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give light
clock, calendar, compass
determines seasons (stabilizes earth's tilt)
creates tides |
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| what happens with a lunar eclipse? |
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full moon
can be seen anywhere
moon turns reddish |
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| what happens with a solar eclipse? |
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new moon
can only be seen in path of totality
sun's corona can be seen |
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| theories of solar system's origin |
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| fission, capture, nebula/accretion |
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| time period that comes from the Bible |
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| too small (nearby objects are bigger; it's gravity is too small to clear orbit path of debris) |
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| magnetic field moves solar wind to polar caps |
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| particles stirred up by electrical & magnetic fields |
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| low # of sunspots -> severe weather (1645-1710 |
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| seeing how star moves left-right-up-down to determine distance |
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| seeing how star moves closer or farther away to determine distance |
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| chemical composition, mass, weight, density |
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| How many galaxies in Local Group? |
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| where Big Bang came from (secular science approach) |
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| background radiation (def) |
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| full moon after the 1st day of spring |
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| the best kind of telescope |
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| how far, in inches, does the moon recede every year? |
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