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What is time lapse photography?
One tool we learned about that allows us to see stars apparent movement in the sky over a few hours is
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What is because of the sun's brightness?
Why cant you see stars during the day?
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What is phases?
All the moons shapes are called
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What is one revolution?
A complete trip around the sun by Earth is
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What is an astronomer?
A person who studies stars is knows as a
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What is Earth's rotation?
This causes the pattern of day and night.
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What is revolution?
Because of Earth's __________ stars are seen by seasons
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What is 29.5 days?
How long is a complete Moon cycle?
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What is Orion, Cygnus, Lyra, Hercules, Leo...etc
Name a star constellation
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What is false?
True/ false the sun is the brightest, closests star to Earth
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What is an ellipse?
Earth's orbit is an __________ shape
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What is 88?
Astronomers divide the sky into ___ constellations
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What is new moon?
In what phase can you not see the moon?
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What is gravity?
What keeps the moon and earth in orbit?
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What is the moon cast a shadow on Earh?
Why does the sky turn so dark during a total solar eclipse?
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What is the path an object follow as it revolves around another object?
Define orbit
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What is a parallax?
What is the process scientists use to measure the distance to stars?
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What is in a lunar eclipse the moon passes through earth’s shadow and in a solar the moon passes between the sun and Earth and casts a shadow on Earth
What is the difference between a lunar and a solar eclipse?
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What is up to 7.5 minutes?
How long does a total solar eclipse last?
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What is 8?
There are ____ phases of the moon
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What is 1950?
In this year the US Air Force began testing rockets at Cape Canaveral
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What is 6 months?
How long does it take for scientists to measure a star's distance?
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What is in waxing the amount of moon you see increases and in waning it decreases
What is the difference between waxing and waning?
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New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent
Name all the phases of the moon.
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What is almost 4 hours with the total eclipse lasting up to 100 minutes?
How long does a lunar eclipse last?
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