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Earth and Space Vocabulary 04/08/2013 Flashcards

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Air Pressure

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air pres·sure

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The weight of air pressing down on an area; atmospheric pressure
  • *Dictionary:** the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth
  • *Antonym:** unconfined
  • *Synonym:** compressed

A car’s tires should always have high air pressure.

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Asteroid

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as·ter·oid

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** celestial body orbiting a star between Mars and Jupiter
  • *Dictionary:** a chunk of rock or iron less than 1,000km (621 miles) in diameter that orbits the sun
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** planetoid; starlike

In Science, I found out that in Mars and Jupiter, a lot of asteroids are orbiting the sun.

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Astronomer

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as·tron·o·mer

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a scientific observer of the celestial bodies; an expert in astronomy
  • *Dictionary:** one who studies the stars and planets and their movement
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** stargazer; uranologist

I read about the astronomer Galileo Galilei in Science today.

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Astronomer

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as·tron·o·mer

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a scientific observer of the celestial bodies; an expert in astronomy
  • *Dictionary:** one who studies the stars and planets and their movement
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** stargazer; uranologist

I read about the astronomer Galileo Galilei in Science today.

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Climate

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cli·mate

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time; weather of region
  • *Dictionary:** the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** conditions; temperature

The climate in Antarctica is the coldest in the world.

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Comet

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com·et

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a celestial body moving about the sun
  • *Dictionary:** a chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice, and dust orbiting the sun
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** meteor; fireball

I have never actually seen a comet, because I always miss them.

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Condensation

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con·den·sa·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The process by which a gas changes back into a liquid
  • *Dictionary:** the process by which a gas changes into a liquid
  • *Antonym:** unabridgment
  • *Synonym:** abstract; reduction; boildown

The vent cooled all the steam, which caused a lot of air to go through condensation.

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Conservation

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con·ser·va·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the preservation from injury and decaying
  • *Dictionary:** the preserving and protecting of an ecosystem or a resource
  • *Antonym:** destruction; neglect; waste
  • *Synonym:** care; keeping; salvation

Fossils are kept under conservation in museums.

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Constellation

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con·stel·la·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the grouping of various stars
  • *Dictionary:** a group of stars
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** gathering; company

I like trying to find constellations at night.

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Core

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Core

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: The Earth’s innermost layer
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Crust

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Crust

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: The Earth’s outermost layer
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Deposition

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Deposition

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: The dropping of sediment from wind or water that slows down, or from ice that melts
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Elliptical

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el·lip·ti·cal

  • *Part of Speech:** adjective
  • *Own:** shaped like an oval
  • *Dictionary:** shaped like a ellipse
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** egg-shaped; oblong

Since I can’t draw a perfect circle, I always make an elliptical shape.

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Erosion

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Erosion

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: The movement or transportation of sediment to new locations
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Evaporation

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e·vap·o·ra·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The process by which a liquid changes into a gas
  • *Dictionary:** the process by which a liquid changes into a gas
  • *Antonym:** dampening; soaking
  • *Synonym:** dissipation; vaporization

When something dries, it is because the water on it went trhough evaporation.

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Galaxy

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gal·ax·y

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a large system of stars
  • *Dictionary:** a group of billions of stars, objects that orbit those stars, gas, and dust
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** nebula; star cluster

The galaxy we live in is the Milky Way.

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Humidity

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hu·mid·i·ty

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** A measure of the amount of water in the air; very damp weather
  • *Dictionary:** the amount of water vapor in the air
  • *Antonym:** aridity; dryness
  • *Synonym:** moisture; dampness

Florida always has high humidity.

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Magma

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Magma

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: Melted rock within the Earth
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Mantle

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Mantle

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: The layer directly beneath the Earth’s crust
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Orbit

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or·bit

  • *Part of Speech:** noun / verb
  • *Own:** noun - an orb or sphere / verb - to move around in an elliptical path
  • *Dictionary:** the path an object follows as it revolves around another object
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** rotation; path; track

Earth is one of eight planets that orbit the Sun.

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Pollution

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pol·lu·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** contamination of harmful substances in the environment
  • *Dictionary:** a waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem
  • *Antonym:** cleanliness; purification
  • *Synonym:** deterioration; infection

Cars produce a lot of pollution.

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Precipitation

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pre·cip·i·ta·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** any form of water that falls from clouds; such as rain or snow
  • *Dictionary:** water that falls from the air to Earth’s surface
  • *Antonym:** dryness
  • *Synonym:** condensation; rain

There is so much precipitation in Florida, that floods are mostly ignored as a common thing.

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Runoff

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run·off

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** precipitation water drained by streams and rivers
  • *Dictionary:** water that does not soak into the ground and that flows across Earth’s surface
  • *Antonym:** NONE
  • *Synonym:** NONE

Even though it rains a lot in Florida, there is not much run-off, as it is very flat in the Sunshine State.

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Solar System

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so·lar sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it
  • *Dictionary:** a star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** planetary system

There are eight planets in the Solar System, but Pluto used to be the ninth.

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Universe

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u·ni·verse

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** everything that exists - planets, stars, dust, gases, and energy
  • *Dictionary:** everything that exists, including galaxies and everything in them
  • *Antonym:** locality
  • *Synonym:** cosmos; world

My brother’s dream is to explore the universe.

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Weather

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weath·er

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The happenings in the atmosphere at a certain time; atmospheric conditions
  • *Dictionary:** what is happening in the atmosphere at a certain place and time
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** clime; elements

The weather in the Amazon Rainforest must be very disastrous.

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Weathering

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Weathering

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: The process of breaking rock into smaller pieces
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Renewable Resources

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Renewable Resources

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: Resources that can be replaced within a human life span
Antonym:
Synonym:

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Nonrenewable Resources

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Nonrenewable Resources

Part of Speech:
Own:
Dictionary: Resources that cannot be replaced within a human life span
Antonym:
Synonym:

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