Space Flashcards

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1
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The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity

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Orbit

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The Sun and its family of orbiting planets and moons and other objects

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Solar System

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3
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Millions and billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity.

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Galaxy

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4
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Space and all the matter and energy in it.

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Universe

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An object that orbits a more massive object.

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Satellite

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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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Impact Crater

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

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Rotation

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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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Revolution

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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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Season

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10
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In an orbit, a position and time in which sun shines equally on both hemispheres

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Equinox

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

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Solstice

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12
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A large dark plain of solidified lava on the moon

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Mare

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13
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An event during which one object in space casts a shadow onto another

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Eclipse

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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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Umbra

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15
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A region of lighter shadow that may surround a dark central region

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Penumbra

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16
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Average distance from the sun which is 93,000,000 miles

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Astronomical Unit (AU)

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An oval or flattened circle

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Ellipse

18
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A planet that has a rocky surface.

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Terrestrial Planet

19
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A large planet that consists mostly of gases in a dense form

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Gas Giant

20
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A small solid rocky body that orbits the Sun.

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Asteroid

21
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body that produces a coma of gas and dust, a small icy body that orbits the Sun

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Comet

22
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A brief streak of light produced by a particle entering Earth’s atmosphere at high speed

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Meteor

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

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Meteorite

24
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Earth-centered theory of the solar system

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Geocentric

25
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A Sun-centered theory of the universe

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Heliocentric

26
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The force that objects exert on one another because of their mass

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Gravity

27
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The rise and fall of the oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun

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Tide

28
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The gradual increase of the illuminated surface of the moon

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Waxing

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The gradual decrease in the illuminated surface of the moon

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Wanning

30
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More than half but less than fully illuminated

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Gibbous Moon

31
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The illuminated surface is less than a quarter illuminated

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Crescent

32
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The entire surface of the moon is illuminated

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Full Moon

33
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The entire surface of the moon is not illuminated

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New Moon

34
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Half of the moon is illuminated

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Quarter Moon