Year 8 Physics - Space

Question	Answer
Hottest star	Blue
Coolest star	Red
Spectrum	Separated light from stars
Eclipses	Solar and Lunar
Solar Eclipse	When the moon comes between the Earth and Sun, blocking out the sun's light from the earth.
Lunar Eclipse	When the earth comes between the sun and moon, and it blocks out the sun's light from the moon.
Causes of the moon's phases	Sun shines on the moon but Earth's shadow gets in the way.
Image: phases_of_the_moon (image/jpg)	phases of the moon
direction the earth spins	anti-clockwise
night is dark	the part of Earth we're on is facing away from the sun.
daytime is light	the part of Earth we're on is facing the sun
full moon	the whole side of the moon is visible
new moon	you can't see any of the moon
one day	when the Earth has rotated once
a month	when the moon has orbited the Earth once
one year	when the earth has rotated the sun once
summer on southern hemisphere	when the earth is tilted so that the southern hemisphere is nearer to the sun
Summer on the Northern Hemisphere	When the Earth is tilted so that the northern hemisphere is nearer to the sun.
What is the order of the planets in the solar system?	Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune (Pluto)
First planet after the sun	Mercury
Second planet after the sun	Venus
Third planet after the sun	Earth
Fourth planet after the sun	Mars
Fifth planet after the sun	Jupiter
Sixth planet after the sun	Saturn
Seventh planet after the sun	Uranus
Eighth planet after the sun	Neptune

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