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31 Cards in this Set
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the path that one object in space takes around another object in space.
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orbit
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Everything in the solar system does this a round the sun
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The force that pulls objects towards each other.
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Gravity
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Ex: Us walking on the ground.
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The moon has gravity (T or F)
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False. The gravity fromthe sun holds all tof the planets in orbit
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The moons ___________ causes high tides and low tides
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gravitational pull
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A bowl-shapd structure at the top of a volcano or on a planet or moon _______
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Crater
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The moon is considered a natural____________
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Satellite
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The air that surrounds the Earth__________
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Atmoshere
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The condition of the atmosphere at a place for a short period of time_________.
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Weather
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The spining of a planet or moon on its axis_________
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Rotates
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How many days does it take the moon to rotate once
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28 days
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How long does it take the Earth to rateate once on it's axis?
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24 hours
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An imaginary line that passes through the moons center________
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Axis
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The moon has a North and South Pole (T or F)
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False
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The bouncing back of light rays from a surface
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Reflection Ex: The moon has no light of it's own. The light we see is sunlight that hits the moon and is reflected to earth
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The regular changes in the way the moon looks from the Earth__________
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Phases
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How many phases does the moon have?
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8 (Must know the main 4)
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Phase I
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First-Quarter
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Phase II
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Full Moon
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Phase III
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Full Moon
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Phase IV
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Third-Quarter Moon
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When the moon looks cut in half & the left side is black and the right side is white
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First Quarter (Phase I)
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When the moon is all white (or yellow)
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Full Moon (Phase II)
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When the moon looks cut in half & the left side is white and the righ side is black
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The reverse of a first-quarter (Phase III)
Third-Quarter Moon |
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When we can not see the moon because it is black.
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New Moon (Phase IV)
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Happens on the last day of the Lunar Cycle every month
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New Moon
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All of the phases that the moon goes through each month
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Lunar Cycle
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What are the 4 seasons?
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
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What direction is the Earth tilted in the warm months?
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Towards the sun.
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What direction is the Earth tilted in the cold months
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Away from the sun.
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When the moon looks like a fingernalil pinting to the left_________
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Waning Crescent
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When the moon looks like a fingernail pointing to the right__________
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Waxing Crescent
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