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Planets Vocabulary Flashcards

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Orbit

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The circular path of an object as it revolves around another object.

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Solar System

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A system of objects that revolve around a star.

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Galaxy

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A group of solar systems, dust, and gas held together with gravity.

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Universe

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Space and all the matter in it.

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Satellite

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A celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.

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Impact Crater

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A crater on a planet or moon caused by the impact of a planet or moon caused by the impact of a meteorite or other object, typically circular with a raised rim.

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Rotation

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The action of rotating around an axis or center.

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Revolution

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A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.

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Meteorite

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A small object from outer space that passes through Earth’s atmosphere and reaches the surface.

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Quarter Moon

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Half of the moon is illuminated.

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New Moon

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The entire surface of the moon is not illuminated.

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Astronomical Unit

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Average distance from the sun which is 93,000,000 miles

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Revolution

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The motion of one body around another, such as the Earth in its orbit around the Sun.

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Crescent Moon

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The illuminated surface is less than a quarter

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Perumbrella

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A region of lighter shadow that may surround a dark central region.

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Mare

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A large dark plain of solidified lava on the moon

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Galaxy

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Millions and billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity.

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Umbra

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The dark central region of a shadow such as the cone of complete shadow cast by an object.

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Comet

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A body that produces a coma of gas and dust, a small icy body that orbits the Sun.

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Eclipse

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An event during which one object in space casts a shadow onto another.

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Gibbous Moon

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More than half but less than fully illuminated.

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Orbit

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The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity.

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Heliocentric Theory

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A Sun centered theory of the universe.

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Tide

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The rise and fall of oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.

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Waning

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The gradual decrease in the illuminated surface of the moon.

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Geocentric Theory

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Earth centered theory of the solar system.

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Ellipse

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An oval or flattened circle.

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Season

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One of a pattern of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year.

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Gravity

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The force that objects exert on one another because of their mass.

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Impact crator

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A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet after a smaller object strikes the surface.

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Solar System

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The Sun and it’s family of orbiting planets and moons and other objects.

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Gas giant

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A large planet that consists mostly of gases in a dense form.

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Full Moon

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The entire surface of the moon is illuminated

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Satellite

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An object that orbits a more massive object.

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Axis of Rotation

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An imaginary line about which a turning body such as Earth rotates.

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Meteor

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A brief streak of light produced by a particle entering Earths atomosphere at high speed.

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Asteroid

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A small solid rocky body that orbits the Sun.

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Umbra

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The dark central region of a shadow such as the cone of complete shadow cast by an object.

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Terrestrial planet

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A planet that has a rocky surface.

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Equinox

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In an orbit, a position and time in which sun shines equally on both hemispheres.

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Solstice

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In a orbit, a position and time during one hemisphere receives the maximum sunlight.

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Waxing

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The gradual increase of the illuminated surface of the moon.

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Quarter moon

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Half the moon is illuminated

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