Science Chapter 19 Flashcards
Astronomy
The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.
Equinox
The two days of the year on which
neither hemisphere is tilted toward of away from the sun.
Revolution
The movement of an object around another object
Axis
An imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center North and South poles, about which Earth rotates.
Orbit
The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.
Rotation
The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.
Solstice
The two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north of south of the equator.
Force
A push of pull exerted on an object
Gravity
A force that moves rocks and other materials downhill; the force that pulls objects toward eachother
What determines the strength of the force of gravity between two objects?
The masses, and distance
The force of gravity on an object
Weight
On the moon, you would weigh:
One sixth
What keeps the moon orbiting around the earth, and the earth sun?
Gravity and inertia.
Universal Gravitation
Every object attracts every other object.
Mass
The amount of matter in an object
Inertia
The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion