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55 Cards in this Set
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Galaxy |
Holds solar systems, has, and dust |
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Milky Way Galaxy |
The galaxy we are located in |
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Spiral |
Galaxy with arms, spinned |
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Elliptical |
A galaxy In a line |
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Irregular |
Not in a kine |
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Light year |
6 Trillion miles |
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Revolution |
Going aroumd |
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Rotation |
Spinning |
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Terrestrial |
Earthy |
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Planet |
Earthmoving objects |
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Celestial objects |
Objects in space |
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Stars |
Balls of gas |
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Moons |
Rocky orbits planets |
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Asteroids |
Cold and Ice rock |
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Meteoroids |
Off of meteors |
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Comets |
Body of ice and water |
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Meteords |
Burned up meteoroids |
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Meteorites |
When it hits |
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Dwarf planet |
Small planet |
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Photosphere |
Heat and light visible |
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Corona |
Outer layer of sun |
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Solar flare |
Balls of energy shot from the sun |
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Prominince |
Loops of fire |
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Sunspots |
Collar than surroundings |
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Solar wind |
Magnetic |
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Auroras |
Sourly ding the atmosphere |
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Magnetic storms |
Solar wind |
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Axis |
Earths tilt |
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Solstice |
Long / short day |
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Equinox |
Equal days |
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Hemisphere |
Earths protection |
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New moon |
Appears black |
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Waxing crescent |
Lit up on the left |
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First quarter |
Lit on the left |
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Waxing gibbous |
Lit more than left |
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Full moon |
All lit |
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Waning gibbous |
Leaving the illumination |
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Third quarter |
Lit on right |
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Winning cresent |
Almost all dark |
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Gravitational force |
Pull of gravity |
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Mass |
About of g in the object |
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Weight |
The gravitational pull of an object |
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Tides |
How high / low the water is |
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Spring tides |
Largest/Smallest tide of the month |
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Neap tides |
Average tides |
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Solar eclipse |
Suns blocked |
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Lunar eclipse |
Sun earth moon |
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Triple beam balance |
Measures mass |
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Spring scale |
Measures weight |
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Refracting optical |
Straight through |
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Reflecting optical |
Uses mirrors |
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Radio telescope |
Uses radiation |
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Satellite |
Orbits earth |
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Space probs |
Out of earths orbit |
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Spectroscope |
Uses light through the gem |
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