Binaypal's Sky Science Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
Q

why do we have seasons

A

because of the earths tilt

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2
Q

how many days are in a year

A

there are 365.25 days in a year

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3
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how many hours are in a day

A

24 hours in a day

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4
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what is the northern hemisphere tilted towards in the summer

A

tilted towards the sun

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5
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why is summer warmer then winter in Canada

A

because Canada gets more sun light in the summer

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6
Q

are the days shorter or longer in winter

A

shorter

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7
Q

the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun in what season

A

summer

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8
Q

in the summer were will would the sun be at noon

A

directly over head

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9
Q

why are we able to see the moon

A

because the moon reflects light from the sun

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10
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why do we have the faces of the moon

A

as the moon orbits the earth your able to see different parts of the sun lit side of the moon

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11
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what is a new moon

A

is when you don’t see the moon because the only the far side of the moon is lit up

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12
Q

do you ever see the far side of the moon

A

no because same side of the moon is always facing the m earth

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13
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what are the next two phases of the moon after the new moon

A

waxing crescent and first quarter

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14
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what moon phase occurs after the first quarter

A

waxing gibbous

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15
Q

what phase occurs before the waining gibbous

A

full moon

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16
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what phase occurs after the waining gibbous

17
Q

what is the second last phase

A

waining crescent

18
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how many phases of the moon are there

19
Q

what is the closest planet to the sun

20
Q

how many planets are there

21
Q

what is the order of the planets to hottest to coldest

A

mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, (m,v,e,m,j,s,u,n) mother venus eats mushrooms just seen under napkins

22
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what are plants made out of

A

rocks and gases

23
Q

what are the four inner planet

A

mercury, venus, earth, mars

24
Q

what is the surface like on the inner planets

A

warm, small, rocky

25
what planet is furthest from the sun
neptune
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what is the only planet the can support life
earth
27
what is the asteroid belt
piece of rocks ice and metal that lie between the inner and outer planets
28
what are the four gas giants
neptune uranus saturn jupiter
29
what are the four layers of the earth
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
30
what is the earths crust made out of
igneous metamorphic and sedimentary rocks
31
what are the five layers of the atmosphere
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
32
what is the troposphere
is the first layer above the earths surface that contains half of the earth atmosphere
33
what layer of the atmosphere do jet planes fly in
it is the stratosphere because it is very stable and is the ozone layer
34
what burn up in the mesosphere
is the third layer of the atmosphere where meteors and rock fragments burn up
35
what is a thermosphere
the third layer of the atmosphere where auroras where space shuttles orbit
36
what i the last layer of the atmosphere
the exosphere
37
what does exosphere mean
extremely thin out side skeleton