earth science exam
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- rocks and dust
- the nucleus of a planet consists of?
- jupiter
- the galilean moons orbit?
- rotation and tilt
- what causes the seasons?
- retrograde motion
- the motion that planets reverse direction from the stars.
- proper motion
- a star's real movement in the sky?
- heliocentric theory
- the theory which has the sun as the center of the universe?
- pluto
- you would weigh the least on?
- terrestrial planets
- planets like the earth are called?
- jupiter
- has the great red spot?
- polaris
- the star at little dipper is?
- mars
- the u.s. has sucessfully landed probes on what planet?
- venus and mercury
- what 2 planets have no moons?
- mirror and lense
- a composite telescope uses?
- kepler
- beleived that the primary goal of science was to lead people to God.
- wind patterns and seasons
- 2 ways you know the earth moves.
- geocentric theory
- the theory that has the earth as the precise center of the earth?
- maria
- large dark spots on the moon are called?
- 5.5 million miles
- an astronomical unit is?
- neptune
- when pluto isnt the farthest planet what is?
- nova
- a star that explodes
- photosphere
- the most visible part of the sun is?
- venus
- the earth's nearest neighbor is?
- equinox
- when the sun appears directly over the equator is called?
- light year
- the distance light travels in a year?
- neptune
- has the great dark spot?
- blue
- the hottest stars are?
- nebula
- a large mass of dust and gasses in space is called?
- ceres
- the larges minor planet is?
- corona
- the outer layer of the sun is?
- uranus
- planet that rotates opposite from any other planet?
- train
- a comet does not have a?