Space

Question 1

The sun and its family of orbiting planets,moons,and other objects.

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Solar system

Question 2

The path of an object in space that take the path of another due to gravity example,the moon orbits the earth

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Orbit

Question 3

Millions or billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity. A

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Galaxy

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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 on the surface of a planet or other body in a small object strikes the surface

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Impact crater

Question 7

An imaginary line about which a turning no body, such as earth rotates

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Axis of rotation

Question 8

The motion of a body around another, such as earth in its orbit around the sun.or the time it take and object to go around once.

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Revolution

Question 9

One part of a pattern of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of the year. Astronomical seasons are defined and caused by the position of Earths axis relative to the direction of sunlight.

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Season

Question 10

In an orbit, a position and time in which sunlight shines equally on the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere; a time of year when daylight and darkness are nearly equal for most of Earth.

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Equinox

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In an orbit,a position and time during which one Hemisphere gets maximum area of sunlight while the others hemisphere gets its minimum amount; the time of year when days are either longest or shortest and the angle of sunlight reaches its maximum and minimum

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Solstice

Question 12

A large,dark plain of solidified lava on the moon

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Mare

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An event during which object in space casts a shadow onto another . On earth, a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon moves through earth shadow, and a solar eclipse occurs when the moons shadow crosses earth.

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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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A region of lighter shadow that may surround an umbra.

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Penumbra

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Earths average distance from the sun,which is approximately 150 million kilometers ( 93 million mi )

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Astronomical Unit ( AU)

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An oval or flattened circle

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Ellipse

Question 18

Earth or a planet similar to earth that has a rocky surface. The four planets in the inner solar system are, Mercury,Venus,Earth, and Mars are terrestrial planets.

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Terrestrial planet

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A large planet the consist mostly of gases In a dense form. The four large planets in the out or solar system Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,and Neptune.

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Gas Giant

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A small,solid,rocky body the orbits the sun. most Astroids orbit in a region between Mars and Jupiter called astroid belt

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Asteroid

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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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Comet

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A brief streak of light produced by small particles entering Earths atmosphere at a high speed.

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Meteor

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A small object from outer space that passes through Earths atmosphere and reaches the surface.

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Meteorite

Question 24

Having or representing the Earth as the center,as in former astronomical systems

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Geocentric

Question 25

Having or representing the sun as a center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.

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Heliocentric

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The force that objects exert on each other because of their mass.

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Gravity

Question 27

The alternate rising and falling of the sea,usually rice in a lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon an sun.

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Tide

Question 28

Any time after new moon and before full moon

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Waxing

Question 29

Have a progressively smaller part of its visible, illuminated, so that is appears to decrease in size.

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Waning

Question 30

More than half but less than fully illuminated from the point of view of an observer.

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Gibbous moon

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Part way between a half moon and a new moon, or, between a new moon and a half moon.

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Crescent moon

Question 32

The phase of a moon in which its whole disk is illuminated.

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Full moon

Question 33

The phase of a moo when its conjunction with the sun and invisible to earth or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent.

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New moon

Question 34

The moon is one half illuminated by the sun. Accurate when the moons illumination is decreasing.

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Quarter moon