Deck 3 Flashcards
Orbit
The circular or elliptical path of an object as it revolves around another object.
Solar System
A system of object that revolves around the star or sun.
Galaxy
A group of solar system,dust,and gas held together by gravity our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy.
Universe
Everything that exists in or on around the world.
Satellite
A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space.
Impact Crater
An approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet.
Rotation
The spinning of a celestial body,such as a planet around an axis.
Revolution
The orbiting of an object around another object.
Season
A period of the year determined by the position of earth as it revolves around the sun
Equinox
The Twice a year occurrence during which earths is axis is perpendicular.
Solstice
The twice a year occurrence during which the sun appears at the highest point.
Mare
I don’t no
Ellispe
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.
Terrestrial planet
a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth’s; the four innermost planets in the solar system
Gas Giant
a large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
Asteroid
a small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun
Comet
a body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun
Meteor
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)
Meteorite
a piece of rock or metal from space that strikes Earth’s surface
Geocentric
having the Earth as the center
Heliocentric
having the sun as the center
Gravity
a force that exists between any two objects that have mass (related word: gravitational)
Tide
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
Waxing
the process of removing unwanted hair from a part of the body by applying wax and peeling off the wax and hairs together.
Wannig
(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
Gibbous moon
gibbous refers to a moon in between a half-moon but less than a full moon
Crescent moon
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
Universe
Everything that exists in or on around the world.
Satellite
A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space.
Impact Crater
An approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet.
Rotation
The spinning of a celestial body,such as a planet around an axis.
Revolution
The orbiting of an object around another object.
Season
A period of the year determined by the position of earth as it revolves around the sun
Equinox
The Twice a year occurrence during which earths is axis is perpendicular.
Solstice
The twice a year occurrence during which the sun appears at the highest point.
Mare
I don’t no
Ellispe
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.
Terrestrial planet
a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth’s; the four innermost planets in the solar system
Gas Giant
a large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
Asteroid
a small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun
Comet
a body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun
Meteor
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)
Meteorite
a piece of rock or metal from space that strikes Earth’s surface
Universe
Everything that exists in or on around the world.
Satellite
A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space.
Impact Crater
An approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet.
Rotation
The spinning of a celestial body,such as a planet around an axis.
Revolution
The orbiting of an object around another object.
Season
A period of the year determined by the position of earth as it revolves around the sun
Full moon
the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated.
New moon
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.
Quarter moon
quarter moon occurs when we see the Moon half illuminated by the Sun, and half enshrouded in darkness
Perihelion
the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun.
Aphelion
the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun
