Science Chapter 19 Flashcards

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Astronomy

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The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.

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Equinox

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The two days of the year on which
neither hemisphere is tilted toward of away from the sun.

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Revolution

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The movement of an object around another object

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Axis

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An imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center North and South poles, about which Earth rotates.

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Orbit

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The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.

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Rotation

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The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.

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Solstice

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The two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north of south of the equator.

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Force

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A push of pull exerted on an object

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Gravity

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A force that moves rocks and other materials downhill; the force that pulls objects toward eachother

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What determines the strength of the force of gravity between two objects?

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The masses, and distance

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The force of gravity on an object

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Weight

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12
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On the moon, you would weigh:

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One sixth

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What keeps the moon orbiting around the earth, and the earth sun?

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Gravity and inertia.

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Universal Gravitation

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Every object attracts every other object.

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Mass

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The amount of matter in an object

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Inertia

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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

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Newtons First LAW

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Object in motion, stays in motion unless acted on by a force.

18
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hoi

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Aloha : )

19
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Earth rotates on its

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Axis

20
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The spinning of Earth on its axis
causes:

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Day and Night

21
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How long does it take Earth to make on revolution around the sun?

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365 and one 4th

22
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Earths axis is tillted at an angle of

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23.5

23
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It takes ________ hours for Earth to rotate

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Equinox=

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equal night

25
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The position of the moon, Earth and sun causes the phases of

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The moon eclipses, and tides

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A lunar eclipse occurs when earth is between moon and sun

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What i just said

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The darkest part of moons shadow: ( total eclipse north tonowandians)

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Umbra

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Twice a month the earth, moon, and sun are in a straight line combined bla bla bla… form

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Spring tide

29
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tides occur:

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12.5 hrs.

30
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Space race was between

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US and Soviet union 1957 -

31
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A rocket needs ____ to propell forward

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Thrust

32
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Velocity

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Speed in a given direction

33
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Orbital velocity

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V a rocket needs to orbit

34
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Escape V

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What a rocket needs to go into space

35
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Maria

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Dark flat areas which galileo called maria

36
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Moon has:

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Maria, crater, and highlands.

37
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Why is an extra day added to Feb. every four years?

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38
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What two factor combine to keep planets in orbit?

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Inertia and Gravity

39
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Identify four objects that travel into space

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Space shuttle, rover, Space probe, Space station.

40
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Some probes have small robots that can move on planet surface called

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Rovers

41
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The american effort to land a person on the moon was

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The Apollo Program

42
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A rocket can only carry so much fuel. The main Advantage of a multistage rocket is that the

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Total weight of the rocket is greatly reduced as it rises