Other Sciences Flashcards by lauren Dixon

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Andromeda galaxy

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Closest galaxy to the Milky Way

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Amber

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Fossilized tree resin

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Distillation

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Way of separating the parts of a liquid mixture

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Heliocentric

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Planets revolve around the sun

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Igneous rock

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Formed from cooled lava

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Light year

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About six trillion miles

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Metamorphic rock

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An igneous or sedimentary rock exposed to heat and pressure

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Pulsar

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A rotating and magnetized neutron star

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Quasar

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Very bright nucleus of a distant galaxy

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Sedimentary rock

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Formed by deposits in bodies of water

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Seismometer

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Measures the motion of the ground

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Thermodynamics

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Study of heat on other forms of energy

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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First to propose heliocentric model

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Rudolf diesel

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Inventor of Diesel engine

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Johannes Kepler

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Known for planetary motion laws

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Guglielmo marconi

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Inventor of the radio

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Blaise pascal

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Inventor of mechanical calculator

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Ptolemy

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Astronomer who wrote “Almagest”

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Wilhelm rontgen

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Detected and produced x-rays