astronomy short answers

1.)
What causes the greenhouse effect, and what does it cause? Where in the solar system do we see it occur? Include both positive and negative consequences for Earth.
 
2.)
Identify and describe in your own words three separate and specific pieces of scientific evidence that support the Big Bang theory?
 
3.)
How does Einstein’s famous equation,
E = mc
2, relate to the production of the Sun’s energy? Be sure to include what each factor in the equation represents with respect to what happens inside the Sun.

4.)

Explain in your own words why we see different phases of the Moon. Identify each of the four major phases, along with a description of what is occurring to allow us to see each of them.

Bonus point: At what time is each major phase visible at the Moon’s highest point in the sky?

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