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41 Cards in this Set
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The northern and souther hemisphere are always _______
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Opposite
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66.5 south is the ______ circle.
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Anarctic
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Whenever the sun is over the tropic of cancer or capicorn its a _____
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solstice
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32.5 degrees north is the tropic of ______
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cancer
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a moon bigger than half but smaller then full is a _____
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Gibbous
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29.5 days is called a ______ month.
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synodic
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Climatic region that yuo and I live in is the ______
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Temperate
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Especially low tide is ____ tide.
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Neap
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27.3 days is the time it takes the moon to ______ on it's own axis.
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Rotate
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_____ is Where the noon sun is directly overhead during an equinox
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Equator
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Most outer layer of the sun is the _____
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Corona
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Fuel that the sun uses is _______
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hydrogen
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The effect we see during a solar eclipse, when we see the last bit of light from the sun is the ________ effect.
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Diamond Ring
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Huge towering flames on the sun are _______
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Flare
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23.5 south is the tropic of ________
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Capicorn
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When the sunlight reflects off the craters, valleys and mountains of the mood we see this effect during a solar eclipse.
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Bailey's Beads
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Phase of the month for a lunar eclipse is ________
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Full
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Huge cloud that stars form from is the -______
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Nebula
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Eclipse that lasts the longest is solar or lunar???
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Lunar
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Normal size stars fit into this category.
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Main Sequence
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Another name for the "highlands" of the moon is ________-
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Terrae
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_________ Means the moon is getting bigger.
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Waxing
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_____ means the moon is getting smaller.
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waning
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Gravity from the moon is making the rotation of the earth a.) faster or b.) slower?
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b.) slower
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What is the layer of the sun with prominences and flares?
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Chromosphere
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The graph used to calculate the angle of the noon sun is ______
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Analema
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Moon bigger than new but smaller than half is _____
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Crescent
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Cool spots on the surface of the sun are ______
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Sunspots
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A huge star that explodes is a ______
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supernova
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Lowlands on the moon formed by lava flows are ______
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Mare
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66.5 North is the ____ circle
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Arctic
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Visible layer of the sun is the
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photosphere
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Climatic region that gets the MOST direct sunlight is the _______
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Tropic
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Huge arch shaped flames on the sun are ________
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Prominence
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Especially High tide is ______ tide.
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spring
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The brightest and closest star to you and I. Source of all Energy on earth.
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The sun
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Eavily cratered OLDER part of the moon is ________
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Highlands
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Phase of the moon for a solar eclipse is ______
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New
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Process by which the sun converts hydrogen to helium and energy is _____
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Fusion
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Bright cool stars are _____
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Red Giants
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Bright hot stars are what color?
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Blue
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