5 Chapter 17 Earth in Space
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| show | sun
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| One whole spin of an object on its axis is called ______? | show 🗑
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| When one part of Earth faces toward the Sun, it is ______? | show 🗑
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| The amount of light energy an area receives causes its climate and _____? | show 🗑
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| the sun, its nine planets, moons, asteroids, and comets | show 🗑
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| show | revolution
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| an imaginary center line | show 🗑
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| one whole spin of an object on its axis | show 🗑
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| Earth's elliptical orbit lasts how many days? | show 🗑
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| The Earth's tilt causes the earth to have ______? | show 🗑
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| Light from the Sun transfers energy to ______? | show 🗑
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| What is the force that keeps all the planet in their orbits? | show 🗑
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| Planets closest to the sun travel the (fastest or slowest) in their orbits? | show 🗑
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| Which is the largest planet in our solar system? | show 🗑
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| show | no
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| a gas giant; the largest planet | show 🗑
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| show | Neptune
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| a rocky planet covered by red, dusty soil | show 🗑
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| a planet with a thick layer of hot clouds covering a rocky surface | show 🗑
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| the smallest & coldest planet | show 🗑
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| show | Saturn
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| the planet that is one Astronomical Unit from the sun | show 🗑
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| show | Uranus
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| Comets are (smaller or larger) than dwarf planets? | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| Shooting stars are actually _____? | show 🗑
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| show | burn up
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| show | asteroid
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| Planets travel in orbits around the ______? | show 🗑
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| show | rotation
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| When one part of Earth faces toward the Sun, it is ______? | show 🗑
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| The amount of light energy an area receives causes its climate and _____? | show 🗑
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| show | solar system
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| one full orbit around the sun | show 🗑
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| an imaginary center line | show 🗑
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| one whole spin of an object on its axis | show 🗑
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| Earth's elliptical orbit lasts how many days? | show 🗑
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| The Earth's tilt causes the earth to have ______? | show 🗑
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| show | earth
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| What is the force that keeps all the planet in their orbits? | show 🗑
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| Planets closest to the sun travel the (fastest or slowest) in their orbits? | show 🗑
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| Which is the largest planet in our solar system? | show 🗑
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| Do space probes have astronauts aboard them? | show 🗑
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| show | Jupiter
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| a deep blue gas planet that gives off more energy than it receives from the sun | show 🗑
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| a rocky planet covered by red, dusty soil | show 🗑
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| show | Venus
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| show | pluto
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| the least dense of all the planets | show 🗑
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| show | Earth
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| the blue-green gas giant with an axis tipped farther than any other planet | show 🗑
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| show | smaller
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| show | true
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| show | meteors
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| Most meteors do what before they hit Earth's surface? | show 🗑
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| show | asteroid
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| a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust that orbits the sun is called_____? | show 🗑
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| (five or several) comets a year may travel into the solar system and circle the sun. | show 🗑
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| show | sunrise
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| show | coma
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| show | asteroid
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| show | Jupiter's
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| Most (meteors or asteroids) burn up before they hit Earth's surface. | show 🗑
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| The Moon is a quarter of the Earth's size. (true or false) | show 🗑
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| The Moon's surface is smooth and flat? (true or false) | show 🗑
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| The phases of the Moon are caused the positions of the Moon & Earth (true or false) | show 🗑
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| show | Moon
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| a moon, rock, or any object that orbits another object | show 🗑
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| the shapes of the lit side of the Moon that can be seen | show 🗑
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| show | tide
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| show | near side
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| Gravity causes Earth's land, water, and atmosphere to bulge slightly (toward or away from) the moon? | show 🗑
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| show | no
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| Have some of the craters on the Moon been caused by crashed space vehicles? (yes or no) | show 🗑
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| show | no
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| What shape is the orbit of Earth around the sun? | show 🗑
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| show | -Jupiter
-Saturn
-Uranus
-Neptune
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| show | because the sun's rays never hit it
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| What is the order of planets from closest to furthest from the sun? | show 🗑
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| show | sun's rays and tilt of axis
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| show | 24 hours
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| show | axis
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| show | meteorite
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| Why do craters last for millions of years on the surface of the Moon? | show 🗑
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| show | new moon
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| show | low
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| Which part of a comet exists both when the comet is close to the Sun and when the comet is far away from the sun? | show 🗑
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| How does Earth rotating on its axis help keep the planet at proper temperatures for life? | show 🗑
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| What causes Mercury and Saturn to have years of different lengths? | show 🗑
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| a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide | show 🗑
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| show | meteoroid
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| show | meteorite
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| show | They are all a rock mass - some large and some small. Meteoroids are small asteroids. Meteorites are small meteoroids.
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