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THE EARTH
204.How many moons does Mars have?
TWO
205.During what phase of the Moon can a total visual eclipse of the Moon occur?
FULL MOON
206.What is the more common name for the aurora borealis?
NORTHERN LIGHTS
207.Which planet is the Earth's twin size-wise?
VENUS
208.Which THREE planets have moons larger than Mercury?
SATURN, JUPITER AND NEPTUNE
209.What belts are composed of charged particles surrounding the Earth?
VAN ALLEN BELTS
210.Which two planets have overlapping orbits?
NEPTUNE AND PLUTO
211.What are "cool" areas on the surface of the Sun called?
SUN SPOTS
212. Which is the only moon in the solar system with a substantial atmosphere?
SATURN'S TITAN
213.The moon is denser than the earth.
FALSE
214.A comet's apparent size does which of the following as the comet gets closer to the Sun?
INCREASE
215.The Phythagoreans appear to have been the first to have taught that the Earth is:
SPHERICAL IN SHAPE.
216. The light-gathering power of a reflecting telescope depends on which of the following?
THE AREA OF ITS OBJECTIVE MIRROR
217.Who was the first individual to observe the phases of Venus? He observed Venus' phases with a
telescope that he had built.
GALILEO
218.Who first used Tycho Brahe's observational data on the planet Mars to determine that Mars actually
traversed an elliptical orbit, the sun being located at one of the foci?
KEPLER

219.Newton taught that the natural state of motion of a body is one of uniform motion in a circular path.
FALSE (uniform motion in a STRAIGHT line)
220. Approximately how many times could a beam of light travel around the earth in one second?
7.5 TIMES
221.The diameter of the earth is approximately:
13,000 KILOMETERS