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Integrated Science Vocabulary Flashcards

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What is an Astronomical Unit?

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An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to the distance of the earth from the sun.

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What is the definition of a light year?

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The distance light travels in one mean solar year.

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What is Parsec?

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A unit of distance equal to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun or 3.26 light years.

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What is the definition of Nebula?

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A hazy or fuzzy cloud of insterstellar gas and dust.

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What is a Constellation?

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A various group of stars that have been given names.

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What is a Planetesimal?

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An astroid located in space combined with other planets to form another planet of the solar system.

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What is the definition of Protoplanetary?

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The disk of matter around a planet to be. (Example: Saturns Rings.)

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What is Nuclear Fusion?

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When two small atoms form into one big atom.

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What is the definiton of a Terrestrial Planet?

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A planet with a rocky surface.

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What is a Gas Giant Planet?

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A planet made entirely of gas.

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What is a Comet?

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A celestial body surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas moving around the sun.

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What is an Asteriod?

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An asteroid is a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Asteriods range from 600 miles across to as small as a dust particle.

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What is a Cosmologist?

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A person who studies the evolution and space time relations of the universe.

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What is the definition of angular velocity?

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Angular velocity is the rate of a rotating body’s angular position change.

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What is Orbit?

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When a celestial body rotates .

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What is the scientific definition of period?

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Period is a portion of time.

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What does it mean to revolve?

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To revolve men to move in a circle around a central axis.

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What does rotation mean?

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The movement of something turning on its axis.

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What is a Sidereal day?

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A sidereal day is the time between two consecutive transits of the First Points of Aries.

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What is a Solar Day?

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The time between successive meridian transits of the sun an a particular place.

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What is a year?

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The period of 365 days starting from the month of January.

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