Astronomy

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Light Year

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The distance that light travels in a year

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Galaxy

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A large unit of space that contains solar systems and a black hole in the center

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Elliptical Galaxy

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A Galaxy shaped like a sphere of a flattened disk

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Spiral Galaxy

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A Galaxy shaped like a spiral

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Irregular Galaxy

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A Galaxy with no defined shape

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Planets

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A celestial body that has enough gravity to orbit the sun, has a special shape, and has enough gravity to rotate

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Moons

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Small celestial bodies that orbit a planet

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Asteroids

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Small rocls floating through space that orbit the sun

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Comets

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Celestial bodies that have an elliptical orbit around the sun have a tail the always faces away from the sun

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Metoroids

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Floating rocks that don't orbit the sun

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Meteor

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Floating rocks that burn up in Earth's atmosphere

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Meteorite

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Space rock that gets through the Earth's atmosphere

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Sun

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The star in the center of the solar system that the solar system revolves around

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Photosphere

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The most prominent layer of the sun that gives us light and heat

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Corona

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The outermost layer of the sun

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Sunspot

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A spot on the sun that is cooler than the surrounding sun

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Prominence

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An explosion that causes a looping arch on the sun

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Solar Flare

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An explosion that shoots out energy into space

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Aurora

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Solar flares that enter the Earth's atmosphere and cause a light show in the sky

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Solar Wind

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Waves of charged particles that shoot off from the sun

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Lunar Movement

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Movement of the Moon

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Moon Phases

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Different ways that Moon looks

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New Moon

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The first phases of the moon when it's dark

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Waxing Crescent

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The moon phase looks like a crescent that later expands

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1st Quarter

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The first half of the moon when it's expanding

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Waxing Gibbous

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More than half of the right side of the moon is visible and expanding

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Full Moon

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When the whole moon is visible

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Waning Gibbous

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When more than half of the left side of the moon is visible and shrinking

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3rd Quarter

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When half of the left side of the moon is visible

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Waning Crescent

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When less than half of the left side of the moon is visible and shrinking

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Solar Eclipse

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An eclipse that causes the sun to be blocked by the moon

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Lunar Eclipse

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An eclipse that happens when the moon is blocked by the Earth

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Gravity

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A force from every object that pulls other objects closer

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Mass

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How much matter is in an object

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Weight

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How much gravity pulls on an object

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Scale

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A tool used to measure weight of an object

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Triple Beam Balance

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A tool used to measure the mass of an object

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Independent Variable

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A variable that causes the other variable to change

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Dependent Variable

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A variable that depends on the other variable

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Controlled Variable

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A variable that stays the same during am experiment

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