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Space Flashcards

1
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The sun and planets and various other things that make up…..

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Solar system

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2
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Space and all the matter and energy in it

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Universe

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3
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An object that orbits a more massive object.

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Satellite

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4
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A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet

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Impact carter

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5
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An imaginary line about which a turning body such as Earth rotates.

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Axis of rotation

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6
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The motion of one body around another such as Earth in its orbit

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Revolution

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7
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One part of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year.

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Season

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8
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In an orbit, a position and time in which the sunlight shines equally on the north hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

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Equinox

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9
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A position and time which one hemisphere gets its maximum area of sunlight while the other gets its minimum amount

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Solstice

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10
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A large dark plain of solidfield lava on the moon.

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Mare

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11
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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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12
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The dark region of a shadow such as the cone of complete shadow cast by an object.

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Umbra

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13
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A region of lighter shadow that may surround an umbra

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Penumbra

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14
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Earths average distance from the sun which is approximately 93 million miles away.

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Astronomical

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15
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An oval or flattened circle.

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Ellipse

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16
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Earth or a planet similar to Earth that has a rocky surface. Mercury and Venus and Mars and Earth

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Terrestrial planet

17
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The outer planets that consist of gas and are large

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Gas giant

18
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A small solid rocky body that orbits the sun

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Asteroid

19
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A body that produces a coma of gas and dust

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Comet

20
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A brief streak of light produced by a small particle entering the Earth atmospher

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Meteor

21
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A small object from outer space that passes through Earths atmosphere and reaches the surface

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Meteorite

22
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Earth centered solar system

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Geocentric

23
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Everything revolves around the Sun

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Heliocentric

24
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The forces that objects exert on each other bc their mass

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Gravity

25
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the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun

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Tide

26
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the moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing. Compare waning moon. Origin of a blank moon.

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Waxing

27
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Gradually decreased

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Waning

28
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When the moon is more than half full

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Gibbous moon

29
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When the moon is illuminated

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Full moon

30
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The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent.

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New moon

31
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When the moon is half illuminated

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Quarter moon

32
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The path of an object in space as it moves around another object.

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Orbit

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