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An explosion of a star

When a star explodes, it is referred to as a nova. If the star is large enough, it will create a super nova. And if the star is dense enough, it does not explode, but instead collapses on itself and forms a black hole

What is the smallest of the terrestrial planets

Mercury is the smallest of the terrestrial planets.

Contains mostly older stars with a red color

elliptical galaxy....

What is movement of the earth around the sun called

When the Earth moves around the Sun, we say that it is orbiting the Sun.

What was found by astronomers who noticed a strange pattern in the orbit of Uranus

Neptune

As water is cooled its density does what until it reaches about 4 C

As water is cooled its density increases until it reaches about 4 C and then it decreases.

Gas giants have many more moons than terrestrial planets due to have higher

Gas giants have a higher mass.

This means that the gas giants have a more gravity to hold moons in orbit around them.

A detected apparent change in the pitch caused by the motion of a sound source or of an observer is called

The Doppler effect.

The Doppler effect.

The Doppler effect.

The Doppler effect.

Do terrestrial planets have more moons than the outer gas giants

Terrestrial means on Earth so Earth is the only terrestrial planet

This is incorrect, the first 4 planets are terrestrial as they are solidly bound planets. Pluto was also a terrestrial dwarf planet. Any planet can have moons but due to the gas giants having larger gravitational forces they have traditionally gathered more moons. Thusly, no.

What planet is physically most similar to the earth

As far as we know, Mars is the planet that is the most similar to the earth.

When you are in moons shadow

A solar eclipse is when the moon is causing a shadow on the Earth.

A lunar eclipse is when the Earth is causing shadow on the moon.

which of the following is the cause for the different seasons on earth

the way earth has a tilted axis

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