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54 Cards in this Set
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Galaxy |
A gigantic group of systems |
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Milky Way Galaxy |
Home galaxy |
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Spiral Galaxy |
A galaxy that spirals |
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Elliptical galaxy |
Galaxy with Elyptical shape |
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Irregular Galaxy |
No shape in galaxy |
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Light Year |
A giant amount of time |
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Revolution |
A planet going around a star |
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Terrestrial |
A thing that can relate to the earth |
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Planet |
A giant mass with or without life |
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Celestial objects |
A bunch of stuff in space |
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Stars |
Balls of gasses |
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Dwarf planet |
Small planets |
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Moons |
Planets that circle others |
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Asteroids |
Large rocks between Jupiter |
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Meteoroids |
Large moon rocks that enter the atmosphere |
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Meteors |
Giant masses coming towards earth |
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Meteorites |
Meteors that struck in little pieces |
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Comets |
Balls of gas and dust the orbits the sun |
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Photosphere |
Th light part of.the sun |
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Corona |
The outline of the sun |
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Solar flare |
Explosions of heat and gas on the sun |
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Prominence |
Like a solar flare. It stays on the sun |
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Sunspots |
A place of cooler gasses on the sun |
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Solar wind |
Electrified particles on the sun |
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Auroras |
Light creat d by Suns reflection |
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Magnetic storms |
Lethal particles that harm technology |
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Axis |
The invisible line which the celestial body rotates |
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Solstice |
Where longer or shorter days |
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Equinox |
Days are equal |
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Hemosphere |
Half a sphere |
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New moon |
Moon in front of the sun |
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Waxing Crecent |
Seeing part of the moon |
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First quarter |
The first quarter shows |
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Waxing gibbous |
The gibbous is waxing |
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Full moon |
The moon is on the opposite side of the earth |
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Wanning gibbous |
When the gibbous is gone |
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Third quarter |
Whee third quarter is there |
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Waxing Crecent |
Where the Crecent is waxing |
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Gravitational force |
What something takes up |
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Mass |
How much matter something has |
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Weight |
The measure of gravity |
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Tides |
The oceans waves |
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Spring tides |
tides after the new moon |
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Neal tides |
First and third quarter |
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Solar eclipse |
The sun is blocked by the moon |
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Lunar eclipse |
The moon is blocked by the earth |
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Triple beam balance |
A tool used to measure mass |
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Spring scale |
A tool used to measure weight |
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Reflecting optical telescope |
A telescope using convergence lens to cool,eat light |
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Reflecting telescope |
Uses mirrors and light |
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Radio telescope |
Picks up radio signals |
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Satellite |
Floats and orbits earth to get information |
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Space probes |
Travels out into space collecting data |
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Spectroscope |
Using light to show what light is made of |
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