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| The Sun is __________ km in diameter |
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| A leap year occurs every _____ years? |
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| Planets _________ on their axes. |
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| The Earth's diameter is ...... |
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| How many Earth's would fit across the diameter on the Sun? |
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The distance betwee the Moon and the Earth is how many Earth diamenters? |
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| The sun appears to be the same size as the moon because it is ______ times farther away and _______ times larger than the moon. |
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| The rotation of a planet on its axis determines a _________ on our calendar. |
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| The moon is approximately _______ the size of the Earth. |
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| The branch of science that studies the stars, planets, and other objects in space. |
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| The revolution of Earth around the Sun determines a ____________ on our calendar. |
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| The Sun is ___________ km from the Earth. |
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| Means earth centered. Everything revolves around the earth. |
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| A star with planets and other objects in orbit around it. |
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| Means sun centered. Everything revolves around the sun. |
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| The month on our calendar is based on ...... |
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| one revolution of the moon around the earth. |
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| Early people who observed the sky, kept records, and try to make sense of what they saw. |
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| A rocky object that orbits a planet, a natural satellite. |
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| The Moon is _________ km from the Earth. |
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| A massive spherical space object that orbits a star and shines by reflecting light. |
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| A sphere of hot glowing gases that releases energy in the form of heat and light. |
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| The moon's diameter is ...... |
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| Earth takes how many days to orbit around the Sun once? |
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| The distance to the Sun in Earth Diameters. |
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11,727 or about 12,000 Earth Diameters
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| The study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs. A false science. |
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