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The Earth in Space
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- 1What objects are in our night sky?stars, planets, asteroids, meteorites, moons, the sun (star), satellites
- 2Why can we see some objects only at night?we can only see some objects at because when the sun shines it makes the sky too bright for stars.
- 3What is a galaxy?a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction
- 4What is the name of our galaxy?the Milky Way
- 5What are stars made of?Stars are made of very hot gas.
- 6What is our star's name?there is no actual name for our star we just call it sun which can be used to call any star
- 7How are planets different to stars?A star contains much more mass than a planet. A planet orbits a star.
- 8What objects make up our solar system?Our solar system is made up of a star - the Sun - eight planets, 146 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids and space rocks, ice and several dwarf planets, such as Pluto. The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
- 9Why is it safe to look at a lunar but not a solar eclipse?As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra.
- 10What causes seasons?The tilt of the earth on its axis, and its revolution around the sun.
- 11What is earths place in the solar system? (list the planets)Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (dwarf planet)
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- Fichas sobre The Earth in Space, creado por freyja el 10/09/2014.
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