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Deck 3 Flashcards

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Orbit

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The circular or elliptical path of an object as it revolves around another object.

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Solar System

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A system of object that revolves around the star or sun.

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Galaxy

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A group of solar system,dust,and gas held together by gravity our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Universe

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Everything that exists in or on around the world.

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Satellite

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A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space.

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Impact Crater

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An approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet.

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Rotation

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The spinning of a celestial body,such as a planet around an axis.

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Revolution

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The orbiting of an object around another object.

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Season

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A period of the year determined by the position of earth as it revolves around the sun

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Equinox

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The Twice a year occurrence during which earths is axis is perpendicular.

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Solstice

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The twice a year occurrence during which the sun appears at the highest point.

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Mare

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I don’t no

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Ellispe

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a regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base.

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Terrestrial planet

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a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth’s; the four innermost planets in the solar system

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Gas Giant

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a large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.

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Asteroid

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a small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun

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Comet

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a body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun

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Meteor

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a streak of light in the sky that forms when a piece of rock from space burns up in Earth’s atmosphere (related term: shooting star)

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Meteorite

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a piece of rock or metal from space that strikes Earth’s surface

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Geocentric

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having the Earth as the center

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Heliocentric

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having the sun as the center

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Gravity

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a force that exists between any two objects that have mass (related word: gravitational)

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Tide

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the regular fluctuation of sea water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun on Earth’s oceans and other large bodies of water

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Waxing

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the process of removing unwanted hair from a part of the body by applying wax and peeling off the wax and hairs together.

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Wannig

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(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.

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Gibbous moon

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gibbous refers to a moon in between a half-moon but less than a full moon

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Crescent moon

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A crescent is a thin, curved shape that’s thicker in the middle and tapers to thin points at each end, like the little sliver of moon

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Universe

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Everything that exists in or on around the world.

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Satellite

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A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space.

30
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Impact Crater

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An approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet.

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Rotation

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The spinning of a celestial body,such as a planet around an axis.

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Revolution

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The orbiting of an object around another object.

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Season

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A period of the year determined by the position of earth as it revolves around the sun

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Equinox

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The Twice a year occurrence during which earths is axis is perpendicular.

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Solstice

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The twice a year occurrence during which the sun appears at the highest point.

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Mare

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I don’t no

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Ellispe

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a regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base.

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Terrestrial planet

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a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth’s; the four innermost planets in the solar system

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Gas Giant

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a large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.

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Asteroid

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a small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun

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Comet

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a body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun

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Meteor

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a streak of light in the sky that forms when a piece of rock from space burns up in Earth’s atmosphere (related term: shooting star)

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Meteorite

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a piece of rock or metal from space that strikes Earth’s surface

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Universe

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Everything that exists in or on around the world.

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Satellite

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A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space.

46
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Impact Crater

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An approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet.

47
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Rotation

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The spinning of a celestial body,such as a planet around an axis.

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Revolution

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The orbiting of an object around another object.

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Season

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A period of the year determined by the position of earth as it revolves around the sun

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Full moon

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the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated.

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New moon

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the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth, or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent.

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Quarter moon

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quarter moon occurs when we see the Moon half illuminated by the Sun, and half enshrouded in darkness

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Perihelion

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the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun.

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Aphelion

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the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun

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