Gr. 6 Ch. 1-4 Flashcards
Originator of the sun-centered universe idea
Copernicus
Earth-centered universe originator
Ptolemy
The man who came up with the three laws of planetary motion
Kepler
Who had the idea of the law of universal gravitation
Isaac Newton
A symmetrically shaped oval
An ellipse
Name that means the “wanderers”
Planets
The distance between the earth and the sun
Astronomical unit
The force of attraction that exists between any two objects
Gravity
The two points inside an ellipse
Foci
The phase of the moon displaying the most light
Full moon
The tide that occurs when the moon is in line with the earth and sun
Spring tide
This is made up of the sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit it
The solar system
These are the only two planets with no moons
Venus and Mercury
The Earth completes one of these in 24 hours
Rotation
The amount of time it takes for a comet to complete its orbit
Period
The length of a solar year
365 1/4 days
And astroid sized chunk of rock dust and ice that develops a huge bright tail as it approaches the sun
Comet
This is a band of comet like objects located beyond the orbit of Neptune
Kuiper belt
List of the planets in order from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Know the following cave formations
Draperies, cave pearls, flowstone stalactites
Know the following flower parts
Sepal, petal, stamen, pistil, ovule
Know the following constellation
Andromeda, Centaurus, Draco, Cygnus, Cassiopeia
This has the ability to regenerate lost body parts
Crustacean
This has two distinct body regions
Spider