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35 Cards in this Set
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Cepheid Variable
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Used to determine distance in Space.
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Astronomical Unit
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Average distance between the earth and sun.
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Kepler
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Discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
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Galileo
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The first to observe the phases of venus.
The first to see the rings of Saturn. The first to see the four largest moons of Jupiter. |
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Newton
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Discovered the universal law of gravitation.
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Copernicus
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Proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Ptolemy
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Proposed the geocentric model of the solar system.
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Venus
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Equal to earth in diameter, mass, and gravity.
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Jupiter
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The largest planet; has the "Great Red Spot"
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Saturn
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Planet with the most spectacular ring system.
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Convection
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Heat movement that occurs in liquids and gases.
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Conduction
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Heat transfer through contact with a hot object.
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Coriolis Effect
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Prevents winds from blowing in a due north or a due south direction.
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High Pressure
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Associated with clear weather (anticyclone)
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Cyclone
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(low pressure system) Associated with rainy weather.
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Rain
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Occurs where air is rising
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Tornadoes
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Associated with cold fronts
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Hurricane
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An example of a cyclone
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cT
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Continental tropical air mass
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cP
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Continental polar air mass
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mT
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Maritime tropical air mass
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mP
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Maritime polar air mass
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Cold front
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Moves faster than warm fronts
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Monsoon Circulation
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is best developed over India.
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Winds
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Always blow from high to low pressure.
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Barometer
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instrument that measures wind speed.
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Ionosphere
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reflects AM radio waves
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Troposphere
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Where weather happens; temperature drops as altitude increases.
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Jovian Planets
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High mass, low density, rings, strong magnetic fields,high gravity, made of H and He, many moons.
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Terrestrial Planets
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Low mass, high density, weak magnetic fields, low gravity.
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IO
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Most volcanicly active object in the solar system
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Callisto
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most heavily cratered object in the solar system.
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Ganymede
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Largest moon in the solar system
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Europa
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covered with a frozen ocean of water ice.
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Visible Spectrum
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A small part of the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
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