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| Sunspots on the sun: Are they constant? |
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| Two types of telescopes and which has a clearer image |
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| Refractors and reflectors. Refractor does |
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| Where is the best place for a telescope? |
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| In the country where there are no city lights. |
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| What makes stars appear to twinkle? |
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| Which planets have rings? |
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| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
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| Do all planets have a night and a day? |
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| Where is the asteroid belt found? |
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| In between Jupiter and Mars |
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| What is a radio telescope? |
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| A device used in radio astronomy for detecting and recording radio waves coming from stars and other celestial objects |
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| a cooler darker spot which can appear on the sun's photosphere |
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| Plasma: hydrogen and helium |
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| Does the moon have weather? Why or why not? |
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| No because it has no atmosphere |
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| Describe the surface of the moon |
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| They were formed by once volcanoe eruptions that once happened on the moon and then it hardened. |
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A Solar Eclipse can happen during a New Moon.
A Lunar Eclipse can happen during a Full Moon. |
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| Describe the different types of eclipses |
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Solar: takes place when the new moon passes between the earth and the sun and the shadow formed reaches the earth
Lunar:occurs when the moon passes behind the earth such that the earth blocks the sun’s rays from striking the moon. |
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| What is the current theory of how the earth was formed? |
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| How often are new moon phases? |
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| Describe how stars give off light |
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| The internal gravity of the star compresses the gasses in the star - creating heat and, eventually, nuclear fusion |
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| Which are hotter, blue or red stars? |
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| Looking at a star is a picture of the future or past? |
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| Are galaxies isolated in space? |
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| To which galaxy does out solar system belong to? |
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| The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year |
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| What element makes up the largest part of a star? |
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| Which star does not seem to travel across the sky? |
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| The North Star or Polaris |
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| Which type of star is most likely to explode into a supernove? |
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| A group of stars in a pattern is called what? |
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| What type of galaxy is our? |
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| Where do comets originate? |
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| The Kupier Belt or Oort Cloud |
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| when do meteor showers occur? |
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| occur when the Earth collides with a collection of particles orbiting the Sun |
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| Does the Earth always see the same side of the moon? |
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| Is the distance from the Earth to the moon constant? |
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| What are the advantages of having Hubble in Space? |
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| We can see things better and further because it is outside our atmosphere |
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