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| A crucial and powerful feature which distinguishes a scientific theory from other kinds of theories is? |
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| Makes testable predictions, allowing it to be falsified |
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| Is our atmosphere transparent during the day? |
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| During the day, can you see any celestial objects? |
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| Can you see the moon during the daytime? |
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| Can you see stars during the daytime? |
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| Yes, but not with the naked eye |
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| You hear on the new that the moon will soon be in a tight grouping with Venus and Jupiter. For how many nights will you be able to see all really close? |
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| Which object in the question above moves away the fastest? |
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| If you could see stars during the daytime, the picture below shows what part of the sky would look like on a day i July. The sun is among the constellation Gemini at sunrise the next day, near which constellation would you expect the sun to be located? |
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| From where on Earth do stars appear to move in circle centered directly overhead? |
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| Of the year, month, week, and day, which is not "natural", based on orbital? |
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| How long does it take the sun to appear to move through the apparent pattern of stars and back to its current position? |
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| If it is winter in Tuscaloosa, what season is it in Australia? |
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| If it is Summer in Tuscaloosa, what season is it in Chile & Argentina? |
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| What causes the earth's seasons? |
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| The earth's rotational tilt relative to the sun |
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| Where on earth can you (at least sometimes) experience 12 hours each of day and night? |
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| When is the sun directly overhead in Tuscaloosa? |
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| What is the main light source for the moon? |
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| How much of the entire moon is illuminated by the sun at any one time? |
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| How much of the entire earth is illuminated by the sun at any one point? |
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| On earth, do we only see one side (face) of the moon facing us? |
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| Can you see the sun at noon in Tuscaloosa? |
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| Which phases of the moon are caused by the earth's shadow? |
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| Do we have solar and lunar eclipses each once a month? |
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| No, the moon's orbit is tilted |
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| Which kind of eclipse is seem more often from Tuscaloosa? |
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| Full moon high in the ski in Tuscaloosa, about what time is it? |
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| What was the physical basis of Kepler's orbital laws? |
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| There was no physical basis, they were just mathematical descriptions |
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| Whose model of the solar system was most accurate? |
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| An SUV is pushed over the edge of GL Hall at the same time as a marble. Which hits the ground first? |
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| The marble and SUV land at the same time |
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| The decisive influnce in causing out historical shift from an earth-centered view of the universe to sun-centered view of our solar system was.. |
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| The relative accuracy of Kepler's |
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| Can you feel weightless under the influence of gravity? |
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| If you suddenly found yourself on a mountaintop, how would your weight compare to what is it now? |
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| If you shrank the earth to half its size, keeping its mass the same, what happens to your weight? |
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| The ___ photons are, the ___ energy & ___ vibration they have. |
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| X-rays are ___ energetic and travel through space with a speed ___ radio waves. |
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| What does E=mc^2 mean when applied to light? |
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| Photons, although mass-less they have energy |
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| The vast majority of the mass in normal matter is |
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| In the atomic nuclei at the very center of atoms |
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| The force resposible for keeping quarks together in protons and neutrons is the.. |
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| Where on Earth can you experience 12 hours of each day and night every day? |
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| The force responsible for keeping atomic nuclei stuck together is the.. |
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| The force responsible for keeping electrons stuck to atomic nuclei is the.. |
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| The force responsible for keeping atoms stuck together in molecules is the.. |
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| The force responsible for keeping people, chairs, and pens held together is.. |
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| What kind of radiation spectrum is emitted by a hot solid? |
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| A thermal spectrum is a type of __ spectrum |
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| Consider a red star and a blue star are of the same size. Which gives off more light energy? |
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