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Space

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1What is Earth's place in the Solar System? List the planets.The Earth is the third planet from the sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
2What objects are in our night sky?Clouds, the Earth's Moon, Stars, Planets, satellites.
3Why can we some objects only at night?The sunlight during the daytime is shining so directly that it blocks out everything else, when it is night the sun isn't directing so much this makes us able to see the other objects in the sky.
4What is a galaxy?A galaxy is a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
5What is the name of our galaxy?Our galaxy is the Milky Way.
6What are stars made of?Stars are made of very hot gases, mostly hydrogen and helium.
7What is our stars name?Our star is the Sun.
8How are planets different to stars?Stars are huge balls of hot gas that emit their own light, while a planet is made up of a rock core and doesn't emit light
9What objects make up our solar system?Planets, a star, satellites, asteroids, meteors.
10What causes night and day?The rotation of the Earth causes night and day.
11What does a Lunar eclipse look like?The earth moves between the sun and the moon, it's shadow makes the moon disappear from our view.
12What does a Solar eclipse look like?A solar eclipse is when the moon aligns with the sun blocking it from our view.