diameter is a little less than the width of the United States |
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| Is the Earth or the moon more spherical? |
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The moon's escape velocity is low because of its weak gravitational pull |
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| Are the back side and the dark side of the moon the same thing? |
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| No, the back side is the side facing away from the earth and the dark side is the side facing away from the sun. |
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The moon always keeps the same side facing the earth |
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| It takes the moon ____ days to make a complete revolution around the earth as veiwed from a nearby start. |
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