Sicnce 3 Flashcards

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Orbit, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe, Satellite, Impact Crater, Axis of Rotation, Revolution, Season, Equinox, Solstice, Mare, Eclipse, Umbra, Penumbra, Astronomical Unit (AU), Ellipse, Terrestrial Planet, Gas Giant, Asteroid, Comet, Meteor, Meteorite, Geocentric, Heliocentric, Gravity, Tide, Waxing, Wanig, Gibbous Moon, Crescent Moon, Full Moon, New Moon, Quarter Moon

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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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SolarSystem

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The sun and its family of orbiting plants and moons and other objects

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Galaxy

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Millions or billions of stars held toghter in a group by their own gravity

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Universe

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Space and all the matter and engery in it

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Satellite

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An object that orbits a more massivie object

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Impact carter

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A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes the surface

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Axis of Rotation

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An imaginary line about which a turning body such as the earth rotates

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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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Season

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One part of a pattern of temperature changes and other weather courses of a year

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Equinox

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In an oribit position time in which sunlight hemisphere. A time of the year when daylight and darkness or near the equal for most parts of the earth.

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Solstice

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In an oribit A position and time during which one hemisphere receives it maximum. Sunlight while the other hemisphere reaches its minimum amount the time of year when the days are either longest or shortest

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Mare

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A large dark plane of solidified lava on the moon

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Eclipse

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An ovial or flatted circle

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Terrestrial Planet

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A planet that has a rocky surface

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Gas Giant

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A large planet that consist mostly of gases in a dense form

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Asteroid

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A small solid rock body that oribits the sun

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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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Meteor

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A brief streak of light produce by a partial angering earth atmosphere at high speed

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Meteorite

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A small object from outer space that passes through earths amosfear and reachers the surface

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Geocentric

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Earth centers theaory of the solar system

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Heliocentric

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A sun centered theory of the solar system

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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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Tide

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The raise and fall of the ocean levels caused by the gravitational pull of the moon

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Waxing

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The gradual increase of the illumination surface of the moon

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Wanig

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The garudation decreases in the illumination surface of the moon

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Gibbous Moon

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More than half but less than fully illuminated

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Crescent Moon

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The illuminated surface is less than a quater illuminated

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Full Moon

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The entier surface of the moon is illuminated

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New Moon

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The entier surface of the moon is illumated

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Quarter Moon

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Half of the moons surface is illuminated

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Umber

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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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Peneumbra a region of light shadow that may surrowand a dark central region the spearing cone of lighter cast by an object

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It is on the top agin Shane

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Astronomic unit

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Average distance from the sun which is approximately 93,000,000 miles hundred 150 million km