Chapter 13 Earth, Moon and Beyond Flashcards

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The star at the center of our solar system

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Sun

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2
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Spin on its axis

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Rotates

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3
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An imaginary line going through Earth

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Axis

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4
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Travels in a path around the sun

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Revolves

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5
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The path the Earth takes

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Orbit

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6
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An imaginary line going all the way around Earth

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Equator

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7
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The day when the amount of daylight is the greatest

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Summer solstice

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8
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The day when the amount of daylight and darkness are equil

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Equinoxes

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9
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The day when the amount of darkness is the greatest

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Winter solstice

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10
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Any natural body that revolves around a planet

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Moon

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A low, bowl-shaped area on the surface of a planet or moon

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Craters

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12
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One of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits around Earth

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Moon phases

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13
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One body in space blocks light from reaching another body in space

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Eclipes

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14
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The bending of light

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Refraction

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15
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A huge ball of very hot gases in space

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Star

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16
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Made up with stars and all the planets and other objects that revolve around that star

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Solar system

17
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A pattern of stars

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Constallation

18
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A body that revolves around a star

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Planet

19
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Everything that exists

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Universe

20
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Gas, dust and a group of stars, including any objects orbiting the stars

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Galaxy