1. Gravity and
Space
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2. Q1. What is the force
acting on an object due
to its mass?
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3. A1. Gravity
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4. Q2. What do we call a
huge ball of gas that
emits light?
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5. A2. Star
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6. Q3. What orbits a star
and reflects the star's
light?
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7. A3. Planet
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8. Q4. What orbits a
planet? (Our moon is
one)
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9. A4. Satellite
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10. Q5. What do you call it
when the moon casts a
shadow on the Earth?
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11. A5. An eclipse
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12. Q6. What do we call the
path of a planet around
the Sun, or a satellite
around a planet?
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13. A6. Orbit
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14. Q7. What is a word that
means everything that
exists everywhere?
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15. A7. The universe
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16. Q8. Which planet is
nearest the Sun?
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17. A8. Mercury
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18. Q9. Name the hot planet
with acidic clouds,
second closest to the
Sun?
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19. A9. Venus
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20. Q10. Name our home,
the third planet from the
Sun
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21. A10. Earth
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22. Q11. Name the red
planet with canyons,
volcanoes and polar ice
caps?
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23. A11. Mars
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24. Q12. Name a huge
gassy planet with a giant
red spot?
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25. A12. Jupiter
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26. Q13. Name a gassy
planet with a spectacular
ring system
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27. A13. Saturn
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28. Q14. Name the third
largest planet in our
solar system, seventh
furthest from the Sun?
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29. A14. Uranus
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30. Q15. Name a pale blue
planet, the outermost of
the gassy planets in our
solar system?
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31. A15. Neptune
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32. Q16. Name the planet
that is usually furthest
from the Sun?
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33. A16. Pluto
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34. Q17. What do we call
the small lumps of rock
or metal that move
around the Sun, mainly
between Mars and
Jupiter?
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35. A17. Asteroids
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36. Q17. What do we call a
group of millions of
stars?
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37. A17. Galaxy
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38. Q18. What do we call it
when the gravitational
forces on an object in
space are balanced?
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39. A18. Weightlessness
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40. Well Done!
Now check your score
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