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To ponder, contemplate with awe, think about deeply
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Consider
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All that which is created
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Creation
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A fixed group of stars
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Constellation
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Large mass of land
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Continent
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A group or system of stars and other heavenly bodies
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Galaxy
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A heavenly body that revolves around the sun
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Planet
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The group of planets, their satellites (moons), comets, meteors, asteroids, and so forth, that revolves around the sun
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Solar System
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Any celestial body that gives off light
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Star
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All created things
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Universe
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The force that attracts one object to another
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Gravity
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The path of a heavenly body as it rotates around another body
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Orbit
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The distance from the sun to Earth (about 93,000,000 miles)
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AU (astronomical unit)
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An imaginary line passing through the center of the earth from the North pole to the South pole
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Axis
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The length of time it takes a planet to rotate on its axis
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Day
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Compose of substances that are neither solid nor liquid
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Gaseous
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To turn in a circular motion on an axis
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Rotation
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Earth-like
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Terrestrial
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The length of time it takes a planed to orbit around the sun
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Year
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Layer of earth that supports life, including land, sea, and air
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Biosphere
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The center of the earth, consisting of molten ore
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Core
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Hard, outer covering of the earth's crust-4 to 22 miles thick
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Crust
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Movement in the earth's crust
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Earthquake
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The middle layer of the earth
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Mantle
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An opening in the earth through which gases, ash, and lava are ejected
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Volcano
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The blanket of air surrounding a heavenly body
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Atmosphere
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The outer-most layer of atmosphere
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Exosphere
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The middle layer of air
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Mesophere
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A protective layer of condensed oxygen, O3 (which has a peculiar smell) in the stratosphere
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Ozone layer
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Globe
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Sphere
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The second layer of air above the earth's surface
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Stratosphere
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The very cold upper layer of air which contains many electrically charged atoms
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Thermosphere
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The layer of air closest to the earth's surface
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Troposphere
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Mineral body (like quartz) with regular geometric shapes
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Crystalline
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Refers to igneous rock formed when magma cools above the surface of the earth
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Extrusive
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Rock formed as a result of intense heat
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Igneous Rock
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Hot, molten (melted) rock
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Magma
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To wear away or break down into small pieces
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Erosion
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Any evidence of life from the past
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Fossil
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Rock which has been changed by heat and pressure
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Metamorphic Rock
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Rock made up of layers of materials settled underwater
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Sedimentary Rock
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The overall weather pattern of an area
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Climate
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An imaginary line dividing the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
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Equator
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Half of the earth
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Hemisphere
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How much moisture there is in the air
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Humidity
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Amount of rain or snow
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Precipitation
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How hot or cold it is
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Temperature
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The condition of the atmosphere at any given time or place
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Weather
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The smallest piece of any substance that can be identified as that substance
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Molecules
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Vacant or empty space
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Vacuum
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Higher
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Alto
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wispy (delicate, fleecy, feathery clouds made up of ice crystals, mares tails, high altitude
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Cirrus or Cirro
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puffed up (dense puff, mounds or towers of clouds with flat bases)
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Cumulus or Cumulo
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dark rain (dense rain or snow cloud)
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Nimbus or Nimbo
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layer (straight layers of low altitude fog-like clouds
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Stratus or Strato
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energy that travels in waves, mostly from the sun, and travels very fast (186,200 miles per second)
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Light
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present in all places at the same time
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omnipresent
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the green color in plants which traps sunlight and makes photosynthesis possible
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chlorophyll
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sticking together
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cohesion
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the process by which a plant creates carbohydrates
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photosynthesis
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to make fruitful or able to reproduce
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fertilize
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the part of the plant that produces seeds
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flower
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the colored flower-leaf
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petal
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the seed-bearing organ of a flower
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pistil
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the fertilizing dust in a flower
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pollen
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the part of the plant that seeks nourishment for the plant; generally grows underground
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root
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wispy (delicate, fleecy, feathery clouds made up of ice crystals, mares tails, high altitude
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Cirrus or Cirro
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puffed up (dense puff, mounds or towers of clouds with flat bases)
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Cumulus or Cumulo
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dark rain (dense rain or snow cloud)
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Nimbus or Nimbo
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layer (straight layers of low altitude fog-like clouds
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Stratus or Strato
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energy that travels in waves, mostly from the sun, and travels very fast (186,200 miles per second)
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Light
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present in all places at the same time
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omnipresent
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the green color in plants which traps sunlight and makes photosynthesis possible
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chlorophyll
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sticking together
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cohesion
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the process by which a plant creates carbohydrates
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photosynthesis
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to make fruitful or able to reproduce
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fertilize
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the part of the plant that produces seeds
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flower
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the colored flower-leaf
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petal
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the seed-bearing organ of a flower
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pistil
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the fertilizing dust in a flower
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pollen
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the part of the plant that seeks nourishment for the plant; generally grows underground
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root
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