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1. How are neutron stars and white dwarfs similar?

2. Why do we only see one side of the moon?

3. Which planet shows evidence of frozen water at its poles, experiences seasons similar to Earth's due to a tilted axis, and is red due to its oxidized iron-rich soil.

4. The size of the universe is always...

5. Order the following from smallest to largest: galaxy, star cluster, universe, supercluster, solar system.

6. When a planet is located at its farthest distance from the sun during its orbit, this is known as its...

7. What part of the sun is what you seen when you look at the sun from Earth?

8. What two star characteristics are graphed on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?

9. What is the shape of a planet's orbit?

10. A packet of light or energy is called a ______________.

11. Describe the temperature and luminosity of red giants.

12. Which planet contains visible clouds, is shrinking in size, and was discovered due to the effect it had on Uranus's orbit

13. List the star colors in order from hottest to coolest.

14. The Milky Way galaxy is _______________-shaped.

15. Why doesn't the moon fall to the earth?

16. What is the cause of sunspots?

17. Where on the H-R diagram are giants and supergiants located?

18. Which planet has the most elliptical orbit, is considered a 'dwarf planet' due to its small size, and has a composition similar to a comet.

19. What do the most massive stars produce when they die?

20. Explain the relationship between distance and gravitational pull.

21. Maria were given their name because they were incorrectly identified as ______________.

22. What causes the moon to have large day-to-night temperature fluctuations?

23. Describe the temperature and luminosity of white dwarfs.

24. Which planet has a completely flipped axis due to a collision in its past, and is blue-green due to traces of methane in its atmosphere.

25. Describe the relationship between a star's mass and its lifespan.

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