Solar System And Beyond Lesson 2 Patterns Of The Moon Flashcards

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A natural or artificial abject in space that circles around another object

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Satellite

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2
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The appearance of the shape of the moon at a particular time

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Phase

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3
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The regular rise and fall of the water level along a shoreline

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Tide

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4
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A blocking of the suns light that happens when earth passes through the moons shadow

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Solar eclipse

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5
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A situation that occurs when earth the sun the moon are in a straight line and earths shadow falls across the moon

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Lunar eclipse

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6
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One of many small Rocky abject between mars and Jupiter

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Asteroid

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A chunk of Rock from space that travels through earths atmosphere

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Meteor

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8
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A mixture of ice frozen gases rock and dust left over from the formation of the solar system

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Comet

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9
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A huge cloud of gas and dust in space that is the first stage of star formation

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Nebula

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10
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An object whose gravity is so strong that light cannot escape it

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Black hole

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11
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The distance light travels in a year

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Light year

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12
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A star that can no longer turn helium into carbon it cools and shrinks becoming very small and dense

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White dwarf

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13
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An object in space that produces its own energy including heat and light

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Star

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A huge cloud of gas and dust in space that is the first stage of star formation

Any of the patterns that are formed by a group of stars in the night sky

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Constellation

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15
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A star that has produced more energy than gravity can hold together and has exploded

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Supernova

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16
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As the earth revolves around the sun the ———- revolves around the earth

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Moon

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17
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The moons orbit around the earth takes —————-

18
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The apparent shapes of the moons are called ————-

19
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—————- phase is when you can’t see the moon at all

20
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———— phase is almost a full moon

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Gibbous moon

21
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—————— phase is when you see a silver of the moon

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Crescent moon

22
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—————- phase is when the moon appears smaller

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Waning phase

23
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—————— phase is when the moon appears larger

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Waxing phase

24
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The moons gravitational pull causes the tides and it happens twice a day the rise and fall of the tides are called a ———— and ———-

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High tide and low tide

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———————- are small rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun in both the inner and outer regions of the solar system
Meteoroids
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—————————————————-is a meteor that hits the earths surface
Meteorites
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The head of a comet is made up of a ———————- and nucleus
Coma
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A ——————————- is formed when the heat from the suns rays pushes some of the coma away from the comet
Glowing tail
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Stars have different colors . Colors occur because of the surface ——————- of each star .
Temperature
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Sun’s temperature makes it look ———————
Yellow
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Cooler stars appear ———————— or————————-
Red or orange
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Warmer stars appear —————— or ———————
White or blue
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The sun is about ————————- years old
5 billion
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It takes 8 minutes for ———————- to reach earth
Light
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Astronomers use ——————————————to describe the great distance between stars
Light years
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Constellations are named after ———————————— —————————— or objects
Animals , fictional characters
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There are —— constellations
88
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Travelers can use the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper to find ——————— which tells you which direction is ———————
Polaris and north
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The sun contains 99% of the solar systems total —————
Mass
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92% of the sun is made up of ———————— gas
Hydrogen
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——————————- are the sudden release of energy from the suns atmosphere
Solar flares